Doros Petasis - Allegheny College, Meadville, PA

Professor: Doros Petasis

Department: Physics

College: Allegheny College, Meadville, PA

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: PHYS120
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

repeatedly held us after time in lecture. I went to his office hours concerned about my grade on an exam. he said "do better on the next exam." failed that one. did worse. went back again? same response. after that I did 2 points better. went back to him. "do well on the final." If I could, I would. lied to the class about what was on the final.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: PHYS110
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Do the homework. He's very open to office hours and tutoring. He wants you to do well, just reach out. He's also super funny and makes random puns during class!

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: 110
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

I had Professor Petasis for 110, and he was amazing. If you do the homework you'll be fine for his tests and quizzes. He is a fair grader and will drop several low graded quizzes. His explanations are clear and engages the class to do real problems. Also a very funny professor!

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: PHY110
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Nice guy, seemed like he cared for his students. He doesn't really give you any examples to learn by, you are expected to figure material out for yourself, he gives hints to guide you in the right direction. However without any proper understanding of the basic of the material its maddeningly unhelpful. Lectures cover the material in the book.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: PHYSI210
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Dr. Petasis is very hard but also fair at the same time. He is also the hottest professor I have had at this school.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: PH210
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Modern Physics is a difficult subject and Dr. Petasis is IN LOVE with it. I even started to have slight ifatuation with it as the semester went on. He wants you to undertand quantum mechanics. Homework problems are very similar to test problems and he is helpful (but frustrating at times). Don't slack and you'll do OK

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: PH330
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Electronics was a pretty easy class. Dr. Petasis often clings to equations or techniques for reducing problems to a managable state. If you do the homework early on, he will help you enough to get the answers before you turn it in. Expect to be on you're on your own for lab, he will disappear.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: PHYS110
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Took for 110-120 series. Nice guy. Lectures don't include a lot of example problems. Go to office hours and study, and you should be fine for exams. Labs were a joke.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: PHYS102
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Seemed to be under the impression our class had no interest in physics and never would. Homework and tests were pretty easy.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: FS101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Professor Petasis did not seem particularly interested in teaching FS101 - it seemed like he didn't want to be there. Not very helpful.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: PHYS112
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Non-physics major. Tough teacher, but very fair. Makes you think about solutions instead of handing out answers. I learned a lot from Dr. Petasis, and I am glad he is a member of the Allegheny faculty. Wouldn't reccomend this course for non-physics majors.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: PHYS102
• 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:

hard...but not impossible. nice guy. makes you understand the material and not just learn the numbers. labs were a joke tho

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: PHYS120
• 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:

most horrible experience of my life

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: PHYS102
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

lecture is all about proving formulas in the text, other than that class really isnt important. tests are extremely tough. you will spend more hours on this class than any other this semester.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: 340
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

VERY difficult. If you try to get help he offers "hints" and if you don't understand after that, too bad. Stopped giving out homework solutions half way through the semester so I had no way to figure out HOW you do the problems. I would not recommend him for any class

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: PHYS340
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

The material is incredibly complicated, but he does the best he can with it. Doesn't directly answer your questions because he wants you to figure it out; he'll just give you a little push, which is sometimes very frustrating. Nice guy though.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: FS101
• 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:

I really enjoyed the class. Makes to think about some things from a different prespective. Only draw back is he dislikes it when athletes have to miss his class.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: PHYS111
• 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:

I learned a lot in this class...but dreaded going to it every day. He knows the material well, but he's not an excellent teacher so it is incredibly boring.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: PHYS230
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

It's a really hard class and he won't always be as helpful as you want him to, but he still wants his students to succeed. Expect to spend a night or two a week locked away in the basement of Carr trying to figure out the homework.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: PHYS111112
• 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:

he treats everyone like they are dumb. forget asking questions, he gets annoyed and doesn't help you anyways. he can be moody. the class is a ton of work.