Joseph Cusumano - Pennsylvania State University

Professor: Joseph Cusumano

Department: Engineering, Science, & Mechanics

College: Pennsylvania State University

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: EMCH212
• Grade Received: B-
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

He is not the best teacher for this class. Gary Gray is. Joe and others get their notes that they teach from Gary Gray who wrote the textbook and the best teacher. Joe rewrites what he is given, gives boring cutthroat lectures and is somewhat very critical of students, which can be humorous or quite condescending. Do the hw. Study-Go to Gray's

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: EMECH212
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

He is a pretty good teacher if you go to class and pay attention. No attendance and the homework solutions are easily available, so people tend to skip class and never catch up because they just copy down the HW problems and then they fail the tests. It is really not that bad, especially if you pay attention and/or don't cheat the HW. Nice guy.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: EMCH212
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

literally, the worst EMCH teacher ever! I'm not calling him a bad teacher because he is not, but he is bad for teaching EMCH 212. Let me summarize his lecture time distributed, 10 mins copying down the problem to the board, 5 mins setting up the equations(EMCH), 25 mins doing algebra(math), 10mins teaching emch. 15 mins of emch for 50 mins

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: EMCH520
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

"The universe doesn't care about you. It's way bigger than you and you could never learn everything there is." It was after this brilliant and poetically delivered insight that I realized how much of an influence this class on advanced dynamics would soon be on my life. There was not a week in which less than 80% of my hours were spent on hw.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: AERSP571
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Dr. Cusumano is great. Besides being funny and extrovert he is super smart and really knows in depth what he is talking about. He is very clear and tries to make you understand the mathematics with perfect examples. His homework are pretty hard and time consuming but you learn a lot doing them. He is pretty slow correcting them also.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: EMCH212
• 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:

Cusumano is awesome. I loved going to class. He taught us the theory and then did examples like crazy. So helpful and I got a lot out of the class.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: EMECH212
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Dr. Cusumano rocks. If you have a chance to take him do it he's super clear and does a lot of helpful examples in class.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: EMCH212
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Really knows how to explain the material in a way that's easy to understand. If you pay attention to his examples, you'll be prepared for the exams. Highly recommended.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: ESC407H
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Dr. Cusumano really knows his stuff. May need to ask him to dumb things down for you at times, but he's pretty good.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: EMECH212
• 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:

If you have to take dynamics then take it with cusamano for sure. Hes a real nice guy and he always gives you a good idea of what will be on the tests. If you put effort into the class it definitely wont be as hard as people say

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: EMECH212
• 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:

I liked Cusumano. He was very straight forward. Taught material and did problems. I found his lectures very clear. if you go to lecture you can do the homeworks, and if you can do the homework you can do the tests. my only complaint is the homework was worth too much of the overall grade

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: EMCH212
• 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:

Lectures consist of him working problems from the book. His explanations are sub-par at best. You will have to learn a lot on your own for this course regardless of your prof, but if you like to ask questions in lecture, DO NOT PICK CUSUMANO. He HATES when you ask questions and will attempt to belittle you. Has clear handwriting on the board tho...

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: EMCH212
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

This class is extremely hard, and he makes it more difficult by not grading the homework?s because there is no motivation to do them. The quizzes are based on the hws, and the tests were ridiculous. Some people liked him, but I didn?t.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: EMCH212
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

The class really doesn't deserve it's "extremely hard" rep. In fact it's the same three methods taught in different reference frames. Cusumano was a great prof, and I learned a lot from the maybe 3 quarters of classes I went to. I recommend Cus greatly!

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: EMCH212
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Great prof. Don't listen to the people who hate him... they probably just got a bad grade becuase the material is very difficult. However, I don't think anyone could have taught this subject better than Cusumano, he is the best.. and probably one of the best prof's I have had thus far at psu. Very helpful in office hours too.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: EMCH212
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

He is there to help and does do alot of examples in class but that really doesn't make dynamics any easier. He is sort of arogant and absolutely isn't going to round your grade or give you a break.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: EMCH5XX
• 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:

Competent Teacher. Available after class. No free ride, glad to say--you will get your money's worth. As a person,though arrogant--more or less just another one of these genius-AH types. I'm bored with 'em. They act like 99% of the world isn't worth their precious time, but honestly they achieve little of deep value.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: EMCH012
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

I thought his lectures were very clear, he works out examples very thoroughly. Maybe other people had more trouble with the class, but for me his explanations made the topics, which are incredibly difficult, seem very simple.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: EMCH12
• 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:

AWFUL!

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: EMCH12
• 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:

subject material is very hard but he is very good at explaining/helping