Reviews of professor Paul Holmquist

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
I think I have PTSD from taking this class. I really appreciate that Paul is so passionate about his subject matter, but dear god is he speaking in hieroglyphics? The power points give almost no direct information, everything is extremely vague and during lectures I never really get the clear point of what he's trying to say on any given topic.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
The class is very note heavy, and you do have to pay attention in the lecture to understand. Notes are allowed for tests, and some extra credit is offered. He is a very thoughtful person, idk what these other reviews are on.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Pauls teaching style is something that take a while to get used to but once adjusted its not bad. All the tests are open notes so your notebook is really important. The notebook & attendance are a big part of your grade. You can tell he really cares about the subject and his students. He always gives extensions and is really understanding.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
The class itself isn't hard but the teacher makes it 2 times worse. He teaches architecture but it's more of a philosophy class as the lectures are the same thing every class. There are weekly quizzes on the lectures but they are difficult because of the time restrictions. I wouldn't take this class again by choice it's not going to be an easy A.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
He is the type of teacher that wants you to copy down what he says rather than the slides so he put no effort in putting slides together. He has no clue how to stay on track so you end up sitting there with no clue if what he's saying is important or if it's on the quiz. He does pull quiz questions for the test. Only take this class if you have to.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
DO NOT TAKE HIM. This is barely an architectural class because he gets too philosophical with it. His tests are impossible to complete. He is also very condescending when talking to him in private over any subject. He tries to make his words so extravagant to the point where he makes no sense and sometimes never gets to the point.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
This professor was the worst professor I have ever taken in my college career. His class was designed and structures poorly. You only have 2 main test, 10 quizzes, and a project that is not explained thoroughly. He believe that every student taking his class is dying to become an architect. I would not suggest taking this class to anyone.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
He is the worst professor I have ever had. Always goes over time on his lectures and emails us hour long videos of the lectures extended that we need to watch. Tests are ridiculous. He uses a lot of figurative language in his lectures & tries to use other synonyms of words to make him sound much "better than us" but he just makes no sense sometimes