Reviews of professor Maxim Safioulline

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
He would ask you to do assignments, but you will not get any grade for any of those. In fact, the only things that you are going to get credit for are midterm and final, and to do those he will give you a list of elements and he will tell you if those will work fine you will be ok, but be careful he will give you a "c" if he won't like your design

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
He means well but his lectures just consist of him going over an individual's hw, with only a short brief on how to actually do the next assignment. He focuses too much on the "why" and not enough on the "how". He's the only professor who doesn't use canvas properly, and only grades the midterm, final and participation. Would not recommend.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Conflicting, sloppy, unprofessional. All he does is copy/paste bootstrap, he never actually teaches web design. NO MOCKUPS (yes in a design class, no mockups lol), limited originality, no knowledge of design patterns, motifs. His understanding of code is limited. His wording is wrong, thus your correct answer will be incorrect.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
If you participate too much, he'll patronize you. Even if you have a correct answer, he'll still twist it using his own words and tell you you're wrong. He's unbelievably awful. He knows jack all about coding. Awful teacher. Only teacher for web 3 and is a primary for IxD. You can't escape this guy if you major in graphic design. You've been warned

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I would give him a zero if I could. Awful prof, and the core of the ixD program. Poorly worded quizzes/instructions for the assignments. Weekly homework won't be counted for the total grade. He reviews everybody's HW for most of the class but barely explains HOW to do things for the next assignment. Expects you to read his mind about what he wants

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Maxim is so knowledgeable it can be overwhelming. You cant expect to have your hand held in his classes. I like his class because he weeds people out who dont take it seriously. He has high standards and pushes you out of your comfort zone. Show up, do the work, ask questions and youll do great ��

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
This class was only difficult because there is a ton of reading. And if you dont read, you cant properly engage in conversation. Most of my classmates considered this a pain point. Those who argue his readings didnt spark interest are also those who havent done the reading. Do the work and passbut, to get an A youll need to apply yourself.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
He's a very difficult grader, and although you are literally just graded on your attendance, midterm, and final, he is condescending and a know-it-all. He doesn't push you to do better, in fact, he shames you into thinking what you tried to do was a failure. He needs to work on his humility and being open-minded, and not "one of the students."