Reviews of professor Zachary Lerner

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
He's a nice guy but can be frustrating to students at times. His handwriting is the absolute worst when it comes to trying to take and copy notes. Speeds through every lecture and examples. Be ready for a test every other week. The type of teacher that is rude to students when 70% of the class fails a test when he didn't prepare us correctly.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
you have a test about every other week so be ready for that. The notes are sloppy and he flyes through the material. He criticizes the class when the average is below a 70%. He does post the notes online, however they are less then helpful if you are trying to study. The last two exams none of the equations are not on the sheet provided. Good luck

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Not really sure what all these negative reviews are about. Seemingly normal workload for an engineering class. You can drop a grade for one of the exams. Maybe he was a poor professor at the time of these past reviews, but I think it's more likely that it's just salty students that didn't get the grade they want. Good prof overall.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
He expects a lot of self-teaching and reading outside the classroom, which is difficult for some, because the textbook is dense. His lectures are unorganized, and he always runs out of time teaching them. This is his only required class in the fall, and yet he does not seem to prioritize students' success. The majority of my class failed.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
He has a test for every chapter, so they are often, but easy to remember/study for. There is weekly homework, so they are not often, but they are longer and more difficult. His handwriting is bad, and he speeds through lectures, so I recommend focusing on his words and the actual math, and going back out of class to copy down the figures.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Lerner is being forced to be a teacher to fulfill his Graduate Teaching requirements. This means that he did not chose to be a professor, and his lack of enthusiasm towards teaching shows in his conduct with students every day. He doesn't teach well, so his tests are easy. But there are six tests, so beware that you need to prepare for a test a lot