Reviews of professor Luke Struckman

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Good prof, enjoyed his lectures, but I found the assignments a little boring

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Enjoyed content but the lectures were VERY slow. It made it hard to follow along at times. The first few lectures we didn't have the option to speed things up so it felt like forever. The tutorials are simple, but I found myself confused at times. The assignments were fun (imo) and the textbook was needed for sourcing work etc.. Would take again :)

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I also took GEOG 3206 with him and he usually has the same format which is two exams (midterm and final) and essays throughout the course, and no participation requirement. If you put in the work the course is a GPA booster. He is really good at carefully and clearly explaining concepts especially if you ask him (ex. email him privately)

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Best prof ive ever had. Incredibly informative and happy to help with understanding the content.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Ethnography is clearly not his area of expertise, as this course was not at all what I was expecting. I found that there was surprisingly little material related to ethnography/anthropology/global issues. The midterm was also ridiculous and not at all what anyone had expected. Better off to take this with another prof if you can.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
This class felt sort of pointless. A lot of his lectures could have been condensed into just one big lecture- there just wasn't a whole lot of content material to discuss. Didn't go to many lectures or tutorials and still ended up with a good grade.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Do NOT take ethnography with Struckman! This course focused on globalization, botany and geography and was essentially useless, unless you're specializing in geography. Lectures were confusing and he frequently goes off topic or showed often irrelevant YouTube videos. Assignments were also unclear and had little relevance to ethnography at all.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
The best Geography professor ever, very kind and helpful, and is willing to help you in more office hours. Tests are easy and fair

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
He is a genuinely kind person and is very knowledgeable, but the lectures felt like they just dragged on with no end in sight. There is a required textbook ($$$) with lots of assigned readings, but tutorial groups didn't count for marks and if you search hard enough there is a free version of the textbook online.