Reviews of professor Troy Munro

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Dr. Munro does a solid job teaching a broad class. The homework was very reasonable and fair. The in-class lectures were dry but thats material science for you. Tests were hard but there was a curve at the end of the semester. He is a very nice guy does his best. I do think the TAs grade way too harsh though...

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Doctor Munro is a great guy! He is funny and is always saying movie quotes. But as teacher, he is not great. He is scatter brained and tries to enhance learning with "helpful methods" and pointless learning objectives. Class had too many pointless assignments and projects were confusing. Labs were great. Luckily the TA's carried the class.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Fantastic teacher. Highly recommend.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Dr. Munro knows his material very, very well. He understands that what he's teaching is difficult, and does his best to anticipate misunderstandings, but you *have* to ask questions if you want to know what you're doing. That isn't his fault: materials science is just a hard class. He's also one of the most kind and caring professors I've ever met.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
This class was solidly alright. Tests weren't super well-written (i.e. questions were unclear and had to be rescinded after the test). Labs were cool. Lecture wasn't very helpful, but there were iClicker quizzes, so you have to go if you don't want to drop your grade several points. Some extra credit given.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Dr. Munro is alright, but his lectures are terrible. They're dry at best and he does a horrific job of teaching new material, the textbook is the only way to learn. Luckily the work load is pretty light, but tests are a doozy. Daily in-class Iclicker quizzes, EZ hw every week, 4 simple labs, and group project. Take some1 else if u have a good one.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Really nice guy but not the best teacher. Lectures are super disorganized and hard to follow, and it was hard to keep track of random assignments that didn't really contribute to my learning. Labs were great. Most of my learning was done in the two days before each midterm by looking through the review material.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Took him in the summer and I would not recommend. He went way fast over the material and expected us to know everything. He did offer extra credit and got better as the semester went on but he wasn't much help at all when it came to studying for the tests. He also gave us a ton of homework 3 assignments a night and a lab report/journal once a week.