Reviews of professor Mark Nelson

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I found that he does not give clear instructions, and even when I asked him for help his answer left me confused, and he is very unclear about the criteria for exams. He is a tough grader, so be prepared to study and know the information off the top of your head because there is often not ample time on pop quizzes.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Probably one of the best professor that I have taken in a while. Really helpful in lectures and lab and would review anything that may seem confusing. Gives quizzes after every lecture but they would help you towards the midterms and final.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Good professor, but you never know when you gonna have a test in class, and he is not clear about what he wants you to write in a test or exam.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Beware, you will have homework that requires you to read the textbook and answer questions and then have pop quizzes on the reading. If you miss class then you will get zeros on these pop quizzes. The slides that he uses to teach on are kind of confusing. He also requires you to write long papers as part of his tests/finals.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
This whole class was basically me teaching myself history, every class was a lecture and yet nothing was taught about the content. Tests were unreasonable and very difficult and he gave almost no guidance.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Unless you have a photographic memory the class will be hard. Every class there is assigned questions that you answer from the textbook. Then you memorize the answers to these and MIGHT be quizzed on them. It sucks to put in work and then not be tested. He is also a very hard grader and 3 exams. The whole class agreed with these. Lots of memorizing

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
There is an in-class response almost every day based on textbook reading questions. The responses are worth 1/3 of your grade, but as long as you actually do the work, you will be fine. The other 2/3 of your grade comes from 3 tests. Each test is part essay and part term explanation. Mr. Nelson is very knowledgeable and makes sure you really learn.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
One of the more difficult classes I have taken. Very knowledgeable professor, very tough class.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Hey he's hard, but its college, dont expect anything to be easy in life. His exams are all written essays, YOU MUST ATTEND EVERY CLASS. He's really chill and easy to talk to, awesome guy. If you are serious about history, take him! Thats the challenge you want!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I loved this Professor! If you love History, you will love his class. He has lots of reading for homework, and you have pop quizzes but he sends the questions in advance to prepare. You could just do a long reading and prep for a quiz and not have it(which is very frustrating when I had a lot of other homework). You have to try though in his class.