Reviews of professor Nick Mays

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
His homework assignments are the worst. I would write two single-spaced pages (he required single-spaced) for the homework assignments and get C's on the papers. I had a meeting with him, asking for some guidance, and he told me to add more detail. I enjoyed his lectors, but they weren't helpful until the final,which was like the homework but worse

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Pros: if you enjoy the subject matter you will learn a lot, especially about African American history which is cool

Cons: pretty much everything else. professor is a pompous fool, far too much busywork in the form of weekly essays, absurd amount of reading especially if you have a life, frustrating class environment, required note taking format

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
The class is “Recent America”. 5% of the class has actually been about American history. 95% has been about African American history. If I wanted to learn about African American history, I would've taken that class, but I didn't. We learned about Vietnam for maybe a week or two. The rest has been about racism & urbanization & CRT.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Dr. Nick is an excellent professor and very funny. There is a lot of outside work, but he has clear expectations. As long as you do your job in an efficient way, you will be fine.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Dude is a tough grader and an even tougher assignment creator. He speaks faster than lightning during his lectures. If you have social anxiety you're SOL because participation is absolutely mandatory. The only thing keeping me in this class is the credit. I wouldn't wish this class or this professor upon my worst enemy.