Reviews of professor Derek Sweeney

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Sweeny is a hilarious and very sweet man, but he is not the best professor. He gets side tracked very often and it's rare to get through more than maybe 5 slides per lecture. Also, he assigns homework and then dedicates an entire lecture to repeating exactly what the homework said. Amazing person but not quite the best teacher.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
While Derek seems like a nice guy, he doesn't do much teaching or set you up for success. You're graded on 4 tests that make up 70% of your grade, and the study guides/practice exams don't prepare you for the exams. They are open note, but he purposefully makes his tests ambiguous/difficult. Even with a tutor, I barely passed his class.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Very sweet person, but not great at teaching. You probably won't fail because of this, but it's a lot of self-teaching. Offers a bit of extra credit. Hard online exams worth 70% of your grade but offers great practice exams. 15 online homeworks (drops lowest 2), 4 exams, and "free" clicker credit (no actual clickers yet).

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
All he talks about is his love for crocs. He is unable to teach effectively and doesn't know what he is talking about. He claimed his class was designed for students to get C's. Please find another teacher.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
This professor was a nice guy in general, but a terrible teacher. His lectures made no sense, and he would ramble about the most random things not related to what we were doing at all. The homework is terrible; not to say that it was hard, but if you got 1-2 questions wrong, it would drop your grade. Everything is based on your exams.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Easy class with a terrible professor. Professor rambles about unrelated topics during lectures. Exams are very easy if you reference slides (open book/notes) and attendance is not required nor needed. Avoid if you want to actually learn something but take if you just need a science credit.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Derek Sweeney's lectures are not as organized compared to those of other professors. If you do end up taking this class, make sure to take the practice exam, which is sadly released only a day before the actual exam. Try avoiding this class if you want to learn and want to apply everything to the lab. Lectures aren't mandatory!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Such a funny and nice guy. Super easy to follow along and take notes. Interesting content and minimal homework + easy tests with a study guide

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
the logic is confusing

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Everyone is so harsh with him. I had him first semester freshman year for Bio 1 and chose him again for Bio 2. He is the sweetest most caring professor and his exams are literally unproctored online AND open note. 10/10 reccommend, don't listen to anyone hating. It is literally impossible to fail if you put in any effort.