Glenn Starkman - Case Western Reserve University

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Glenn Starkman - Case Western Reserve University

Professor: Glenn Starkman

Department: Physics

College: Case Western Reserve University

Rating # 1

Overview:

Course: PHYS121
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:

Glenn's grading scheme is fantastic: multiple dropped grades, extra credit, decent grading, and importantly, the ability to not take a final. His lectures aren't the most useful, but his demonstrations are good. SI's were good and tests were often from the homework. You get a lot of homework every week, both normal and group homework.

Rating # 2

Overview:

Course: PHYS121
Grade Received: A
Overall Rating: 4.0
Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Glenn is a solid choice for an introductory physics course. The weekly HW and group work can be challenging, but the SIs go over the individual HW every week which is nice. Class lectures usually consist of him deriving the equations to be used in the HW. Tests aren't bad because he pulls from previous HW problems. Relatively easy A

Rating # 3

Overview:

Course: PHYS121
Grade Received: A
Overall Rating: 4.0
Course Difficulty: 3.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: Yes
Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Pretty decent professor. It's not a cake walk but its better than average. He makes himself available through convenient office hours and Canvas discussions. If you know how to do the homework then you'll be ok.

Rating # 4

Overview:

Course: PHYS121
Grade Received: A-
Overall Rating: 3.0
Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

You get a cheat sheet on tests and basically copy all the homework problems on to your cheat sheet and you will be all set

Rating # 5

Overview:

Course: PHYS121
Grade Received: A
Overall Rating: 5.0
Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Extremely good professor and easiest class I have taken at case so far. An understanding of the homework is all that is needed to get good grades on tests.

Rating # 6

Overview:

Course: PHYS121
Grade Received: A+
Overall Rating: 5.0
Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

He is one of the nicest guys I have ever met. I highly suggest taking his class. Yes, you will need to do work for homework and preparing for the tests, but he tells you what will be on there, easy A if you listen to him.

Rating # 7

Overview:

Course: PHYS123
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 5.0
Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Glenn is so passionate about physics and knows how to introduce students to concepts. It does get a bit math heavy in lecture, but the calculations aren't necessarily on exams. The lectures are interesting, and he allows for a lot of student input and questioning. If you plan on taking PHYS123, I'd recommend knowing basic Java for the projects.

Rating # 8

Overview:

Course: PHYS123
Grade Received: A+
Overall Rating: 5.0
Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Professor Starkman's lectures move quickly. It's easy to get lost if you don't pay attention, but if you stay with it you'll learn a lot. Homework is really tough, but if you focus on problem solving it'll get easier.

Rating # 9

Overview:

Course: PHYS123
Grade Received: A
Overall Rating: 4.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Starkman is so enthusiastic about what he's teaching, he breaks the chalk writing on the board at least once every class. He treats all his students like they're his colleagues and truly believes in their abilities. I'm not a physics major, but Starkman's passion for the subject is really catching- highly recommend this class!

Rating # 10

Overview:

Course: PHYS123
Grade Received: A
Overall Rating: 3.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Professor Starkman is a genius in physics - which makes it hard to understand what he's saying. Only take 123 if you're really interested in physics and want to put a lot of time into it. The group chaos homework was very time consuming, so don't put it off to the last minute. If you do all the work and ask for help when needed you'll do fine.

Rating # 11

Overview:

Course: PHYS123
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:

This class was definitely my hardest freshman year, but Glenn was easily my favorite professor. He was very engaging and very very knowledgeable. He also wants you to succeed; he wants to give students A's. His grading scheme is also very fair. If you put in some effort you will learn a lot and get an A.

Rating # 12

Overview:

Course: PHYS123
Grade Received: Not sure yet
Overall Rating: 3.0
Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Glenn is excellent at teaching any physics topic that isn't mechanics. The Chaos and Special Relativity topics are interesting and approachable, however, with mechanics he tries to hard to "challenge you" so much that he is far more confusing than helpful in lecture. Don't take if you didn't take AP physics in high school.

Rating # 13

Overview:

Course: PHYS123
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 4.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Professor Starkman is a great professor who trys very hard to help students succeed. He is always willing to help outside of class and is happy to hold review sessions the night before the exam. During lectures, he does a significant amount of derivation that may confuse you , but textbooks are always helpful. Chaos lectures are interesting.

Rating # 14

Overview:

Course: PHYS124
Grade Received: F
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Tough Grader. Great feedback doe

Rating # 15

Overview:

Course: PHYS123
Grade Received: A
Overall Rating: 5.0
Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Starkman was easily the best professor I had my first semester. In his honors class he managed to go through more mechanics curriculum, more clearly than the normal class while still having time to cover modern topics such as chaos and special relativity. His office hours are useful and he is always willing to work with students. A great teacher.

Rating # 16

Overview:

Course: P365
Grade Received: A
Overall Rating: 4.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: N/A
Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Really quite an awesome person: his lessons are engaging and the homework really made learning general relativity easy (although the homework is certainly not easy). When he waves his hands he lets you know it, and if you want to know the details the textbook will often contain the necessary information. If you take this class you CANNOT be lazy.

Rating # 17

Overview:

Course: PHYS121
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Worst, Grading, Lecture, homework, textbook, worst

Rating # 18

Overview:

Course: PHYS121
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 1.5
Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Professor Starkman is a very smart, probably excellent professor. However, he has no business teaching Mechanics. He teaches in ways that the SIs do not even understand. His questions come in the form of particle and astrophysics, and no one has any idea how to do his homework or test questions, which forces him to use a fierce curve.

Rating # 19

Overview:

Course: PHYS121
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 2.5
Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Worst Teacher I have Ever Had!During lecture all he does is these terribly long and boring derivations of equations and concepts that aren't on HWs or tests. He is readily available to help outside of class but leaves you more confused than you were. HWs and Tests are very difficult and he blames the class for doing poorly like a test avg of 52%.

Rating # 20

Overview:

Course: PHYS121
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 2.0
Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Starkman is terrible. He spends all of lecture discussing things that you dont have for homework or on tests or quizzes. His tests cover material he never teaches and then he gets mad at his students for doing poorly. Maybe he needs to get upset with himself for teaching poorly.

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