George Alverson - Northeastern University

Professor: George Alverson

Department: Physics

College: Northeastern University

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: PHYS1155
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Great guy, good teacher. Has a tendency to get lost in his lecture but is good at answering questions so if you don't understand something, ASK. Very accessible and willing to help students however much they're willing to ask for help. I had him for a class I should not have taken and he helped me through it with an A, very valuable experience

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: PHYS3602
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Made electromagnetism not as bad as it could be. Very friendly and very helpful, especially during office hours. The key to success during his lectures is ASKING QUESTIONS. If you don't understand it - ask about it. He is very good at pausing the lecture to field your question. Finally, don't expect a physicist to spoon-feed you the course.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: PHYS5000
• 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 looks like he is a good person but he really does not know how to teach. goes over equations and NEVER explains what they mean

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: PHYS2
• 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:

He derives formulas and does no example problems.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: PHYS1155
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Physics department is just not good at NU. He is a VERY smart guy but not the best lecturer. He writes long formulas and derivations on the board without explaining them and rarely goes over example problems. He did do some demos though, which were interesting.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: PHYS2
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

He spends most of his time deriving formulas instead of explaining when to use them, but this can be expected from any lecturer because of the set up of the class. He obviously does not look over the pre or post homework to be able to see what types of problems students are doing. He brings demos to class which is good and is around when needed.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: PHYS2
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Too smart for his own good. Can't explain anything, lecture not worth going to at all. Coughs into his microphone all the time, pretty annoying.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: PHYS2
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

This Guy is not a good teacher. As others have said he spends the class writing symbols and equations on the board. He never explains what anything means and never provides examples. His Physics 2 class comes with an ILS session which is helpful, but his lectures are terrible and useless.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: PHY1155
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Has no Idea what he's doing. He's too smart to teach this course and is impossible to understand what he's talking about. He does not tell you when he is switching topics and does useless derivations on the board. Don't bother coming to class you can get more out of reading the textbook.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: SDG012
• 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:

terrible teacher. you cant understand anything and a very harsh grader. Change professors if you have the chance.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: PHYU155
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Not a very good lecturer, his class will teach you very little that you actually need to know to do well in the class. He will spend the majority of the time teaching the derivations of equations rather than concepts and problems, again NOT HELPFUL!

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: PHY111
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

He's very textbook and not helpful. Sinister grader and very out of touch with his students. Not the worst professor, but far from the best

Rating # 13

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

No Comments

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: PHY101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

This guy teaches way too fast. Classes are no way helpful. IT's as if he expects you to have taken physics before you enter his physics 101 class.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: PHYU153
• 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 was way too fast with his explanations, and was very "by the book"

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: PHY111
• 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:

Good clear lectures, standard difficulty. Approachable and competant.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: PHY153
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Not helpful. Gives the most complicated way to do everything. Spends too much time on irrelvent information and not enough actually helping the students.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: PHYSICS101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

No Comments

Rating # 19

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

No Comments

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: PHYSICS3
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Alverson's lectures are really helpful and informative. He does a lot of relevant demonstrations, presents information clearly in his lectures, and will always answer questions. great teacher!