Reviews of professor Mike Phillips

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
I'm not a physics person at all so this class was very hard for me. I had a hard time following along with the lecture since they are so long and not much explanation. Midterms/final was nothing like what we were told to review. It's the hardest class I've taken. Wish he explained how he got the answer. He gives extra credit and merciful grading .

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Did not teach. Claimed technical difficulty saying "zoom was having an issue" when he posted lecture videos of his notes, WITH NO AUDIO. Posted other people's lecture material (i.e., CrashCourse, etc.) which was way more helpful than his own. UsedExpertTA for quizzes and homework. Kind of prof. who grades "great job! - 80".

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
He is a great professor, gives a few problems as homework every week although they are study related. He is not a though grader, very flexible with turning in homework. No much need to read the book for information, he gives you all the information you need in the lectures you only use book for homework problems.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
I have no problem w/ Mike. The issue I had was with his teaching methods. He wasn't very clear on how to do the problems. We would spend the class time before the quiz to go over a review quiz. Come to find out the quiz was NOTHING like the review! When I brought this up to him, he said "I want you to think outside the box". Ugh. Easy grader though

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Mike was a great physics teacher. I was a little worried for this physics classed because it was so heavily calculus based and Mike did an excellent job teaching and breaking topics down. They way he taught made it easy for me to follow and understand.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
He was MIA for the first 4 weeks. NO handouts. NO study guides. NO office hours. Took days to respond to emails. Suddenly during weeks 5-6 he posted announcement re those who scored under 90% on exam and said to"work harder". Then,quizzes (4 Qs, 25 points ea) had 2 questions with unknown material. 2nd announcement he asked class to retake it again.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Physics is a hard subject, but taking it with Prof Phillips was a great choice. His lectures are long + note heavy but he is the nicest teacher you'll ever have. The exam reviews are super helpful b/c they're similar to the exams and he lets you bring one page of notes for exams. The exams are hard but he curves ur grade + gives points for trying

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Professor Phillips has very hands off approach to his online Algebra Based Physics class. I ended up teaching myself a lot and I'll be honest and say this is the hardest class I have taken to date. The plus side is everything is open note and he gives opportunities for easy points through discussion post assignments.