Nice guy, clear notes, tests are kinda hard sometimes, but good class overall

In general a very irritating person. Nice enough, but after listening to thousands of nnnnn-kay 's under his breath you feel like strangling him.

Has high expectations for students, but I learned a lot. Will do anything to help a student.

Being his first year here, he has sone GREAT. Not only has he alloted extra credit opportunities, he also is helpful outside of his office hours. Definitely a worth while professor to take. So intelligent.

The best 1st year professor I've had! Always helpful whenever I needed him. He is very warm and silly. If you work with, he'll work with you. Don't give up! His class is definately worth it!

It is a hard class, but I got an A. You have to be willing to try. He is a sweet man, I liked him alot. He really does care if his class is doing well.

If you like studly teddy bears, you will love Kelty. He has some great undergrad lab assistants. They say you are what you eat, well he loves to eat nerds. If you want to get in good mention fly fishing.

I think you should realize that you are testing too hard when all of your tests need to be curved because 70% of the class failed. This guys loves to hear himself talk, expects you to know everything because he does, but was helpful when I needed it.

This is a hard class!! But it would be hard with anyone. Kelty is a fairly good teacher and tries to explain things when you don't understand

Serious ****...he spends like two lectures on each topic which should take about five minutes a peace...this class is kinda a joke...it should be like 10 times harder than it is...but im not complaining

Go to class. It makes everything so much easier. The textbook is really clear and concise, and I highly recommend reading it. Good on tests, if a lot of people miss a question, he just throws it out.

Okay I think some of you were too harsh. Kelty is a good teacher. He uses simple terms and good everyday explinations the exams were not that hard. go to class and read you'll have no prob he tells you what is on the test almost word for word.

Kelty is a nice guy. He just presents his information like a guy who's too smart to teach. If you study your notes and the study guides he gives, you should do ok on your exams. But he is very partial to detail on the essay questions. But makes you learn your stuff which is probably a good thing!

He is very helpful when asked. Class gets easier as it goes along. Go to class and do all the assignments and you will do fine. Assignments are easy. Exams are more difficult but if you study, you'll do fine. I'd take another course he taught. He is very fair.

This was the hardest 100-level class I have ever taken. I know most of everything from high school classes/previous bio classes, but it is still hard. He takes attendance even though its a big lecture class, by group assigments. There were 2 papers and 4 tests. He also has a optional cumulative final that replaces the lowest test score.

Alright... I didn't find this class too difficult. As long as you read the chapters you'll do fine. I thought he was a pretty good teacher as well. He tried to make the class interesting and not lecture the whole time. The only thing I didn't really like about this class was that he did take attendance and that's not too cool.

He is a little weird, and likes to laugh at his own jokes. Clas participation is mandatory, unless you want to lose a lot of in-class group points. HW's are very hard even if you spend hours on them, you have to know every detail. For exams make sure you know everything on his syllabus and how ion channels work, time needs to be spent on studying.

Kelty is an awesome prof, very smart man. Go to class or you'll lose a bunch of in-class participation points. The in class assignments and homework is a lot harder than the tests. Tests questions are taken from mostly the study objectives on the syllabus or from practice exams in the lab

I loved Kelty! He is very clear about what you need to know for exams and even gives a study guide. If you take the time to answer all the questions on the study guide you will be fine! I want to take him again for neurophys!

Well...I would never thought I would want a teacher that is considered harder. But Kelty is so all over the place, you never know what is really going on. Sure he is easier...but there are more surprises in this class than any other class I've taken. He means well which is nice but still. Don't take him if you plan on taking the MCAT anytime soon.

Kelty is a fun guy to have teaching. Makes huge lectures more barable with videos and in-class demos. Usually willing to give generous curves to exams. Required group work gets to be annoying.

Kelty knows his stuff. His exam multiple choice questions are straight from the weekly quizzes. Sometimes he would have multiple multiple answers for a multiple choice question. He stopped doing that after a few weeks into the course. All you have to do for the exams is memorize the answers he gave you to the essays WORD for WORD. Interesting class

Hes a great guy. I learned so much in his class. Sometimes he can be a little scattered but he's human. His exams are tough but he makes you work. It's not impossible to suceed, but you do have to put work into it. If you have questions he is always willing to help. I definately recommend taking him.

Dr. Kelty was a very nice (but socially awkward) professor. Sometimes his wording on his exams/quizzes can be a little weird, but overall he was a pretty good professor. Quizzes once a week, and exams were relatively straight forward as long as you put in the time and effort. I suggest reading the book along with his notes and you should get an A.

He rambles a lot but overall is a good prof. He tries to make class interesting & really wants everyone to understand the material. His exams have a lot of mistakes but he gives extra credit! Quizzes each week were kind of difficult but with extra credit I got almost full points.

This is a tough class. The in-class homework is easy but the take-home essays were quite difficult. The way he phrases questions makes it hard to understand what he is asking.

He takes polls and quizzes during class, otherwise its pretty useless showing up. Reading the book is recommended, and there are pdf versions you can find online if you look hard enough. There isn't much homework that I remember. Overall fairly easy class and sufficient curving to do well, but sitting in class is like watching a bad play.

Kelty is a great guy. As long as you read the textbook and show up for class he tells you exactly what you need to know. Just regurgitate what says on the exam and quizzes you'll get an A.

I did not like Kelty the first couple weeks of class. However I slowly realized his teaching style and that he wants us to take incentive in being successful. If you do all the reading before lecture, the lectures are amazingly good supplements to the material. The book is your primary source but in a good way. It is good grad school prep.

Dr. Kelty does an excellent job of outlining his expectations to students. His lectures reinforce the readings very well and he provides excellent study guides for the assessments. You absolutely have to read the book, but that should be expected. He genuinely wants his students to do well, and is hands down the best mam phys professor at CMU.

Dr. Kelty was a decent professor. Its difficult to pay attention in lecture because he frequently goes off on tangents but if you read the book and do all of the homework you should be just fine.

Mam phys is a textbook heavy class, but more manageable with Kelty. There were 5 exams over the semester, and there was the option to take the final exam as a cumulative or not to better your grade. If you did all the online homework with a 90% average over the semester, he moved a B+ student to a A- student. Very fair professor overall.

Everything is in lecture, pre-lecture videos, and the book. Make sure you review difficult concepts. Everything in the lecture will most likely be on the exam. He drops low assignment scores. Also, you can talk to him about your exam grades to get partial points... You have to prove you actually know the material if you got it wrong on the exam.

Kelty is truthfully a great professor, go to class and you'll do good! He is super kind, helpful, and funny. tests are hard but he is willing to help. Lots of papers, but they're kind of fun to write and learn about. He is a bit of a tough grader but he gives good feedback to help you on future assignments!

I think Kelty is a good guy, but this class was just chaotic in the worst way. Pray that you get a good group, because group work is a huge chunk of your grade. There was at least one exam a month, so get ready to cram like never before. He also tends to change due dates, which is awful for scheduling other obligations.

Bio 392 material is hard to grasp at first, but he listens to student feedback. On exams if you got a question wrong you can review and talk about your perspective and possibly get points back. He provides supplemental lectures before lectures. The mini HW assignments are essential to studying for the exams.

Dr. Kelty seems to excel at teaching smaller classes (I had him for 392 as well, which was much larger). Overall, I enjoyed this course. It's reasonably difficult, but as long as you have the textbook and attend lectures you should be okay. I did not like the paper aspect at all - they were often confusing, but at least they were short assignments.

Really down to earth and always willing to help explain or simplify material. His goal isn't to fail as many students as possible, rather quite the opposite. Lectures can be redundant and dull, but for the most part easy to take notes with and do well on tests.

This class ain't easy at all, but Kelty shows up to lecture with great notes, and provides multiple options to learn the material (reading, videos, or just the lecture). If you get a bad grade its simply cause you did not put in the correct effort. 7 exams per semester, very fair questions, all cover material covered.

Classes are interactive learning, makes class very interesting. Any premed should take Kelty. He requires you to actually use your brain, don't think you can AI your way or cheat through any of his material. I am blowing through Biology MCAT material strictly from BIO 392/534. Phenomenal professor, just be ready to hustle.Grading is completely fair

Show up to class because there is a quiz in every class and in in-class assignment, so if you want to do well, you have to show up. He is a good professor and knows what he is taking about. He does ramble sometimes, which is okay.