Reviews of professor David Smith

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Alpha is absolutely the best professor I've had at GT. His course is definitely a LOT of work but I took 5 other classes and managed fine. Definitely follow his recommendation to buy the textbook- you will be using it a ton.
Don't skip lecture for this class and don't procrastinate design problems & you'll be ok.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
He's a nice guy and really cares about the material he's teaching. However, he is an incredibly difficult professor. The lectures are not as helpful as he thinks, the homework takes hours upon hours to get right, and the design problems are insane. He gives way too much work to make the class worth your time when you are barely learning anything.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Very nice guy, but with some drawbacks. Extremely slow grader, gives little feedback, gets lost and confused during class demos, wastes time with pointless lectures, and can be unclear about assignments. He really does care about his students though, and it's not very hard to get an A on projects if you put the work in. OK if your only option.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
The class consists of weekly quizzes based on chapters went over during the week, listening exercises that are done in class, and three exams. All the slide shows he presents in class are posted online and they come directly from the book. For exams if you study all the highlighted vocab from the book you will get an A. I got a 98 in the class.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Took Religion in a Global Context with Dr. Smith. Really nice guy that really cares about how you do in his class. Gives good feedback and accessible outside of class if you need. There is a lot of reading (4 books) but most of the material isn't boring. I would definitely take his class again.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
The projects will kill you but it's the closest thing you can get to actual test, design, or engineering analysis you will get at this school.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
He is the best, very easy course and actually cares.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
If you want an A on this class, you need to participate in discussion boards. You need to cite all of your information, do not turn something in without citing the source of where you took that info from. Book(s) are required though. I would take him again, he's pretty chill with work, just do what you have to do.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
In my personal opinion, he is a great professor. During the semester we were supposed to read 2 books, which was completely doable. The answers to the discussion boards, assignments, midterm, and final are in the book, so if you read the book, you should be okay. The books are pretty easy to read. Do more work than he asks, and A is guaranteed.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Hes really nice and he made the class very enjoyable.