Reviews of professor Joel Ellsworth

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Ive taken 3 classes from Joel. All the classes are relatively easy. 2 As and a B in machine design and I can honestly say I didnt watch a single lecture, or try. That being said, I refuse not to go to his class because its useless regardless. Get used to watching powerpoints. The university does you a disservice by employing him.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Ellsworth is a decent guy. I don't like the way he runs his classes. A little picky and particular. His lectures have some good snippets/

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
This professor is just a joke. He only teaches conceptually, yet his exams and homework are NOT conceptual. His difficult to work with and and really boring to listen to. It's a class all about memorization and nothing else. I was really excited for this class. I really thought I would work in material science after I graduate. Apparently not.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Ive had Ellsworth for quite a few classes now. Its been bad every time. I learned more about fluids watching 30 minutes of khan academy than I did watching all of his pre-recorded lectures. They are painfully boring and are just power point slides dubbed over with his voice. I basically paid for the opportunity to teach myself fluids.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Joel is never wrong. His answer key he had on the final project, which he'd never assigned before, was wrong and he failed the every single group's project because of it. Partial credit? You're dreaming. According to him, "its impossible have part of the answer in engineering". This project took each group over 100 hours during finals week mind you

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Ellsworth Gets a bad rap, at first he was a little rough but this is his 3rd semester teaching and many of the problems I saw at first now have been smoothed out. In fact think his in 4300 class I have learned the most out of all my classes at USU. He's much better now! Keep it up Ellsworth!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
He is very stubborn and does not listen to what the students want and tries to talk back and explain how he is right. Attendance is mandatory, even though he just reads the presentations in the dullest voice ever. If you have a chance, do not take any class from him, but if you don't then prepare yourself for some suffering.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Almost fell asleep every lecture. You can get an A only by reading the PowerPoints. He hypes up the final group paper a ton but I honestly don't even think he reads them (since he grades them right as grades are submitted). The final test was not too hard, just poorly written. Study the econ stuff, everything else is common sense.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
This class has 33 homeworks, 3 exams, and a design project. The homework is in a quiz format with unlimited attempts. The finals are the big kicker. Make sure you do well. The design project took around 20 hours and is due a little before the final. While Ellsworth still isn't my favorite professor, after having him for a year he is getting better.