Reviews of professor Stephen Martin

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Overall, Professor Martin is very knowledgable and forward. While he does make his tests somewhat challenging, he prepares us well by going through problems that we expect to see later on and strives to break down complex topics. He is slow with grading. But as long as you read, pay attention in class, and participate, you will succeed.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
By the last week of class I still had assignments from the first week and later that didn't have grades, so I had no idea where I stood in the class. Very disorganized quizzes and an unbalanced grading system as well. It felt like a lot of effort was expected with very little in return. I have a feeling his class would have been better in person?

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Professor Martin is really good at teaching french and he is a beast at his field of teaching. He likes to help his students understand french and he does a fabulous job of answering and explaining your questions, but he's strict on grading and the criteria is not clear.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
READ THE TEXTBOOK! It doesn't matter how much you pay attention in lectures he will test on text material. Pop quizzes and and can't skip class. He's a great teacher and is always around to help with homework/material. Taking him again in fall because I enjoyed his class so much.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
This class is basically an extension of FINA363. There is not much guidance for what will be on the exams, no study guides are given. He also would not put our final exam grade on blackboard, only our final grade in the class is posted. Probably does this due to the exams being more difficult than needed and not wanting to admit he had to curve it.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Tests way more difficult than what he teaches in class. Gives you softball examples in class then blindsides you with incredibly difficult tests and quizzes. Do NOT take.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
A large majority of quizzes and assignments had unclear questions. Constant problems with his class in iCollege. Zero exceptions for late work.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Take this class if you have a light course load and time to read 400+ pages and memorize 70+ formulas. Otherwise, AVOID at all costs. Dr. Martin is kind and gives good lectures but the expectations are far too heavy. Very little material is given to help prepare and practice for exams, resulting in students memorizing & not understanding concepts.