Reviews of professor James Dunlap

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Took his graphic design class as a gen ed and it was the best course I took that semester. Likely has the most reasonable grading system out there. Professor Dunlap is also successful outside the classroom and showed us some of his work. A real bright person who is super down to earth.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
This guy... wow. UNBELIEVABLY arrogant. Very unreasonable about attendance, even in the age of COVID. Expects way too much, especially out of the students who aren't majors. Is really harsh with critique. Assigns at least 3 hours worth of homework every class. It's time consuming and tedious. If you don't have to, do not take this man's classes.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I took Dunlap as an art major, and he's awful. He asks you to take notes, listen and look at him, and do what he's doing in Photoshop all at once. If you're not familiar with Photoshop, it'll be a tough class. He rarely slows down when you need to take notes.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
All of this professor's courses are very time-involved and will most likely take up the majority of your assignment time. Proficiency in several Adobe programs (Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects, etc) is pretty much required if you are taking one of his digital courses, AND he will likely encourage you to buy an ipad+procreate for them as well.