Michael Rydman - Grand Rapids Community College

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Michael Rydman - Grand Rapids Community College

Professor: Michael Rydman

Department: Philosophy

College: Grand Rapids Community College

Rating # 1

Overview:

Course: HU273
Grade Received: A
Overall Rating: 5.0
Course Difficulty: 2.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: Yes
Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Great guy! I would take all his classes if i could. Tells great stories and his classes are pretty straight forward.

Rating # 2

Overview:

Course: HU273
Grade Received: A
Overall Rating: 2.0
Course Difficulty: 1.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: No
Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

The uninspiring and detached manner in which the professor leads his class only further increases my disinterest in it. Hard to hear, and too tangential, what little important information is given, is too vague to be of any help. Anybody can pass this class without much effort, if any, but you wont be expanding your knowledge any.

Rating # 3

Overview:

Course: PL201
Grade Received: C+
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: No
Would Take Again: No
Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Please save your money and do not take professor Rydman. All he do does is lecture throughout the whole class, do not have any engagement with students. You will have quizzes every week about the textbook so you better prepare yourself. He assigns a research paper and is a tough grader. Both midterm exam and final exam will be essay questions.

Rating # 4

Overview:

Course: PHI201
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: No
Would Take Again: No
Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

DO NOT TAKE HIS PHILOSOPHY CLASS! Mr. Rydman is AWFUL at lecture. He says maybe 10 minutes worth of useful information in a 2 hour time span. His quizzes are off the reading assignments, but only on the unimportant information. He rambles about trump, movies, and other things he thinks students will find interesting. IT'S NOT.

Rating # 5

Overview:

Course: PY201
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 3.0
Course Difficulty: 2.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: No
Would Take Again: No
Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Rydman is good, but as others mentioned, is very, VERY dry and monotone. For philosophy he spent the whole hour and a half talking quietly at the front of the room about the lecture of the day and myself and others found it very hard to stay awake and not just stare at the clock. Easy class if youre willing to suffer through a snore fest.

Rating # 6

Overview:

Course: HU273
Grade Received: A
Overall Rating: 5.0
Course Difficulty: 3.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: Yes
Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

For film u will get 2 class and he will go over the reading assignments from the prior week and share a video or two about each weeks topics. Then he will talk 2 u briefly about the movie u'll watch that day and the assignment due at the end of class. Assignments are under a page long and are handwritten. 1 final exam and 2-8 min film or paper.

Rating # 7

Overview:

Course: PL201
Grade Received: A
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 3.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: No
Would Take Again: No
Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Boring as can be. Monotone with very little personality. Off topic waaay too much. Often goes off topic and rambles. Occasionally he links his stories back to the lecture, so you don't know when his stories are relevant or not. Only grades are semi regular quizzes based on assigned reading as well as the midterm and final. Knows his stuff.

Rating # 8

Overview:

Course: PL209
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 3.0
Course Difficulty: 3.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: No
Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Nice guy that talks way too much about random crap. He cant stay on topic no matter what and judges you when you ever say something logical. Daydreams often and mumbles to himself when students are working on a case studies. The man must have voted for Hillary Clinton. He overall just doesnt click with society and makes many feel uncomfortable.

Rating # 9

Overview:

Course: HU273
Grade Received: A+
Overall Rating: 4.0
Course Difficulty: 2.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: Yes
Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

All you do is watch a movie every class time. Lectures for maybe forty-five minutes then you watch a movie! You have to write and answer a few questions about each movie. So if you watch the movie you'll do fine. Final project is to make your own 2 minute movie short or draw a story board really really easy

Rating # 10

Overview:

Course: PL201
Grade Received: A-
Overall Rating: 3.0
Course Difficulty: 3.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: No
Would Take Again: No
Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

His class in the introduction to philosophy requires surprisingly little critical thinking. For his tests, don't try to think outside the box or contextualize it. All he wants is for you to regurgitate his lectures, in his own words, back at him. And his grading depends on how "ornery" he is feeling that day. I'm serious . . . his own words.

Rating # 11

Overview:

Course: PL110
Grade Received: A
Overall Rating: 4.0
Course Difficulty: 2.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: Yes
Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

This guy is something else. He's kind of a weirdo. BUT he is overall nice enough and his class really isn't hard if you pay attention. He does so pop quizzes and they're only worth about ten points but they can really make or break you grade until the final and midterm if you don't read. I would take him again, but he is terrible boring... but easy

Rating # 12

Overview:

Course: PL201
Grade Received: A
Overall Rating: 5.0
Course Difficulty: 3.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: Yes
Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Class is mostly lecture, but he really knows what he is talking about and makes it really interesting especially if you participate. Funny stories and is more concerned that you are involved and understand rather that focus on a grade. If you put in effort he will work with you! Great Guy

Rating # 13

Overview:

Course: PL209
Grade Received: B+
Overall Rating: 3.0
Course Difficulty: 1.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: No
Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

This dude makes me crack up. Not because he is funny- but because he is just such a goofy guy. I read a comment about how he "talks for n hour to himself and laughs at his own jokes" and it couldn't be more accurate.

Rating # 14

Overview:

Course: HU273
Grade Received: A-
Overall Rating: 3.0
Course Difficulty: 2.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: No
Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Oh boy, this guy was quite the character. He lectures for the first hour, and then students watch a movie which they will have to critique after. That being said, his lectures are INCREDIBLY boring. He basically just spurts out random trivia facts and giggles to himself for an hour. However, he is very approachable and an easy grader.

Rating # 15

Overview:

Course: PL209
Grade Received: Not sure yet
Overall Rating: 4.0
Course Difficulty: 2.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: No
Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Very nice professor. Can be difficult to pay attention to at times because he is very soft spoken and tends to rant. However, he is helpful and the grading criteria is very clear.

Rating # 16

Overview:

Course: HU273
Grade Received: C+
Overall Rating: 2.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: No
Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Overall he is an okay professor but like many others have said, he talks the entire class and sometimes it seems he's just talking to himself but yet expects us to listen closely. The bright side is that we do watch movies every class but they are sometimes hard to follow and expects us to take notes on them. But I would try to avoid his classes.

Rating # 17

Overview:

Course: HU273
Grade Received: A+
Overall Rating: 2.5
Course Difficulty: 1.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: No
Would Take Again: N/A
Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

He is a good teacher. It is a film viewing class so you will be watching old movies every class. He's hard to hear and understand. But he IS STUCK in the 90s. His film teaching is fro the 90s even how to videos are 20 years old. He Is does not teach modern film techniques. Show up to answer a short question about the film for credit.

Rating # 18

Overview:

Course: HU273
Grade Received: A
Overall Rating: 3.5
Course Difficulty: 1.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: N/A
Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Professor Rydman seems like a nice guy. The class was extremely easy, mostly 1-hour lectures followed by watching a movie. Short assignments followed each movie, and his grading of these assignments is very easy. The final exam is a little strangely worded, though. You'll need to study to pass it - it is worth 25% of your grade.

Rating # 19

Overview:

Course: PY201
Grade Received: A
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: N/A
Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Worst profesor I have EVER had. Makes you uncomfortable to even ask him a question! Talks the whole three hour class, incredibly boring.

Rating # 20

Overview:

Course: PL201
Grade Received: C+
Overall Rating: 1.5
Course Difficulty: 3.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: N/A
Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Tons of reading. Speaks either way too quiet or way too loud. His stories were pretty funny, but overall the class dragged on. The quizzes were constant and confusing. The material covered was much different than what was seen on the quizzes. The essays will save you in the end if you're a good writer and competent in the subject of Philosophy.

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