Reviews of professor Nicholas Payne

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor Payne was just the best! I took music appreciation in the summer and it was awesome. It was an accelerated course but I really liked it. It was challenging, especially the exams, but the classes were enjoyable and he is very knowledgeable and nice. I would definitely take it again. Highly recommend Prof. Payne!

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Great professor who is passionate about music, he understands that not all students are music majors and are there for the credit. You can't miss more than 5 days or you get dropped. There are no reviews for the exams, they come straight from the pp and you do have to know the music! Overall easy A, I would recommend this class for art credit.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I did not like this teacher, he made us memorize 20 songs and tested us on only 10 of them on each test. He assigned an essay every week, once he didn't give the class access to submit it and then blamed the class. I don't recommend taking him.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I thought we'd learn about more than 1 music genre, but he taught jazz the entire time. Lectures are VERY BORING & not helpful that he has a monotone voice. Tests always had questions about little things from the text you wouldn't think to read, he doesn't give study sheets, so memorize EVERYTHING! Failed bcuz of the oral presentation, BE CAREFUL!!