Reviews of professor Arthur Degaetano

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. D is a good professor all around. He is really kind and wants his students to succeed. If you need help, he will help, and his behavior will never dissuade you from going to lectures. My only issue is that the lectures were sometimes pretty confusing and required extra studying.
Oh, and there are 5 tests.  Luckily you can drop one.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Dr D had Interesting lectures and was knowledgeable about the subject but it was hard to go back and follow lectures without rewatching them as PowerPoint/class posted notes weren't stellar on their own. Homework and climate math (quantitative quizzes) were manageable, plus no exams during covid semester, only weekly multiple-choice quizzes w drops

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
A very animated and passionate lecturer - you can tell he cares about the subject. He also genuinely wants students to succeed and always answers questions. Prelims are pretty straightforward and similar to class examples, and he gives good study guides.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Taken online. The lecture slides are confusing but the prof does a good job explaining them. Grading was very lenient and based on weekly quizzes, take-home quizzes, and simple assignments. Not sure if he will go back to tests once online is over instead of the weekly quizzes. Take this class if you're interesting in scientific climate change stuff

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
can be disorganized on the lecture materials but otherwise cares about the class and the students.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Overall a manageable and comfortably paced course in thermodynamics. Course consists of quasi-weekly problem sets and two prelims which were fair.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Professor D was great. The online part of the class was convenient and the lectures were very engaging. If you have any background in any physics this class will likely be way too intro level for you, but sometimes you're looking for that easy class. 5 tests felt like a lot but you end up dropping one. Material is a bit random at times but is easy.