this teacher uses the old way, and not clearly show us the way to do. He just simply explained the homework and did nothing better

This class with this professor killed my passion for my major. Lecture is useless; he either spends time giving partial solutions to homework or going off on some unrelated tangent. Going to office hours is incredibly unhelpful, and I emailed him my struggles and he told me essentially to figure it out myself.

Fall 18. 2 assignments a week. Expected students bring a laptop to learn Mathematica. Homework is difficult and long. Seems to care about students. Lecture taught me nothing. Book is too dense to understand. PDF is free, but I can't drag my desktop to ask questions or do Mathematica in class. Massive curve got me to pass without getting half of it.

Without a doubt the worst professor ive ever had. Lectures are just rambling about random homework problems. Hes always available for help but if you try to ask him a question he only recites whats in the textbook and then keeps rambling about homework problems. Be ready to teach yourself literally all of the material.

About 40% curve for the class. Hard topics, book is dense, lecture is useless. I did almost none of the homework since I didn't know how to do them. Never got above F on a test. I didn't learn mathamatica because I didn't have a laptop to bring to class. Watching classmates work or text didn't teach it to me.

He has us use an app and guess random physics questions instead of teach. If he does, it's some mumbling regarding the most basic example with nothing ever fully solved, but the exam questions themselves are brutally hard! Demands you write an essay explaining every problem and penalizes you even if everything is perfect otherwise. Egregious prof.

He is nice, but being nice is not enough to be a good teacher. He attempts to use modern ways to teach his students by having them collaborate with each other in class and post lecture videos online, but it is executed horribly. He wastes a lot of time in class and his videos often focus too much on only a portion of the current topic.

Dr. Kilcup possesses a wealth of knowledge like no other, however this only serves to exacerbate the frustration when he almost refuses to simply lecture; to teach even. He is too far removed from reality to realize that we haven't the physical intuition that he has. Go to class, participate, read the book, go to office hours, get TA help.

The man is a genius. The problem is we are not. He has outrageous expectations for how much time we are supposed to spend doing his classwork. Expect 10 hours a week or more if you want to pass the class, double or triple that if you actually want to get a good grade. You can't fail this class unless you do nothing. Guaranteed C+ for minimal effort

Unreachable. His method of "giving feedback" surpasses total incompetency as he consistently falls back onto one of his recyclable quotes such as "nonsense" or "it seems you have completely missed the point". Frankly, I have never had a professor so unwilling to tackle the responsibilities that come with teaching besides showing up to lecture.

Kilcup does spend more than enough time within group homework projects and will occasionally help you through the full process of arriving at the end result. As far as cons, he's not very accessible outside of class (I sent multiple emails requesting external help all of which have remained unanswered). He often insults students on the homeworks.

Every email I have ever sent him, in both 2300 and 2301, went unanswered. Expect a ridiculous amount of homework, group assignments, and quizzes. Also his "lectures" aren't much more than re-voting on the same three questions on TopHat for an hour. Worst implementation of active learning I've seen. Only upside is the ridiculous curve he gives.

His fav statements: its clear where we got this number and you mightve made a sign error somewhere; its in fact NOT clear where we got the number and he NEVER explains how to correct sign errors. If his lectures were in person instead of recorded, these may have been easily remedied. He is smart, but clearly doesnt know how to teach.

Lectures are absolutely useless, and quizzes are impossible. Why do we use TopHat for 30 minutes to go over Python programming language and waste time looking at random machines when the actual knowledge required to pass the course isn't covered???

Seems like a great guy but is horrible at teaching an introductory level physics class. He never had slides prepared so it was difficult to follow what was going on and he explaining things as if we already had a good understanding of the topics. Also, the lecture, group work, labs, and weekly quizzes never covered the same content.

The averages on his exams were about 10% lower than the other professor (Brian Skinner), who was awesome. He did not explain concepts well, and would not give practice problems. I recommend finding other sources to learn the material (not the book, it is useless). Brian Skinner posted lectures online, so try to use those.

Professor Kilcup was very rude, unhelpful, and seemed completely disinterested in teaching. I had to learn the material completely on my own, without going to class, as did most other students because his lectures were so disjointed, and unproductive. I think that what I experienced in this course is a terrible way to treat students.

I would not even bother attending lecture for Kilcup. You will have 2 minutes of a lead in video covering the topic of the day. Then 5 minutes of banter. The remainder of the class you will do Top Hat questions. Zero examples and he writes nothing down so his lecture notes are worthless.

Stay away from Kilcup, go to Brian Skinner's lectures.

While Dr. Kilcup is indeed a nice person, and knows a lot about the concepts in his class, from my experience, he was not the best at teaching them. It was better to skip his lectures and just read the provided textbook. Exams were hard and required a very deep understanding of concepts that he just touched briefly in class.

He does not teach well. He expects you to know the concepts before hand, and then during lecture he doesn't solve problems all the way through, often times skipping important steps. He drones on in lecture and he never adjusts his mic so people can hear properly. I would recommend to do homework in lecture and then study on your own.

He is a very nice person, but I don't think he's the best at teaching. I had to teach myself everything in this class. Also, Dr. Skinner's slides were useful.

Professor Kilcup is indeed very intelligent. However, when it comes to teaching, he is not the best. It is best to read the textbook than to go to his lectures, and the tests are graded very hard. I believe 1 multiple choice question on the midterm was worth 20 percent of the test. Try to avoid this professor of you can.

Extremely boring and melatonin inducing professor. He is addicted to top hat questions which he takes for your attendance and he doesn't do too many practice problems during his lectures. Instead, the time that he could be doing practice problems is filled with the time used by useless top hat questions.

Does not give any examples with helpful instruction. Top hat runs the class and he is unable to explain any questions clearly. Switch out while you still can.

Does not teach well at all, only reads off lecture slides. This is a tough course with lots of math around it, so its surprising that he does not ever work out any questions within the units. Does loads of TopHats with each lecture, and does not even explain how to do the questions and just moves on. You will have and must teach yourself everything

He is very bad at teaching, he never does practice problems and just reads off slides The top hats he does is just for participation and he does so much he ends up forgetting the point of the lecture that day You will have and must teach yourself everything

He is so slow when he is teaching and he does not know how to convey and explain any concepts. Please if you can, do not take this teacher, he keeps bragging about how he's friends with Bill Gates and not caring about teaching us physics. You have to teach yourself everything.

He does not care for the students that he teaches and does not explain concepts well at all.

He's a horrible lecturer. Explains the easiest concepts in the most convoluted way. Wastes a third of the class time by getting sidetracked on stuff. If you take him, be prepared to put all your time into self learning.

He can not reach. Nothing ever makes sense. Don't take his section if at all possible.

DO NOT TAKE PHYSICS AT OSU!! Take over the summer. He is the worst professor I have ever had and does not answer questions when you ask. The lab TAs are also not good and the labs themselves are very hard. There are quizzes every week where the multiple choice questions are 8 pts each. Please do not tank your GPA

I wish I could rate lower.

I wouldn't recommend this professor to even my worst enemy. No idea at all how to teach.

Choose this professor if you want to teach everything to yourself. Lectures are useless and exams are super difficult. TAs, on the other hand, teach so much better and are super helpful though.

Intelligent but can't teach introductory physics to students who haven't experienced the material yet. His tests are nightmare fuel, and I have seen many smart/gifted students struggle to get an A in this class. If you get him for this class, change professors. If you cannot change, don't bother going to his class and teach yourself the material.

Genuinely have nothing kind to say about this guy. One time he spent 45 minutes of our 55 minute class talking about his cats and wife. Moral of the story? avoid at all costs. If your options are him or wait til next semester? Wait til next semester. Need it for a prereq? Take 1250 at CState. I'm so serious, DO!! NOT!! TAKE!! HIS!! CLASS!!!!!!!!

Honest depiction of the lectures: starts with a video, too many top hat questions, and speeds through the important stuff at the last couple minutes. Does not teach content to students well at all. Please do not take his class at all costs since you are basically going to be self taught if you take his class.

Please do not take this person's classes. This is the worst and most difficult course I've taken at OSU. It destroyed my slight liking for physics

Please do not take his class. Although most the physics professors at OSU are bad for the introductory level series, Kilcup is likely the worst. He does not actually teach and I find him to make concepts more confusing then they actually are. Please do not take his class. If you do, expect to read the textbook by your self to even have a chance

Do not take Kilcup. I studied so hard and spent so much more time studying than for any of my other classes just to get a B+. Despite being very intelligent, he does not know how to teach. Lectures are a waste of time and you are forced to teach yourself. There aren't enough practice exams or problems provided to study. It is very hard to do well.

Honestly either avoid him at all costs or accept that the highest grade you'll get is a B. Kilcup does not explain concepts clearly in lecture and instead uses this time to babble about what he is doing outside of class. I would recommend reading the textbook, using youtube, and talking to your TA to supplement the awful lectures.

He rambled on and on, without ever teaching. He always seems confused. He asks for feedback, was told that doing examples in class would help our understanding, then he just said "no I don't think that would help". Lectures are useless but mandatory. Take anyone else. ANYONE. It makes me feel like I'm wasting money to go.

Please do not take this class, especially if you haven't taken physics before. You will need to teach yourself the material and will not be able to skip lecture.

The only good things I can say about Dr. Kilcup are that he is a nice guy and that he is very accessible outside of class. Other than that, he does not teach anything. The TAs are okay, but they just kind of rush through helping you instead of actually reinforcing concepts. Dr. Kilcup shows a lot of effort, but he is just not meant to teach.

Nice guy but horrible at teaching. Lectures feel like a waste of time as they're just throwing equations at you and too many tophat questions. He just rambles and that's not how you learn physics. Exams are ridiculously hard too. I've learned more through Organic Chem Tutor and the online textbook they give you, but even then this class is brutal.

After taking the 2nd midterm for this class I just wanted to rant on how horrible of a professor Kilcup is, he honestly shouldn't be teaching any class, every quiz and midterm is harder than anything he's ever taught, pls never ever take physics with him, you will honestly not get an A in this class if ur the average student, if ur gifted, lucky u.

Scrolling Tiktok might be more productive than going to Gregory Kilcup's lectures. He vaguely explains concepts in class, refuses to do example problems, and often goes on tangents. It honestly sucks seeing someone as down-to-earth as him be such a poor teacher.

I honestly don't even know how this guy is allowed to teach this class after how much people fail the quizzes and midterms. Kilcup loves Tophat, and when a majority gets the wrnog answer he doesn't explain at all and moves on. This guy can't even answer questions in the class. So cooked if you are in this class.

Does not teach

Incompetent

Do not take his class. Attendance is graded through your percentage of TopHat questions answered, yet they're not consistent, so some classes will only have 3-4, and others will have 8+. Expect to teach yourself everything. I went to lectures for the grade, but I'd have to teach myself the material. His slides weren't even helpful.

Kilcup is one of the worst professors I've had the displeasure of being "educated" by. Not only are his lectures impossible to follow, but half of the busy work he has us do isn't in the equation sheets or any other of the resources. Kilcup is an awful educator and a real hit on motivation.

Professor Kilcup seems like a good guy and he is very intelligent as well, but he CANNOT teach. His lectures are just him reading the slides and essentially just talking to himself. I did well but had to work with my TA a lot. While he brings good energy to the lectures, he CANNOT teach others. It just makes this class so brutal. Do not take.

Professor Kilcup is a good guy, and he's smart, but this dude sucks. His lectures were just reading off the slides. I did well because I've taken AP Physics in HS, but if you just started physics, this would've been brutal. He brings good energy to the lectures, but he CANNOT teach for squat. Don't take this guy if you have the opportunity.

He honestly seems like a nice guy however he isn't very good at teaching--at all. Don't expect any practice problems in class, instead you get a demonstration relating to the concept and some commentary on it. Usually they display the concept you are talking about, but fail to provide much help in answering questions on the exams.

The entire structure of this class is poorly planned overall. Only the surface of the topics was covered, and the professor never went into enough depth for me to understand them. To pass the class, I had to pay for an on-campus tutor. By only meeting with the tutor once a week, I learned 10x more in a session than I did in a full week of lectures.

The best advice I can give you is to not show up. By that I mean find out when the other professors who teach this class lecture, and attend those classes to learn. Then login to tophat and fill out the attendance questions from your dorm room or library. Every time I showed up to his lectures I left felling more confused that I was entering.

this nga don't know nun abt physics

He is intelligent but doesn't know how to teach. Exams have material that were not even in his lectures. If you get him, change professors immediately to ANYONE else before it's too late. If you cannot change, do not bother going to class and teach yourself the material or go to another physics professor's lecture.

Kilcup cannot teach or answer any questions. Lectures consist of weak demonstrations, assigning top hat questions that are never explained, and rushing through actual content in the last 5 minutes. Tests are simple enough if you dedicate a good amount of time to practicing and studying content from other teachers. Prepare to self-study.

I would literally never go out of my way to write a review, but genuinely avoid this man. He is smart but doesn't know how to teach to people who have never learned it.

Though I ended off with a B+ I would say it was very difficult doing that on my own since literally Kilcup couldn't teach anything like nothing, pls avoid him at all costs, getting a B is very hard if you don't lock in on youtube videos and practice problems

Get a study group ASAP. If you can avoid Kilcup, avoid Kilcup. If not? Study. The Quizzes are ahead of what you learn, the labs are behind what you learn. Learn how to show your work.