Reviews of professor Emil Rueckert

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
10/10 My guy defo has the hots for someone named Lyn E. Arzation Always talks about her in class

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Emil seems intimidating but is a good professor. He would much rather have you ask questions than not ask and mess up in the lab reports. He is a tough grader so you have to work hard for the A (not impossible). There is a short quiz based on the previous lab at the beginning of each class followed by a brief review of what you learned in lecture.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
He is a tough professor to be sure, but you will know the subject inside and out by the end of the course. He provides extremely thorough lectures and you can see that he LIVES for physics through his passion for the material. His grading criteria are specific but if you follow his syllabus you should have no problem at all. Linearization is key!

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
There are many words to describe this guy. For one, he knows his stuff. Has a nice beard. He's also a master at the art of condescension, going out of his way to make you feel dumb for asking a question. But that isn't the worst thing about him. He makes liberal use of the unholy combination of strict grading and vague instructions. Just avoid.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Read the lab instructions! He wants the lab write ups in a very specific way and if you miss something or don't pay attention to his format you will get very bad grades. He also grades on data, so if your data doesn't come out right just fudge the numbers or you'll also get a bad grade. Other than that you should get A's.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
The labs require a lot of work and sometimes the professor wasn't clear with what he wanted for the labs, but if you email him or attend his office hours he will try to help. His lectures are short and straight to the point. As long as you email him and put in the effort and time, you will be fine.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Extremely rude and condescending. I had this class online because of Covid and he didn't make it any easier. Dances around questions, makes you feel stupid, lectures somewhat aid with the lab but are missing a lot of important info. Treats you like you put nothing into the class, even if you've spent hours on it throughout the week. 1 lab per week.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Took him for phy 1520L and 1510L . He's not that bad and his grading was pretty clear. Once you have the lab template down I would recommend you prep beforehand, (avoid mishap) physics is going to be kinda hard no matter what professor you have. He is a little awkward, never quite makes eye contact when lecturing but the teaching is not that bad.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Gives so many unnecessary rude comments and he isn't even clear when explaining concepts, seems like he hates what he does. There are so many better professors from what I have heard that teach the lab portion . Don't waste your time taking this class, he is the least approachable professor I've ever had, made me dread attending every week.