Reviews of professor Ilkka Koskelo

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
He's kind of a funny guy, and does a decent job at presenting the material. (Sometimes he's a bit unclear with certain topics in lecture.) His exams are difficult but he's generous with the curve. And he's very accessible for help. Unfortunately he makes his class online because he's obsessed with COVID. LOTS of lecture.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Yuck. This professor is just terrible. Would not recommend! He wasn't all the helpful, and his tests are filled with trick questions. Please do yourself a favor and stay away from this guy!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Do not take this professor. If you have trouble, he will literally just tell you, "Yeah, that's in the notes". Even for a specific HW question, No help at all. He is the type of professor to say, "This is how the REAL world works". You'll just watch online lectures and teach yourself physics. DO NOT TAKE THIS PROFESSOR. I would rate 0 if I could.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I recommend Professor ilkka, He cares about his students.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Listen! This is such an extremely hard course, if you do not take it seriously you will fail the class. The way how this professor teaches is great, but do not expect he will be spoon feeding you like a baby! You should struggle and work extremely hard, the course in its nature is like that. Honestly, he is the best physics professor Exams arehard

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
This prof isn't that great. He is pretty rude and disrespectful, and the class itself is subpar at best. The labs are fine, and the homework is decent, but prepare yourself to self study on everything. The tests are hard, so study well. I would never recommend this prof or take his class again. He is just not good at the job.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Professor Koskelo is an excellent instructor for tough materials. I do not know why other students write bad comments about him, really, he is such a great professor that knows physics fantastically and he is very nice. I waited almost two to three semesters to take physics 421 with him and I am glad I took his class. Great HWs, excellent lectures!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Professor Koskelo made himself very available for students. I was able to email him questions on the homework and he would help me work through them without directly giving me the answer. His video lessons were very informative as well.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Feels like a bunch of busy work and his lectures aren't straight forward. You also have between 3-5 hours of lecture a week not including the homeworks and labs. I honestly didn't learn much.