Raj Mohanty - Boston University

Professor: Raj Mohanty

Department: TBD

College: Boston University

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: PY105
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Mohanty is clearly knowledgeable but he unfortunately can't teach. Take PY105 with any other professor if you want to actually learn and be able to perform on exams. Because I had him I had to learn all of the topics at home which wasn't easy. I felt like there was no reason to even go to class because I knew I wouldn't gain anything out of it.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: PY211
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Raj is a very insightful teacher who gives his students meaningful quotes to live by such as "You have to think, not guess!" Raj is funny because he says bector.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: PY212
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

He has good intentions as a professor and if you reach out for help he is there to help. Office hours are really helpful and you should definitely go. It's a big class and hope that he doesn't make the tests.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: PY105AND106
• 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: Mandatory

Comment:

Go to office hours.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: PY105
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Really nice, but has a dry sense of humor that can come across as rude. Gives a lot of good exam type examples and tries to be helpful after class/in his (limited) office hours.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: PY105
• 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 are unclear, jumps from concept to concept without finishing the problems,assumes students can do everything on their own.Dismissive of entire class when everyone expresses confusion over a concept.Labs and discussion quizzes are very easy, inconsistent difficulty level from the hw and exams, which are too much for an intro class.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: PY105
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Terrible teacher. Never explained questions in depth and absolutely apathetic.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: PY105
• 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:

Yes, he can be kind of dull, but his problems are super helpful even though he doesn't go over how to do all of them. Do his handouts and ask him questions if you need help; he is actually very helpful outside of class as well. He definitely cares, but you have to put effort forward.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: PY105
• 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:

He's a bit sassy yet dull during lectures, but always finds a way to be entertaining if you like dry humor. During lectures he did many exam type examples which, to me, is the primo way of learning physics. DO HIS HANDOUTS WHEN YOU STUDY! I felt like he really cared about the students, but the course itself was disconnected between the profs.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: PY105
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Raj was great. He was the only lecturer to give exam type examples. He showed us how to solve all problems without numbers so we could apply to any questions. Was extremely available and his sass made class fun.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: PY105
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Try to avoid getting him as your physics lecturer. Doesn't explain concepts well and does not equip his students with the fundamentals to be able to solve problems adequately/efficiently on their own.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: PY105
• 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:

raj is the worst. very apathetic and vague. take ANY other professor for what should be an easy intro physics course

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: PY105
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

TERRIBLE lecturer. Very unapproachable and not interested in teaching. Just reads from slides and focuses on emphasizing the wrong material, but he does do practice problems. The textbook written by Duffy is what saved my grade. I only showed up to class for participation points.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: PY211
• 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:

Drones on and on, forces you to fall asleep.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: PY211
• 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:

All he does is read from slides. Even those are word for word the examples in the textbook. In study sessions all he does is reread the slides from lecture. Most of the time it seems like he doesn't know the material he is teaching. He promptly replies to emails, though.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: PY351
• 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:

Lectures sometimes are long and drawn out but the book is amazing. Mohanty is always willing to help if you email him. The final grade is curved really nicely. If you need to take this class, don't be worried about taking it with Mohanty. Overall great semester with him!

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: PY211
• 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:

He's a funny/awkward guy in a good way. You can get away with just reading the book and going to office hours for the most part. To be honest, the book has been most helpful to me because his lectures tend to go all over the place. Still, he's a nice guy.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: PY354
• 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:

Mohanty is really nice guy and has an awkward sense of humor but is a very strange prof. He is really unorganized and doesn't explain concepts well but is not extremely demanding. His hw and exams problems aren't too hard and final grade was curved nicely. Everything is "straightforward" to him but I think that's bc he's too lazy to explain things

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: PY354
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

It was extremely bad organized. He was to much into showing himself more than teaching.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: PY354
• 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:

mohanty gives HW the TA cant figure out, teaches topics in seemingly random order, and crams in some material from 451. but his tests are easy in comparison and your final grade wont make you cry. easy weekly discussion quizzes, (sometimes) brutal weekly HW assignments, annoying labs. be prepared to work.