He gives A LOT of hw and does NOT EXPLAINS his class is useless the test will be difficult and be ready to teach your self. I do NOT recommend him

Terrible professor. Does not explain concepts of physics, nor does he employ calculus. Insists problems be done in specific, inefficient ways that occlude the meaning behind relationships in physics. Overall, he is a waste of time and money.

Awful. Insists that concepts are the most important thing to learn in physics, then refuses to teach any concepts. He shows the class problems and examples from past homework and tests instead of making an effort to explain anything. Don't take his class!

He rambles on in class and does not teach effectively or efficiently.

WORST TEACHER EVER! Doesn't teach just sits in his chair and tells us about his life. More interested in things having to do with physics in the outside (i.e newspaper and Nasa) Will not answer questions, Will not be kind if you ask him to go over topic, better off teaching yourself than wasting your GPA on him

Deeply learning complex mathematically based concepts is nearly impossible to do during lectures. Cise blabs about preworked overhead projections without reading the questions out loud first, then vaguely explains with no degree of accuracy whatsoever. You pick up bits and pieces but never the full picture. My time was wasted every lecture.

Fair warning - if you are taking physics to transfer to a university I would avoid this professor. If your GPA is essential to you, do not sign up for him. If you are applying to get into a university program and need a high GPA, walk away and take someone else. Obscure lectures and difficult tests makes me regret signing up this semester.

Dr Cise is knowledgeable so he's alright. Now his lectures themselves are downright boring and repetitive. There is a ton of personal story telling. The slides are ok but you really have to teach yourself in this type of class.

Fair warning if you were in the military - I definitely would not take again. Make sure to present yourself extremely well and show your hardwork like this is the only class you have. Keep your head down and mouth shut. Smile and nod because you will be DRAGGED through a mile of mud to get credit for this class. Talks more stories than physics.

Would not recommend to family. By far the worst class I have ever had. You'll know what i mean halfway through the semester when a quarter of the class drops. Physics lesson finished? Now time for 45 minutes of personal stories. Ask about a HW problem? Get a shrug. Youtube/Google is a better teacher of material. Wow I paid money for this?

Too many anecdotes that obscure the concept at hand. Help is scant with regards to the homework problems. It is possible to pass, but .... take a different professor if you can. If you must take him and he knows who you are, chances are you will pass.

Often derails lecture with a boring migraine-inducing rant that has nothing to do with physics. If I heard the same speech from some stranger on the bus I would ask him to be quiet or switch seats. Unfortunately I'm stuck in a room with this guy in front for a few hours. Disappointed with the quality of teaching and leaves HUGE room for improvement

Lectures were as clear as mud. Very high drop rate, but go ahead and take the class and find out why. Sit in the DMV for 4 hours to renew your drivers license and have some guys beside you rant. That's a good approximation of what the class is like. Oh, and he grades on some arbitrary scale... called out by students about The AQ/Test three times.

Inadequate test preparations. Shallow lectures. Bland presentation of material. Questionable grading and distribution of bonus points. Leaves a bad taste. Tells stories to put frosting, but nobody is really convinced. Not very inspiring and turned off many students from the wonders of physics. Think of Bill Nye the Science guy and now do a 180 turn

Dr. Cise puts a lot of effort in his class. But he does go off topic very often and make people like me lose interest. It's not difficult to get an A if you do the work without being told.

He keeps calculus to a bare minimum. Many chapters he uses no calculus at all. Some people may not realize it, but this will put you at a disadvantage compared to UT when you transfer and study with the big boys.

The best way to describe this class is you're taking it with the Donald Trump of physics. Boy, he loves to talk and talk and talk.

I thought I was taking engineering physics? How come a huge chunk of class is about history? Personal history and opinions to be specific. I feel like I'm watching FOX News sometimes. Gives a bare-bones Lecture that I could have learned more from Wikipedia. At times condescending, but then again he was never a decent professor to begin with

Lots of people withdraw from the class because, quite frankly, it's a horribly run physics class.

My ART professor graded more consistently and graded more objectively than this "Engineering" "Physics" class. Gives the most basic "I could have read wikipedia" summary... gives a useless HW packet. Everyone form a line, turn in the EXACT SAME work from GROUP, looks you in the eye, writes wildly different grade and pretends you didn't notice. 0/10

Would absolutely not recommend to family or friends. You will pay hard earned money to hear lots and lots and lots of talk that has nothing to do with physics. I learned about fancy vacations, money and POOR people, biking, OH I KNOW BLAH BLAH name dropping, and other BS that has nothing to do with Physics. Questionable and inconsistent grading.

Austin was hit by severe thunderstorms and knocked out power to Rio Grande campus. Rio Grande campus was announced to be closed for maintenance, and everyone was TOLD to go home. THE WHOLE CAMPUS LEFT EXCEPT JOHN CISE'S CLASS. He kept us in the oven hot room for a few hours. Warning - He's THAT type of professor.

Manipulates grades. Miss class once for a funeral and get 2000 points missing off total AQ. You can be consistently in class and the brown-noser student mysteriously has 8000 AQ points when max is 6000. Turn in the same early HW that everyone worked together in-class and wildly different points. The confused faces about grading was priceless. 0/10

poor usage of class time

Lectures watered down with personal stories and ancient history whatever. Easy class still.

Thumbs down. Would not take again.

For someone who has decades of teaching experience - he's an oddity. Worst experience of my academic career. Made a subject I eventually enjoyed and learned so dull. Highly opinionated & condescending. Willing to help if he hasn't already written you off. Lectures are worthless to homework. If you're going into any engineering not the best option.

I've met some amazing professors at ACC and this is not one of them. If you are trying to transfer into UT and need a good GPA - turn around run away. Doesn't really teach the material to help you be successful - more interested in boasting his lifestory. High drop rate and I know why now. Don't let the grandfatherly looks fool you - condescending.

Extremely muddy, vague, lectures. Rambles on to clock in and out. You'll get the 'your fault for not knowing, im here to read slides, gtfo + sighh' vibe. My God, the preworked examples are useless in homework. Good luck if this is your first physics class in a college setting. I thought these professors only existed in movies.

Sit in his class for a couple of weeks, and you'll figure out why so many people drop out. Frankly, I don't blame them at all. I should have signed up for a better professor this one is no bueno my friends.

More interested in drinking his coffee and telling his life story rather than teaching the material or helping students. I would not take this class again with this professor knowing that there are better ones.

I made straight A's in all my classes except this one. Got rejected from UT. I should have listened to my gut feeling and signed up for a better professor. Lesson for you- choose the right professor that will help you successful and not one who spends a lot of time blabbing about his life.

I've completed differential equations. Just know that this Engineering Physics I class is the worst class I have ever signed up for. Look elsewhere.

Highly opinionated and harps on about non-physics topics. The condescending rhetoric injected for little reason. My God, this was the single most EXHAUSTING class I have taken so far not because it was difficult but because of his ODD personality. Don't be surprised when so many students drop out. Had I known it was like this I would not take.

Overall not a good experience. Note to self - I'd rather wait a semester to take an awesome professor instead of signing up for a horrible one. My roommates got into another section and the difference in quality was astounding and made me immediately regret my decision to signing up for this one.

I can definitely say that it was a rough and unhelpful prof. Many students drop out. There are much better professors so keep looking. If I had to do it again knowing what I know now... hands down I would definitely choose someone else.

Needlessly interjects personal comments will make you ask yourselves "Excuse me? Did he just say that in public? Wow it's going to be a very long semester."

Quality has obviously gone downhill. Was not very unhelpful at all! Definitely Would not take again!!

Lectures are of little help for homework. Blabs about equations without proper introduction or context so you'll get bits and pieces but never the full picture. By the time it comes to homework, you'll realize he skipped some parts. Tutor taught me more about the subject x10 more than Cise's lectures. Loves to talk about himself instead of physics.

Fall semester over 50 percent dropped. Spring semester 30 percent dropped. Horrible professor despite all the "I am awesome all star" not a good experience and would not take again. Huge indicator are drop rates and you'll figure out something is going on.

Very light on calculus which is a major deficiency if you're thinking about taking Calculus Physics II after this course. Take it with a different professor who uses calculus and tests you accordingly.

Lots of homework. Overhyped and boring.

horrible professor. Glad I am never taking this class ever again. GG to everyone that dropped because I don't blame you. don't take this class if you are going to do physics II. He skips over the waves chapter. If you are an engineering major going to an ABET accreditated institution know that he skips huge parts of calculus which puts you behind.

When he veers off into personal stories it gets annoying since his lectures are half baked and a little confusing.

WORST PROFESSOR I HAVE EVER HAD. If you want to pay money and like to teach yourself then this is the class for you! SO MUCH HOMEWORK. About 12 problems per chapter but 3 to 4 parts per problem. Not all HW required but takes 4 hours per chapter. He doesn't grasp the idea that students have other responsibilities (work and multiple other classes).

Lectures are very long and boring. It's a mish mash lecture and leaves many students confused. Get ready to spend hours in tutoring/teaching yourself because he doesn't do a good job during his bare-minimum lectures.

Don't gamble with a bad professor. Out of all the professors I have taken, this is hands down the most unhelpful. He literally does chapter intros and you will come out of class confused. Your learning is not his priority. His life story is more important than physics lecture. Honestly, my only advice for you is turn around find another section.

His in class AQ's are the worst. You'll get assigned 5 questions to complete, but a majority of the class never finish in the span of a few hours because he never explains properly. If you approach him and clarification, you'll get a SIGH and feel stupid for even approaching him. Like it's your fault for not knowing while he browses on his iPhone.

For someone who has been teaching DEACADES he sure knows how to make simple things very COMPLICATED. While his teaching methods and lesson plans need a few more decades of improvement, it seems like he has perfected the art of wasting lecture time by telling life stories.

He probably got his doctorate in story telling. Not very helpful with physics.

I'm the type of learner that's - show me an easy example once, walk me through and I can easily grind through the next and ask confirm if I approached the problem correctly. It's highly effective in 15 years of piano and violin lessons. Now cise's approach is odd. he is not helpful under the guise of handholding. Avoids questions to tell stories?!

wow the worst professor ever! He is the type of professor that work the problem but doesnt explain what he is doing. when he's done working the expample on the board he asks the class if they have any questions but nobody is able to ask anything because nobody knows what's going on!!! You have to live in the tutoring lab to decipher his class.

I made straight As in all my classes except Cise's. I lost my scholarship because of that. Funny thing is, he wasn't even my first choice. When I was signing up for classes I was like hmm should go with my first choice guaranteed good professor or take a chance with a cise. The biggest mistake I made was thinking all professors were good. Avoid!!!!

Handout hints were completely useless. Very hard to read the chickenscratch work that even the tutoring lab people couldn't even follow it. Gives you a giant stack of unintelligible hieroglyphics that confuse tutors. Subpar teaching, but oh look here's a giant stack of useless help, what? you want me to teach you? not my problem go to tutoring.

Worse than physics at UT. Note to self, choose another professor next time.

Lectures moves very fast and not helpful. Hard to understand and very boring. Lots of very tedious homework. Homework heavy and pretty much teaching yourself.

Not good at explaining when lecture was rushed. Tutoring center is 100000x better than him. Class time is pretty much useless so much that if you missed class and went straight to the tutoring center you'd be better off. I wouldn't take him again.

Mandatory attendance to absolutely worthless lectures. I took AP physics in high school and this guy is a horrible lecturer. If I never took AP physics and just went to Cise's class I would be absolutely lost from the way he teaches and approaches the chapters. Many people were lost and he didn't really answer questions. HORRIBLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Most horrible professor I have ever signed up for. His class was a giant pain day in and day out. Wow the homework and the lack of help. I will never take another class with Cise.

Great history of cise professor. Horrible physics professor. Great geography of Europe professor. Horrible STEM teacher. Talks about unnecessary things probably 100x more than any other professor I have taken in my life.

Rushes through lecture as fast as he can so he can talk about his life adventures. This leaves the class pretty confused and it's annoying because he's not very helpful with questions. Talks way too much about non physics subjects that it gives me a headache. more enthusiastic about past vacations and awards instead of teaching the physics lecture.

If you hate physics, you'll hate it even more with this unhelpful professor. Get ready for a ton of homework and boring lectures. Lectures are not helpful because he goes fast and is pretty apathetic to whether you caught the material or not. Don't bother asking questions because he will get annoyed if you ask for clarification. Never again.

Near the end of April, the Air Conditioning at Rio Grande Campus was down. Keep in mind this was when the 90+ degree days were starting. Campus management EVACUATED the campus and all classrooms were empty, except John Cise. He didn't dismiss class like the rest of Rio Grande campus and we stayed a few hours in an oven room. WORST PROFESSOR EVER!!

By far the worst physics professor I have had the mistake of signing up for. Lectures are pretty bad. Overall a horrible experience look elsewhere.

Wow where do I start.. horrible class. Very boring and unhelpful. Lots of homework. Mandatory attendance to useless lectures. If you skipped class and went to the tutoring center you will be much better off. That's how he rolls!

Horrible!!!!!!! Don't waste your time with his useless maze-like website. He barely gives any extra credit for the amount of work you do there. Don't make your homework perfect. Barely readable, Chicken scratch work turned in early gets more points. Lectures are mandatory attendance and are built to confuse. Never ask questions or he gets annoyed.

difficult personality makes being in the classroom a chore. Talks down on non-engineering majors which raises a few eyebrows. Quite a character.

The. Worst. Class. Ever.

Horrific professor. I'm gonna take this class again with a better professor next semester.

If you need credit for physics... don't walk, run the other way. I made the mistake of choosing Cise. He makes it as painful as possible. Unhelpful when Asked for clarification for TONS ofHW. Mandatory attendance that he holds against you. His lectures could be finished in a span of 15 minutes but he'll waste the 45 minutes for stories of his life.

Gives a lot of homework. Not very helpful. Would not take again.

He doesn't lecture about physics as much as he lectures (or talks, really) about other things. If you've taken physics in HS or have a general understanding of it, his class is easy. But if not, you're left with trying to teach yourself. Plus side is he offers TONS of extra credit and his quiz/hm/lab system is pretty beneficial to the student.

Dr. Cise is an awful prof. Do NOT take his class. His homework system is ridiculous and archaic- it involves an accordion folder that you have to drag around- and he doesn't care about you. He's tenured. Quotes his syllabus during lecture instead of teaching and kicks students out of class routinely. Seriously, stay away. He's useless and volatile.

Horrific. I would choose someone else if I could go back in time. Definitely not a pleasant classroom experience if you're trying to get physics credit. Choose wisely or you'll end up dropping anyway.

This is the truth: Cise is a terrible lecturer. He wastes time and rambles on and on about things that have nothing to do with the subject matter, and he avoids calculus techniques as much as he can. We're supposed to have a calculus-based physics class!!!! Avoid Cise if you can. You won't have the knowledge you're supposed to learn in this class.

I honestly cannot recommend Professor Cise to any serious ACC student who is contemplating an engineering major. The content he presents in this course is way watered down, glossed over, not rigorous enough. He simply does not teach engineering physics at a level comparable to a major university. This is something I recently found out from friends.

Boring and irrelevant lectures which do nothing for your homework or your tests. Terrible class.

Choosing the right professor isn't easy. I'm speaking from experience and letting you know that I would not recommend him to any of my friends. Choose another professor. The worst experience of my college career.

Finished lecture in roughly 3/4ths the time allotted for class. The other 1/4th of class is dedicated to listening to a broken record of bad attitude non-physics talk. Not much help if you ask for clarification for an equation. You'll be redirected to go to tutoring lab because it's their job instead of answering it in class. Wow horrible.

If you need physics credit - don't walk, run the other direction. There are much better professors to choose from. And if you're forced to take his class, bless you because it's going to be a rough semester with Cise. You'll get the stink eye if you ask questions since he's not good at teaching concepts. Tells weird stories. Choose well my friends.

horrible lecturer. Having to spend time to sit in the classroom and let him talk is just not a good experience. He gets off topic so much in a bad way and glosses over the physics you are supposed to learn. Currently doing an engineering internship - I rate this class pretty bad. Perhaps you should look around for a better physics experience.

Avoid. For 30% of the lecture Dr. Cise breezes through slides with some answered problems from the book and does not explain the concepts. For the other 70% he talks about unrelated topics. He will drop you if you miss class. Hwk and tests are hard and he doesn't like questions. His grading system in erratic.

Terrible boring lectures with too many personal stories

It would be more accurate to change the class title from "Engineering Physics 1" to "The Travel Adventures and Biography of Cise" since most of class time is fluffed up by stories instead of the physics I paid tuition for.

Subpar. A disappointing classroom experience. Excessive about non-physics world adventures, but falls short in clarifying physics questions that matters for the tests and homework. Out of the blue personal stories distract from the learning process.

Very depressing. Spends way too much time telling negative stories about his life. I like to think that once in his life he was a good physics teacher, but those times are long gone. He gives you a folder to put all of your graded papers in, and that is your "record." Nothing is put into a computer. Weird.