Reviews of professor John Koblanski

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
If you do not have a strong background in Physics DO NOT take this prof. His lecture slides are extremely messy and his teaching method is to just "stare at it" He skims over difficult concepts which lead me to actually rely on the textbook (which he provides a link to). I passed, but I know that a decent amount failed. He's also "funny",,, I guess

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
John is not a good teacher. Period. The method of "staring at it" to learn it doesn't work unless you know at least something. I went to the Learning Emporium to get help from tutors almost every day. During test time once, literally everyone was still taking the test at the end of class and he had to tell everyone time was up. No one had finished.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Gives irrelevant study guides which consisted of information that were not on his exams. Lecture is a complete waste of time as he briefly goes over and skips through problems. Doesn't take the time to explain everything he does for a problem. Goes off topic way too much. Averages for each exam were at 50% at best. Class is harder than ochem.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Koblanski is relatively new to teaching . I think he's very smart, but I'll admit that he can be scatter-brained at times. He challenges students to think and practice in order to understand and ask questions. I think he can and will improve overtime. It is hard, but it it's also to do a large lecture on physics.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
John Koblanski is the most legendary lecturer/teacher I've ever met. He is funny and quirky, like what a physicist should be. I'm sure he knows his stuff, but he's too new to be able to explain the material like some of the older professors. He just needs time to get out of "graduate student mode". Make sure to attend class and pay attention!

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
This professor is a quirky comedian but that is what makes his lectures interesting. HE is easy to talk to and very understanding unlike other physics professors I know. I believe the HW problems he assign does make you learn the topic better. TRY to do the HW problems on your own and you can definitely pass this class with a good grade.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
class is a mess, but I honestly learned nothing so I have to take him again next semester bc I definitely passed based on guessing.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
He runs his lectures a bit too fast pace and doesn't give a study guide that's sort of like the exam. However, pretty funny professor and the class is curved. There's also recitation for this class and is mandatory to attend since it's part of your grade. Note that he's sometimes scatterbrained and thinks for a bit about what he did for a problem.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Took it last semester. Exam-heavy course, yet his exams are full of errors that he will keep disturbing you during your exams. He is everywhere in terms of lectures; unorganized. Some times he'll tell you to use this equation, and during the examples, he uses another. If you can find another lecturer, please go to that.