He is the worst professor that I have ever gotten.He does not explain anything at all. He hates it when two students ask the same question.He never explains the lab clearly,nor are his lectures any useful. Do not take him unless you know physic and can learn from the book. I've had 2 1/2 years of 3.7 GPA except this semester because of him!!!!!

This class was a joke. He was rude to the students and was extremely unhelpful and unapproachable during the labs. I learned more from the TA in a day than I learned from the actual professor over the whole semester. Never take Bratton for ASTR 6!

Goes over lab material incredibly quickly, hard to follow/ understand. doesnt take time with students. is very quick paced. demeaning towards students if you ask a question, thinks you should know everything. will talk to you like your dumb if you don't knw how something works. very impatient. often leaves class for 15-20 min at a time during lab

did not like this teacher! doesnt have a good teching style. goes over info so quickly, that every group in lab always has questions, takes forever to come to your group. half of lab spent waiting for him to clarify something which he could have just done in beginning of lab if he went slower. says YA ? Ya? 100x during lecture, very annoying

awful teacher! definitely needs some work in his teaching method. is not patient with students, very aggressive and condescending. has a bad attitude if you ask a question, acts like youre wasting his time. donest clarify much of the lab experiment so all groups are constantly asking questions, takes up alot of time & hes always leaving the class!

do not take this professor, lectures are a joke, he reads off powerpoints. Physic lectures should be doing problems on the board to help student practice. You bascially have to learn everything on your own. he has major mood swings and will snap on you. Will treat you like your stupid which makes you not want to ask him questions. DO NOT TAKE

DO NOT TAKE THIS PROFESSOR

His lectures are trash and he expects you to learn the material in 3 seconds. He can't go a lab without talking down to someone. Exams are ridiculously difficult. The average for each exam was 49% and he didn't curve at all. He is a very moody person. I suggest you don't take any physics classes at all and change majors because this prof was trash.

Worse professor ever. Hardly lectures and it is not helpful. Expects you to know what he hasn't taught you. When you ask for your grade he never has a clear answer. Makes you buy tophat which he does not use to it's extent except for taking role. Is very condescending and not approachable unless you want him to make you look stupid. Don't take him

Took him for my Astronomy Lab and this was a difficult class because he doesn't go over the material you will complete in your lab packets and isn't approachable (experience from me and strangers alike) also quizzes contain very few questions (so you basically know if you failed or not after your done) Make sure to do readings and show up

So starting with lecture, everything will seem to make sense and even in the lab. But then when you get to the homework not a single thing taught in lecture is useful for the homework. And the exams are similar in a sense that problems are similar to homework.

I took him for Astro 6 and I did not like his class. I did not like his attitude when you ask him a question, he made me feel like i'm stupid. Labs are long and boring and at home observation is pointless. The only good thing about his class is that his study guide for the final is the same as the test or almost the same.

Awful Professor. He really should have a different job. Its obvious he doesnt want to be there. He doesnt even really teach. If you ask him questions he makes you feel stupid. He waits till the end of the course to post grades so you wont know how youre doing. He wont respond to your emails. This class just pissed me off. Dont take him.

Professor rambles during class, reads of lectures, and never relates to his homework or exams. He is also uncondescending towards students and belittles them. However, the class is fairly easy to pass and get a good grade. No textbook so invest in chegg (100% in quiz & hw). Exam questions are drawn from practice exam and workbook. (Study formulas)

DO NOT TAKE. Worst professor I have ever taken. Rude to students who ask questions. Claims to respond to emails but doesn't. Rude in office hours. Average final score was a D. Tested on material that was not taught. Quiz questions DIRECTLY from book.

can someone comment when and how often you meet OUTSIDE of class (i have important classes and i dont want them to clash) thanks in advance lmao

Clayton is a good lecturer but that's about all. ABSOLUTELY no regard for his student. Fails to respond to emails on multiple occasions. He starts off the semester saying "there are no stupid questions" but then makes you feel very stupid every time you ask a question. Barely available outside of class.

He is EXTREMELY condescending. Which is a nasty characteristic for any human being let alone a professor who is supposed to HELP you LEARN. Understand the study guides and the FNT's. Study guides are very tedious and around typically 20 pgs. I took the six week as well and it was hell. Also, he doesn't round grades.

Single worse professor I have had at Sac State, talks to the board and refuses to write legibly or large enough for everyone to see. Will not help you with the material if you ask him questions. Incredibly rude to students unless you stroke his ego. Take someone else if you can.

Honestly he is just an unkind person that assigns too much homework, thinks he is better than his students, tough grader, etc, his problem is that he thinks a lot of work helps a student,,,not always fam--i was doing so much work i could hardly keep up or learn. Avoid him. He is not a good person, he needs help deep down.

Worst professor I've had my entire college career. Condescending when you ask any questions one on one. I had to suffer through his patronizing comments to gain any information. Doesn't actually grade lab assignments for correctness. You have no way of knowing if you are doing the work right or not. Does not post grades for anything. Do. Not. Take.

Material itself is more complex in 5B when comparing it to physics 5A. Unfortunately , Bratton is very confusing. The lecture material, and exam barely match up. This class is all about memorizing the study guides (200-300 questions). There is no emphasize on actually LEARNING the material.

I'll be completely honest about what I am about to say about this professor. I chose his class because he's very lenient in grading LAB reports. But, he was a horrible professor. He does not communicate clearly the details of upcoming exams, leaving us unprepared and often surprised about them. He is also very unapproachable as a person. The worst.

AWFUL PROF!!! Said that there were no stupid questions, but makes you feel stupid, belittles you, and yells at you if you don't know the answer. Doesn't respond to emails and don't expect to know your grade until after the semester is over. I argued with him every class meeting because of how much he belittled others. CLEARLY A MISERABLE PROFESSOR!

Horrible professor for online at least. Lectures are minimal, and the labs hardly ever match his directions he gives you. Also never responds to emails and expects you to do everything like you have 20+ hours of free time in the week to crack open a physics book and watch 20+ videos to even understand one section.

This may be because I took this class online but who knows. This professor cancels lectures regularly, teaches you the bare minimum and gives you minimum instructions. The labs were extremely difficult,, mainly because we never went over them in class unless someone brought it up, and even then, the instructions were unclear.

He rarely shows up to class let alone teaches it. Then waits till the end of the semester to grade anything, and he doesnt respond to emails or questions. I have done well in this class so far but it has been due to anything but his teaching. Hes also insulting when you get something wrong that you werent even taught.

This guy is just flat out bad. Had him for lab. From his unclear directions to his terrible body odor. I wouldn't take him again. His lab reports are unclear and super long. Although you can find was to get around him if you know how to use you brain a little(iykyk)

I had to drop his class even though it's required for me but first day he gave a test, second day 18 paper worksheet and the things on there weren't even talked about, he sat in the corner with his legs on the desk arms over his head and expected us to teach ourselves and ask questions if needed but I sat there and dropped.

Professor Bratton didn't really make it easy on us students. Wouldn't really teach in terms of whenever it would come to the lab side of things. He would just sit down and expect you to figure out everything on your own. If you had any sort of questions, he would answer rudely and a bit disrespectfully. He makes you think he doesn't care.

He was used a very negative tone when asked questions, I left almost every class frustrated. Mid semester he just disappeared and sent an email saying he wasn't coming back. He was replaced by a bunch of other substitutes which messed up the structure of the class. He gave 100's on all the labs, but you got no real feedback unless you asked.

He does not care about his students success. Lecture is ramblings about conceptual stuff that wasn't on exams. He did no problem solving despite the homework & exams being mostly math. His exams seem to be pulled off the internet & the final covered topics we didn't learn. I think he passed everyone in the end because most of us were failing.

Lectures did not help at all, labs are mainly simulations online and are graded based off effort. He did not bother to go over practice problems in lecture. There are reviews for the midterms and final but no key so they are practically useless. Worksheets are outdated and some labs felt unclear as to what he wanted. Horrible class. wouldn't retake

This is the first class I have taken where I genuinely thought the professor's teaching and formatting of the class was poor enough to impact the GPA of hard working students. Very short with students and discouraged participation with his attitude in responses to questions. Gave homework with no key so there was no way of checking your work.

Doesn't grade your attendence for his lectures but he does for his labs, went to every single lab and still got a 75% in particpation, tests are based on concepts that the lecture doesnt teach you, gets angry if you ask a question, he graded everyones midterm 1 wrong orriginally. You will only pass if you cheat on the midterms.

He was quite unprofessional and skipped many days of class during the summer semester. His tests were really rough since he would barely lecture and expect students to read the textbook/find their own resources to teach themselves the material, in addition to each multiple choice question being 8 points. Tests were only out of 80 points or so.hard!

Grades weren't visible through term, many assignments weren't graded until after the term concluded. Term is over, professor is immediately unavailable until spring, and final grades STILL aren't public. Went to all classes, did all work both mandatory/optional, and still failed exams, the content was vastly different from what was taught. Rude.

One of the worst professors I have ever had. If you have testing accommodations do not take this class, he does not respect them. Exams are nothing like he says they will be. Tbh don't go to lectures just read the textbook. Gives everyone 75/100 for participation and overall just a rude guy