Reviews of professor David Archer

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Archer does an alright job at teaching the material, and if you study for his exams with his practice problems you should be fine. However his exams are not very lengthy so there's not much room for error, add to this he has a million answer choices, his tests become fairly difficult. This said, he cares you learn the material.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Exams are far and away more difficult than anything done in class. Lectures for hours only to give two semi-useful examples. Gives very little study material for a multiple-choice test in which no partial credit is offered. Avoid at all costs.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. Archer was an amazing teacher and deserves a 5.0. Although I took this class during the COVID-19 pandemic, the one physical class I had with Dr. Archer was fun and exciting. His grading is better than any I've seen before. He definitely cares that his students learn. Everyone giving him bad ratings must not understand it's just a hard class.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Class is 2 hours long and you finish 2-3 problems that won't be on quizzes or tests. 1-2 hours of videos on top of lecture. Go to lecture for participation questions. Quizzes require more info. than given. No partial credit. If you are unsure of something or feel something isn't right he won't care and will act like it's your fault.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Mr. Archer is kinda okay at teaching I guess? I don't believe I actually learned anything from that class but he is very generous at the end of the quarter when he lets you decide which grading scale best benefits you.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
It's a hard class, make no mistake, but he's the professor you want for it. As long as you pay attention in class, look over in-class problems before tests, then you can easily make a passing grade. He clearly cares, his grading scale is generous and basically lets you take the L on a few test questions. The class is hard, but the professor is not.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Be ready to work a single problem per class and not get anything at all done the day after a test. Most the people taking the course did poorly as far as I can tell. The thing is, you can tell that he cares about the material and his students, he just isn't a very good teacher.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Each test is only 8 questions that each have 11 multiple choice options. Multiple choice sounds good at first glance, but not when the questions are worded so weirdly with material missing that you do not know how to solve for. You get NO partial credit. There is no homework. You need a Chegg subscription to even pass if you can pull it off.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
His lectures are almost useless. He will cover nothing that is on the exam, and the material he provides to study with is ancient and almost had no relation to what he is teaching currently. I had to teach myself the entire course from other sources and work very hard to make a good grade. He will treat you like a moron if you ask for help.