He is too interested in himself to help you outside of class. When he is in class, he goes over the material way too fast and makes you responsible for before chapter and after chapter quizzes,and homework. These are teeny tiny "nickel and dime" ways to lower your score. There are only two tests,so they count a lot.

Did not explain grading criteria. Tests were so hard you might as well not even study because it doesn't help. The examples in class are not what is given on the test. Honestly he's kind of rude too. Majority of the class is going to fail the final. I put tons of work into this class with little to show for it.

He is the worst teacher I have had thus far. He will tell you to write brief explanations but hammer your grade for not writing a long response. He is in general rude and self absorbed with questionable grading criteria's. I and 6 others got all questions correct, we are 100% sure but we still got points off the tests. I would suggest to Avoid him.

This guy has ruined my love for physics. Very unhelpful and give so much homework you don't have time for yourself or other classes. His grader is terrible too.

While it is clear Dr Wade is a smart man, he is not a very good teacher. He spends majority of the lecture time going over clicker questions and very little time actually teaching the class. If you want to pass in this class be prepared to teach yourself and not expect much help from him. Also, devote every waking second to Physics.

Avoid him at all costs. He means well, but he only teaches to on personality type... and I haven't figured out what that type is yet. He is definitely very smart, but I think he assumes everybody else should be too. I am definitely not, so I need time to answer questions. He does not give much of that. Expect a lot of work.

One of the worst teachers I've ever had.

I hate giving bad reviews, but with this professor, I have no choice. If you have to take this class and your only choice is Dr. Wade, take it at PSC. Unless you are a Physics Major and you have no choice in the matter, avoid taking it at UWF. Take it elsewhere. It is not worth your time and hard earned money.

I left a detailed review but it's not here... The poor reviews don't lie. The exams consist of 5 and 10 point multiple choice questions (no partial credit). Test questions come from the text, online and written hw, powerpoints, and workshop worksheets, plus random ?'s from prev. chapters. NO EXAM REVIEW NO IDEA WHAT IS GOING TO BE ON THE EXAM!

Rarely teaches in class. Usually just does example problems. Most of the info you have to teach yourself from the book.

He takes pleasure out of seeing his students fail! He assumes everyone is well versed in physics. Most of the slides are clicker questions. If he took half of those clicker questions out and spent more time explaining material in depth, results would be different. Quizzes on reading material that you dont understand. Gives you false sense of hope

Anyone who says this professor is awesome must not be used to good professors! Physics is definitely hard but this professor does not break down the material. Do not take this class if you have never taken physics before! I made that mistake! The course goes super fast and I found myself drowning.

Doesnt teach at all just goes over material and expects you to understand it

Never failed a class and this is the first class Ive failed. No exam reviews, just recently started listing where he got his exam questions from. If the majority of the class is correct then he assumes everyone knows it. Teaches to a specific student. Ive never had physics until now and now I hate it.

Hes definitely a professor that teaches in a very clear way but, he expects you to understand the book perfectly and spends almost 90% of class time reading off the power point and doing the clicker questions. Then turns you loose for the exams when the material wasnt really covered in depth. Expect to constantly have something due on canvas.

Here is the mindset, You shall all suffer from the pain of physics and he won't make it any easier!!

This guy sucks. He does not teach well and throws tons of homework at you that you do not understand. Avoid at all costs. If you like Physics, do not take him. I hate the subject now. Terrible teacher.

Ive never seen a professor move through material so fast in my life. Literally the most trial by fire first lecture Ive ever been apart of. Subsequent ones have been identical. Not even 2 weeks in and Ive taken 30pgs of notes, i understand all of the material, yet still feel like Im falling behind. Pretty crazy.

The lectures are very fast paced. He does little explaining of the material, yet spends the majority of the lecture time on interactive clicker questions, which are mostly trick ones. He will go on tangents that irrelevant to the material. When asked questions he, doesn't respond clearly, just talks about excess things that highlight his expertise.

Physics I is hard, but I know it shouldn't be this hard. He explains none of the math he puts on weekly quizzes worth 50% of our grade, and provides no resources to learn it. It is brutal. I have resorted to teaching myself; lecture is useless. Please take a transient physics course at PSC. I am an A student, and I will likely fail this class.

Tbh don't take this class the homework is very hard and you will most likely need chegg to help you understand the concepts and the test are a majority of your grade and is hard to study for the test's since he dosen't provide study guides just says look over your notes in class and HW. Take this class at another college.

Yes, he was very passionate about physics and I could see that. However, usually being a stellar student, I really struggled in his class, mainly because he never put the topics together in a teachable manner. His quizzes are weighted too heavy and really dropped my grade and everybody else's in the class.

This instructor avoids answering questions. He likes to just talk about himself instead of the material.

~~AVOID if you can No useful lecture, very few examples worked with real numbers. He will spend all your time in class with bogus live MC questions on your laptop, and then not explain or over the answers for half of them. The homework is brutal, it's Pearson online with examples turned off and point deductions for each incorrect attempt.

Calc 2 was easy compared to this, and that's only because of how bad a teacher Wade is. He moves extremely fast and explains concepts as if you already understand the material. He seems like a nice person, but he's terrible at properly conveying concepts and information.

Attendance is determined through answering questions on your laptop during class and it is mandatory. Personally, I'd prefer to study at home and go to class only to take exams. Wade is not a good professor and you'll need to learn most of the material by yourself.

Aaron wade is the worst prof at UWF most of your time in class is wasted on in person trick clicker questions. He will not teach you how to really do the homework and refuses to USE CALCULUS which would make the class easier. This is an algebra based physics with no study materials and 80% of your grade is in quizzes and the final, take PHYS at PSC

It's not the rigor of this course that is an issue, it's the amount of homework given. In one week you have 52 pages of homework, 2 discussion boards, video homework, and a quiz. In addition to reading the content and the labs, you shouldn't work or take any other classes, you won't have time. The amount of homework didn't prepare me for the exam.

The class material isn't hard, but the class was structured horribly. 12 quizzes, only open on weekends (NOT self-paced, weighs 50% of your grade). Weekly handwritten worksheets with 40 pages on average that are not being quizzed. 4-hour "lecture" videos per week. Could explain more but in short, you'll need to invest 12 hours at least to get a C.

SUCH A TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE OF A CLASS. I HATE THAT I WENT THROUGH IT AND I HAVE TO GO THROUGH IT AGAIN. THIS IMPROVISED PHYSICS 1 CALC BASED CLASS WAS THE WORST CLASS OF MY LIFE. because myself, the class structure and the professor. maybe the department as well but idk. point is: horrible.

This is probably the worst class I've ever taken, and it's coming from a B student up until now. This class was fully online, but showed that it wasn't competently put together. Dr. Wade is a good person, but the class was not well put together and your grade heavily depends on whether or not you can study for 25+ hours a week. Not good.

Genuinely the worst class I've ever taken. While there is some fault that can be attributed to the class being online, it is clear that Dr. Wade did not put enough thought into this course. The videos that replaced our lectures did not match the content of the quizzes. The sheer amount of work assigned was impossible. He is also condescending.

While Physics itself is a challenging course, taking it with wade made it almost impossible. There were no lectures, and the tests made up your entire grade. The class was structured poorly, and the professor was not accessible. Long story short: Run.

Doesn't actually teach. Paid for lectures and a teacher, got premade videos from other professors instead. He doesn't actually teach in his lectures, he reads off premade slides and doesn't give enough time to even take notes. His homework consists of watching videos of someone else explaining what he should've in class. Waste of money and time

heart sank when i read the other reviews. they were all true. idk how its expected of us to read a chapter and learn physics by ourselves with large amount of questions (punishes you for being wrong) and then apply it in class with no real lecture or practice exams. students have no other classes or responsibilities or hobbies outside of one class

Go to a state college for this class, I'm an A/B student and I barley passed this class because he explains simple things in a difficult manner and I had to teach myself every topic in order to do the homeworks.

His teaching doesnt help you with any of his quizzes; not even the homework will help you. I would say to read the textbook, but that still doesnt help. I don't know how he expects us to pass his quizzes if he's not gonna teach us whats on it.

This is a lab; why am I having to pull up the textbook to help me? If you need help, dont expect it; hes just going to ask you the question like you should already know it. Takes off points if you don't word it how he likes it.

If you take him next semester and just so happens to be the ONLY professor teaching this course, just take physics at PSC. Like the previous reviews, the quizzes do NOT cover the lectures and homework. Physics is rigorous, but you'll hit a brick wall if you take this professor. Nice and passionate guy, but that doesn't excuse his teaching skills.

terrible, goes on tangents, goes through equations in a very complicated ways, he is so weird

Awful lectures, doesn't care about his students not being able to follow and having trouble with the VERY DIFFICULT topics. Some of us have never dealt with physics in their lives and are struggling a lot. Would be helpful if he actually tried to understand this. Everything about this class was bad.

Literally said “I'm not going to be teaching, you will learn only from the book.” It feels like he overcomplicates his examples so no one understands. He will take 25 minutes to do a problem, using every white board when you only really needed a couple lines of work. The only reason I did well is because I took it in high school.

UWF NEEDS to reevaluate Dr. Wade as the only phys 1 professor. Not exaggerating, taking Dr. Wade is set up to waste your money and have your academic record tainted. He thinks calylinics is helpful, but is the opposite. QUICK! turn your neighbor, have 5 sec to talk about the answer he hardly touched context on. "Do you know" "Nope, not a clue" .

Professor Wade is proud of his association with the Democratic Socialists of America, but clearly takes no pride in his teaching. He does not lecture on the material in a coherent or real way. He talks down pearson but does practically the entire course on there. Tests on material not taught in class or provided in notes. Run, don't walk away.