David Batuski - University of Maine

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David Batuski - University of Maine

Professor: David Batuski

Department: Science

College: University of Maine

Rating # 1

Overview:

Course: AST109ONLINE
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: No
Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Zoom classes are mostly technical difficulties and groupwork-- 3 quizzes a class, all on Quizlet. However, exams are the bulk of your grade, and you'll find that the lectures will only confuse you and make you focus on information irrelevant to the exams. You are expected to memorize a ton of information-- exceedingly difficult for no reason.

Rating # 2

Overview:

Course: AST109ONLINE
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: No
Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Batuski is a horrible professor, the syllabus is very messy, his quizzes in class are WAY too short of a time. One of the quizzes I took gave me 15 minutes to do 20 questions, and the questions are very complicated and sometimes trick questions. You dont get much feedback, and he is not there to help you. Do NOT take this class if not needed. Bad.

Rating # 3

Overview:

Course: AST109
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 5.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: No
Attendance: N/A

Comment:

If you are a non-science student looking to fulfill a science or lab credit, STAY AWAY FROM THIS CLASS. By far the hardest class I have taken. The exams (proctored by webcam and lockdown browser) are worth 60 percent of your grade. All of the other tests, quizzes, etc are on Quizlet but the exams are super difficult. Do not take.

Rating # 4

Overview:

Course: AST109ONLINE
Grade Received: B+
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 5.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: No
Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Old course material. ALL (incl exam) answers are on Quizlet; just copy and paste the questions into Google, including the in lecture pop quizzes. 3 PROCTORED exams and the final are 60% of final grade. The lectures are long but can be sped up via the video player. Don't need any of the books. Lab features many gotcha questions. Unforgiving class.

Rating # 5

Overview:

Course: AST109ONLINE
Grade Received: WD
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 5.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: No
Would Take Again: No
Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Worst teacher I've ever had. All the online material is put into videos that are 20+ minutes long that NO ONE has time for. Not to mention they're old as heck and he references events from like 2008. The tests were insanely hard for a 100 level class. Don't take it.

Rating # 6

Overview:

Course: AST101ONLINE
Grade Received: C
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: No
Would Take Again: No
Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

awful professor. Rambles in lectures online and tests are weighted to heavily for the content they contain. youre required to memorize constellations and the tests have very unclear diagrams of those constellations - not to mention there's way too many to memorize considering all of the other material youre supposed to know

Rating # 7

Overview:

Course: AST109
Grade Received: C
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 5.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: No
Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

avoid him like the plague. Does not care about any of his students, at all.

Rating # 8

Overview:

Course: AST109
Grade Received: C
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 5.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: No
Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

The worst professor I've had in all four years. The final exam was full of material he never taught. Lectures were useless, he was extremely unhelpful and had all the TA's do the work for him. He didn't care how well any of us did, and honestly does not know how to teach. He acts like this is AST500 instead of AST109.

Rating # 9

Overview:

Course: AST109
Grade Received: B
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 5.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: No
Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Probably the worst professor Ive had. Doesnt respond to emails, incredibly rude, makes all the TAs do the teaching for him. His grading is incredibly unfair and confusing. His lectures were never worth attending, but were mandatory because for some reason he thought having three quizzes every class was a good idea. The book was not worth it.

Rating # 10

Overview:

Course: AST109
Grade Received: B+
Overall Rating: 2.0
Course Difficulty: 3.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: No
Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

He always assigns the class video quizzes which take up a lot of time-- the video quiz answers are online and is mostly based on the textbook (kinda).

Rating # 11

Overview:

Course: AST109ONLINE
Grade Received: A
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 1.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: No
Would Take Again: Yes
Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Every1 complaining about this course didn't realize every single graded assignment is somewhere on quizlet. including video quiz answers, & sets to prep for the exams. also, you can speed up his lectures to 4X so the hour long video becomes 15 minutes. The worst part of this class was remembering to "attend" zoom sessions. take it online, easy A

Rating # 12

Overview:

Course: AST109ONLINE
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: No
Would Take Again: No
Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Took it online and the lecture videos were over an hour long each and he just rambled on and on about nothing. Then came exam time, and you were expected to have the same level of knowledge as an Astronomy graduate student. Definitely not a level 100 course, don't take this if you don't hate yourself and like to suffer.

Rating # 13

Overview:

Course: PHY454
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: No
Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Worst. Professor. I don't want to drag Batuski, because he seems nice enough, but I'm not paying to teach myself one of the most important classes in Physics. He can't answer questions, lectures are slow and useless, clicker questions are frustrating. Homework is way too much work, and isn't covered in class. Someone walks out every class. Awful.

Rating # 14

Overview:

Course: AST109
Grade Received: C
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: No
Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Out of some 26 courses I've taken in college, this is the first "C" I've received, and I blame it entirely on the professor. I know others have walked away with "A's", but I entirely discourage his online session. He rambles, his class is inverted (watch hour long lectures over seemingly little), with four exams worth 70% of your grade. Avoid.

Rating # 15

Overview:

Course: AST109ONLINE
Grade Received: B+
Overall Rating: 5.0
Course Difficulty: 2.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: No
Would Take Again: Yes
Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

I took AST 109 online and it is very easy. All of the homework can be found on quizlet with the exact questions and answers. The tests are basically the same questions as the homework. You do need to show up for tests and answer questions on the video quizzes. I never used my textbook astronotes or actually watched a lecture and passed. Use quizlet

Rating # 16

Overview:

Course: AST109
Grade Received: B+
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 5.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: No
Would Take Again: No
Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Batuski is THE WORST professor I've had in all my time at Umaine. He is so rude and his online lectures are terrible. He makes you come in for tests and stares you down the whole test causing a TERRIBLE test environment. STAY AWAY

Rating # 17

Overview:

Course: AST109ONLINE
Grade Received: B-
Overall Rating: 3.0
Course Difficulty: 5.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: No
Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Professor Batuski is very enthusiastic about Astronomy, and goes very in depth during his lectures. He is a good professor, however, his assessments are extremely unreasonable. Students are expected to learn an amount that is way above an introductory level course load. If you don't have to take this class, don't.

Rating # 18

Overview:

Course: AST101
Grade Received: A
Overall Rating: 2.0
Course Difficulty: 5.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: No
Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

This class is reversed. Lecture videos outside of class and notetaking from the textbook for homework. Workshops and quizzes every class (do not skip class) and no lecture material. Workshops and quizzes come with unreasonable time constraints, making them more about completion speed and less about learning. Annoyed with students who ask questions.

Rating # 19

Overview:

Course: AST109ONLINE
Grade Received: A+
Overall Rating: 5.0
Course Difficulty: 2.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: No
Would Take Again: Yes
Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Very easy, interesting online class. The lectures are worthwhile and he's excited about the material.

Rating # 20

Overview:

Course: PHY454
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:

Lectures on incorrect material (according to the text/internet) and grades in-class participation questions on correctness (for new material). Homework was long/difficult, and tests were long for the period. Grading was brutal and feedback minimal. Got one test back with no points on a question. The feedback? "No!" Not sure how that's helpful.

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