Reviews of professor Brent Melot

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Lectures weren't the best nor were they the most engaging, but Professor Melot is a good guy. If you didn't understand something and made time to ask questions or visit his office, he'd make time for you.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Honestly, he's kind of rude, irresponsive to emails and gets frustrated so easily when people ask him questions in lectures. Not an enjoyable class whatsoever!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Lectures are useless, labs are frustrating, and the averages on midterms are around 50-60%. The most infuriating part is that the topics in the class are super interesting, but the way Melot presents it is overcomplicated, dry, and impossible to understand. Plan on teaching yourself and failing anyway.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Doesnt care about class. Read from the slides in a monotonic voice. Save your time by reading textbook and doing homework on your own. It is very hard to get partial credits from exams.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Prof. Melot is terrible at lecturing. The first day of class he stated he did not care for this class. His statement is proven throughout the semester, as he just shows up, reads his slides in the most monotone voice, and then leaves. His slides are terrible too, so the only way to understand the material is by reading the textbook on your own.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor Melot is not the best at presenting the information for the course, but if you do the practice problems that he posts, you will be fine. The class is curved, which is helpful for the final grade.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I felt Dr. Melot was a pretty good teacher overall. It was clear that he's very knowledgeable in his field and his explanations of the concepts we covered were pretty easy to understand. It was important to do the listed textbook problems early before each exam and to come with him with any questions because the exam questions were fairly similar.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Lecture for this course consists of the professor reading directly off of his slides. It can be really confusing and fast-paced, so if you plan on going to lecture I would read the slides or the textbook beforehand. There's very few office hours available and tests are graded with little to no partial credit, and a lot of emphasis on memorization.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
This is a class where going to lecture will actually make you more confused than just skipping it and reading the textbook. Prof Melot just sits there and reads directly from the lecture slides, which are confusing at best. He has short and inconvenient office hours, and despite what he says this class is all about memorization.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Dr. Melot takes some getting used to, but overall he's a very clear professor! He puts up slides with objectives on them before each chapter's PowerPoint), and while the lectures are posted, those slides aren't. Take pictures of them! On tests, it's hard to get partial credit so averages are low, but class is curved so you will survive!