Reviews of professor Nicholas Weaver

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
He is a controversial man. I took this class fall 2020, and I really appreciated how caring he was as a professor throughout the semester by extending deadlines, having no projects the week of elections, and discussing COVID. I think that his lectures get super rambly at times and hard to follow, and he often glosses over fundamentals.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Probably the best professor I've ever taken at Cal. He has a really unique style of lecturing and his passion for the topic really shows. I took his class right in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic and he practically bent over backwards to accommodate students with special circumstances. Though, I'd recommend taking 161 with him over 61C.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5

Homework is EXTREME difficult, simular to telling you, atomic bomb will release a large amount of energy by splitting atoms through a chain reaction, and now you have to build your own atomic bomb. I spent 8hours+ per HW, but I never get a good grade in the end. He will never teach you how to them in a more advance way(In HW) UCDavis ECS032B

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
If you need to take this class, please take it with Nick! He is hands down the best math teacher I have ever had. He is always willing to help clarify things and give extra examples. On top of that, hes just a really nice guy! Would highly recommend for any math class!!

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
He gives interesting lectures, but most of his lectures don't help your understanding. Also, his workload is extremely heavy. You will have one lab, one online homework and one project due every week. It's very often that you will see the next project is already up and you couldn't even get a clue of the current project.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
He's such an interesting lecturer in EECS department! "Vote for President: Anonymous poll, let's see how representative this class is of the popular vote." Professor Weaver: "I edited this vote to add 'Jack Daniels' as an option..."

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Student in his ECS 32B at Davis. Does not give practice for midterm, and content review are super vague. Students have no idea on what could be on the test. Asks student to emphasis on reviewing the worksheet but essentially the test has nothing to do with worksheet. He tested on materials while he spend little time talking about those in class.