James Richard Shealy - Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

Professor: James Richard Shealy

Department: Electrical Engineering

College: Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: ECE2100
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Honestly a great professor. Teaches the Intro Circuits class very well, doesn't waste time during lectures. Can tell he really cares about ensuring that you're getting your money's worth from the lectures, so they end up being quite dense and fast paced. Has hilarious comments he'll make during class. 2100 is hard b/c of material, not b/c of him.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: ECE2100
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Lecture's are pretty standard, a bit fast paced at first, but settles down as the semester progresses. Problem sets are biweekly, but very long. Labs also take a very long time and are often confusing. Exams are very easy; he gives you very explicit hints to the content of the exams before hand since 2100 covers so much material.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: ECE2100
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

He's a nice guy and is always willing to help you out. That said, lectures are hopelessly fast paced, he treats corequisites as prerequisites, and blows through a 2-3 semester texbook in one.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: ECE2100
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

An extremely challenging professor. Lectures left me lost and confused every time with difficult exams. Homework and lab reports took forever. Some labs were interesting, but the class was a nightmare overall.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: ECE2100
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Shealy is ridiculously smart. Definitely a genius.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: ECE2100
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Shealy is the MAN. He teaches you how to think like an engineer. His tests are a bit tough but if you have the intuition they're easy. I just wish he'd teach every ECE class because that would be sick

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: ECE315
• 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:

The course, the book and Shealy's teaching attitude/ability left me with a feeling that a large part of my tuition money has been spent by Dick Shealy on pregaming before the lectures. The guy is smart, but makes no effort to teach the class. The amount of information this course covers is ridiculous. Labs and homeworks are devices for torture!

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: ECE315
• 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:

Definitly a genious. Funny. Has pride in GaAs, but from what I hear, it sucks!~ Always complained that the prof of the class before him wrote too high~! Says he was in a frat

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: ECE315
• 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:

Totally disastrous class. You definitely have to read the textbook to keep up with him. His exams are killer - the only way to survive is to make a super comprehensive "cheatsheet" to bring into exam, and just copy every crap on ur cheatsheet onto the exam.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: ECE315
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Bad temper. Has half a bottle of whiskey on him before going to lab. Makes exams insanely hard. Is a freaking genius. Willing to help, as long as he is in a good mood. But a nice guy none the less.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: ECE315
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

This class is probably a hard class itself, and it's not Shealy's fault. A lot of notes to copy,and material is covered very quickly, probably because Shealy expects everyone to be as smart as him. But I have to say, he IS a very smart prof. An intellectually stimulating course.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: ECE315
• 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:

He doesn't know how to calculate standard deviation of an exam =P there's no way that the SD of a prelim is 44.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: ECE315
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

It is true that ECE 315 is among the hardest course in ECE department..and you will hate shealy after the first prelim. But if you ask for help (be sure to say no if you don't understand), shealy is extremely helpful. after taking the course, you will learn a lot and realize shealy is a great prof

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: ECE315
• 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:

Knows his stuff but is really hardcore. He always made me laugh so that made a hard class a little easier in lecture. Don't blame Shealy, 315 is a hard hard class. Plus I drank with him one night at the 9s. Classic.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: ECE315
• 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:

Horrible class! He goes through the material at break-neck speed and then blames US for not knowing the material well! He thinks every one of us majors in ECE 315 but he's sadly mistaken. This stinking class is yet another of Cornell's bad core classes.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: ECE350
• 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:

He makes jokes that are not funny, because he thinks they are funny.Besides, he smells like alcohol( whiskey, to be precise). He assumes that we know everything and he doesn`t care whether we actually know the material.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: ECE315
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

I love this man...soo damn cool even though he was always late to class, he helped me a great deal

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: ECE315
• 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:

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Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: EEG444
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

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Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: ECE315
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

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