Reviews of professor Richard Mercier

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Dr. Mercier is a nice guy and statics in general, is just a hard class. He does his best with helping out the grades by allowing cheat sheets on exams and having lots of exams. That being said most of the learning you do will definitely be outside of class. Jeff Hanson will become your best friend.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
The exams are nothing like what is discussed in class. Be ready to fail

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Mercier had very bland and monotoned lectures but he works through what you'll see on the exam. He gives lots of partial credit on exams, and you have 6 exams, not including the final. Exam every 2 weeks with only a couple of topics so its relatively easy to study for. If you can make it through the lectures you can do well.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Chegg makes a profit on professors like him.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
He is very strict, but at least you know what to expect. He has A LOT of tests and no extra credit of any sort. His lectures are boring and he is very monotone. One good part of his class is his completed notes are very detailed and he explains his thought process. This class is just a generally difficult class, so he is an okay professor overall.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
6 exams and a final sounds like a lot, but each exams covers small amount of material so easy to study for which is nice. Lectures can be pretty boring, but if you have questions he will help you and he is also super helpful in office hours. Turn in assignments usually are similar to exam, and turn ins and exams are graded very easily.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Statics isnt the easiest class but he makes it straightforward. 6 exams and a final which sounds bad but only two topics on each exam. trust me its better than the other prof. he teaches it well and is very accessible if you have questions, turn in assignments can be hard but graded easily. practice his notes and use ASCE test bank and you are good