Reviews of professor Douglas Barnack

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Prof creates weekly recordings, which is more than most at UMGC. In week 1, he warned us about a major project due Week 7. Two days before assignment draft due he provided his own assignment requirements. Why wasn't this shared in week 1? Many students already completed their assignment due to his forewarning. Unprofessional and very frustrating.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
He creates online videos to follow step-by-step which will make studying, homework, and testing a breeze. For some written assignments he doesn't always follow the rubric which is fine as long as you follow his instructions. He goes out of his way to make sure you do well in class. If you don't do well you just weren't paying attention.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Do not take any class with this instructor. He is very indecisive of what is expected from students and penalizes them when they follow rubrics instead of his own ideas of what the assignment should include. I did take his course online which made things even more difficult to fully understand what the expectations were from the course.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Barnack is generous in his extensions, should you have a reasonable cause. However, he grades at the very end of each week, meaning you don't have time to respond to feedback until a full 7 days AFTER the due date. This class is ALOT of reading, but he did post some videos to help with course-work. He grades strictly to the rubric!

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
I expected his class to be a lot more difficult than it was. He provides a ton of guidance for assignments and projects through course announcements which makes things a lot easier. Follow the rubric and you'll do fine.