Reviews of professor Mark Bender

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I'm an undergrad student and I registered for a grad level digital illustration course in Spring 2018. I had zero experience with digital illustration so I was a lil nervous but Mark is truly the best professor I've ever had. His ability to actually teach students new skills & techniques is incredible. He's also always willing to give extra help.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Mark Bender expects a lot from his students, but he puts in a ton of effort into help students succeed both in class and in life. His many years of working as a professional allow him to give solid critiques in a friendly manner and prepare art students for the real world. His classes are usually very structured and there are clear rubrics.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
This course is the undergrad intro to graphic design. Mark brings such valuable insight & experience to the course that I actually retook it my junior year, even though I had taken it with a different professor as a freshman. He provides a comprehensive take on the design process, and while he makes you work hard, he pulls your best work out of you

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Class was extremely more difficult than needed to be. Knows his stuff, lectures can be interesting, but does not prepare you enough for the exam or even homework. Says he doesn't want the class or exam to be math based, but then makes exam 70% math. Offered study guide that has literally everything we learned the semester so no sure how it helps.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Meh. Didn't like him or his teaching style. Thought the class was useless and didn't appreciate the structure— time could have been better spent