Reviews of professor Thomas Williams

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Discussions are heavily based on what he thinks you should have seen in the sky that night. Tests are hard because they are not based off the book or the notes. Seems like tests are based on his opinion. DO NOT share anything to course hero from his class. He does watch it and from what I understand will report you for academic dishonesty!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Experiencing such a disappointing class makes you wonder if the instructor is cut out for teaching. You'd think a teacher's job is to inspire, but instead this instructor is doing the opposite. And when you see him using his own book, adds to the feeling that maybe he's more interested in promoting himself than actually helping students learn.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
The professor gives heavy reading, but bases most of your grade off of personal observations made of the sky. If you don't name specific stars in your discussion he will take away most of your points. Even if your discussion is well written, he will scrutinize it regardless. He communicates through email, but is not encouraging or helpful.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Not an easy class. You have to work for his grades. Doesn't treat the class like a 100 level which prepares you for the next level. If you are looking for an easy A you won't get one. But if you need to get that science section taken care of this class isn't a bad option to get it out of the way. The videos, DVD and text book aren't bad reads.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
This is not an easy course. There were questions from every recorded lecture, on exams and quizzes so it's necessary to access ALL the digital materials outside of the book, even the formulas. I got a bit of an attitude from him once about an assignment with no constructive feedback, which was annoying. The book, DVD and lectures are pretty good.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
This professor is pretty awful. In a class that just about everyone is taking as a filler class, he takes it 100% serious and scrutinizes every little thing about any discussion thread or prompt. Basically, if you are not Galileo himself, you will not get an A in his class! Horrible experience in this class. Made the end of my semester much harder.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
My experience with Professor Williams was that he is very nice and encouraging, but the tests in this class are very hard. An A in this course is achievable, but expect to spend a lot of time studying, keep the textbook and videos open while you take the tests, and make sure you read the instructions very carefully when doing written assignments.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Expectations are not realistic for a 100 level class. He nit-picks writing assignments and cares more about grading criteria than students gaining knowledge. He encourages early completion of coursework but deducts points for not taking more nightly observations (this was not possible with my schedule). I agree he displays unnecessary attitude.