Reviews of professor Don Grant

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
This class was just pure pain. Although he is a nice guy, we had 32 three-page essays about varying topics. On top of that at the end of the semester, we have a 9-page essay plus a flow chart we have to make about our topic. Overall this was the hardest course I've taken but honestly, if you try you'll get a good grade.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Don is a nice guy and I can tell he cares about his students (he reads the chat now!) and is passionate about his work. However, his class is very lecture heavy and it can get boring at points. Tests are all writing and require you to think, but he grades quite nicely. There's also a final paper at the end. Overall, it's an okay class.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Very hard to get a clear answer from him over email, he'll send you to the TA who is even more hard to reach. Luckily, if you don't miss class you won't have a reason to email him. He has interesting lectures that are thought provoking. Lots of essays, each exam is 5 essays at least. most of them are handwritten, but still worth taking.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I am not a fan of this professor. His lectures are incredibly dry and don't make a lot of sense becasue he kind of just rambles for an hour and a half. His exams aren't difficult, the questions are just kind of strange and not really all that relevant. Grades take forever to be updated and he is almost impossible to contact outside of class.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. Grant is the best professor I've ever had. His lectures are thought-provoking and tremendously meaningful. He's an intelligent guy and any student would be lucky to learn from him. Dr. Grant is very professional and respectful but also caring of his students. Admirable guy. If you do what's asked of you, you can easily do well in this class.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
This class was definitely essay heavy, all exams were essays but if you did them in advance it wasn't too bad. The only real thing I would change about this class is the lecture slides. He just makes the slides with main bullet points and then verbally explains to them so one needs to pay attention to the lecture or record the lecture.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
The class had tests but also had a group project focus that made the students think in a different way. His lectures are very structured and easy to follow. there are a couple opportunities for extra credit and it was totally worth doing (i ended with a 99% in the class!). Interesting subject matter and he cares about it deeply.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
His powerpoints are not well presented and not recorded. His lectures go very fast and he doesn't slow down. Be sure to look over the Powerpoints before class, this will be a life saver. This class was taken online during COVID-19. To participate in online class via zoom don't use the chat options, he will not read these. Its best to speak out loud