Reviews of professor Eric Van Rythoven

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Professor Rythoven is extremely straightforward and teaches you exactly what you need to know to do well. His tests were mc and very straightforward if you attended class. No need for a textbook. Overall a nice guy and explains concepts really well in my opinion.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
The level of attentiveness to his students' success is astronomical. I was struggling at the start of his course and he reached out personally to check-in. He expects a lot from student in 4000-level courses. Do the readings, speak in class, and be present. The hard work and grinding will pay off with what you learn from his courses. Top tier prof.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Eric is a great prof. The midterm was very easy as long as you took notes and attended lectures. He covers reading in lectures to make sure that you fully understand them. His class contains very relevant issues. He clearly put a lot of effort into making the class as informative and enjoyable as possible. P.S he has great taste in music.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
His area of study, emotional diplomacy, is tedious and boring. Unfortunately, he picked that topic for this class. It was difficult to impress him and he struggled to fill a full course with material on this niche area. On practical matters, he is very organized, communicates well, and grades fairly. The "social reading" seems dumb but its easy 20%

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
This is the second course I took with this professor and I loved it. Very informative and the grading is fair. The prof does display a bit of a left-leaning bias but the course material was fairly balanced. The grading is distributed among several assignments and a midterm, all of which were straightforward and useful. Highly recommend!

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Weekly reading online discussions worth 20% total so don't be idiotic and do them cuz free 100%. Group Project go first cuz extra marks. Class waste of time, stay home and use lecture notes, Research essay and in class midterm. Not too bad. Very Chill prof but boring lecturer, reads off slides more than he lectures of the top of his head. Easy

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
He's a pretty chill guy. Knows his stuff, answers questions well, uses and posts powerpoint but he adds a lot of important info so i'd def recommend showing up for class. midterm was pretty tough but he marks fairly. I liked his class and He's a good and captivating teacher

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Decent prof. Class was well organized, lectures summed up and added to the readings nicely. Graded based on 2 reaction papers, a midterm and take-home final. Lectures are very long, he does a good job of mixing up content but still frequently talks for the entire 3-hours. Not overly hard but not easy either. Standard work and you'll do well!