Reviews of professor Michael Laws

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Everything was online except for the final exam at the end. All the homework and tests (there were two) were on Acheive with no lock down browser. I did take this class online over the summer so consider that. You did need to get atleast a 50% on the final exam to pass the class. If you can learn on your own, I would take this class.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
He's an alright professor. Main issue I had with his class was the homework on ALEKS which was on topics he did not cover until after the homework was due. He randomly picks and chooses what is a grade, some study guides were for a grade others weren't. The class is not hard if you are at least somewhat good at math.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
I wouldn't recommend this professor if math isn't your strong suit. Expect a lot of homework that isn't even worth a fraction of your grade. He seldom went over the hard problems in the homework, and the tests were harder than the content we learned. All he did was go over notes in class. Barely taught.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
This professor is the very definition of the professor to avoid. Almost half the class is either borderline failing or failed the course.  Achieve the homework system, he makes it so you only get 10 attempts on very difficult and sophisticated problems. Also, Lecture is very non-informative. He vaguely explains and doesn't give time for questions.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
For precalc was a great professor. For calc he wasn't helpful at the beginning, we had no study guides, tests were way harder than questions discussed in class and hw was always so much harder than needed (used achieve not aleks). After the second test he started to be more helpful and grades started to get better. GO TO HIS OFFICE AND OPEN LAB!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Avoid taking his class if you can. Most of these reviews are true; he randomly gives pop quizzes. doesn't answer questions clearly, but when it comes to testing, he is a very harsh grader. Tests are not like homework at all. Constantly pushes office hours but is unhelpful during them. Very disorganized and takes a long time to grade tests.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Need to study before class or you will fail. Random quiz!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Prof. Michael Laws genuinely cares about every one of his students. He gave us many extra credit points and the homework is tougher than the tests (which I consider to be a good thing). I never used office hours but from what I heard it seems that he's very accessible out of class. I would definitely take calculus 2 with him if he offered it.