First professor I've rated. Had to go out of my way to point out what a horrible professor he is. Derives pointless formulas during lecture and doesn't do example problems so test questions are usually a surprise since they don't resemble homework ones. Partial credit? Sure, he'll give you 5 out of 30 points. Avoid at all costs.

Tests were so hard because he does not lecture well over problems and yet the tests are majority problems. Lots of homework, would not recommend

Stooksbury is the most difficult teacher I've had since I got to college. His "lectures" are literally just hour long sessions of him reading verbatim from the book and deriving useless equations on the board. His tests have no formula sheets and while he does curve, he is not generous with partial credit. I would absolutely not recommend him.

He doesnt teach with the same rigor that he tests you with. He doesnt teach Thermo in class, he rambles about it. The way he structures the class is what makes it impossible, not the material. If you are going to make the course as hard as it possibly can be (no equation sheets on tests, final is no partial credit) then put the effort in to teach

I've never taken a class before this where I felt attending the class has hurt my understanding of a subject. He couldn't lecture in a less helpful way. Lots of homework and weekly essays about a very unnecessary book. He makes you memorize formulas except on the final (and the formula sheet was 25+ pages for the final). Do not take his class.

The actual worst professor I have ever taken at the University if Georgia. Stooks does not teach at all. He whips out the textbook at the beginning of class and just reads it. You could skip every day of class and read the textbook and you wont miss anything. Tests are impossibly hard and he gives to partial credit. Avoid at all costs.

I really shouldn't have taken him, this was a huge mistake. The man can't teach lectures properly in a classroom setting and relies too heavily on difficult tests that have insatiable grading criteria.

One of the worst professors I've ever had. Tests are nearly impossible, require random tricks that he doesn't teach and no formulas given. Curves heavily due to entire class bombing tests, final counts 40% and homework is impossible without chegg.

It's not that he can't teach, it's just that your grade depends on your test grades. He gives almost zero partial credit. You can have everything right except for one small thing, and he will give you 0 points on a 30+ point problem. The final is very difficult and can tank your grade. Avoid this professor at all costs.

its basically self taught you need to learn a programming language he's so darn condescending and he makes you read a book side note... the book is good if you like nonfiction, but that's the only plus

Everyone fails EVERY test. Not kidding. Do not take whatever you do. You will drop.

omg this guy really doesn't teach well. No one follows along and his exams are impossible to pass. They're not hard. Its just that he wants us to use a very specific way of writing our answers. If we don't, we won't get any PARTIAL credit or a LOT of points deducted. You can write a full page of answers worth 20 pts but you'll only get 4 pts....

He's actually rude 1 on 1. In class, he seems friendly. 100 question HW and 5 class problems given a week before exams. He lectures from the textbook verbatim! Doesn't teach well. No PARTIAL credit given on EXAM! Writes tiny on board and refuses to write larger when asked. Final exam replaces ALL EXAMS if you scored higher on it.

Avoid at all cost! If you don't want to retake a class, avoid this guy. He lectures by reading off the textbook word for word. Doesn't work through practice problems, just talks about useless information occasionally. His exams are unnecessarily difficult to the point where partial credit is practically a joke. There's no structure to the class.

Only take Stooks if you genuinely have no other option. Doesn't really teach in class. He reads directly from the textbook and scribbles equations on the board. He posts and makes homework due all in the week of the test which gives you NO time to finish the homework or prepare for the test. Tests are also impossibly hard with almost no partial.

I've been reading through the textbook and learned the ways the book teaches. When applied to his exam I dont get any points. He is very nitpicky and very specific of how he wants your answers to be. If one slight detail is incorrect the rest of your answer is counted as wrong even though your process may be correct. he's there to punish you

Terrible teacher...

I normally don't rate profs, but he's simply a bad teacher -- not a bad person. He can't describe things well and he transitions from lecturing to deriving equations out of nowhere for no reason. He expects us to see the board when he writes an inch in height. Just have a good look at your GPA now because it will drop if you take him. NOT WORTH IT!

50+ Connect hw questions. 4-6 in class example problems and 5 exams. Final exam replaces all exams if it's higher than the others. Can't teach right. No one knows what he wants us to write for our answers on tests. Almost no partial (not extra) credit given on tests. Illegible writing b/c it is TOO SMALL. Doesn't know when to stop writing equations

WORST SEMESTER EVER! No sympathy from him. Very patronizing in person. Doesn't communicate his lectures well. Writes too small. HARSH grader. High expectation from us on tests after given a bunch of HW a few nights before test. Doesn't release study guides to class unless you ask for it. Final replace all exams. Very boring. Textbook is your friend

Stooksbury is ridiculous, to put it simply. Expects you to memorize tons of (some) complex formulas. Harsh grading and reads straight from the book to teach. Would not recommend unless you have NO other options. A simple probability class was more difficult than electronics two. We had a 2 pg essay each week. Also, 100+ question hw assignments

Not a fan of rating teachers but Stooks bad enough for me to rate. He doesn't preform analogies or any form of techniques to help students understand concepts. He goes on by writing formulas and equations on the board that doesn't appear to go along with what he's supposedly teaching. He's nice and all but taking him is a WASTE of your time...

This professor acts as if he has a quota of failed students he must meet. If you have a full courseload, or, god forbid, a job; you will not have time for one of his classes. 300+ hw questions every week which he excuses by dividing them into sub groups. exams are only 12 questions and no partial credit. studying is like panning for gold.

Lectures are poorly structured and exams feel impossible. The only way to pass is spend 16-20 hours a week on studying the material just to get a c on the exam. class averages are so low a 10 to 25 point curve is added and people still fail.

Out of my whole college career, he is by far the worst professor I've had! Makes the test a lot harder than they should be, makes you read a book and write a 2 page paper per chapter every week, gives no partial credit even if you are .01 off the correct answer, Avoid his class if you can but if you are stuck with him, wish you the best.

Nice but terrible professor. Essays on a book plus super long HW on McGraw hill connect. Tests are hard and you have to learn how to use R. He gives no feedback and takes weeks to grade tests. You are self-taught over all his lectures are so scattered. He will postpone tests and put you in a bind at the end of the semester. Avoid him.

Absolutely awful. SO much work with really poor explanations. Terrible organization of the class and criteria. Tests are very difficult if you're not an expert on the subject matter. Partial credit doesn't exist in his mind either.

I have studied at the University of Georgia for 4 years now. This class is the ONLY thing that is risking my graduation. He gives you nothing. No support. No respect. No understanding. He does a HORRIBLE job explaining very difficult things and make no attempt to help when you are lost. Worse. Teacher. Ever. DO NOT TAKE HIM UNLESS YOU NEED CREDIT!

He can get off topic easily and is way more focused on specifics than if you actually understand the content. There are many things that, if you write them, you will get -10 on TOP of getting the question wrong. Doesn't explain Entropy well, but insists you memorize his definitions and no others, down to specific wording.

Passing his class is definitely possible, especially if you read the textbook, do problems outside of HW and class, and study a load. But whether you will understand the material on his lectures alone is another question entirely. He frequently goes off topic, doesnt use ELC at all, and uses the textbook and connect as a crutch frequently

Don't do it.

Hard pass.

He's an enjoyment to talk with, but that's pretty much it. He writes small and loves to stand in front of the board blocking your view, even when he sees you trying to see he doesn't move. Exams are brutal, but the material is from the book, the weekly discussion papers aren't fun. He doesn't post grades online, everything is very traditional.

Just don't. We started off the year behind because he kept having to go places and then didn't have our first exam until November. The exam was actually the hardest thing Ive ever taken and this is a statistics class. There is SOOO much homework and you have to write book reports. in a math based class. so yeah avoid.

Do not take Stooksberry

Doesn't provide clear grading criteria for exam, sometimes it seems like he just wants to take off points for no reason, even if your answer is right. Attendance isn't mandatory, but you have to go to lecture to have an idea of what not to do on exams. You can get a negative grade on exams if you write something else. Avoid for sure.

Avoid at all costs. His lectures are filled with criminally boring personal anecdotes and are mostly useless, but the tests include information only from his lectures. The homework is a big part of the grade, but is not that helpful for tests. Super harsh grader. BOASTS his 70% fail rate.

Yo this teacher highkey buns he failed me because I called him my pookiebury. I don't think he likes me that much

I had a very poor experience taking this course. His lectures are long and very disorganized. He doesn't provide any resources online. Nothing is published on his course, so you won't be able to view notes if something doesn't make sense. You almost have to teach yourself. He is one of the worst professors that I have had as an undergrad student.

He's knowledgeable, but way out of touch with elc technology. There are limited resources and his handouts are confusing. The lectures drag on and don't help much. I passed the class by using lots of help from YouTube. Don't take him for any class if you can help it. He requires you to memorize so many formulas.

Worst class in all my years. Homework takes FOREVER, plus reading and discussion papers every week. If you're good at memorizing literal dozens of formulas and have taken AP stats (which he expects everyone to have done), you'll be fine but don't expect any help from him. Lectures are boring and not helpful. He makes the whole class needlessly hard

Dude is the worst professor at UGA.

HW are very long and worth 30%. He just reads from the book, but you NEED to go to class. He has his own definitions and formatting. Tells you what is on test in class, a lot of questions are from book, and in class examples. Very strict grader. Final is brutal, no partial credit, worth 35%. Makes you memorize all the equations and conversions.

Just don't take him. If an exam answer is not correct, automatically -10 points, but sometimes he takes off 15 or even 25 for some reason??? He tells you to email him about it so they can be added back later, but he doesn't post anything to eLC (not even syllabus) so you don't know if he actually added the points back. Very harsh grader for concept

He is a great guy but one of the worst teachers I've ever had. He doesn't post anything on eLC and only makes announcements during class so if you miss one make sure to know someone else that was there. He never grades anything, we got the first two exam grades back after add/drop and right before the final so you never know how you're doing.

WORST professor I have had by far, lectures were a combination of rambling and deriving equations that take so much time for no reason. Rarely are legit concepts discussed, you have to learn those on your own. Rarely partial credit on tests, takes points off for anything he can find, and no formula sheet for any test which is insane for this class.

DO NOT TAKE THIS PROFESSOR. Attendance is basically mandatory because he never posts anything online or sends any emails. If you're not in class when he hands back tests, you will never know your grade. Half the time, his lectures are irrelevant to the class material. Expect at least 50 homework problems per chapter. The homework also costs $100.

Run. Stooksbury is older than time. Very smart but incredibly stingy. Tons of homework on McGraw Hill. Doesn't post any material online so you have to attend class. Exams are difficult, but possible if you study a ton. He is very strict on exams; if you don't have it his way even if its right, points off. barely any partial credit either. GOOD LUCK