Stephanie Dickson - De Anza College

Professor: Stephanie Dickson

Department: TBD

College: De Anza College

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: 4A
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Honestly one of the rudest teachers imo. She picks on her students and responds to her students in a sarcastic manner. May be she just wants to be funny but her way of answering questions has 0 respect at all. She expects you to have a good background in physics and so rushes through the class material. Easily intimidates her students.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: PHY4A
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Scariest professor to approach. She makes you feel unwelcome and scared to ask questions because of her same reaction every time. If you happened to miss something she said in class or want to ask a clarifying question, be prepared to be yelled at or called out in front of the class. And she'll keep bringing it up. Very hard to pass.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: 4A
• Grade Received: INC
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

She is very good at explaining things to students. She likes writing notes on the blackboard so that the class will not be too fast. She is very nice and willing to talk with students about physics after class. Always choose her. Physics needs hard working. And you can do better with her help.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: 4A
• Grade Received: C
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Worst experience ive ever had at DAC. I learn nothing from her lectures. Pretends to care for her students and then gives difficult questions on exams. Self-learned class. Talk about unrelated things at times. Idk if she knows what shes doing in class or not. Do not expect anything from part time prof. Take others to learn physics. Regretttt.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: 4A
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Mrs. Stephanie is a really hard physics professor, she is not easy! She is wonderful, extremely nice and really caring, but if you dont study enough and do twice the homework per week, you can get a really bad grade on every test. She is a very difficult professor, yet fair. Its like physics boot camp.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: 4A
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

She's the most energetic woman I've ever seen. She cares deeply about every student in class. I found her office hours very useful to understand how to think in Physics. It's a hard subject (harder than math imo), don't expect to get easy A. I worked my ass off for exam1 but only got B. But it's my fault. Take her because she's the nicest P prof.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: PHY4C
• Grade Received: B-
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Best Physics professor. She cares deeply about each of her students and wants them to succeed. Very approachable and will make sure you understand. Lectures were fun and informative. Quizzes after every lecture, based on homework/previous lectures. Exams were relatively straight forward. As long as you try to study and learn, you'll pass the class

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: PHYS4A
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Stephanie is an enthusiastic prof. Her lecture is hilarious. Quizzes are given anytime in every lecture. Quizzes are based on homework questions. As long as you do the HW and go to her office, you will be fine both in quizzes and exams. Take notes is pretty necessary because you can find similar questions in the HW.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: PHYS4ABC
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Easy professor at De Anza. Do homework and you will be fine

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: 4C
• Grade Received: C+
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

she's is a good overall teacher, only thing I have to complain about her is what she teaches during lecture does not directly correlates to the work she gives us in the weekly worksheets. You have to teach yourself a bit since she leaves a fair amount of crucial info out. She's a fair grader and cares about students, lectures are entertaining.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: PHYS4B
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

She's a great professor, always has an interesting anecdote. She goes over questions if people have any. There's really no easy way out of the material; practice problems, read the book, finish the homework if you want a good grade. She's very fair.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: PHYS4B
• Grade Received: C
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

She's disorganized, but you get used to it. You absolutely HAVE to go to her office hours if you want to understand how to do the homework and do well on quizzes. The class material is brutal, but that's just physics 4B. However, she's a really easy grader, so as long as you have something on your paper you'll get credit.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: PHY4A
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Not the best lecturer- extremely confusing and makes things harder than they should be. Can be sarcastic but takes time to know everyones name. Gives a lot of partial credit on quizzes, but not so much on exams. Doesn't always answer hw questions correctly, but she makes lectures fun by cracking lots of jokes

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: PHYS4A
• Grade Received: C
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Her lectures are so so, her enthusiasm is great! I would say her exams are 1.5x more complex than homework problem as in if the homework problem has 1-2 step to solve the problem, expect 3-5 steps to do it on exam. Your attendance is your quiz, so attendance is like mandatory.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: PHYS4C
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

It's true that her lectures can seem very convoluted. It is better to actually read ahead of the day's lecture if you can, which mitigates that prob. The quizzes alternate bt easy conceptual Q's and those taken from HW (which you better do religiously). She is always open to Q's during lecture & will elaborate on topic if asked. GO TO OFFICE HOURS

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: 4C
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

The only reason to go to class is to take her daily quiz. Lectures are not clear at all. You basically have to teach yourself out of the book, but if you are OK with that she is a very easy grader compared to all the other physics teachers and even gives you clues if you get stuck during the test. Awesome person, not a very good 4C teacher.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: PHYSICS4BC
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

THIS CLASS IS VERY EASY. Those people who says her class was hard are liar. Physics are a very hard subject, so don't expect even the easiest teacher to be very easy, BUT compared to newton and francis this class is a child plays. She like to give a not so funny joke for the class. She turn her homework into quiz so expect quiz in every meeting.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: PHYS4ABC
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Took her last year for the whole series. She is amazing for 4A, ok for 4B, and very underqualified for 4C. Take Newton (or Francis if you really have to) for 4C. She does throw some hard problems for homework, but the exams are really easy, except for the 2nd exam in 4B which was moderate. I think Newton is the best though, take him for phys.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: PHYSICS4A
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

I learnt by myself. Discussing problems with her will only confuse you. Exams are easier compared with Newton's. No solutions are provided regarding the hw, so wanna know if you're doing correctly? Google it! Do not know the solutions? Google it! Cannot find useful information? Google harder and pray...

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: 4A
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Easiest physics teacher at DA. (She gives a crazy amount of partial credit). Quizzes EVERY class related to the weekly homework and/or prior lecture. Does not use textbook (all hw is online). If you are taking Physics and want a good grade, take her.