Jeff Z.Y. Chen - University of Waterloo

Professor: Jeff Z.Y. Chen

Department: TBD

College: University of Waterloo

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: PHYS363
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Regurgitated the material from the textbook, but he explained a little more clearly. His lectures are straightforward and easy to understand. Fortunately for me, unfortunately for others, he does, and sometimes shows, examples of problems to illustrate the concepts a little more. Assignments are kinda long but not too difficult to figure out

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: PHYS359
• 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:

Jeff Chen's boardwork rarely includes motivation or explanation for ideas; sometimes he communicates those things orally, but generally he says nothing on them. The math and physics themselves are relatively easy, but seeing the "big picture" using sparse notes and a high-level textbook (which he doesn't properly follow) is very difficult.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: PHYS363
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Decent professor, but only spent time on problems and not enough on theory. Also, he didn't answer student's questions very well.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: PHYS339
• 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:

Chen is an excellent prof! Always helpfull! he uses the "stick and candy" method...i.e. hit you with a stick to get the candy...that is...he makes you work hard and you reap the rewards at the end (if not in marks..in knowledge).

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: PHYS252
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

We had a saying for taking courses with this prof: "You got Chen'ed". This course was brutal and unenjoyable; I regretted taking it with this prof. Chen was arrogant and condescending; typical "God complex" physicist. He actually told a friend of mine to use his "little brain" to figure out an assignment problem. In fairness, he did mellow.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: PHYS359
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Chen is very arrogant and detached from his students, although he really believes its the opposite. He is hard to approach, moody, and cannot hear very well. His midterms/exams are unfair and rely on memorization.