Reviews of professor Casey DeRoo

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Amazing professor and lecturer, you can tell he is passionate and intelligent about the stuff he is teaching and clearly explains things (he always answers questions during lectures if you're confused!!). However, he states early on that he takes exams seriously so they are somewhat challenging but if you study and go to lectures you will do fine!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Bad reviews were expecting to take a science class and do absolutely 0 studying. He provides practice exams, study guides, and review days for each exam. He is super accessible for outside help through office hours/email, and his lectures are filled with jokes and demos that make them super entertaining. One of my favorite professors at Uiowa.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
DeRoo was easily my favorite professor I had this year, but I absolutely would NOT take this class. An intro-level class should not take up this much time. This week he said "everyone's saying this class is hard, but there are people doing great!" I'm one of them--but it should not take this much work. My other classes/grades suffered for this one.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Not much to say besides being an enthusiastic, relatable, and overall really enjoyable professor. He goes through lectures but also does experiments for his classes and games as well. Extra credit IS offered in his class, and class participation will take you a long way. He is very open with all of his students and is probably my favorite professor

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
I know this sounds very cheesy but he sets you up for success and genuinely wants to do everything he can to help you do well in his class. He posts all of the lecture slides as well as student notes for each lecture, as well as practice tests and study guides for the exams. He is eager to help and gets excited when students email him questions.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Casey is one of the greatest teachers I have had, but the class on the other hand is very difficult, especially the tests. We go over a lot of things in the lectures, and it is very hard to take in all of the information.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Lectures contain all you need to know, textbook can easily be considered a supplement. Clear about what is on the tests. Great slideshows. Willing to admit when he messed up, but equally willing to sigh and tell you "come on, we went over this". Responds to emails quickly! his memes are only slightly out dated. Clearly has fun with his demos.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
DeRoo is funny and engaging in lectures.  BUT his class is crazy hard, exams in particular. This is the hardest class ive ever taken. The exams are like state exams with the bubbles and random seating, and so so hard.  DO NOT take this class unless you're serious about astronomy. You learn like 100 new things every lecture and expected to know them