Reviews of professor Richard Bonde

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Easy A if you are actually willing to try. All the tests are written responses but if you just study the notes from class well you should be fine. However, you do have to really study and basically memorize the notes because the only grades are 3 exams and a final plus your lab grade. Go to his office hours.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Dr. Bonde is a really cool and nice person. However, I didn't like his teaching style, as he went very quickly through the example problems and at times left everyone confused. He only went through the easy problems in lecture and left the harder ones for the homework. Also, get ready to wait a while before getting any grades back.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Tests are all short answer, about 35 short answer questions must be answered in only 50 minutes. Covers so much material in lectures and does not explain much if you don't have prior knowledge in astronomy. Very unclear about what is on exams. You will be able to survive this class with this professor but other professors are so much easier.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
The tests, on the other hand, are difficult. He frequently includes questions that we did not cover in class, but he also includes additional test questions so you can get a few wrong.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Loved having Dr. Bonde! Everything you need to know is covered in the lectures, and if not, he provides textbook readings and articles as supplemental material for exams. He was always engaging in lecture and made several movie references that I thought were entertaining. He provides extra questions on exams to boost points too!

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
If you aren't willing to take notes on paper, avoid Bonde (and most of the Astro department, lol.) Otherwise, he is a great professor. He explains the content clearly, meaning good notes = good grades. 4 Exams worth 20% each and Lab makes up the other 20%. Material is very interesting which makes this class very fun.