*A 5 star workload is an easy workload; a 3 star is average; whereas a 1 star workload is extremely hard.
Comments:PSC 2315 - I cannot express how much I dislike this man, so I will simply state a few facts for if you choose to take his class. You will be assigned around 100 pages per class to read. This man will not lecture you, instead he will put videos of himself standing in front of a missile on canvas. His quizzes are obscene. They are two questions free response, which he will only grant you a 0, 40, 70, or 100. There will be maybe one or two of you that will receive a 100, and it’s not because you’re right, or thorough, or even did the reading, it’s because you’re his favorite. The rest of you he will give a 40 or a 70 for him not being able to understand the very topic he feigns teaching. He does not follow his syllabus. He does not know how to speak without the frequent usage of “um.” It will take him 10 minutes to not answer your questions. On top of that, he will proceed to shame you. Publicly. If you claim to be confused by his quizzes. He will not offer you help. He has 2 hours a week of office hours, so schedule your classes around his schedule. Oh, and he will determine your grade for major assignment based on a computer generator that he has openly admitted will not work in your favor. The one time it did he decided not to take that simulation for a grade. If one group gets a 100, one group will have to get a 0. So you better pray that the computer doesn’t label you as Austria-Hungary, or your grade is automatically tanked. I think he is a bad professor. Nope not professor, I’m sorry, professor’s assistant. I think he is biased, lazy, and unfair to his students. He claims to not be able to meet with his students more often because he is writing a very important paper. So my final thought, or more so speculation, is if he just sits in his office all day keying in the word “um.” Assistant Professor Alley, your move. - Grade In Class:D
Comments:PSC 2315 - His class is like a shock therapy. At first you kind of get screwed over by his quizzes but once you learn how to do them they are not awful. The class is flipped which may take some adjustment however his online videos that he posts are very helpful and if you go to his office hours you will do fine. He is very reasonable if you get to talk to him and the actually classes themselves are a lot of fun as you just basically goof off doing simulations. Its not the easiest class, but he is not a dick about it and it is his first semester teaching and he has already gotten a bit better.All in all I think you should take his class, however I would not expect it to be a walk in the park. - Grade In Class:A
Comments:2315 - DO NOT TAKE PROF ALLEY! On his daily quizzes(over 100+ page readings) you can essentially receive only a 30,70, or 100. Hardly any student ever receives a 100. On top of the readings, you have to watch the lectures at home before every class and take notes before class. In class, you will perform simulations where your grade relies on a random number generator that will never perform in your favor, after which you have to write an essay that will never be at an A level for him. For a fundamentals class, he is completely unrealistic with his 'teachings' and reading assignments. You will struggle in this class and almost never understand what is going on. - Grade In Class:D