William Case - Grinnell College

Professor: William Case

Department: TBD

College: Grinnell College

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: PHY234
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Good professor, but goes too fast for just about everybody. He has made me completely reliant on mentor sessions.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: PHY131
• 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 is a very interesting lecturer. He performs interesting experiments and employs weird analogies. You do have to pay attention when he is lecturing, but as long as you are awake, you should be ok. A really fun teacher to have. Plus he drives a BMW Z3. Shows he likes to have a little fun now and again.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: PHY234
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

really great professor, charming personality, most students in the class enjoy having him...

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: PHYII131
• 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:

The man is really smart, but no always tuned into the fact that, no this concept is not obvious to everyone. Can be hard to track down for extra help, lectures ramble often and can be difficult to follow, and often seem/are disconnected from the homework which doesn't really help with exams. Overall, a frustrating class

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: PHY132
• 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:

Professor Case is a very good professor. If you do your final exam well, he is going to ignore any bad results you had prior to it. I also liked little experiments he preformed in class.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: PHY132
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Professor Case gives clear explanations, is very available for individual questions, and clearly wants his students to understand the material. He sometimes lets himself get bogged down in lecture by people with very specific questions. I don't think he's condescending. He also wears a woman's shirt sometimes, which is funny.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: PHY234PHY456
• 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:

This guy knows his stuff!! Fantastic lecturer and explainer. On the other hand, classes are bit tough.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: PHY131132
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

he is terrific at explaining things he wants to explain- which didn't help a lot on homework but was fantastic in lectures. loves physics clearly and wants others to like it too- good sense of humour! reasonable tests and not too much homework though the problems could be difficult. enjoys problems that make you think in different ways!

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: INTROQUANTUM
• 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:

Case is wonderful. He's a blast in the classroom and he explains things better than any Grinnell prof out there. Highly, highly, highly recommended.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: GENERALPHYSICS
• 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:

So smart! And a great professor, too. Helpful, funny, quirky..a man I could probably spend the rest of my life with. No, really. I don't care if he's 60, either.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: INTRO
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

No Comments

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: PHY310
• 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:

GOOD THEORIST

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: QPTHERMAL
• 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:

very cool prof. knows the stuff and good at explaining it. just watch out for the homework due dates--they are not regular.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: PHY131
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Good lectures, although enunciation is bad and was hard for international students to understand. Confusing explanations, but fun labs and good sense of humor. Lots of energy.