Jerome Wagner - Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY

Professor: Jerome Wagner

Department: Science

College: Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: AA
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

go in for office hours, hes kind of nervous in class, but one on one he'll essentially sit there with you for two hours and explain pretty much anything you want to you. in class he often gets wrapped up in a problem on the board and wont explain all his steps, but in office hours when you can stop him and ask questions, he's the man. Got an A btw.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: PHYS311
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Having entered the class with AP knowledge, lecture material was useless to the knowledge of the subject. Used worksheets for 3/4 of the classes, and these were the only way to reinforce my knowledge. Nice guy with good intentions, but lectures are some of the worst I've had.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: PHYSIIA
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

If you can avoid him, I would. He is a very nice man, and willing to help, but his help is pretty much useless. He clearly knows physics well, but can't explain it in a way that would allow his students to understand. He often skips steps in problems, and conglomerates multiple equations into one giant one. Our TA Johnny was awesome though :D

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: PHYS389
• 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:

Nice person. HORRIBLE TEACHER. He knows what he's talking about, but no one else does because he trails into silence halfway through every third sentence. Mumbles, writes incomprehensibly, cannot answer any content-related questions. Very approachable, but still cannot help even outside of class. DO NOT TAKE.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: PHYS2
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Great teacher, Yes he can be unclear at times but I have taken him for physics 1, 2 and hopefully 3! He grades fair, tests are hard but not unreasonable for the topic. Teachers much more "Conceptual" that pure math IMHO. In any class, study & read the book! Nice guys, understanding to needed extensions with good reason. Would definitely recommend.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: PHYS2
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Decent, based on what I've encountered from the Physics Department at RIT. He can't really explain anything if you don't understand it, but he goes through all the examples he hands out, so you at least have a chance. There were only a couple lab reports and the only other homework was weekly webassign. Very entertaining. You needn't avoid.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: UNPHY311
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Wagner is a sweetie. However, he's not the greatest teacher (even though he is very good at Physics). His lectures are extremely short; he takes up all of his "lectures" with worksheets (LOTS of worksheets). All in all, Wagner was really nice as a person but just alright as a teacher.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: PHYS3
• 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:

He uses worksheets to teach, no explanations on anything, just worksheets. Then expects one person in your group to understand the worksheet and help the others. Also I agree, this man cannot explain what he teaches. Nice personality, he'll shoot the**** with you outside class, but inside class your on your own. :(

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: UNVPHYSII
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

avoid at all costs. if you know the material extremely well beforehand then maybe take a class with him. there is no lecture only pointless labs and worksheets. they're not too hard but once you get to his tests, they're nothing like the work you did in class. also good luck getting any sort of help or straight answer from him, it's impossible

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: 2D
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

He is possebly the most boring teacher you can get but stay awake and then his class is easy. None of the huge projects that the other classes have. Much less work than any other teacher.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: UNIVPHYSICSII
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

No Comments

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: UNVPHYSICS3
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Perhaps the most aggravating teacher I've ever had. The only thing harder than his tests is getting a straight answer out of him. Brilliant, but rarely teaches and relies too heavily on worksheets and web assign to make you understand the material. Take him only if you know the subject already.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: UPHYSICSIII
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

No lectures and lots of worksheets. Not a good combination if you perfer someone to actually explain the concepts to you. He has the looks of Albert Einstein and the sound of Andy Dick. Yes, it is an odd combination.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: PHYSICS2
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

He is alright, although he can only explain certain information in a limited ammount of ways. Therefore if you dont get "it" the first time with this guy he probably will never be able to explain it to you, no matter how many times you see him after class

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: UNIVPHYSICS2
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

How about actually preparing a lecture instead of winging it, Wagner? How about talking instead of putting up chicken-scratch, half-wrong calculus on the chalk board? This guy put me in 3 horrible lab groups and kept doing it even after I complained to him. I would rather drop out than take another class with him, and I'm a straight-A student.

Rating # 16

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

This guy is horrible. He couldn't teach a dog to beg for scraps. Instead he would give him a worksheet on what frequency the dog is whining at. Totally unhelpful, doesn't do a good job at answering questions.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: PHYSICS3
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Nice guy, but it's hard to understand him sometimes. I'd say that doing all the worksheets helps, but since he gives out up to 4 a day, that can be almost impossible sometimes. Also he's not very helpful when you ask him questions.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: PHYS12
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

very, very, very boring. DO NOT TAKE A MORNING CLASS WITH HIM! he's a nice guy and knows his stuff, but talks so slow that he can't hold my attention. If you have a morning class with him, you will fall asleep. On the bright side, he does look like Albert Einstein.

Rating # 19

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

very nice, very helpful, very interesting to listen to, willing to take his time to help, able to know you by face in a class of 60

Rating # 20

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

Cool dude, get him talking about organic farming