Reviews of professor John Koblanski

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
He's a fun and energetic lecturer. I have trouble paying attention in lectures, but not with him. He keeps things interesting. He is really good at answering and discussing topics that peak students interest (i.e climate change, black holes, alternate universes, etc.). His material is fairly challenging but his grading scale is very forgiving.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
He is funny and will always tell stories in class. However, he is pretty all over the place in his lectures and if you don't know physics it might be hard because he isn't really good at explaining. Physics can be hard for most people but he wants you to pass. There are two midterms and a final, and pretty much weekly online homework assignments.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I had never taken high school physics before, so going into this class I was fully prepared and motivated to learn. However, after the first week of class I had given up because I wasn't learning during lecture. I probably skipped class more than I attended once the second half of the semester rolled around. I just studied hard enough to pass.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
This class was a disaster. He was all over the place and all of his study examples or homework problems never showed up on the exams. He also makes many mistakes when writing the exams and will interrupt you numerous times while take the exams. His lectures were all over the place. I learned more from the textbook than from lecture.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
The class is graded upon recitation (10%), 3 midterms (15% each), homework (10%), and a difficult final (35%). He doesn't give homework consistently, but when he does, its a lot to finish in the given amount of time. You have to put lots of time in on the side to actually learn. Never answers his emails. He seems like a nice guy though.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
His lectures were all over the place, making it hard to learn and focus on what topics were being explained. He never replies to any emails so it is best to go see him in person. He is quirky and makes a lot of jokes during his lectures which don't really help when you don't know what he is talking about. The two midterms and final are very hard.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Most unorganized and unreliable prof. in the science department. He explains concepts his own way to make it "easier" but it ain't. He HIMSELF is unsure of his OWN words. You feel an overall sense of confusion and uncertainty throughout all his lectures. The fact that he's the only one responsible for teaching PHYS151 (and next semester). Tragic.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
poor teacher, multiple choice tests

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Although I really enjoyed his personality and do feel like he means well, I found many of his lectures difficult to understand and in order to get the grade I got, I had to read every chapter + do practice problems in the text. The tests were moderately difficult but the class is curved, so if you do enough self-studying, you'll be fine.