Reviews of professor Daniel Cherdack

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Overall this course is not easy unless you are just good at physics. However Dr. Cherdack helps his students in many ways. Posts lectures, hw answers after the due date, gives test reviews and will curve. This was his first semester teaching which was obvious at first but at the end he really came together.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Many of the homework topics he doesn't cover in class. Other homework he doesn't even grade and has you review another student's submission, and you don't get your own assignment's grade if you don't complete the peer review.
Also, he doesn't release exam solutions because he "doesn't want to have to write another exam."
Laziest professor I've had.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
periodic Quizzes and Exercises to be completed before each session (generally reasonable difficulty); Exams: fairly long and difficult but were retrospectively not very different from the work you'll be doing; VERY fair grading; Prof was very knowledgeable & adaptable + his notes were helpful; project + quizzes = 1 exam grade; Work hard = success!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
People are mad at cherdack because they got bad grades or whatever, physics is hard if you're not putting the effort in. He is happy to explain any concept if you are struggling with it, and curves the grade generously at the end.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Teaching style is nothing extraordinary, but he will help you if you need it. Physics is not an easy subject and you actually have to work for your grade.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Was very helpful in office hours and made sure you understood everything thoroughly. His teaching style is a bit boring but he uses many examples and they are all similar to the tests, so focus in class and you will do great. His curving is very heavy so don't worry if you're struggling

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
He's a new professor so it's understandable that his class isn't well organized. I believe he will get better in time, but for now, lectures aren't very helpful. He reads off the powerpoint and does problems as clickers for attendance. When he does explain problems in class, it's hard to follow. Do hw probs and study them. Grades have huge curve.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
his teaching style is NOT the best.his class is mostly based on homework and assignments,do all the extra credit offered!you might be failing the first test, maybe the second,but just work hard till the end.he cares for his students,and he tries to help everyone pass. the class will be hard in general but the curve comes in handy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!(!!!)

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Honestly, genuinely, I didn't learn one thing from him all semester and I attended each class. Everything I learned is by youtube and doing practice problems. Exams are department wide so he does not really impact anything in that regards. Homework and recitation problems are ridiculous compared to exams. Course set up is a disservice to students.