Reviews of professor Marcos Rigol

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Dr. Rigol is a solid professor. He answers questions very well. The class is difficult but if you just study and understand the concepts it's fine. You don't even really need to pay attention in class just do the homework.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
He is the opposite of many of these reviews. He does his best answering questions in the lectures and engages with students individually when solving problems. By far the best physics professor I have had.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Be prepared for exams that are much harder than the practice exams. While attendance is mandatory, you will learn nothing during lecture. You will learn everything from reading the textbook while doing the dreaded mastering physics homework. overall, he runs a 2 credit course as if it were 3 or 4 credits, while you teach yourself all the material.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
This course is absolutely terrible. No coherency at all, topics just jump around. 30% (or 25% cant remember) of your grade is a 20 question midterm. Can't really tell if its the professors fault or the lovely physics dept of psu. Crazy amount of homework. Terrible, terrible, terrible. Take 214 someplace else.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
The course schedule is so important that rather than offering an online lecture or recorded lecture in the case of instructor illness, he either attends class while visibly sick or has it covered by someone who is totally unprepared for the lecture. So disrespectful.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Nice guy tough course. 2 credits half a semester so weekly work of 4 credit course. Also thought he did a good job lecturing the material, with lots of example problems. Hard exams.