Reviews of professor Philip Brown

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Philip cares about student success and goes out of his way to ensure students understand his lectures/content. He breaks things down quite nicely and has a wonderful way of lecturing - easy to understand. His homework assignments are worthwhile, mixing theory and programming. He even holds extra office hours before assignments are due. He's Great!!

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Phil was by far one if my favorite professors at State. He is super passionate and his class is hilarious. Its kinda hard to follow at times, but it is always super interesting. The exams aren't very hard so it doesn't matter that its hard to follow. I learned a lot about a lot of random things and its some of most fun ive had with a class here

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. Brown is an incredible professor, the kind that genuinely makes you want to go to his classes. Lectures clearly explained course material in a compelling and interesting way. HW was well designed and he consistently gave thorough feedback. He responds quickly to emails and will work with you if needed. I can't recommend him enough.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
PLEASE DO NOT TAKE BROWN. Philip Brown does not know how to instruct the class. The material is not his own, lectures are awful, there is little to no interaction, tests are insanely hard. In addition, Brown is heavily unwilling to help or accommodate students at all. He told me to medically withdraw from all my classes. I despise him so much.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Dr. Brown goes off on tangents pretty often, and It's easy to lose focus in class when he gets off-topic. However, it's not too hard to get a good grade. If you get a 75% or higher on the homework/kahoot reviews, that gets rounded up to an 100%. The tests are just the homework questions again. Besides, wild stories make it worth going lol

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Makes the class artificially difficult by testing for stuff HE NEVER TAUGHT. Do not listen to the teacher's pets who will tell you he's not that bad. He may be passionate about the subject, but I greatly suspect he takes pride in failing students because he thinks he's such a tough professor and such an intellectual. Avoid! You're welcome.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I love how inclusive and welcoming he is. You can tell how excited he is to teach, and that makes me excited to learn from him. What he expects from you is not unrealistic, and his tangents about chemistry in life are very amusing. I will be sad to see him retire.