Reviews of professor Nicholas Matthews

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Great professor. Lectures are very clear and engaging. The course had a textbook, but I did not read it and got 100+ in the class. The content is not hard, and I thought it was interesting. Basically, this class is psychology without the brain/biology part. Nic Matthews has fairly generous policies. The tests and quizzes are open note.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Managed to make a class about video games incredibly tedious and dull. Exams are unreasonably challenging, grading criteria are super technical and harsh (-20% because I forgot to number my paragraphs 1 through 3). Do not take this class if Matthews is the instructor.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
I took this course online. This course was not very difficult in terms of concepts, but doing the study guide definitely helps on the exams. The weekly modules Matthews sets up for you help you know exactly what is due each week and the workload isn't that bad. His lectures definitely help with learning the concepts more than the readings.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Nic is very empathetic and teaches the lecture material in a fun and exciting manner. He is very helpful and provides clarification and feedback when you ask for it. He is flexible when it comes to class attendance, if you notify him prior. Overall great sense of humor and makes even the most boring topics exciting to listen to. Great professor.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Nicholas is very bad at trying to explain to students how to go about preparing for a presentation. Every class consists of him going through about 40 slides random information that shows up on exams (memorization based of stuff that is not really applicable when doing a presentation) One of the speeches I got lost and he deducted 70% Bad professor

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Prof Matthews is extremely average and the content of the class was as well. He was slightly less on top of things than he should have been (i.e. errors in grading quizzes, etc.), but the class is easy as long as you complete the study guide as you watch the lectures. Also, I didn't read the book and got A's on all exams. Overall easy course.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Horrible professor. Took his entry level communications class online and it was way harder than it needed to be. TA's are difficult graders too and not very nice. Unable to see what you get wrong on exams to avoid getting the same question wrong in the future. Do not recommend!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
without any reason.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Matthews is a tough grader when it comes to assessing presentations. His lectures are pointless and dry. Class consists of 4 presentations and 2 exams that ask you to regurgitate random bullet points from his slides. Over all I am disappointed by his lack of involvement and clarity when giving feedback. Avoid and find someone better.