Reviews of professor Steffen Poltak

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Poltak is a good professor. He packs a lot of information into his lectures, but if you study and put in the work you will do fine. He's a cool guy and very helpful if you go to office hours. Lectures aren't mandatory because he posts recordings but it's helpful to go. There's hw every week but it's not too rough. Put in the time and it'll pay off!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
The class was very difficult and had a lot of homework. I struggled in the class and reached out but never got a response. There were not a lot of assignments graded in the class.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
The material is not tough as long as you look over everything. He drops a lot of grades and is super understanding. He's so funny and will help you with anything you need. I recommend going to his office hours! He usually brings his dog.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
A&P II (BMS508) online was great with Steffen. He was funny, great at explaining things in easy to understand language, and I was always disappointed when lecture had to end.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
He's clearly very knowledgeable. He does get off topic a lot, but he's funny and explains things well. There is so much content, but A+P is difficult by nature. The practicals are ridiculously difficult and near impossible. The lecture exams are 50 Q's in 50 mins which is so stressful. IDK. Not my favorite class. He has a bit of an ego I think.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. Poltak is one of the nicest professors you will ever meet. However, his lectures are sometimes hard to follow, especially over Zoom. You can also skip class and watch recorded lectures later. The tests in the lecture aren't too bad, but the lab can get pretty scary. Dr. Poltak is also known for being hard to reach outside of class.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Poltak is by far my favorite professor yet. He goes out of his way to really connect with the students and genuinely cares about the well being of each of them. A&P is not an easy class but Poltak is very approachable and will put in the effort to get to know/help you, if you put in the work and show a genuine interest.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
He's a very nice guy and if you email him he will answer very quickly! Just some of his lectures can be confusing because there is a lot of information thrown at you so you tend to zone out very quickly. He puts all lectures online so I would always go back and rewatch because of how much information there was.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
amazing professor but a very hard course due to the nature of the material. a lot of material to cover in one/two semesters but Dr. Poltak does an amazing job at helping his students learn it. very homework heavy that is done on own time with weekly Friday deadlines, Dr. Poltak does an amazing job at extending the due date of it if need be.