Nicholas Warner - University of Southern California

Professor: Nicholas Warner
Department: Science
College: University of Southern California
Rating # 1
Overview:
  • Course: ASTR100
  • Grade Received: A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
I took this professor more than 9 months ago, and I still talk excitedly about his class with my family. Prof. Warner is an amazing person, passionate about his field of study and in addition, a truly amazing teacher. You will not regret taking his class.
Rating # 2
Overview:
  • Course: ASTR100
  • Grade Received: A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
The class covers A LOT of material, but Warner makes it interesting and accessible. If you show up to lecture and do the homework, you can get an easy A without studying. The midterms are straightforward and heavily curved and he gives you practice exams that are really similar to the actual exams. Highly recommend taking him!
Rating # 3
Overview:
  • Course: ASTR100
  • Grade Received: A+
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Professor Warner makes astronomy easy! The lectures may seem intense at first, but he slows down enough and you get used to the pace. 3 Midterms, but he drops one. Midterms are easy and heavily curved. 4 sets of homework, also also very easy. Does lots of experiments to make class fun & is pretty funny. Just go to class and you won't need to study!
Rating # 4
Overview:
  • Course: ASTR100
  • Grade Received: Not sure yet
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Professor Warner is amazing: take him. He teaches, but the right way (crazy long lectures but only because he truly cares, didn't include much math to make it accessible to non-majors, hard homework since you can prepare but easy midterms, gave practice tests... list goes on) - his passion is contagious. Thank you prof, you left a legacy!
Rating # 5
Overview:
  • Course: ASTRO100
  • Grade Received: B+
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Great guy, great teacher. Did not expect to like the class as much as I did.
Rating # 6
Overview:
  • Course: ASTR100
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Warner is extremely smart and knowledgeable in this subject. The lectures have too much information, but he makes it easier by giving practice tests, study guides, and homeworks in which you don't need to do every problem. Best to take pass/fail, but really interesting regardless. Not the easiest professor but certainly interesting.
Rating # 7
Overview:
  • Course: ASTR100
  • Grade Received: B
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Very tough class with a lot of reading. Extremely content heavy. Dr. Warner is an excellent and hilarious professor. I really enjoyed his lectures. Take Pass/No Pass.
Rating # 8
Overview:
  • Course: PHYS151
  • Grade Received: B+
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Absolutely fantastic. Took physics with another professor and hated it so much I dropped. Warner makes you want to learn about physics, and is incredibly adept at teaching it. If you have to take physics absolutely take it with him.
Rating # 9
Overview:
  • Course: ASTR100
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.5
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Everyone always says that Astronomy for non-majors is easy but this is not. Super hard class, hw and lab helps you stay afloat and the curve helps but it requires a ton of studying just to get a B. Take it Pass/NP I wish I did... And go to class ready to pay attention. I took it at the end of a 6 hour block and missed so much
Rating # 10
Overview:
  • Course: ASTRO100
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Professor Warner is easily one of the best professors I've had at USC. Extremely helpful, clear, and a very nice guy. He really loves what he's teaching and it shows. He keeps the class interesting with awesome visual examples. NOT an easy class by any means, you will need to really study and put in work to get a good grade, do that & you're good!
Rating # 11
Overview:
  • Course: ASTR100
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
His Astronomy 100 class is awesome!
Rating # 12
Overview:
  • Course: ASTR100
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.5
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Super nice, enthusiastic guy who can take any question you throw at him. Also, he made Harry Potter references--WIN. Tries to cover way too much material thus very easy to fall behind. Practice tests will somewhat save you on midterms & labs are pretty easy. Textbook very helpful on homework. Had trouble paying attention though so final was painful
Rating # 13
Overview:
  • Course: ASTR100G
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
This was one of my favorite classes I've taken at USC. The professor is one of the best teachers I've had. He explains things very well in an enthusiastic and sometimes humorous way. This could be a tough class if science is not your thing, but the prof. makes it worth it. Just do the HW and ask questions on it and you'll be fine.
Rating # 14
Overview:
  • Course: ASTR100G
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Extremely interesting way of teaching. If you are already interested in Astronomy this is perfect, if not, he still makes it fun. Basically if you put effort and study, this class is very do-able since he is an amazing teacher. Always looks out for students and clarifies any questions. His enthusiasm really bounces off to you.
Rating # 15
Overview:
  • Course: ASTR100
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
If you are an intelligent human being you should find this class intellectually stimulating and you will have a great time in it. Warner is my favorite professor at SC so far. He explains everything very clearly. He also has an awesome british accent which livens things at times. There are several in class demonstrations and some of them blow up.
Rating # 16
Overview:
  • Course: ASTR100
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Hard but interesting. The professor is absolutely amazing- he explains VERY difficult things in simple ways. He is very aware of his students and makes sure they understand. Homework is difficult but most answers are in the lecture notes (if not use wikipedia..). I haven't used the textbook once.
Rating # 17
Overview:
  • Course: ASTR100
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 3.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
HARDEST CLASS I HAVE EVER TAKEN. Warner is a great man/prof - absolute genius and really funny, but he is NOT worth the pain this class causes you. Literally my worst nightmare. I only did fine because I took it P/NP - and still had to study my butt off!! Barely passed. Avoid this class if you can! There are MUCH easier GE's (cat 3) out there!!
Rating # 18
Overview:
  • Course: ASTR100
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
HARD class alot of busy work and professor crams alot of info into HW and exams. Class avg on 120 MC final was 58%! He is passionate, but with all the info and additional work kills any interest a student may have in class. Take another class, HARD GE. Take P/NP for sure.
Rating # 19
Overview:
  • Course: ASTR100
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
3 MT, 4 HW, 1 120MC final. ALOT OF WORK! Lowest MT and HW get dropped. Tests are difficult class avg 60%! If you take do P/NP you will die. I did well bc I worked my butt off. Nice guy, but extremely difficult class. AVOID if possible. HARD GE.
Rating # 20
Overview:
  • Course: ASTR100
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 1.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
very smart guy, lectures are interesting and he looks out for students. he makes sure everyone understands. he is very energetic and his exams aren't too hard, he gives sample exams which help A LOT.
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