Bernard Levy - University of California Davis, Davis, CA

Professor: Bernard Levy

Department: Engineering

College: University of California Davis, Davis, CA

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: EEC150B
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Wonderful professor. MATLAB assignments are a lot, but they actually helped me understood the materials better. Be ready to read the textbook because his lectures are not in-depth. His office hours are useful, and he posts lecture notes online

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: EEC150B
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Read the book every week because his lectures are not very informative (simple but not a lot of content), and his MATLAB assignments are time consuming. His office hours are useful although he doesn't host many office hours.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: EEC260
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Very good professor indeed. You get to learn many things. He is very helpful.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: EEC150B
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

I wouldn't say he's a terrible professor, but he's definitely not a good one. He's also very demanding, both on exams & HW. This class was challenging, but worth taking.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: EEC150B
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Any ECE professor is preferable to Levy. Difficult to understand in lecture. Textbook isn't great. Lectures and homework don't prepare you for the exams. If you want to do well in his classes, you will have to teach yourself.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: EEC161
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

This professor is absolutely horrible. Lectures are very hard to follow because they are very unorganized, and he goes extremely fast. Warning, he set the class curve at a 'C'. Most EEC classes are curved at a 'B-', but not Levy.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: EEC150A
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

This class is all about math, and Levy knows how to teach it well. Exams are kinda tough, decent curve though. His review sessions are very helpful.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: EEC100
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

When this guy writes, he blocks the entire board with his body. He lectures a lot on certain concepts, but doesn't test you too much on the details. Not exactly a good lecturer, not at least for circuits.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: ECE100
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

This professor is fair on homework and tests. I wish I could have understood him better at least half of the time. He is just too fast. I got a very good grade in his class and can't complain about that. I gave him a 5 on his evaluation. I went to his office once and he can seem rude. Maybe he is just genetically gifted in terms of brain speed

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: 150A
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

bit of a jerk, not very helpful, a bit conceded, overall he sucks

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: EEC150A
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Nice guy, strong accent. Decent teacher, knows his stuff. If you don't have a good grasp on the material, expect to take the class again next quarter.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: ECE150A
• 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:

He writes way too fast. So fast that you can't take notes and pay attention so either you listen and have nothing to refer to later or you take notes and hope you can figure them out later. He doesn't care about whether students learn.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: EEC101
• 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 teaches a variety of classes from engineering to circuits. He is difficult to understand in lecture and writes extremely fast. Test are also very challenging. However, for some reason, you do better than you think due to his easy grading scale.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: EEC260
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

His lecture is very organized and clear. He makes the class materials easy to undersatnd. Also, you can learn a lot form the homework and exams. The take-home midterm is difficult. Overall, he is a very good instructor for this class.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: MUS10
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

lectures are very helpful. easy grading.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: EEC150A
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Tests were difficult (averages ~50%). Oftentimes, it felt as if i was learning new material on the test. He just has high standards of learning (he taught at Cal Tech). Not easy, but knows exactly what he's doing. Classes geared toward upper echelon.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: ENG6
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Instead of spending time in class listening to his lecture, just go spend all ur time in programming. I cannot understand anything he says in class, any u know probably can speak better english than him.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: ENG6
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

pretty poor professor...better have programming experience cause he will not teach u well enough to do the assignments....kinda creepy too...always has a weird smile =T

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: ENG6
• 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:

Take him at your own risk. Perhaps he should consider teaching other courses, not Engineering.