Reviews of professor Ben Schellenberg

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
He really cares about what he is teaching, and communicates everything really well. He really wants everyone to succeed and tries to allow for people to approach him whenever he is available, even making time for individual students.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Dumbs everything down (even though the course material is already very straight forward.) Tests on non-curriculum related things like "what did I say in class that one time." Goes over maybe half of the things in the textbook that you are expected to know. The slides he posts are nearly useless and most are blank because he uses copyright photos.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Dr Ben is super awesome. Couple things to keep in mind: 1) The notes he posts are not helpful, so attend class. 2) He tests on really niche things, ie) what source a stat came from 3) He tests on textbook material not covered in class, so READ IT. Genuinely nice guy though who is helpful outside of class and always willing to foster discussion.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
He talks a lot but its mostly about nothing.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
If you don't like discussion posts don't take this class, there are multiple of them each week + weekly quizzes (15Q/20min). But discussions are easy marks if you do them and weigh more than quizzes. He doesn't post notes so you have to read a couple chapters each week. There is also a take home final. Not a hard class but time consuming for sure.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Very engaged with his students. If you take his online class he does weekly discussion boards which can feel tedious but they're super easy marks. He's very clear about his expectations for assignments and always willing to answer questions. Overall nice guy and great teacher.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Took it when he just got hired by the university. He got a low monotone voice and he posted skeleton notes only. Make sure you got the textbook to read what was not covered in class (also to check the pics he got from textbook because he erased them in student slide). Exams were straight forward, no hella-tricky questions.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Make sure you attend all classes or have a friend in class because he posts blank slides a lot (copyright issues). Otherwise, he's a super chill prof, great at explaining. Read the recommended pages from the textbook - he's sure to drop a few questions from the textbook not covered in class slides. Overall pretty easy A/A+ if you take it seriously!

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
I really enjoyed class but it was all distance learning, so no lectures. But as long as you get all of the work done youll be fine. He seemed like a good prof (based on email) however its hard to say when its distance learning.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
was an interesting prof and cared about the material

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Get ready for a ton of discussion posts.