Valery Roy - University of Delaware

Professor: Valery Roy
Department: Engineering
College: University of Delaware
Rating # 1
Overview:
  • Course: MEEG211
  • Grade Received: B
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Really bad professor, he has no patience with his students and makes his lectures extremely confusing. My best advice would be to go to class, get whatever information you can out of lectures, and then use the TAs for help. He grades his exams extremely subjectively. Overall not a good prof, but he's a guy meche's have to go through so GL
Rating # 2
Overview:
  • Course: MEEG211
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Sophomore Spring for mechanical engineers at UD is already full of the worst professors the department has to offer. However Roy still manages to stand out as the worst Professor of all time. He is extremely disrespectful to students, most of the class accepts the fact that they will not learn anything and someone get assigned a random grade.
Rating # 3
Overview:
  • Course: MEEG211
  • Grade Received: A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Absolute legend. Show up to class and do the problems alone. Profit.
Rating # 4
Overview:
  • Course: MEEG211
  • Grade Received: A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Only reason anyone takes him is because he is the only dynamics Prof at the school. How he has is job is beyond me. Uses his own created notation and his own created textbook to teach you important information in a way you'll never be able to use in another class again, because it is done in such a non-conventional way. Utilize Khan Academy.
Rating # 5
Overview:
  • Course: MEEG211
  • Grade Received: A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Professor Roy is brilliant, but hes awful at explaining the material to students. He teaches in a very confusing way and the textbook is written by him, its impossible to understand material if his explanation doesnt make sense to you. Incredibly rude and arrogant. Will insult students if they ask "stupid questions." Heavy accent is problematic
Rating # 6
Overview:
  • Course: MEEG211
  • Grade Received: C+
  • Overall Rating: 3.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Unfortunately if you want to be a MechE all roads pass through Roy, hes tough get ready. You'll do okay on the tests if you have any idea what to do. He gave a group project with serious coding in it but I've never taken computer science classes so I got screwed over big time. Went from an A-ish to a C+ because of that! ROY MAKE CISC106 A PREREQ!!
Rating # 7
Overview:
  • Course: MEEG211
  • Grade Received: B-
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
I survived this class but I have many friends who did not. He does things his own way, a way that focuses less on concepts and more on formulae and notation. Be prepared to learn the course from the textbook because he can barely teach either. Smart guy though
Rating # 8
Overview:
  • Course: MEEG211
  • Grade Received: A-
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
The only reason I did well in this course is past experience in physics and materials given to me by others. It quickly becomes apparent that he cannot teach, his accent is occasionally problematic, his textbook is inadequate at best, his writing is often difficult to piece together, he is astonishingly arrogant, and his grading is inconsistent.
Rating # 9
Overview:
  • Course: MEEG211
  • Grade Received: C+
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
He's bad at explaining, has his own textbook so you can't go to outside sources, and curves are random and not very large.
Rating # 10
Overview:
  • Course: MEEG211
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 3.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
This is one of those "here is the formula, now apply it and don't try to understand it" classes. It should not be this way at all. Nobody in the class is taught the fundamentals of dynamics, just all of the formulas--no meaning. You have to do outside research to get any common sense about the subject.
Rating # 11
Overview:
  • Course: MEEG211
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
This class is a lot of work and he doesn't make it easy, but his lectures are pretty cool and he curves the tests a lot. He's a pretty funny guy. I didn't learn much in lectures, but his textbook (I mean, he wrote it) is really great. I strongly recommend reading it, and I generally hate reading textbooks. Very well done. Group challenges are fun.
Rating # 12
Overview:
  • Course: MEEG211
  • Grade Received: B
  • Overall Rating: 2.5
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
In my opinion, Roy is one of the major weak points of the Mechanical Engineering program. He is incredibly smart, but has a very difficult teaching style. He uses his own textbook, which presents Dynamics in a way that is difficult to understand. It's really a shame how so many MechE's leave his class without ever really understanding dynamics.
Rating # 13
Overview:
  • Course: MEEG211
  • Grade Received: C+
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Professor Roy is very hard to understand. Make sure you go to office hours and clarify things you don't get at first. Don't skip class, because once you fall behind, it's almost impossible to recover.
Rating # 14
Overview:
  • Course: MEEG211
  • Grade Received: B
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Roy is an astoundingly smart man, therefore he explains concepts very vaguely while writing out proofs and constantly saying it's simple, when it seems like rocket science. Tests are unpredictable and the textbook will be absolutely essential to passing. Do not be intimidated by the first couple chapter's problems, study hard, and look for a curve.
Rating # 15
Overview:
  • Course: MEEG211
  • Grade Received: B
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Just one of those classes you need to suffer through like everyone else. He grades about abstractly as he teaches. If you try to take this class too seriously it will get frustrating. No matter how you do, the work load will prepare you for future classes, and of course always remember to PUT THE TEAM ON YOUR BACK.
Rating # 16
Overview:
  • Course: MEEG211
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Professor Roy may be an intelligent man, but he cannot teach clearly whatsoever. First, his accent and handwriting arent understandable. Second, he gets angry at students when asking questions. Third, he makes you get HIS own textbook( other reseources dont help). Homeworks are nearly impossible without the help from TA's. Always "agree" with him.
Rating # 17
Overview:
  • Course: MEEG211
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 3.5
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
It's no secret that Roy's class is challenging. He really expects you to work and think. If you're smart AND put in the effort, you'll get a good grade and you will become a better student overall. He really cares about students and wants to teach them to think. If you don't put in a full effort, expect stress, frustration, and a not-so-good grade.
Rating # 18
Overview:
  • Course: MEEG211
  • Grade Received: A
  • Overall Rating: 4.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Professor Roy will challenge you in ways you never thought were imaginable. He is the most intelligent teacher I have had for any class at UD. He really knows the material so well. He may be tough, but that is because he has high expectations of students, and you will meet them. You have to be willing to put in the work to succeed in this class.
Rating # 19
Overview:
  • Course: MEEG211
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 3.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Dr. Roy is hands down the smartest, and best professor I have ever taken. He is frustrating most of the time but that is why so many people love him. It is also why so many people hate him. He forces you to learn and really challenges you. People that are used to being spoon fed will hate him but he makes you a better person by the end of class
Rating # 20
Overview:
  • Course: MEEG211
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.5
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Professor Roy is extremely smart, but honestly he can't really teach. I learned almost all of the information through the TAs and not many other people could help because Roy uses his own method to teach the class, which also means that the book and any other outside sources are useless. I would suggest taking this class with someone else.
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