Reviews of professor Chris Main

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
The guy really shouldn't be teaching an introductory level class. He grades extremely harsh, bases his papers entirely on his materiel you learn (which is fine, except some of his papers are subjective...). Lecture's pretty hard to follow sometimes, and I felt like I couldn't talk to him at all outside of class. I wouldn't recommend his class.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
We didn't take any tests, and instead our grade was based of off lecture summaries every two weeks and online reading quizzes. He always let us out early and is very prepared and organized. He really likes to hear his own words back at him, and if you do that in the papers he gives you an A.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
There is a single question at the beginning of every class, this is how he takes attendance. The 4 lowest grades get dropped (you're allowed to miss 4 classes). It's open note and the questions are from the previous lecture, very easy. He explains well and answers question the last bit of class.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Meh class. I took one of his first classes and it wasn't bad just meh. There is a paper due every 3 weeks but he will give you detailed feedback if you turn it in early. He is chill though even if lectures got a bit boring but he is open to feedback. He also has extra-credit assignments if you want to hop on that

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Main did a great job with this class. He's easy to understand but if you ever ask a question that he doesn't know he will research it after class to clear it up. Quirky but nice and really cares about his students which is a great thing to have. We also had no exams, which was great, just 5 two-page essays and online reading quizzes.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I would not take another class with this dude. Most of your grade comes from the lecture quizes he gives at the beginning of every class and papers that are based on lecture material. His lectures are all over the place and if your papers don't reflect what he thinks he'll grade you poorly.