Confusing...Unclear..not helpful at all...although I tried many times to ask for help.

simply... sucks......not helpful at all dosent care for the lecture at all... if ur in his class leave asap

Wow, where to begin! This class is a gong show, biel doesnt even speak english, and i am pretty sure that whatever the heck he was scribbling on the board wasnt english either. This guy is so bad, that even the physics department thinks that he shouldn't be teaching!! Do yourself a favor dont even show up to class, read the book, or transfer out.

Well...... his class is more suited for ****en monkeys then human beings. Its sad when the highlight of the year was when a student screamed 'hey Biel, shut the @!#% up'.. But seriously.. he couldn't teach if his life depended on it. Worst teacher alive, Period.

One of the bottom 3 professors I have ever had. Never gets through his lecture notes. No review. Has no idea what is going on (no review or mention of what was on midterm). Does only theory and maybe 10 example questions total over the entire year. Just buy the "Extra Notes" and don't go to class.

Could rarely if ever be understood. Class never made sense before he got his hands on it, and was not improved. A voice that changes frequency like a radio should not be lecturing, and reading off a powerpoint word for misunderstood word doesn't help. How anyone could pass this course is beyond me, but about a third of the class did. Avoid.

For Physics 259, switch into Wilson's class. In my opinion, Biel is the worst teacher/professor I've ever had. He often uses powerpoints which may or may not have good content, but powerpoints just aren't good teaching tools in classes. They put me to sleep. On the occasions he isnt using powerpoints, he's only below average though.

Don't even bother emailing him a question because he won't respond back

Has got to be one of the worst profs of all time! Not only is he bad at teaching, but he is rude and not approachable at all. If you have him as your prof, go cry, because the class will not be enjoyable.

Biel is a very poor professor. His writing is incomprehensible; in conjunction with a hard to understand accent makes the course a challenge. Not very polite and responds to one out of two emails sent (Literally). His Spring online notes are decent, but study hard by yourself. Don't bother going to his lectures.

Do what you need to to get out of his class. Worst prof. in my first 2 years hands down.

Can barely understand him thanks to his accent and when you do you can't understand what he is trying to teach. Terrible prof. Read the textbook from the beginning of the course and read it well.

Shameful to have a professor like him at U of C. He totally discourages to pass!

What can I say... I want my money back !!! This is NOT an education. Don't attend the class, and don't waste your $8 on Clickers. Find a study group and get through the course with help from peers.

What is worse than getting Thought by this guy? Getting thought by him TWICE :( Not sure how it happened, but the Physics department seemed to have accepted some bribe from him. I clearly picked a group of classes based on a Physics class in which he wasn't listed as a teacher, but still, ended up having him corrupt my love for Physics even more :(

For the love of Tim Hortons donut, University of Calgary needs to get this guy off of physics department for teaching. *goes in the corner and starts crying* WORST PROF EVER

Quite simply the worst professor I've had. I used to love physics, now I dread ever taking another course because of the horrible profs. He doesn't explain anything well and when he does, you can't understand him. Avoid if you can, though the other profs aren't much better. He should not be allowed to teach anymore to prevent ruining of our dreams.

His notes are useless, he can not teach. Worst proffesor of my uni career. Take class in summer if possible. WOrst prof ever.

I have now had him for both phys 259 and 369, he doesnt get better. One thing he does do a great job is display how boring physics can be when it is taught poorly. He is oblivious to how horrible he is, please retire Dr.Biel, everyone will be happier and smarter

Worst prof ive ever had. He knows his stuff and is able to drone on about it for countless hours but is IMPOSSIBLE to pay attention to. Highly suggest finding another professor to teach you. Waste of time, thank god the midterm and final aren't worth much, otherwise I'd be taking this again. RETIRE Biel!

Abysmal performance. Couldn't be worse if he tried. My opinion: epic failure of an educator.

Absolute worst prof. Boring, unclear, absolute waste of time. Frequently makes mistakes.

He just reads you the book and his notes are copied and pasted directly from the textbook. His communicative skills are horrible.

I LOVE PHYSICS but this guy is starting to make Introductory Physics a pain in the ass. He doesn't teach ANYTHING- all he does is copy WORD FOR WORD from the textbook. Extremely irritating, and it raises questions on his actual ability to comprehend physics. ANY fool can read out of a textbook. I can't believe I paid like $600 for this course.

Essentially just scanned the book and read it to the class. Answered questions with hostility. Mislead students with irrelevant practice exams and course work.

Professor Biel rambles on. All he does is read his lecture slides in his terrible accent and he doesn't even upload them until days after class because he needs to "edit typos" yet I still see them. Best just to read the textbook and/or his slides (if you can understand it).

Class average 45 percent

Lecture notes are a copy & paste of the textbook, and he reads word for word during lectures. It's pretty much "story time". Also he keeps mentioning other topics while talking about one, and say "I'll talk about that later, you don't need to know it now." His accent is not too strong, but he is very monotone, and boring to listen to.

I generally fall asleep in class. If my head falls back it wakes me up. He consistently has to reissue his online slides due to mistakes (since to quote him, "I am not perfect") yet he forces a 3 hour midterm in a two hour time limit on his students and expects them to do better. STAY AWAY!!! Find another instructor if you can.

He is awful at explaining the material and gives us no quality examples.

Extremely boring and monotone. Removes all interest in Physics. Not able to explain clearly. Notes copied from the book. Rarely does any problem solving in class it is simply examples copied to a powerpoint. Bad Bad Bad. Don't do it.

Horrible prof, monotone, boring, reads off powerpoint, powerpoint slides are basically screenshots of the textbook, spends half the class on one problem, by the first month the class went from full to around 20 people.

HORRIBLE, first class I have stopped going to. He has accent hard to understand. Reads off pwrpt that he has copied and pasted fm text. Textbook was very helpful taught me everything. If you have him I would attend another profs lectures since same test.

Terrible prof, his THM questions are often confusing and ambiguous, he is not approachable and reply's to questions condescendingly. You're going to need to use the textbook for this one for sure.

Please do not take this man's course. He is a good person, but he cannot teach. It is difficult to understand what he's saying. He spends TOO MUCH time going through extremely easy concepts, but then blazes straight through examples and problems, the stuff we really need to know. He also answers questions with hostility. AVOID THIS PROF.

Nice guy, bad professor. Your paying him to teach.

He can make anything convoluted and dull, for the first time I am worried about even passing.

If you attend, make sure to bring binoculars as his writing is microscopic. His notes are pictures of pages from the textbook so if you understood high school physics, and attend labs, there is no point in attending the lectures. The textbook is your best friend!

I have no idea how this prof got to teach at this University. He's from Poland and English isn't even his first language. The way he says insulating sounds like he's saying inschulating; like Schulich. One time Biel made a seal noise during his lecture and my midterm. Got a couple laughs in so I'd say he's a funny guy. Go to lectures for laughs.

Couldn't understand the basic ideas conveyed by Biel due to his frantic behavior. Learning more in a single tutorial showed that Biel does not explain concepts thoroughly in class. Once in a blue moon, Biel uses the board instead of his primitive powerpoints. Would be recommend going to give Biel hope. Not showing up to lecture would break Biel.

Professor cant teach, 1010 would not recommend. Hard to understand and explains things in unnecessary detail. Just reads straight off powerpoint, and his power points are pictures of the textbook. Better off learning on your own.

Seems nice enough, but he's really not very good at explaining things. The power points are awful and hard to understand, doesn't help he reads word for word off of them.

Got Jozef Biel for the last half of my first university physics course. I did really well on the midterm because during the first half of the semester when I had David Feder who was amazing! However, once Biel started teaching, my marks in the course noticeably went down along with my understanding of the course material.

His lectures were him reading directly off the slides which were textbook pages. He also has an accent which makes it really hard to understand him so your best bet is to skip and study on your own.

I had to teach the entire course to myself. Did not get any of the material explained when going to his lectures. Might as well read his slides by yourself.

Not kidding, his slides are screenshots of the textbook. He reads integrals and math verbatim during lecture.

I read rate my prof prior to coming to his lecture so I knew what to expect. Everyone is 100% right about him, he reads STRAIGHT OFF THE "SLIDES"(which are really just screenshots of textbook). Today in lecture he called out everyone on here n said the ratings are not true... He tries to defend his "great" teaching all the time. Just fix it.