Reviews of professor Lorenzo Coley

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Just participate in class and keep up with the homework assignments and the tests will be a breeze. He does a lot of example problems in class so make sure you go so you know how to do them!

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
His occasional sarcastic comments would lively up the extremely boring pre-recorded lectures. He did use Canvas the best way possible with tests. He would have you solve one force and then give you an assumed value for that force in the next part to prevent mistakes from carrying through the whole problem. Great & fair guy but just kind of boring.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
He was very concise and straight to the point in his lectures. The tests were online and gave you assumed values in case you messed up the earlier section. He is very clear on how and what he wants on the free body diagrams. Great professor!

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Did not get grades back for a long time. Good lectures, but really bad communication.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Statics is a rather tough class. With that said, Coley truly made the class enjoyable for me. His lectures were very informative and I found myself going back to study his lecture examples over what I found on YouTube which is not something I do often. His test format has you solve for a value then uses an assumed value on following questions.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Lectures are great and easy to follow. The only bad thing about this class is the grading scale. 60% of the grade is 4 tests and 30% is the final. All are online and automatically graded through Canvas. This means that if you miss something small, it can potentially cost several points off of your grade. Study and you will make an easy A.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Professor Coley has easy to follow lectures. He is usually straight to the point, but has humor that makes class more engaging. Tests are on Canvas and time-limited, you have all day to take them. You will get no partial credit for wrong answers, even if your methods are right. He makes typos on tests and has to curve them to fix his own mistakes.