Reviews of professor Benjamin Andrew

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
His teaching was extremely subjective, and unfair. For several of the assignments, I fulfilled the demands, however, he still snatched points off. He is pretentiousness and has an air of superiority, and his "feedback" tends to be useless, and/or borderline insulting to students. If you can take this class with a different teacher, do it.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
It's the nature of the beast when in an art and design program that you get a professor who grades subjectively. This is that professor. He docks points due to personal preference, rather than mastery of the concepts. He has a hipster mindset and calls students' work "basic" even when their work is quite complex.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I pick my teachers at PSU based on reviews I read about them online, or their experience. Often, I skip someone's class if they have a low rating on this website. Now I realize that not all the ratings here are accurate... I had several classes with Prof. Andrew and he has always been fun, helpful, inspiring and knowledgeable & deserves 4.5 stars!

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
In theory, this class should be great but needs reorganizing. Lots of hunting for instructions and requires multiple accounts to external sites to access tutorials, class participation, and assignment submission. The assignment instructions are also overly vague. But if you have nothing better to do with your time, this might be the class for you.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Prof comes off as your classic artboi in lectures, but is upbeat and responsive through message. Typically, give solid feedback. Online group projects are just as nightmarish as they sound. Criteria can be a bit vague as being #edgy and conceptual is part of the rubrics. Multiple things due throughout the week. If you get them in, youll get an A

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Not too difficult if you do the work and show up. Attendance is mandatory, lectures are a pain to sit through, assignments are easy (some are pure, annoying busy work), art projects are not graded super hard. Class is half art majors half bio majors which creates a really weird dynamic. Andrews himself is nothing crazy. Dr. Squyres is nice though.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
I was excited to take a class in "The Art of Web Design". The problem was it was more about learning Muse through Lydia lectures. The work load is intense. He didn't explain what to do just what you did wrong. I never learned anything about website design. Seems like another Pho eating, Micro beer drinking, mustache wearing Art know it all skip him

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I have never rated a professor, but I think Professor Andrew deserves it. He was extremely helpful not only in this class but in the previous class I took with him. He is knowledgeable, skilled, and knows how to receive different opinions. He grades on time and offers thorough feedback. He is compassionate when it's needed & offers great resources