Expect to sleep through his class; his lectures are boring

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Proffessor schombert isn't qualified to teach elementary school astronomy, much less a course at U of O. He shafted me more times than any one person has ever shafted me before, I've never hated a teacher, but that was before THE SCHOMBERT came into my lif

Bad teacher, not helpful, lots of math

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lectures completely unorganized, extremely rude and disrespectful in personal interaction, and made me feel like an idiot just for asking for help. i failed one of his tests and going in to get help he basically told me I should drop out of school, citing problems on my transcript. also made fun of me for having attended comm. college.

Boring, Boring, Boring teacher. Beware! Not what I expected. Received a C in the Class and was so glad when it was over!

This is by far the worst professor I have ever had in my life. He is so god awful at teaching he has to curve each of the exams 30% to get people to pass. DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS!

There are 3 extremely difficult exams, each comprised of 100 questions. You do not get to use notes. I did the recommended reading, read the lecture slides, got decent (A-B) on the online quizzes, and went to most classes. Yet I still averaged 40100 on the exams. Hardest class I've taken here at the UO. It's essential Astro Physics. I warned you!

This professor is horrible. He is stubborn and arrogant. When I approached him to talk about my testing accommodations through the university, he said he didn't know and didn't care. That is more than an attitude adjustment, it is against the law. I dropped the class and talked to the department head and reported his behaviour.

Please, never take a class with Schombert. He manages to make the most interesting subject extremely boring. He just stands at the front of class and talks for two hours, never engaging the students. The subject matter is confusing and he clearly knows quite a bit about it, but is so awful at teaching it. I have never failed a class but this one.

This teacher is really arrogant. I went to his office hours to ask for guidance and he basically told me to leave. He doesn't teach the subject well enough to grasp the material he expects you to know. If you are not scientifically minded, take another class to satisfy that general ed credit!

The tests are hard and don't pay for study blue to help you with the quizzes that are online.

The worst and most boring teacher I have ever had in my life. I engaged with him twice throughout the term and both times he kind of just shrugged me off. The whole class he paces back and forth with his hands behind his back reading the lecture off the big screen. If there was a stereotypical "I know everything and you don't" professor it'd be him

He doesn't let you know when big exams are and I missed the final because he didn't tell us it wouldn't be on the finals schedule. It was before finals and I didn't know because the dates were online on his stupid website. Also the fact he has to curve the exams 40% shows the students don't know anything from his teaching.

this teacher is such a jerk, he uses his own rating system for class and accuses every student of cheating if they do well on all of the online quizzes. he uses an outside website and only reads from the website when in class, so prepare to get very bored and space out. after taking the test he gives you a placement number in his class.

This professor makes class unreasonably difficult. His tests are 100 questions long, but he only gives 50 minutes to accomplish them, which is obviously not enough time to think critically about the questions at all. He also starts the tests 30 mins before class starts, which is unfair to students with class beforehand. Gives ZERO test prep.

His tests are absolutely insane, and he gave NO information about what would be on the tests prior to taking them. His lecture slides are incredibly dense, and it's literally impossible to memorize everything he expects you to know for the test. In my class a D curved to an A, which shows just how little help or guidance he extends to students.

The fact that his class is graded so heavily speaks to how difficult the class is. He has 100 question tests that are supposed to be finished in 50 minutes. This only gave me 30 seconds per question, which isn't enough to actually think critically about what the answer is. Also starts the tests at different times than class.

This professor is quite literally the worst, he has a reputation at the university for being difficult. He doesn't care about students and will not even give you the time of day if you ask him. I appreciate his honesty but his lack of care for his students is astounding.

Hes probably the worst teacher on campus. Went to his office hours first week for him to explain a concept to me and he basically dismissed me as if I was an inferior wasting his time. NEVER TAKE A CLASS HE TEACHES

I have never been more frustrated with a professor in my life. This class is set up to have people fail. This teacher doesnt care about his students and every interaction ive had with him he has almost dismissed me and made me feel like my questions were not important.

I hate this professor. I took ASTR 123 my freshman year and he stressed me out so much. This class was useless because he just read the content of his website and then handed us 100 question tests 3x throughout the term. Also had quizzes every week, just about the reading (which was just stuff that he would read to us from his website in class.

I did not like this professor or his class at all. He is late most classes, just reads off lecture slide, doesn't take the time to talk to students, and when you do reach out, he is rude and belittling. Would not recommend to any students looking for an easy A or an interesting prof.

This is the WORST class and professor I have ever with in all my years of education. Rude, stubborn, and arrogant don't even begin to explain his attitude any time you approach him personally to ask a question. He refuses to use Canvas, a system which I PAY for through my tuition. He consistently tests on content that is much too difficult fr a 100

His online course is ridiculous. He says any edition of the book works, but we must check the lec. and topic line up (when we won't know what the topic is). His tests are barely relevant to the material and he won't use Canvas. His lectures are 10 min and extremely vague. Resources are not clear on what to use them for or when they are needed.

Worst person ever. In all my years of school I have never had a professor who hated teaching. Doesn't actually go over what is on his lectures. Doesn't use canvas probably because he thinks it is beneath him. RATES his students after the first exam so that if you are the worst in the class you will know it. Very arrogant. DO NOT TAKE HIS CLASSES.

DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS- seriously, this is by far the worst class I have ever taken. I am a straight-A student but this class is set up to ensure you fail. The quizzes contain math he never talks about, the tests are unreasonably hard- I have failed every single test like every other student yet he has to curve it 40% so some students will pass.

The 100 question exams are impossible to study for as you are just thrown random information at you and there is no way to memorize it all. I scored a 47, 52, and 50 on each exam and got a B in the class because I found the answers for the quizzes and it was curved so hard. There is no point in showing up. DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS

The dude cant even respond to an email without being snarky and rude. Dont put yourself through this. Id give him a zero if I could.

This professor is obviously a highly intelligent person, but his intellect does not translate into teaching ability. Instead, Dr. Schombert airs on the side of expecting students taking an introductory level astronomy class to dedicate themselves to his material, regardless of its relevancy to any other aspect of life or study.

By far the worst class I have ever taken. I went into this course interested in learning about space. The teacher gives out the hardest exams I have ever seen and I HIGHLY recommend to never take a course taught by Mr. Schombert.

DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS!!! This is the hardest class I have ever taken. I read the reviews before taking the class and I thought I could do it. I thought that the people that found his class hard were lying. It turns out that they were right this class is so hard. I have put many hours into the class and I am still failing the class.

He is a brilliant astronomer but is terrible at teaching it to beginning students. This is an intro class and he spoke to us as if we are in a 400 level class. His class is so broad and his test have such specific questions. They are IMPOSSIBLE to study for. He does 100 multiple choice question tests. I failed all of them. Most people feel the same

Horrible. He's rude and condescending. Well taught class but I do not like him as a person. He there to get paid not to help out the student.

Tests are NOTHING like the quizzes given

I am here to warn anyone away from ever taking this man's class. By no means, ever, should one subject themselves to this. The material is tough, but what makes his class hard is the complete unwillingness to help from Schombert himself. No office hours, and the most you get in an email is to look at the lecture again. Save yourselves as I can't.

Take it if you want depression

For an online, asynchronous course this was horrible. He did not provide any office hours. There are about 2-4 quizzes a week and 3 tests over the term. Look for quizlets to help with the quizzes and then just hope for the best for those tests. There are better professors for astronomy. Do not put yourself through it. Not worth it.

Took this as an online course and lectures were vague at best and don't prepare you for quizzes and assignments at all. Quizzes are way more detailed than what he lectures about including a lot amount of calculations. For an intro level course, it's quite difficult and spend more time working on this class than upper division chem and math classes

Terrible communication skills with students and the design of the class is horrendous. The class is still run off an abyss blog from what looks like 2005.

The lectures were COMPLETELY unrelated to the quizzes. He was rude, and I had to drop the class because there was no way to study for the midterm. The material and lectures given NEVER related to the quizzes! He also doesn't hold office hours to get help if you need it (which you would because nothing makes sense). DO NOT take this class.

Extremely unsympathetic when communicating and was not flexible. Class was extremely difficult and taught on a separate page that was built in the dark ages

I had the worst experience in this class, even when I put in the effort the quizzes and the lectures didn't match at all. He had no office hours and was very unapproachable. The grading system is really weird and I wasted a P/F when I had a B+. Save yourself the stress and take another class.

This professor is0/10, would never EVER take again.

Schombert has some of the worst communication skills I have seen from any professor I've had at the UO in 3 years. He teaches from his own website with minimal connection to Canvas which is super frustrating. When you miss one of the quizzes (which there are no reminders set for) he is very harsh about the consequences. Not an enjoyable class.

Schombert is a bitter professor who is unwilling to work with students based on their needs. His website is not connected to Canvas making the course extremely difficult to keep up with and stay organized in. His communication was aggressive and unsympathetic. As an ASTR prof., he should know best that the world does not revolve around him!

He is unaccommodating towards students and doesn't care about your success in the class. When people emailed him about missing the quizzes, he got annoyed, and he threatened that the next person to email him would drop a percentage of a letter grade. Said he wouldn't believe our "excuses" for missing the quizzes. Overall, super rude and unfunny.

Do NOT take this course, lectures did not correlate with quizzes or exams. He had no office hours and didn't use Canvas. Please just take another course!!!

DO NOT; he doesn't care for his students, does not have in-person office hours, and will reject you if you go up to him and ask him about the material in the class. He gives the bare minimum effort in person and can't even take the time to spell-check his tests and exams. The weekly tests have NOTHING to do with the exams.

DO NOT. Take this mans classes if you can help it. He uses a completely different, janky website for literally everything; lectures are unfathomably long, drawn out, and go on rambles that dont mean anything; says there is no textbook required, but all test/quiz material pulls from the book instead of lectures.

It's an easy class, but the professor is very mean in emails and not helpful at all. Every email I sent professionally, I was responded to with a one-line just blatantly mean response.