Darryl Stanford - College of San Mateo, San Mateo, CA

Professor: Darryl Stanford

Department: Science

College: College of San Mateo, San Mateo, CA

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: ASTR125
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Darryl is an amazing person with an amazing attitude. He's very supportive, nice, fun, and has high tolerance for confused students!

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: ASTR125
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Best professor I have ever taken. I am taking him again in the fall for lab! Tests are a bit tough, but as long as you study the notes you are good to go!

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: ASTR125
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Professor Darryl is really nice and he cares about the students. He's passionate about astronomy and his lectures are really good.

Rating # 4

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: N/A

Comment:

Stanford is awesome! He is so knowledgeable with the subject and is truly passionate about what he teaches. Tons of extra credit and lots of guest speakers come which is awesome! Pretty straight-forward, listen to his lectures(which are good), do the homework(easy), study for midterms(most of your grade) and your golden. Taking 103 with him.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: AST100
• 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:

Best Professor I have ever had! Was never interested in science but this really made think about becoming an astronomy major. He is really nice, helpful, and interesting. The class is pretty easy but extremely interesting. Stanford is also funny and makes class fun. There is also tons of extra credit!!

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: AST100
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

How interested he is in teaching the material makes you interested to learn it. I took his night class and it was about 2 to 2 ½ hours of lecturing (in a dark room) and I never fell asleep, which says something. There are three exams and a final and he drops the lowest grade, everything in the exams he either covers in class or is in the homework.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: ASTR100
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

You're here to see if you should take an Astronomy course taught by Prof. Stanford... Do it. Take a class with a Professor who is passionate about the subject he teaches. His lectures are amazing, he answers questions to GREAT detail, often adding more than you asked for in your questions, has extra credit opportunities, and he's hilarious!

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: ASTR101
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Currently taking my 3rd class with him, he is an amazing teacher. Lectures are clear, entertaining and he always has an answer for any question. Very knowledgeable in his field and easy to communicate with. Class is held in the planetarium which is awesome. If taking multiple courses with him buy the iclicker and keep it.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: AST100
• Grade Received: C+
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Hilarious teacher and will try his best to help you with questions your unsure about

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: AST100
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Mr. Stanford is easily one of the best professors at CSM. If you need to hammer out your physical science requirement, I highly recommend that you take this class! Really interesting material, and he makes an effort to make it fun. Lots of opportunities for extra credit, he also drops your lowest midterm grade. He's super funny and approachable too

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: ASTR103
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Took Astro with professor Stanford. He is a very caring and easy going guy. His lectures are very interesting and tries his best to amaze the class with his projector and telescopes. Always there to help and answer questions. You can tell he loves what he does. Fairly easy class, i took lab and made great friends. Never wanted to miss class

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: ASTR100
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

I've taken every astronomy class Prof Stanford offers except 200. I had been on dismissal from school, taking his general ASTR course and lab sparked my interest in school again. Nice guy, a lot of extra credit opportunities in every course. Just learn your astronomy facts and you'll pass the tests. He's a major I'm still in school today.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: ASTR100
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Stanford is a great teacher and always finds a way to make the class laugh. He is very knowledgeable on the subject so you can ask him almost anything. He drops your lowest midterm and gives plenty of chances for extra credit(there is a limit though.) The book is helpful but used it very little. Not super easy or hard but I definitely recommend him

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: ASTR101
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

I swear this guy is the reincarnation of Bob Marley because he is very chill and plays reggae before lab. I took ASTR 101 over the summer and it was a very straightforward course: Show up, do your lab, go home if you finished your lab early. Follow these steps and you'll get an easy A. Make sure you show up every day so that's self-explanatory

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: ASTR100
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

I LOVE MISTER STANFORD!!! he is the coolest teacher in the world! hes really nice and funny and he speaks very clearly.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: ASTR100
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Mr. Stanford makes astronomy interesting. It's obviously his passion, and the lectures are fun and interactive. Coming to class is pretty important. There's lots of extra credit opportunities that don't involve writing papers! He is a fair grader, and when you have questions he's always happy to help out. I recommend!

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: 83340
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Take his class! I'm not a science guy, but I love this class. It's in the planetarium, which is always a plus. Hard to get a seat the first few weeks of class. You should not skip this class, if you do you will get behind quickly. The lectures are very engaging and fun. Will answer any and all questions very well.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: ASTR101
• 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:

A chill teacher that puts on reggae before and during class? Sign me up. I took this class over the summer 2014 semester and it is a pretty fun class. Attendance is mandatory because you're gonna lose 10 points on a missed lab and you may make it up on a later date. Other than that, it's an easy A if you keep up with the labs and if you ace final

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: ASTR100
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

HIs class is pretty simple. Powerpoint and clicker questions throughout each lecture. Whatever is on the powerpoint is what is on the test. Requires an online homework section. Easy peasy. Recommend if you need to have a GE out of the way.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: ASTR101
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

One experiment every class; students can easily pass the final exam by copying the information from the in-class report.