Reviews of professor Dean Livelybrooks

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
This class is a great class if you can easily grasp physics and basic science courses. I have a very tough time with science in general and Dr. D helped me achieve what I wanted to in his course. He gave me the opportunity to redo my work for a better grade and helped me find a tutor. He tried to make all of his lectures fun and I enjoyed his class

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Be prepared to have to teach yourself lecture info on your own. Breezes through lecture slides with little to no explanation outside of live demos, leaves verbal explanations horribly vague. Assigned homework the day after midterm on topic that wasn't discussed in class at all.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dean was the savior of my first term here. I was so disaapointed to find such a low rating on this website, so I had to give my two cents. All classes are online, leading to a lot of boring uninspired monotonous lectures. Dr. Livelybrooks broke this trend day one with interesting factoids, jokes, and demonstrations, all of which lasted the term.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. D is a nice guy, but it can be hard to succeed in his class. He's inaccessible, along with assigning hard homework, meaning your grade can take a hit pretty easily. Getting a nice GE makes a big difference, as they grade the homework. Make sure you answer every single question in each lab, and you'll survive.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
The class was disorganized and there were quizzes every day based off of the reading and the previous class, they were hard and will hurt your grade. The homework was more like a quiz that you got to take at home (Nothing like WebWorks or MasteringPhysics). A few homework and quiz grades will be dropped. There were a lot cool demos each lecture.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
The class was boring, and the lecture was basically an opportunity for Dr. D and his grad student to perform experiments for their own enjoyment w/o tying them back to the topic very well. Dr. D seems like a high school nerd who never grew up. While he is nice enough outside of class, the lecture was dry. There is a quiz on the reading every class.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
He himself is not a bad guy but man his class is disorganized and you pay for it in full effect. In addition the homeworks are laborious while not necessarily beneficial and he is unreachable if you have questions. Also they're straight from the text fairly often so I hope you're good at learning from textbooks.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
This class is pretty intimidating at first. The readings are dense which makes it difficult to visualize the concepts, but Dean does a great job in demonstrating and explaining during lecture. He's usually aware when an iclicker exam is too difficult, and generally gives bonus points. The one caveat is that he gives homework during midterms..