Reviews of professor Daniel Bednar

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
hands down the best instructor I've ever had. he explains the concepts very clearly and constantly shows that he cares about his students well being. he is also approachable outside of class if you have any issues. he also makes the lectures pretty entertaining.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
The absolute worst professor at Western. I do not understand how he has a high rating. If you are looking for a bird course do not take this class because he takes it way too seriously. 

Assigns super long and tedious readings that have no relation to the content being studied. No lecture notes. Marks exceptionally hard with limited feedback.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Caring and compassionate professor.  I had a couple circumstances during this courses timeline, all of which he understood and respected, giving me the maximum opportunity to not let it affect my mark. He is more focused on creating a healthy and positive learning environment than anything else

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor Bednar is hard to call a professor. The class content each week consisted of a video, podcast and reading. Both the podcast and video were never shorter than 1 hour of just straight yapping. And to add to that fire, they were all old recycled videos from the covid days. The readings were egregious and the evals were just summaries.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Amazing prof, definitely cares about his students and did a remarkable job!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
This class is very disappointing for most people interested in space. There was a lot of boring/silly political content (about half the class). The grading criteria isn't clear. THIS IS NOT A BIRD COURSE FYI. The final project was extremely long and the class avg is 70% on it, but it is a fun project. Podcast/video lectures are awful

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Danny is down to Earth literally. Fun course, but lots of writing! if you don't want to write a lot don't take the course as all the evaluations are writing reports and forums.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Did not handle himself professionally. He had great intentions with the material he taught, however it was often very disorganized and nearly impossible to follow. Virtual lectures often feature his cat on his desk as you watch your university professor play with his lego. Loud music in the background made it a challenge to understand him.