Reviews of professor Benjamin Bergholtz

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Dr. Bergholtz has been one of my favorite teachers that I have ever taken! He is super engaging in class and just naturally charismatic. He is very approachable and accessible. It is clear that Dr. Bergholtz wants his students to succeed. Only downside is he is quite hard on grading. He is fair though, and he offers chances to make up lost points.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
He is very passionate about Freshman Composition, made a non-English major want to be at class. Handwriting can be unreadable on feedback on papers, but he is more than will to explain when asked either after or during office hours.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I took Dr. Bergholtz this past quarter and I ended up liking the class a lot more than I expected. He gives very good feedback of what to improve on for your papers, all you have to do is ask. Attendance is a good part of your grade so I definitely recommend going.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Very engaging professor and is enthusiastic about what he's teaching. However, the class topic was extremely burdensome given the majority of our other classes are STEM based and take time as well. He is a hard grader but is willing to give feedback if you ask him. Overall, if you want to get an A, it will tough, given he is a very strict grader.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
He's an engaging and active professor who has lots of discussion. He definitely assigned a lot of reading and gave pop-quizzes periodically to check if you are reading. Usually the quizzes were 3 questions and really easy if you read the chapter(s). However, I found that he is a very strict grader and gives out very few A's on major assignments.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Dr. Bergholtz is an amazing teacher and teaches an effective class that will make you learn a lot. That being said, he assigned a heavy work load of reading, weekly essays, pop-quizes, projects etc. and arbitrarily graded the assignments harshly. I put a ton of effort into the class and struggled for an A. I'd take an easier teacher if possible.