Matthew Dickerson

Professor Dickerson is very nice and clearly enjoys the course material. It was important to go to office hours and extra help as there are two homework assignments every week and the exams are worth 75% of your final grade.

Dickerson is very passionate about NetLogo and incorporates his research into the course. It is an interesting look into how individual turtles interact on a patch-based structure. You use this to explore simulations in a variety of applicable fields. Dickerson loads up the homeworks, so be ready to sit down and code. Finding a good study partner for the semester is a good idea, as the final project is hefty and much better with a partner. The homeworks have more requirements if you work with a partner, but the benefit of working together far outweighs this cost.

Dickerson is very passionate about NetLogo and incorporates his research into the course. It is an interesting look into how individual turtles interact on a patch-based structure. You use this to explore simulations in a variety of applicable fields. Dickerson loads up the homeworks, so be ready to sit down and code. Finding a good …Read more

Overall Dickerson is enthusiastic about the material and is very accommodating / wants to help students learn. But be prepared to spend lots of time to do well. The homework is not worth a lot but important to the learning process and takes a bunch of time. The exams are worth a lot and are hard, but if you do well it is very rewarding.