Bert Fulbright - Cornell University

Professor: Bert Fulbright

Department: TBD

College: Cornell University

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: PHYS1112
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Can't really say much about the professor, but the class was a well implemented flipped classroom. Lectures involved solving practice problems and some demos that helped students understand them. Homeworks were sometimes challenging, but helped me teach various physics concepts. Prelims were reasonable, unlike the ones in CHEM 2090.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: PHYS2216
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Becoming a great physics "teacher" is not easy.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: PHYS1112
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Dr. Fulbright is very caring and always willing to help. But it's a flipped classroom so lectures are mostly iClicker questions. Not the best lectures and reading the textbook is absolutely essential beforehand. Problem sets are quite difficult so office hours are extremely vital. Prelims are highly conceptual and have a lot of multiple choice.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: PHYS1112
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Bert is always trying to make the material more interesting through the lectures and seems to really care about the students! However, sometimes things get confusing. HW sets are unnecessarily difficult and the tests intentionally confuse you

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: PHYS1112
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Prof. Fulbright cares so much about his students and surely loves the material he is teaching. He has so much passion, and his infamous demos show this. He is a great professor, and although the course itself is a decent bit of work, the material is not the most difficult. It was definitely my favorite class I took last semester.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: PHYS1112
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

So much homework. Exams slightly harder than homeworks. Lectures not particularly interesting but mandatory due to iClicker questions.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: PHYS1112
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Bert is a southern gentleman that tickles your brain with his smooth southern drawl and most definitely Juuls during class

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: PHYS1112
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Physics 1112 is a lot of work, but exams are incredibly fair and do not have any surprises. Hope you get a solid TA who can clarify topics during discussion as that's where I did most of my learning.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: PHYS1112
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

He's very energetic and makes really boring physics entertaining. The class is still boring and a ton of work, but his lectures are okay.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: PHYS1112
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Enjoys himself a lot during lecture.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: PHYSIC208
• Grade Received: B-
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Makes the class harder than it needs to be, with engineering concepts thrown around, while some of us barely know calculus. Some sections were taught better than others. Lecture makes it easier to get a good/passing grade, but it really does not help too much. He is willing to help, a kind man, and really well versed in physics, however.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: 2208
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Don't take his class if you're taking 2208. Take autotutorial, it's way easier. The tests and homeworks were really tough! The TA's were really amazing and very helpful. The way he scales the class at the end is very generous. It's NOT a bell curve which I think is actually better.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: 2208
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

If he is teaching 2208, DO NOT TAKE IT. One on one he is a kind man, but he is a terrible lecturer and teaches the class like it is an engineering one. He overestimated our math background and gives really hard tests and homework and I often felt that were not enough office hours to get help. Take autotutorial instead.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: PHYS2208
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Rigorous use of calculus in a class where the majority of students haven't taken calculus in years. The class passed around a petition to reduce the homework quantity because people were spending 15 hours a week per week on it. Very monotonous with poor explanations, refuses to post answers to anything on blackboard, and very unclear class grading.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: PHYS2213
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Fulbright is pretty decent for a professor. However, his monotone voice may make you fall asleep. He always explains answers to iClicker questions and tries to crack a joke from time to time, which is a plus. His exams were slightly difficult, but if you understood the material to a decent extent, they weren't impossible at all. Overall, not bad.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: PHYS2213
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Fulbright was a nice guy, that is for sure. His lectures were informative, but they were a bit of a bore, unfortunately. What's more is that that attendance was mandatory. Still, relative to LeClair's 1112 class, Fulbright's 2213 was pretty easy, though I'm probably saying that because I switched in after a stint in 2217.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: PHY208
• 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:

I just want to point out that he is not a professor, he is a lecturer. He shouldn't even be on this site.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: PHYS2080
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

He is the worst prof I have had here. Really boring and useless lectures, but he unfortunately uses an iclicker. Tests are way harder than hw and are all based on theory- never had to do any calculations. This class was a huge struggle, but probably still better than auto-tutorial. Unless you need it for premed or a major, avoid it!

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: PHYS2080
• 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:

His lectures are helpful and very detailed in what was a pretty difficult class. He's a pretty funny guy, not because his jokes are that funny but because his jokes are just so nerdy. But if you can stay awake you'll get alot out of his lectures.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: PHYS2080
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Very helpful, very nice, his jokes are hilarious (at times, but at least always entertaining)! Recommended.