Reviews of professor Benjamin Buergel

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Buergel makes this class way harder than it needs to be. He gives study guides for each test, but don't expect the test to be exactly like it. Going to class is a waste of time because his lectures are straight out of the textbook. He does give extra credit and grades concert summaries pretty easy.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. Buergel is a great teacher. A lot of his stuff is done on tophat so make sure you do that in class and if you dont go to still complete it during the class timeslot. He is very good at responding to emails. The tests are nothing like the study guide so I hope he will change that, but other than that he's cool.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Class was boring but it was more the subject than the actual prof. Questions for the exams are all covered in the text so you don't have to show up anyway. Concert summary is super easy. There's extra credit offered too, which helped.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
This class is hard, no lie. I had no prior music experience so the material and tests were really hard for me. He is the most caring professor I had. He noticed I wasn't doing good and reached out to me to turn in past assignments and let me make up an exam super late. I really thought i was going to fail but with his help i ended with a B.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
He gives a study guide for the tests but you need to study the canvas quizzes. The study guide barely helps. His lectures are also boring so just do the canvas quizzes during class when he talks. Also do the extra concert summary. It brought my grade up 10 points.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
All you have to do is the discussions and quizzes, quizzes you can do in bulk. He drops a lot of grades and is a super easy grader. There was no final, just a final paper and he gave a lot of opportunities for bonus points through the discussions. Definitely recommend taking him online.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
The people leaving bad reviews obviously didn't go to class. Everything on the tests and quizzes is covered in his class and in the book. As long as you go to class, read the book, and do the online quizzes, there is nothing in the tests that takes you by surprise. The concert summary is very easy. He's very helpful during office hours. It's easy.