Reviews of professor Stephen Martin

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor Martin is a solid professor choice. I learned so much about Real Estate in this course and his classes were amazing. Tests were tough. I recommend reading chapters before class and paying attention and editing powerpoints during class.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
He makes this class way harder than it needs to be and does almost nothing to prepare you for the exams. During the essay portion of the exams if you even misspell one word you'll lose the points. He does not post your final exam grade, or curve exams at all so if you have to take this guy good luck . (also he's unwilling to help you after class).

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Dr. Martin is extremely smart and is a great professional resource for getting into RE. He has been the main/only real estate faculty at USC for a while and is teaching a lot (all) of the RE classes. Being said, that takes away from his ability to give effective feedback to students. Grades are slow and feel very arbitrary w/ little explanation.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
This is my least favorite class in college. Prof. Martin is smart and the class is manageable if you read before class and participate. But he comes across as VERY VERY uncaring. He has yet to learn my name (knows others'), he makes me feel dumb when I make a simple mistake, and his expectations are always shifting. I've never hated a class more.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Mr. Martin is a super nice and very smart guy- but he's sorta a mess. The grading criteria is not clear at all and neither is what is expected of his students homework wise or pre-class prep wise. He doesn't believe in extra credit or curving. The lack of structure paired with his high expectations don't make for a very good classroom experience.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Would try to avoid if possible. Teaches straight out of the book and puts minimal work into class. Need to pay attention in class if you want to do well on tests, tests have multiple choice and essays- essays are hard. Don't google stuff on the homework, apparently, that's cheating (even though he gets the questions right out of the book).

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
He keeps students engaged, is very knowledgeable about topics and explains them in a way that is easy to follow. Hes a great teacher if youre trying to pursue a career and/or make money with real estate. If you want an easy elective or easy A look elsewhere.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Professor Martin is a very knowledgable guy when it comes to real estate. He shares his real world experiences in class and tries to relate them to the material learned. However, he is lacking on the admin side of being a professor. He grades very arbitrarily with little feedback on why you got the grade.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Best professor ive had at the business school yet HOWEVER the difficulty of his tests outweighs his skill as a teacher. Really good at what he does but dont be surprised if you dont do well because of how heavily exams are weighted. Also theres no curve