Reviews of professor Daniel Wik

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Super great teacher but hard class. If you attend all the lectures and study a lot you will pass. Difficult material but great professor. Gives lots of extra credit opportunities.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Great professor! His class is definitely one that requires some work, but the material is super interesting so I never really minded spending extra time on it. He always had lots of opportunities for extra credit and was graded very fairly. I thought the homework was easy, but always spent a lot of time studying for the midterms in this class.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
ASTR1060 with Dr. Wik was definitely a hard class. He is a professor who clearly loves his subject, but it is not an easy 1000 level course. It is easy to get assistance from him or his many TA's, he puts together many ways for available extra credit, and even drops tests or quizzes if you don't do well. His study guides are a bit misleading.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Real nice dude. I hated the class for a little bit what with the sudden labs, but I can't deny he's a good professor. Listened to student feedback from the beginning of the semester and tried to make the class fun. He succeeded somewhat.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Even though the subject itself is quite hard, I liked it

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
The professor seemed to really care about the students learning and the material he's teaching. I took ASTR1060 and recommend going to class and doing the readings. Having just an overall basic understanding of the material being taught goes a long way for the tests. Looking up and watching videos online really helps conceptualizing bigger concepts

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Super Nice guy first of all. Seems like he cares about his students. I'm in Astro1060: The Universe. It's a super fascinating course but, if you don't pay attention you might fall behind. Basically just show up and pay attention and you'll have a good experience.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
He was a really fun professor; understanding, caring, knowledgeable, and actually cared for teaching you the material. You can definitely tell that he loves what he does and wants to truly be able to teach people about astronomy.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Lectures are long and pretty boring so make sure you pay attention. I feel that most of the labs are just busy work. I went to Wik once for help and he seemed annoyed and uninterested, so for the rest of the semester I went to his TA, Mirna for help (she was so sweet). Overall, it's a good class but if you slack off you'll have a hard time.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Dr. Wik is caring and excited about the material he's teaching, but lectures can be confusing. Particularly on days with group projects and quizzes, attendance is important, but it's not mandatory. Exams were pretty difficult - you'll have to study a lot and go to office hours if possible. However, you'll learn a lot and extra credit really helps.