Reviews of professor Eric (Guy) Schaffer

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Guy is one of the BEST professors I've had at RPI. He's funny, caring, and puts lots of effort into teaching his classes.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Guy is one of the most easy-going people in RPI! He cares about his students much and gives us great chances to show off our abilities during group projects and presentation.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Easy class and optional attendance. Most classes are lectures (which were streamed on WebEx). The weekly readings could get heavy but you could skim them and still get a good grade.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Guy is an extremely caring person who prioritizes the needs of his students first. His lectures are interesting and make use of a large variety of multimedia. STSO 1110 has a lot of assigned reading, but if you at least take a look at all the readings and take some notes during lectures, you will have no issue succeeding in this class.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
prof schaffer is very caring and accommodating towards students. while most assignments are not graded, if you want to stand out, you should do the readings and participate in class. they are very encouraging of students' ideas and perspectives.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Grade mostly dependent on participation, and essay, and 2 group projects. I didn't really know where I stood in the class grade wise until the end of the semester but lectures were over very relevant topics with nice group discussions throughout. Some readings were really complicated and I didn't feel very necessary.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Guy is a great professor and I highly recommend taking a course with him.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Very respectful and understanding towards students and the readings/lectures are very interesting and insightful.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Really nice guy, he's young so he relates to the students well. Very reasonable with absences; usually doesn't take attendance and is very willing to give extra credit if you miss lots of classes and want to make up your grade.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
I don't see why everyone likes him so much. The class was completely useless and I learned nothing. He talks about very odd philosophical topics and will agree to anything a student adds even if it makes absolutely no sense. His class is an easy A and the only reading that matters is before presentations. If you want to learn, this is not the class