Reviews of professor Michael Waldstein

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
For the midterm, he gave us 7 questions and told us that we would have to answer 1 of them. However, he failed one of my friends for not quoting 2 chapters of scripture, he told me that I barely passed because I missed 1 small part of a question. I received 3 questions out of 7. He also is unclear in the direction of the class. Bad teacher, smart.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Dr Waldstein is an extremely intelligent professor, but his lectures are presented in a way that won't have you feeling undereducated regardless of your theological background. Texts are posted in canvas so no need to buy them. Midterm/final are oral exams, but he's an easy grader. Frequent discussion posts, but they come in useful later in term

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Dr. Waldstein is intelligent and educated. However, the lectures can be difficult to follow. It's easy for students to be distracted on their laptops while he's teaching. Dr. Waldstein also connects Theology of the Body into nearly every class. Overall, I will say that I did learn a lot from this class. Midterm and final were both fairly easy.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Smart guy, engaging lectures, but you won't learn much. He just lectured for an hour about things I was too dumb to understand. There was no textbook or really any work at all; there was a oral midterm and final which was incredibly easy. Miss class more than like 5 times and he will fail/drop you. Take if you want an easy A.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Fairly decent professor, listening to him lecture was actually really insightful. He's a really thoughtful professor who is very approachable. Would definitely recommend
Though the course itself wasnt something I was too interested in, he's still a pretty good professor

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. Waldstein is a brilliant Theologian, and so humble. His lectures on TOB, Song of Songs, and the gospel of John were absolutely beautiful. In his oral final, we just had an open discussion about Scripture and anything I had questions on from the course. I will will be learning from Him and from that Foundations class for many years to come.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Great and smart guy, just a little out there. Midterm and final were pretty easy. He asks you 3 of 7 questions and you just have to answer. Sometimes his lectures were hard to understand but only because he might be too smart for an intro level theology class.