Nenad Gucunski - Rutgers - State University of New Jersey

Professor: Nenad Gucunski

Department: TBD

College: Rutgers - State University of New Jersey

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: SOIL372
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

This professor clearly cares more about his research than devoting time and interest to teaching. I didnt feel engaged in class to ask questions because he would not work out a problem for us and he did not generate interest. The sample exams are riddled with mistakes and his solutions don't follow his own material. Reach out to TA's , they'll help

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: SOIL372
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Bad lecturer, don't bother learning the textbook material. Recycles his exam material from previous years, so just learn how to do all the types of problems from the old exams. Luckily, he gives you previous exams to study from. He doesn't grade any hw assignments himself, so you'll have to argue with his graders if you find any discrepancies.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: SOILS101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Tough prof but learned a lot from this class. Would recommend if you're actually serious about the field. Super smart guy you can learn a lot from

Rating # 4

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

The lecture is pointless to go to. I never got anything out of it. He gives you sample problems/exams before the midterm and final which are similar to the real thing. Make sure you do the homework since it is a decent portion of the grade

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: SOILM101
• 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:

tough class but if you show you care about the material and show that you're working hard to do well, you'll get lots of help from this prof. really nice and helpful guy if you don't bullsht the class

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: SOILMECH
• 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:

where to begin. the class avg for the mid term was a 42. He doesnt teach what is on the tests, he didnt show up to like 5 classes. And the kicker is he is the only one who teaches the class. If you can pass this class you deserve to be called an engineer. My advise, dont bother showing up to the class, you will end up getting the same grade anyway

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: SOILS1
• 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:

This guy is terrible. He read directly from the slides in a monotone broken english. He never actually did a full example for us. The numbers in the ppt examples were never right and he refused to work out a problem for us to prep for the final-said it was better to do it ourself. Ignore the people who like him, this class is a waste of my tuition

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: SOILMECH
• 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:

He only come to the class half of the time, and when he does show up he is useless. On the first day he told us to not takes notes because the power points can be printed out online. Study the midterms he posts online. I stopped showing up to the class after 4 weeks.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: SOILS372
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Just as everyone says, just rushes through the slides (if he's there that day). Doesn't really go over examples making the homework a lot harder. Not looking forward to the first midterm...

Rating # 10

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

Goes over the basics of the subject in each class. Pretty much sticks to the book and relevant equations. Will go into more detail if YOU push him to go there, and you will need it because his exams go farther than the standard homework, typically laying multiple theories on top of each other.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: SOILS101
• 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:

The secret to passing this man's class is......First study the mid-term examples he gives you on his website. The final is NOT hard like these people say but uou must do them without previous done out work (leave yourself a week for this.) Otherwise he was a good guy as long as you know your stuff. Homework and computer assigns boost your grade.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: SOIL372
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

This guy is hard!! He really doesnt cover what is on the exam, you will have to dig deep into the book, and the 100+ slides for each class to find an example problem that's remotely similar. The only reason this guy is still a prof is because he is the Civil Department Director.

Rating # 13

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

He sucks

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: SSSSOILS
• 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:

yay!

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: SOILS
• Grade Received: F
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

hard class-but i had to take it. not as bad as the reviews say--- geez some people are critical! smart prof...overall nice guy

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: SOILS
• 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:

zeee ****... for some reason he mentioned the word "probe" a lot haha... overall he sucks, he just does powerpoints and uses his laser pointer last semester's avg. for the midterm was 43 and he thought it was our fault, the nerve of that character!

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: SOILS
• 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:

Most boring professor alive. I hope you like slide shows because you'll see +500,000 slides/lecture. Skip the second lecture, he shows a bunch of pictures of rocks.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: SOIL
• 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:

sucks, terrible, and boring. unfortunate to have him only soil prof at rutgers

Rating # 19

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

No Comments

Rating # 20

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

The fall of the iron curtain, was not as devastating as this class is for students at Rutgers. I have never taken a class where the average was a 43, and the professors first comments were 'Does someone care to articulate what is going on here?' I hope you slip and fall gooch!