Reviews of professor Alan Madej

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Where to start? The TA's are harsh graders and won't even tell you why you got something wrong on the tests. The topics are content heavy, so many equations! I had to do more work for this course than any other course I was in some courses I was taking were second/third year courses. The physic department is tragic. Teaching is awful. F from me.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
He replaced Thomas Koffas for the majority of the semester. The content was quite difficult at times but he would repeat most of the information periodically to make sure we understood it. He would take time with his lectures but it could get real slow and we'd have to cram the later lectures.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I wish I can share photos here just to show how caring he is. Every single time I email him with a question, he takes the time to write me a super detailed answer without leaving any point out, to make sure that I understand everything. I mean, who does that nowadays? TAs and professors answer with few words (if they answer anyways!)

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Professor Madej is a good teacher, I don't understand why people expect first year PHYSICS to be a walk in the park. The amount of work required was completely reasonable (weekly assignments and reading quizzes, everything else was handled by the lab coordinator and presumably not his fault for the work load). Very knowledgeable, very fair. 10/10 !

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Definitely wished he went over more test related problems in class. Overall a nice guy, made lectures welcoming and explained theories and applications well. Tough course just make sure to show up to lectures

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Super nice guy, but not a strong lecturer. He doesn't do many practice problems and pretty much just derives equations. The content isn't super tricky though, just make sure to do the practice problems and you'll be fine.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Bad prof, copied all his notes from other professors and also puts up tests which are difficult and some times out of syllabus too. Don't take this prof, you will definitely mess up with your grades. doesn't give number for the steps if the final answer is wring

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
He is a good prof , just pay attention to him and pick out important detail .

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
His lectures explain the concepts fairly well, but the math/equation proofs put the entire class to sleep. Its hard to pick out whats important, and the tests will hit you like a truck, you wont need a textbook to pass. This class is designed to weed out the engineers, stay strong, the labs will boost your mark.