Michael Vaughn - Northeastern University

Professor: Michael Vaughn

Department: TBD

College: Northeastern University

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: PHYS1121
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Three midterms and a final. He spends the whole class talking to himself moving back and forth between concepts with no flow in his lecture. It's all physics and he goes through the calculations too fast. The exams are all very difficult but he curves them. Overall, terrible teacher.

Rating # 2

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

This was a fun class because i enjoy phyiscs. dont worry, im not nerdy, but all semester i sat in the front row and answered all his easy questions. he knew my name and new that i cared a bit about the class. he says at the beginning of the first class that grades are skewed. if you have a 70 average you get at least a B. I got an easy A.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: PHYU111
• 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 professor; not a very good class. Goes over calculations too fast. It's all physics!

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: PHYU111
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Vaughn is a really nice guy, hes just not a good teacher. And the course itself is not very good, i thought i was going to be learning about stars, not physics. He is so awkward in the funniest way, like when he tries to lower the projector screen but instead opens the blinds. Nice guy, terrible course. don't take it.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: PHY111
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

He goes through the mathematical problems too quickly, but otherwise he's alright. He's a very nice man.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: PHY114
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Intro to Science. This dude has no idea how to teach, he should retire. He rambles on about stuff that isn't int he books. Go to the practice test days and memorize it and you will probably do fine. His grading scale is awesome though. a 74 is a B

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: INTROTOSCI
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

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Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: PHYU611
• 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:

Astro: Course is still getting off the ground and needs improvement, but Vaughn is the perfect person to teach it. Excellent derivations, obviously knows much more than what he is talking about. Test material is no surprise, though questions range from "derive" to "calculate" to "describe in words".

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: PHYU111
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

a real chill guy, although a little distant when it came to teaching

Rating # 10

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:

Vaughn is the man! Took his astronomy class and the quizzes are extremely easy. His tests are all copy and pasted questions from the quizzes leading up to the test.Only problem I had with the class was that he does not explain the mathematical problems efficiently to those who didn't take physics.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: PHY115
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

I took his astronomy class. I can see that he knows what he's talking about, but i found it extremely difficult to comprehend. Half the time I was lost. However, on tests and such a lot of the same questions are used from quizzes, making it easy to do really well on test and finals.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: PHY
• 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:

Vaughn was the best professor I've had at Northeastern. He was very helpful for Physics 1-3, as long as you werent a dumbass in his class.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: INTROSCI
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Professor Vaughn often appeared **** in class. Seriously.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: PHYU121
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Intro to Science- This class is absolutly worthless. He seems like a nice enough guy, but he really cannot teach. He is unclear, goes off on random tangents, and even trails off midsentence. I doubt he knows what he's talking about. Just read the book.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: PHYU121
• 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:

Intro to Science class. This class is ridiculous, no need at all to go to class lectures except when he goes over practice quizzes. Just skim the chapters and do the practice quizzes. He goes on about crazy unnecessary science if you are not sci major

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: PHYU121
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

He's an incredibly nice man, but his lectures tend to get very confusing, especially if you're not a 'science' person. You're better off doing the readings.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: CPHY1121
• 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:

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