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Danny was light hearted and truly cared about his students. He was easy to reach outside of lecture, and encouraged questions during lecture. Although the class is generally hard, he was the type of professor to be there for you every step of the way. His lectures went over a lot of practice problems, which were helpful for studying for the exams.Rate My Professors ↗
Danny is a great professor and a great man. His lectures were very engaging and he tried his best to explain complicated subjects when students had doubts. It is indeed true that his exams were harder (just slightly), but it also resulted in them having nicer curves. He really cares about his students and would definitely recommend.Rate My Professors ↗
His exams are so much harder than the other professors, and with a midterm 2 weeks before the final, we got our grades back a week later since the average was so low and they had to regrade everyones. He doesn't teach during lecture most of the time, just goes through examples from exams from years ago.Rate My Professors ↗
Not clear on graded criteria. He gave us last minute graded assignments and out of five, I only had one returned back to me. What happened to the other assignments I turned in? Who knows. I never got them back nor never knew what grades I got. All I know is that I got a D for the semester, despite attending class, doing my hw & participating.Rate My Professors ↗
Professor Fredrickson is a great lecturer and entertaining. He is also more than willing to answer questions during lecture and outside of class. All of the lectures are clear and line up closely with the textbook. Though the exams are difficult, they're fair.Rate My Professors ↗
He's really fast when explaining stuff in lecture. His notes are not very clear either.Rate My Professors ↗
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