the worst prof i've ever had

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Very arrogant and rude! I once wrote him an email criticizing him for posting hw assignments online late in the week (giving us only a day or two to complete) and he fired back at me thinking he was god or something. Avoid at all costs!

Not helpful, assumes you are stupid

worst professor i've ever seen in my life. don't take him!

He doesn't really teach, he takes a whole period to go over a problem and he doesn't even finish it or explain it well. Have to go to class because he takes attendance. Have to teach yourself everything. Overall bad teacher, bad attitude, do not recommend his class.

from what I've seen in class, somethings wrong with his attitude.

Please avoid taking this professor-his attitude is not good and it makes you not enjoy class or Physics at all. I once went to office hours to talk about a bad exam and he responded by giving me bad attitude and a lecture on how "he's never met anyone who benefited from a tutor." Puts people down and also calls on random people in class. Avoid

Makes basic physics principles confusing, and has students leaving class more lost then when they came in. And he forces you to go to class by having clicker questions, and the homework is all online, which is not easy or useful

He is really frustrating. Spends an entire lecture on one problem that he never even finishes. Overall, please avoid this class.

Gould has literally crushed my hopes and dreams of ever wanting to enjoy physics. He has dug the deepest, saddest, darkest hole and has tossed every one of his "students" in there. Everything he says and does completely ruins any interest in physics. I am sorry for every student who has to take his class. He is the only teacher. I know your pain.

The worst teacher I've ever had. He makes the simplest topics seem way harder than they are and he spends all lecture doing a problem he doesn't even finish. Avoid at all costs unless you enjoy being depressed.

Worst professor in Physics! He just follows the book and go over the problems, upset when you ask a question. Avoid at all cost!

Long, boring lectures. Spends too much time discussing unimportant topics irrelevant to material on the test. Consistently condescending to students. Avoid if at all possible.

Terrible professor that cannot explain physics topics properly and goes on long tangents. He is extremely condescending to students and thinks you cannot understand math. His tests are extremely difficult as well. AVOID THIS PROFESSOR.

Extremely unwilling to answer questions (in class or during office hours), gives tons of homework weekly, and gives written hw that even TAs can't understand. If you want to learn physics and don't have much prior experience in the subject, do not take his class! Daily clicker questions are also a pain and are graded for correctness.

Probably the worst professor I have ever had. He explains simple concepts for so long that he leaves only one day to explain actual problems before the midterm, he asked me to come back later every time (4) I came into his scheduled office hours, he specifically tries to trick students in class which is confusing and annoying. AVOID.

His explanations are extremely confusing. I would tune out halfway through because little to nothing he was saying was important. He gives many useless facts and his analogies usually make things worse. I often resorted to simply teaching myself from the homework and textbook. Only reason to attend lecture was for in-class questions and quizzes.

He is a horrible teacher. His lectures are insanely boring but you are forced to pay attention because he makes you sign in and take several random pop quizzes/questions every class period. I didn't learn anything in class, all self taught. Oh and he is super condescending when you go to his office hours. Worst professor, Not even being dramatic.

It has been 3 years since I was in this guys and the fact that 3 years on I'm still pissed at this dude should tell you enough. Don't bother going to office hours because he won't help you. I'm no idiot but if you don't get a concept right off the bat you're screwed. That being said the dude is undeniably smart, but arrogant also.

Has attendance policies like it is grade school - attendance, pop quizzes etc. Made us buy access to an online portal for homework and gave points for discussion in the forum. Textbook and online portal is expensive. He is regularly condescending and an average lecturer. Took 151 two years ago yet I feel strongly enough to review.

Passive-aggressive, low key discriminatory, patronizing, conservative old man who literally slammed a student's laptop down for typing in class. Didn't even give him a warning. As a prof: he's intelligent (but condescending), goes on tangents, rambles on to show off knowledge, purposely tries to screw students over, doesn't explain concepts well.

Dr. Gould is very mean, the worst type to be a professor. Don't understand his psyche, so don't take the class unless you want to be humiliated.

Terrible Professor. Loves to humiliate struggling students when they ask questions. Classes feature pop quizzes that almost everyone does poorly on. Lectures are useless. PHYS 153 isn't a prerequisite for any engineering class I'm aware of, so just wait till u can avoid taking him to complete 153. He is the worst prof I have ever had by far. AVOID!

Thinks it is ok to put down kids who are struggling and contemplating leaving the school.

Take this professor if you want to hear comments like the following: USC admits people with learning disabilities so that their failures boost everyone else's grades. You were destined to fail the course. I thought you were a Math Major.

Honestly, I really tried to give this man a chance, I really did. I thought the front where comes off as harsh was just to push us to be better. But after getting to know him, he is honestly one of the worst human beings I've ever met. Doesn't care about his students and is extremely ego driven. It's more him constantly trying to prove his wit.

This professor should be in jail for some of the things he says and does. Believes that people with disabilities fail so that they can boost everyone elses grades.

Class notes aren't great and don't include a lot of material. Homework are too long, doesn't show too many examples during class. Talks a lot about theoretical stuff but rarely shows application.

Doesnt give you that much instruction or teaching to do exercises. Very hard class.

This professor does make classes interesting, but does not go over important materials. HWs require 6 hrs at least per week, lab requires 6 hours, the classes are 3 hours. HWs aren't on material covered in class most of the time. Does not respond to emails, does not realize if students are struggling

It's my most unpleasant learning experience at USC. He wants everyone to use this online peer-grading system for hw, which requires actions every 24 hrs. I emailed him about hw question and he responded but his tone was condescending af. He doesn't show care for his students and their well-being. He tries his best to give everybody a hard time.

Professor Gould is one of the worst professors I have ever crossed paths with. He berates his students and makes them feel stupid for their questions, while not explaining ANY of the work that he tests you on or puts into the weekly assignments. Aside from being absurdly mean to his students, he also will never respond to your emails.

unreasonable homework questions and very mediocre teaching. He sent out a threatening email halfway thru the semester to students who missed his lectures and told them they would fail his class if we don't attend in person, just avoid him at all costs. Man, a little kindness can go a long way

Professor Gould makes a point of telling students to ask questions, but decides to provide non answers and embarrass students who do so. He requires mandatory attendance through spontaneous in class group assignments all while droning on about topics unrelated to the text and exams. Overall caries an air of superiority and arrogance.

PHYS 190 is not a class that you retain information in and take tests on, but I am reviewing because Prof. Gould is rude and off-putting. He seems to come off like a middle school teacher, shushing the class in a hissy fit. He had conferences with the new phys students, and told my friend he wasn't smart enough for phys. He doesn't seem to care.

Christopher Gould is so condescending. The material this man lectures on, gives homework on, and tests on are all different. Seeking help from your lab TA outside of class time is your best bet to do well in this class. Ask him if he can add a discussion section, because all you do in the discussion is homework questions which helped save my grade.

Conducted interviews for first-sem freshman students to "get to know us better and keep us in the program". Told 90% of us afterwards we were not smart enough to be a physics major because of where we came from or our unexciting passions. Overall bad and arrogant professor.

If you have seen Better Call Saul, he is literally the Chuck McGill of USC. Calling him condescending would be putting it nicely. Avoid at all costs if you can.

Professor Gould is the most condescending and rude instructor I have ever had. He would constantly give snide comments about no one asking questions or coming to office hours, and publicly embarrass students who spoke up in class. Expect actions required almost every day of the week between labs, homework, required readings, and grading your peers.

I agree with most of the ratings. He has this ego that he thinks hes better than everyone because of the credentials he earned. Respect to the credentials earned, but hate learning from him. Long homeworks, irrelevant lectures with mandatory participation, sets and reps for midterms.

Please don't listen to any of the quality:5 and difficulty: 1 scores because they are not true. He's extremely arrogant and condescending. Always wants students to ask questions, but puts us down when we do. Lectures and hw don't match up sometimes. Makes us grade each other's hw. Should be a 100 level but he treats it like a 300.. AVOID.

One of the most blatantly ignorant and disrespectful professors at USC. Had I had the choice, I would have skipped a semester of physics just to take it with a different professor. Lectures are entirely ineffective, most people likely would have received a similar final grade if they went to zero lectures the whole semester. Truly disappointing :(

Horrid. This guy is horrid. According to Shrewsbury (teaches same class at same time w/ identical exams), Gould's exam averages were SIGNIFICANTLY lower than Shrewsbury's own class. Shrewsbury himself acknowledges Gould's lack of teaching ability. Do your best to avoid for physics. Physics genuinely isn't bad, it's based on the professor.