Reviews of professor Richard Evans

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
He doesn't teach. He told me to ask Chat GPT. He does not include everything you need to know in his lectures and provides no other sources for studying. Just says to "look it up" but that's not why I am paying you to teach me.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Dr. Evans is the worst professor I've ever had. He has a special way of making you feel utterly incompetent for having any questions. Every time I've gone into office hours I've left feeling like an idiot, and he enjoys watching his students struggle without offering any support or encouragement. Take this from a different prof. He's horrible.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
In the online class lectures are these super short videos that have nothing to do with the assignments. He has all these inspirational things to make you think that you're going to work hard but he's going to support you, but when I asked for help, he just made me feel like an idiot. Ended up taking it from a different professor and I loved it.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
This class is so much work. It's never clear what you are expected to learn, the lectures don't even cover everything on the learning objectives/exams! Learned a lot from google and not the professor. He is available outside of class but he sometimes is condescending when you ask questions. This class is a lot of stress and frustration:(

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
I'm a senior here at BYU. I just took his class. I've had a lot of bad professors - but he is by far the worst. Disrespectful, unhelpful, unclear and just straight up rude. I'm surprised he's allowed to teach here. Avoid this class at all costs.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Do not take from Dr. Evans!! The lectures and practice questions didnt prepare us well for the tests and neither did understanding the very many learning objectives. When I visited TA office hours for help, he was there instead and made me feel humiliated and stupid. I had to google most things and try to teach myself. Result: didnt learn much :(

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
I hated this class when I first started it. The class is a baptism by fire. You need to know the concepts DEEPLY or you will probably fail. This is the hardest class I have taken in my 4 yrs at BYU, but I am glad I took it because I am now able to understand super high-level research and test questions. The generous curve also protected my GPA.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Professor Evans is one of the hardest professors out there and expects you to understand everything in his class and more. He's not only heavy on memorizing the materials but also expects you to use the concepts fluently. His class prepared me very well for my scientific research but it seriously took a lot of effort to do well in his class.