Reviews of professor Klyne Smith

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
He takes your points off because you did not write exactly what he said. He makes unnecessarily hard even the project itself is easy. one good thing is exam will be open book and open note. For the final exam he expect you to make project schedule with resources and all predecessors as well as dashboard all the slide within 2 hour that's not fair.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I was unlucky with my group, so I had a different experience.
He likes being admired and tells you things to make you think he's sophisticated
He's jovial and stuff, but can be ruthless and cruel sometimes
Should be able to get an easy A if you are the type to climb ladders (and use AI tools).

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I should've taken Paulk, this class was unnecessarily more annoying than it should've been. Definitely felt like Smith made the work tedious to feel like "a 4000 level class" (I swear I was gonna lose it every time I saw him say this on a test question). This was basically a glorified business class but Smith just made it extremely frustrating.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I wish there was a better option. He's very insensitive and tries to embarrass students in front of the class. I've personally stopped showing up due to the cold calling. If you're the type of person to not give a class your complete attention you will get called on. Project guidelines is constantly changing and grade feels like a coinflip.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
 He's knowledgeable, but I wasn't a fan of the amount of group work for a five-week session. The course is mostly centered around a group project with randomly assigned teams. He can be picky about assignments, so be extremely detailed with your work. Also, be ready to be called on in class. Take in the fall/spring if possible.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Coming to class is very fun and insightful since he is very knowledgeable and charismatic, and he knows how to give engaging lectures. Group project is time-consuming. Free-response exams are moderate difficulty if you go to class (you need to come in this class). He is a troll sometimes though, and he makes sure you are paying attention.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Really cool prof and a big jokester. Wasn't a fan of him cold calling on students, but overall I enjoyed the class. Gave a lot of insight on the industry and has years of experience. Offers to help students outside of class and even after graduation in terms of jobs and advice. Project and tests are not hard. Homework's were just 4 short essays.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Arbitrary grading and lack of clear instructions. Very condescending, you will lose points for answering a question exactly as it's presented to you. Physical roll call every day with maybe 20 min of lecture. Project groups are assigned and receive different grades even though groups answer the same way. The same arbitrary grading goes for tests.