James Garner - University of North Florida

Professor: James Garner

Department: TBD

College: University of North Florida

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: COS126
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

He is the best

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: 1020
• 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: Mandatory

Comment:

Try having a Physics Professor as a father. #HighExpectations You must go to class. Read the text. YouTube for more clarity and then Ask questions and go to office hours. Yup, that's my dad. Lol.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: PHY1020
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Dr. Garner is so unorganized! When teaching, he writes all over the board with arrows everywhere and so unclear to read. Do not take him whatever you do. And the tests are difficult.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: PHYS1010
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Intro. Physics teacher.Did not like this class at all. He was a nice guy and he obviously knew the material but could not teach it to students. He assumed you would just "get it" after a practically no explanation. Try to avoid.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: PHY2012
• 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's a great guy a nice teacher and his class is kinda easy if you take notes and read the book.. i took him for lab and it was really easy as far as for lecture he's really nice and will take time to help you out of class but he is a theorist and most of the answers for the homework in the book he made are wrong, very unorganized.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: PHY1020
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

He's difficult to understand and he wrote the text so the book becomes useless as well. Tests are hard, attendance is needed to get a grade for clicker problems, and homework tends to be complicated as well. It's difficult to know your grade, thus my entire class was left wondering whether or not we were passing with an A or completely failing.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: PHY2049
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Good guy. A lot of people don't like him but I think they are bl;aming the teacher for the subject matter. Dispite other comments I would recomend him. He's kindy nerdy (as are all science people) on occasion he's pretty funny in a physics professor kind of way. GO TO CLASS! Take good notes STUDY! keep up--you can do well but you gotta try.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: PHY2049
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Good guy. A lot of people don't like him but I think they are bl;aming the teacher for the subject matter. Dispite other comments I would recomend him. He's kindy nerdy (as are all science people) on occasion he's pretty funny in a physics professor kind of way. GO TO CLASS! Take good notes STUDY! keep up--you can do well but you gotta try.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: PHY1020
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Class is very stressfull! Luckily he curves his grading scale and I somehow managed a B-. Too often the questions on the exams were nowhere in the book or notes we took. I would stray away from this professor if possible.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: PHY1020
• 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:

if you have to take intro to physics, take it at FCCJ. basically, do NOT take garner for intro to physics, he is horrible. the worst professor i've ever had.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: PHY1020
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Very inconsistent and unclear. Adds unnecessary things that trip you up. Very intelligent man, horrible professor. Writes his own textbook for Intro physics, basically useless. Maybe he's not used to teaching introductory courses???? Do not take him for intro to physics.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: PHI1020
• 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:

Most definetly the worst professor I've ever had. I am a straight A science student and failed the first test. The book is impossible to follow (he wrote it) and is littered with mistakes. He treats intro physics students as if they've had physics before. I can usually learn from the text if the professor is horrible but he wrote the book, too.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: PHY2048
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Dr. Garner is by far the worst prof. ive ever had. His notes in class are pointless because all he does is prove 2 or 3 equations and where the equations came from, then be able to work complex problems with little examples. He doesnt care about his students at all. We started the class with 100 plus students and today in the final there was 50.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: PHY2048
• 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:

Lectures are pretty well organized, but he feels like he must prove every formula. Tests and quizzes are similar to examples and homework. Gives extra credit on Friday classes for attendance sometimes. Not a bad class if you study

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: PHY2048
• 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:

He's a pretty good lecturer. His lectures are organized and straight forward. His quizzes are pretty much like the homework problem he assigns. The exams are mostly multiple choice (w/one written prob.) and he gives you a formula sheet to use. I find it to be easy if you study the hw problems. He posts solutions online before the exam. GREAT PROF!!

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: PHY2049
• 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:

Wish he was a Gardener and not a Teacher. Must have trained Lev, cuz they both are the two worst professors i have ever had. I passed Calc 3 with a "B", so math isn't my problem. Bad Teacher. Some reason tests are scantron. It is a math class....how does that make sense...ah he is too lazy to grade

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: PHY1020
• 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:

nice guy, really loves physics, he tries hard but is not too good at explaining physics good enough for people to really understand it

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: 2048CALCPHY
• 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:

The worst teacher I have ever had. He cannot explain how to do anything relevant. The main points that you need to know come after 40 minutes of nonsense proof. Do not take him for Calculus based Physics worst teaching job ever.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: PHYSICSICALC
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

He makes it harder than it has to be. Course moves very quickly. The gradding scale is the only saving grace. 100-80 is an A, 79-65 B, 64-55 C, 54-45 D. And he drops your lowest test and quiz grade. Seems ridiculous but you will need it, our class average on the last test was a 50%. Good Luck!

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: PHY2049
• 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:

Dr. Garner has a God complex. I took him when it was still 3049 and he told us this class is too easy to be upper-level. I went to see him during office hours to discuss homework I couldn't complete. His advice? Do the homework.