Carl Schaefer - George Mason University, Fairfax, VA

Professor: Carl Schaefer

Department: Engineering

College: George Mason University, Fairfax, VA

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: ECE450
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Great professor, very straight forward course. He goes through his slides the day before the exam, and tells you exactly what you need to study for his tests; no curve balls either. Projects can be time consuming, but pretty basic coding. Was my first time using python, had no problems at all. Come to class and you know what to expect.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: ENGR107
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Extremely nice guy, very cool, awesome lectures. Class is hard though. Project will take most of your time. Tests are tough but he tells you exactly what to study. There's a ton of stuff to learn, for 2 credits it's way too much, but wow what a nice guy.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: ENGR107
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Easy professor...tells you what comes on the test...take him for sure

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: ENGR107
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Great Professor! No homework, tests come straight from lecture powerpoint, he's alotta fun. No need to attend class.We watched alot of movies and just talked about random topics most of the time. Take his class!

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: ENGR107
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

He is a fun prof. The class is ok, not extremely hard, after the midterm though make sure you pay attention and seek help if you need it! The last bits of the semester were kind of rushed and not everything was fully absorbed I guess.. The project was fun even though in the end he changed all of the guidelines and we didn't even have a competition!

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: ENGR107
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Even though Schaefer is a pretty cool guy, this class was pretty useless. If you know anything you can pass the midterm and final without showing up.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: ENGR107
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Really cool guy, easy class, you don't have to go to class. You have three grades: midterm, project, and final. All three are really easy.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: EGNR107
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Its a pretty fun class the topics he covers are easy to learn he tells you what is going to be on the mid term but the final was made up of 5 ?'s which kind of threw off some students. the project we did was fun and overall the class is interesting and you should take him if you want a good grade without doing a lot of hard work. chill professor.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: ENGR107
• 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:

Good professor with interesting discussions and interesting presentations of engineering things from his work. I did find it boring when he talked about things like ethics but that's not his fault. The mechanics and electricity part is more interesting. The design project is kind of annoying but it's a good experience with working as a team.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: ENGR107
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Great teacher, the first half of the semesters notes are from power points. He tells you exactly what to study for the midterm. He is actually teaching us on the board now and it all makes pretty good sense. He's a funny and nice guy and knows his stuff. Fun design project. Take him if you want an A

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: ECE201
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

This professor isn't diligent and doesn't reply to emails often. He is pretty lazy and uses other professor's slide because he can't make a decent one of his own. He tries to use jokes a lot in class to waste time and doesn't really like to help students unless he likes you and basically he plays favorites. Just ignore all his good comments. I know

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: ENGR107
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

fun class. he makes you watch boeing, harley davidson, and other engineering-related videos. he teaches and makes you learn only what's important-nothing more, nothing less. take his class. you won't regret it.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: ENG107
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Awsome teacher and grader.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: E107
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Polite guy. The lectures are fun, he's interested in the course work and his on-the-job experience (the videos of his projects) are downright awesome. This professor makes you want to become an engineer. Well worth the money.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: ENGR107
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Class was very straight foward. But book will need it when you do problems. Testg are easy but you do have to study a bit. Overall good professor.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: ENGR107
• 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 guy, fun class! He is very straightforward, and the tests aren't too bad if you study a little bit for them. Definitely recommend!

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: ENGR107
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

hes a badass

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: ENGR107
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

nice class, always keeps it entertaining

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: ENGR107
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

He's dead sexy and easy. Oh he can teach too.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: ENGR107
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Probably one of the best professors I've had year. I took ENGR 107 with him, which is the best class I've taken at Mason. He's funny and his lectures aren't that boring. East tests and a fun project.