Reviews of professor Stephen Gedney

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Professor Gedney's excellent course plan tames a wild subject. Great lectures and notes lead you through the fundamentals. Learn these inside and out because the fair exams and projects will be on these. Take him for circuits I if you can.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I took ELEC 1520 with Professor Gedney. Personally, I did not like his teaching methods, but he will help you a lot if you go to his office hours. Attendance was mandatory, and you had to keep up with understanding the topics as there were quizzes at the end of each lecture. Don't expect to pass if you don't work hard.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Gedney is a great professor.  He really cares about students.  ELEC 1520 really teaches you programming and is a great intro to C++ and how to design programs.  He goes out of his way to help you.  There is lots of work to do, but Gedney makes it enjoyable.  He's also a must for ELEC 2132. Speakman also uses his notes and lectures.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Probably the worst professor/person I have ever encountered. Doesn't care about your success as a student, is super condescending and goes out of his way to make sure you know he thinks you're dumb. Him being the department head proves how awful UCD is. Please for the love of god, don't take him.