Reviews of professor James Wilson

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
not that great of a lecturer, learned from youtube not him. but he cares and puts in effort. takes very long time to grade. tests aren't really hard but aren't easy. curves at the end which saves grades honestly. insists on participation from us more than him teaching himself, even if none. i personally didnt like his teaching but he isn't awful.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I wish every professor was like him. He teaches us how to understand concepts. His class is him introducing concepts and working out problems with students, and he will call you out sometimes. And this is all on pencil and paper and a project too. He is great at setting a tone of learning and participation for the whole class.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
He's a good professor, I will say though his lectures are very hard to follow and I had a hard time understanding while in class, though this may just be a me problem. Overall he is ok. One thing to note however, is that his tests are graded heavily with no test corrections, so watch out for those.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Do not take this professor for discrete all these reviews are lying. im taking him right now in spring 2024 and he hasnt graded exam 2 yet and we have the final in a few days!! so you have no idea if you will pass or fail the class until the last day. his lectures are bad because his handwriting is horrible. STAY AWAY FROM THIS CLASS.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Please if you taking this professor please be organized on your own accord and try to self-study. Do not try to skip class because you will be lost. This is an exam-heavy course and he isn't organized with exam grades himself.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
didn't post all reviews until 11pm the night before exams. interrupts questions sometimes. definitely unorganized (spent an entire class on completely irrelevant content). exam review questions are helpful and relatively complete. easy concepts. grade p much completely based on exams (10% hw based on completion). take if good test taker.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I'm not gonna lie, the weight of his class being 90 10 is detrimental to my wellbeing. He's very lecture heavy and rarely uploads any sort of notes from his lectures, and does not really use the book except for homeworks. Going to his lectures is the only way you'll know what's going on, and don't even think about skipping a lecture- you'll be lost

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
He teaches through working through examples with the class instead of directly lecturing about the concepts which may work better for some more than others. Homework was very light especially compared to other professors, but this meant the midterm and final were worth 90% of the grade. Overall a great and funny professor who I enjoyed.