Reviews of professor Richard Vierstra

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Doesn't care about his students personally. Refused to even post midterm grades. Graded every student differently, for the same answers. If you email him to ask questions, he refuses to reply. The class relies solely on lectures, for which he makes his own poorly-designed slides, with no hw or assignments. Tests extremely specific.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Vierstra is an interesting and fun dude, although he clearly doesn't take kindly to slackers. Lectures are a bit rambly but informational for people who actually like the content. Not much hw. Don't take him if you're looking for an easy science credit tho, tests are brutal and often on things you barely covered in class and aren't anticipating.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
There is no textbook for this class, so all information comes from his lectures. Words we glossed over in class were often tested over. This (as far as I know)is the only class he teaches. He's very knowledgable and passionate, but the class felt disorganized. Definitely someone you would like to know personally, but not your favorite as a teacher.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
DONT TAKE HIS FYP. One of the most boring and tedious white old man, many micro aggression. all he did is reading slides like a robot. No HW, but tons of things in lecture. The quiz and tests are hard but I am doing OK. But in the end I receive a A- with midterm and quiz over 94%?NO GRADE BOUNDARY in syllabus, NO ONE GRADES posted in Canva.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Refuses to tell students what will be on tests (which make up most of your grade) or what to study, seems to enjoy withholding information such as the final pop quiz at the end of the course. Much more invested in his love of plants than anything related to students or teaching.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
All he does is reading of the slides. Quiz and test on very specific things.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
This course made me fall in love with plants. He knows what he's talking about but that doesn't make him a good professor. There were many topics that were barely touched on in class but were heavily seen throughout his tests. The class was very disorganized and he is rarely accessible outside class.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Tests are extremely specific on information that was barely covered in lecture or not even on slides. Lecturing is not very organized and he is very knowledgeable on the information but has no time outside of class and is not good at breaking down the information. Unclear what the tests will be on. You get free plants though.