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PHY2048 - 3.0 rating“I wish someone would have told me not to take him but its too late”
PHY2048 - 1.0 ratingClass Info
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New and inexperienced professor who may have some difficulty teaching Physics properly. Has some kind of "professional" reason to refuse to curve, and in turn unprofessionally fails the majority of the students taking his class. Not completely terrible, but I'd recommend the choosing the better physics professors at FAU if you can. Good luck.
He wasn't terrible, it was mainly the class that was hard. The in-class physics demonstrations were fun and helpful. The clicker questions he provided were helpful also. As it was a summer class he did not have time to teach slowly and answer a lot of questions in detail.
If you dont have a nack for physics I would take it with someone else.He spends too much time deriving equations and none helping you understand how to do problems.Over the summer his class was really hard to get a decent grade in, maybe over the reg semester you would have more time to teach yourself,which is what you need to do in his class.
I took Physics 1 with Dr. Sorge. I would highly recommend him; he clearly explains concepts and helps students understand this difficult course. He is also my advisor (as I am a seeking a physics degree), and has been very helpful--he has even assisted me in applying to another university. Very helpful guy with LOTS of office hours if needed....
I took Physics I with him over the summer and thought he was one of the best professors I have had. He has several office hours available, which I highly reccomend going to. He is extremely helpful and clear. He gives a lot of great demonstrations that make the subject quiet clear. Class with him is a lot of fun and I highly reccomend it!
Take someone else! Took this class in the summer and found it to be a waste of my time and 500 dollars. He gives homework via the U of Texas and takes points off each time you get it wrong.THe clicker questions have to be answered fast so useless to if you are not quick thinkers. His tests are hard and he does not explain enough. I taught myself.
This guy will derive equations all lecture long. He makes stupid mistakes and always finds an excuse for it. Homework does not help for the test.No curves,tests are very hard, very arrogant guy,the whole class was failing and he didn't care. The average for the class was 60% and he said he expected this(meaning he expected us to fail).Avoid him
All this guy does is derive equations, show some stupid videos and play with his air table. Don't take this class in the summer or else you will go on a no sleeping spree studying for this class and you will still not pass the tests. Homework is useless. Avoid at all costs.
Avoid this teacher!! He does not explain the concepts. He does a couple of problems from every chapter, but doesn't explain why it happens. Will not curve. Every day are clicker questions, which are quiz grades. All questions are application problems on tests. You must know some physics already to pass his course.
AVOID THIS GUY AT ALL COSTS! He will mess up your grade for no apparent reason, he is out to mess the student's GPA. Tests in the summer are from material that he does not cover, HW is useless when studying for the test. Take him only if you want to loose money and mess up your GPA
He was very condescending. Acted as if his class was the most important in the world. He tends to write over his diagrams on the board, and it becomes very convoluted. Also all his demonstrations failed in one way or another. I got an A, but I do not recommend you take physics with this professor.
This professor is very arrogant and condescending when he speaks. goes over some problems, and makes many errors when working them out. Does not curve. Tests are insane! no joke. if u can teach yourself physics and dedicate ur life to his class, u might be able to pass. His voice was so monotone and boring.I was ecstatic when his class was over.
This professor refused to curve but his tests were fair. Yes, they were hard but it's physics. You need to dedicate time to studying in order to do well. He was really good at explaining concepts and was an awesome guy. he gives you a lot of pieces that you must put together to do well
Good professor. uses videos to emphasize certain physics concepts, and web-assign for the homework. I thought he did a fair job explaining the concepts and is given a lot of hate because he moves quickly. however, this is an 18 week physics course in 6 weeks, it's going to require work, and it's going to move quickly. He has bonus points on tests.
The worst professor I've ever had at FAU. I actually have nightmares about his class (for real). Very good at making you hate physics.
do not take him!
Don't do it...U may get curved up one letter grade but dont expected any more help than that
I don't understand other comments...Dr Sorge is the coolest professor in FAU Physics department. He is always available for his students, and makes effort for his class. As long as he knows you've been trying hard, he will reward you for your effort. Don't listen to other comments! They're not physics majors!
His teaching style is eh, but if you want an A in this class homework is a must and do as much extra credit as you can! Physics is a hard subject and the way he teaches isn't ideal in my opinion. This class gave me the lowest test grade I have ever received in my life to say the least. He is available during office hours and is willing to help tho
People who says this professor is not helpful, are lazy and pretentious. He so nice and sooo helpful. His tests are very very fair since out of 100 points he gives you 120, which means 20 xtra points! then, there is a lot (not easy) extra points, plus homework...He uses A LOT of great tools such as online course notes, online homework, etc...
One of the most boring teachers. All class he derives equations. He will give you a word problem, show you the equation and move on. Doesnt help you understand each problem. Test are super hard. You can bring a cheat sheet but does not help. Had over 100 equations on my sheet not one used. The HW doesn't even help. Prepare to teach yourself.
Horrible Horrible professor avoid taking his class, the tests doesn't match with what he teaches in class.
Says there is extra credit but in reality is VERY difficult to get. They are online quizzes that range from 8-15 questions and are weighted differently and if you get below an 80% (which is usually missing one question) then you have to keep retaking it. Each question is difficult and unrelated from his lectures and take up to ten minutes at a time
I don't think his current rating does him justice at all. He derives equations a lot which can be boring but still helpful, but he also does live demonstrations and shows related videos. He's helpful, clear, a fair grader, gives partial credit on tests and bunch of extra credit. It wasn't an easy A but its definitely do-able.
This professors online assignments are awful.The website never works and makes everything frustrating. HE also has the worst way possible ever to record attendance. never explains anything. Only sample problems in class that relate to nothing in the homework. Overall, worst professor at FAU! 3.89 GPA student
This class is hard, but I believe physics is hard regardless. Extra points are hard but you can get using Chegg. He is helpful, tries to make physics interesting and does what he can to help the students, but you have to study! His tests are hard, even tho he gives extra points. He is the nicest person in the dpt and the cutest one too :)
Worst teacher.Extremely hard tests ! DO NOT TAKE HIM! You would not know if you pass or fail the class. I had a 78 in the class before the final exam and did not pass this class.
He is extremely clear with his notes and has awesome handwriting. You can tell he loves physics due to his enthusiasm and helpfulness in and out of class. tests are very hard but the potential for extra points is there. Study!
His tests are very difficult but he gives partial credit for many things. very organized notes, very neat hand writing, very enthusiastic with the subject. He will spend lots of time helping you if you go to office hours or even not during office hours. Will even help on tests if you ask! But, Very hard Tests!
terrible teacher. homework is virtually pointless. most topics covered in lecture are not on tests. he claims to give extra credit but he grades really tough. take another teacher if you can... if you cant, wait until you can. you have been warned.
Dr. Sorge takes all the wonder in physics and eviscerates it, turning the discipline into rote memorization and torpid word problems. Take his class at your own peril.
Sorge is an exceptional physics professor, the best in my opinion. His lectures are organized, clear, well-presented, and always interesting. The feedback he gives on assignmentstests is detailed & helpful. It's evident that he cares about his students and their success by the level of attentioneffort he puts in. Not to mention he's brilliant.
Modern physics was the first class I had to think outside of my comfort zone. Some of the material was initially bewildering, but nicely reinforced by lecture notes and the homeworkgroup projects. Each test has up to 125 points so a good grade can be gotten even if you have entirely skipped one topic. His grading rubic is very clear and fair.
Dr Sorge's breath of knowledge in E&M is easily matched by his obvious enthusiasm for not only the material but also teaching in general. He is very fastidious expecting thorough and full notation even in standard equations. The material is lengthy and quite challenging, but really could not have been presented any better. Exams are tough!
Very difficult course. Sorge knows E&M better than anyone at FAU so he is the best available to teach it. There are 4 exams including the final which is cumulative. All 4 count towards the grade. Does not grade homework. Attendance is worth 10%. Be careful on exams which are typically 4-5 long problems - notation & units! Had to memorize formulas.
Exceptional teacher, uses his own notes-which are better even the book. Lectures are very detailed and clear. Very fastidious grader and expects perfect notation. All exams have extra credit that helps about 1 letter grade. The course (not the teacher) demands many study hours. I'm looking forward to EM2 and graduate EM with the same professor.
Sorge is a pretty good teacher when you're taking upper level physics classes. His lectures are always long, but its always something you need (no nonsense). Tests are pretty easy if you've done the homework. Homework wasn't turned in for a grade though, so don't mess up those tests or you could fail. Definitely need to go to class if you want an A
You can expect some C's but he'll give partial credit. He makes you feel comfortable during exams. Sometimes I feel the exams are so much harder than the HW though! I want it to be the other way! Great personality, awesome sense of humor. The best thing about him is that he understands the workload you can handle. Perfect amount of exams and HW
Lectures are very clear and to the point. Non graded HW interleaves well with subject material. Occasionally goes beyond the book in depth, but provided notes are excellent. Exams totally based on lectures and HW and have extra points. Its possible to get by just with lecture notes but attendence really helps out. Grading rubic is objective.
His One Note lectures online help a lot! They are walkthrough problems which help with the homework which ultimately helps with the test. Tests are going to be difficult, it's physics. But he gives partial credit. He was super enthusiastic and clear and concise when it came to his lectures, I recommend attending. Nice guy.
Great teacher. Be prepared to know the material very well because there will be proofs and stuff like that, such as combining and deriving equations. Calculus was definitely heavy (although it was calculus-based physics). Korey has a great sense of humor and is very engaging of his students. I would highly recommend him and take his classes.
A lot of homework. The professor is not that bad, but you have to study very hard.
Terrible Professor. I wish someone would have told me not to take him but its too late. He finds every way possible to make your life difficult and make you fail. I took this class online and he didn't even have any lectures so you basically have to teach yourself. You get a cheat sheet for the test but it won't help trust me. tests are ridiculous.
professor sorge is very unhelpful, if i asked a question he seemed offended by my confusion and did not want to help. His tests are nothing like the homework or training he assigns, in reality they are much harder. Really would not recommend taking this class online, you are fully resposnsible for your own learning, with no teacher help.
Overall this class was not formatted well, and there was basically zero teacher/student communication/help. He made this class very much a do it yourself deal. He was timely at answering emails, but overall, at least in this format, he was not a very good professor. I wish he made it a bit more interactive and engaging becasue its very dry course
Prof Sorge was pretty good for PHY2048. I took the online Summer '17 class. It was set up where there were 4 tests, each 20% of grade, and the last 20% was quizzes and HW. He didn't curve but there was a lot of extra credit. Each test it was possible to earn about a 120/100, sometimes more. Good notes provided, but MasteringPhysics is used.
The Professor is a respectable guy however, he does not post Lectures, only notes which is confusing, to say the least. I wish this Professor provided Videos and actually teach the course instead of giving us some notes while making us do a ton of HW Problems, HW Training & Quizzes all due the same day, every week, until the end of the semester.
The format of this class is untenable. Every week is a new unit, and each unit consisted of a 35 page chapter plus 70 pages of notes and an unmanageable quantity of homework, considering youll need to spend most of your time finding resources on the internet to help you learn physics. The tests felt outright violating. Ouch.
Dr. Sorge is great. Not sure why all the negative reviews? I think non-physics majors have a hard time with him, but any physics major should be fine taking his class.
This is the worst class Ive ever taken. There are no lectures. It is online only. Good luck teaching yourself physics because there is no teaching in this course.
Dr. Sorge is caring and well educated professor. His quizzes and assignments are heavy but not difficult when you have 2 weeks to finish them. However, his exams are challenging due to the amount of questions. I suggest doing the long workout problems first in the back of exams (work your way down up) . Be ready to rumble!
The online course work for the LECTURE is pretty light--about two assignments per week. However, the lab is a whole other story. This semester's TA is Ronald Toolsie, who happens to MISUNDERSTAND every lab report that has been submitted so far. Instead of offering HELP, he condescends and makes assumptions about your submission. Bad grade system.
Took Physics 2 over the summer. It was a tough class, but professor Sorge is fair. He gave A LOT of extra credit on the exams. Get a good calculator for the exams and know how to do all homework problems! Since its an online class its all self learning.
DO NOT take this class in summer. Beware, there are NO lectures. He says he is available in office to assist, but a couple hours a week does not replace teaching. There is an abundance of written material which students may progress through on their own. If you are the type of person who can read physics and math equations and "just get it" maybe.
Awesome professor. He seems to care and is easily reachable with email. But do not take the online lab. You have to setup and complete everything yourself and he grades them harshly.
The professor demands you jump through a bunch of technical hoops to take exams. The first thing I asked was if I could take the exam at a test center to avoid this, which he replied no. Sure enough, when the first exam came, I ended up with technical problems (despite testing beforehand) which cost 30 min and tanked my exam grade.
Worst online class I have ever taken. He has videos, but they are only introductions with no real meaning to the lesson. This is a self taught online class. Even trying to self teach quizzes are nothing you can really prepare for. Never in my life will i recommend this instructor.
This guy does not deserve to get paid to teach. I literally had to teach myself everything! When you ask questions he can be very condescending and arrogant. I wish someone could have saved me the trouble of dealing with this monster.
Hardest class I have ever taken. Do not take that many credits with his class. Even though his class is like 3 credits and the lab is 1, it feels like 6-7 credit course. I suggest reading up on physics and studying before the term begins from kinematics up until thermodynamics. Use Youtube Organic chemistry, it helps. This is a self taught course.
The workload for this class is absurd, as if they crammed three courses worth of work into two. I have a hard time believing any class is well made when the professor feels the need to add an extra 30% worth of subjectively graded extra credit into the exams, as well as additional extra credit elsewhere.
worst course ever. He does not teach on what he test. Gives the basic notes you need to teach yourself everything. the questions he brings are nothing like anything done . It appears he takes pleasure in giving students a hard time. his meet and greets are useless, basically study everything and hope you get a C. AVOID AT ALL COST. worst lecturer
The class was mostly self teaching, the professor gave pdfs on each topic and a lot of hw on masteringphysics. Exam 1 was very hard and there was not enough preparation for it. You get a lot of opportunities in this class, if you get a 0 on exam 1, you can still get a C in the class if you work hard enough.
This is a third time I am posting this review and it gets deleted. DO NOT take him. I failed the class, I almost changed my major because of him. He truly made me hate physics. Very difficult class. He enjoys it when kids fail, very arrogant, not a kind person at all. I will not give up posting this because I was devasted and want to warn you.
hardest course in all of Computer Engineering if you take this professor. No lectures, no instruction, only about 3-5 5 min videos for each section that cover only the most basic information. Cares more about deriving equations than showing useful examples. Class average below 50% and NO CURVE, prof has no problem failing the class.
I am a straight A student and can manage most classes but this one is different. I saw the bad reviews and took him anyway because he fit into my schedule.This professor puts almost no effort into teaching and gets away with it because he is tenured. The tests are extremely difficult and this class is 100% self teaching. Avoid at all costs trust me
I have previously done well in every STEM class previously taken prior to this course with Professor Sorge. On a zoom call discussing a quiz, he proceeded to lose his temper over innocently calling him Mr. rather than Professor. In addition, he made zero efforts to help students succeed in a tough online environment. SCALE NOT LOW ENOUGH!!
If possible, take this class with someone else. He does not teach at all. There are no lectures. He only provides useless lecture notes which are no relevant to the material presented in tests and quizzes. The system used for tests is difficult to use. There is also lots of homework, but it doesn't prepare you for his horribly put together tests.
He is a great professor who is very knowledgable and makes what he wants from us very clear. We had take-home exams with lots of extra credit on the second exam as well as weekly homework with fair difficulty. Although the tests were difficult, we had many resources to use and he is very accessible outside of class. Very nice and helpful.
I have never seen a professor that cares about their students as much as Dr. Sorge. He took an hour of his time to help after class after I was overwhelmed by my course load. He also gives everyone an opportunity to ask questions and will spend 5 minutes to clarify a lecture topic if you ask him. He genuinely wants his students to succeed.
The absolute worst professor I have ever had. He accusses everyone of cheating constantly and will not give credit for anything. His lectures will not help you in anyway. Avoid this professor at all costs. He is rude and has so much attitude towards his students. You will also end up teaching yourself everything. There is no winning in this class.
Professor Sorge when giving criticism to discussion posts has largely gone about rudely. Rather than taking this as a moment to guide the student, he almost belittles them as a response. Idk if this is an attempt at jokes but it flies over my head most, if not all, the time and comes off as rude. Really unprofessional conduct.
Should avoid at all costs. He is very arrogant and doesn't answer his emails. Physics is hard, but he makes it harder.
The class is mostly self taught and not that hard to follow along with, but the professor is incredibly rude and unhelpful. Genuinely was surprised by some of the comments made on my discussion boards as well as my peers. Had backhanded responses and made me feel stupid for missing small details instead of correcting in an educational way.
Don't do it! He is known for tough grading and minimal feedback, often giving unexplained zeros. He relies on self-study via syllabus and textbook and lacks traditional lectures. His responses to questions are dismissive and condescending, creating a disrespectful classroom atmosphere unsupportive of student learning.
Avoid at all costs. Took online and I was noticing that I didn't score as high I wanted on quizzes. I look at the professor's feedback and I mainly had points deducted for not putting the formula. In the next quizzes I start applying his feedback and I noticed I started scoring lower and no improvement in quiz scores. Somehow you can't win.
doesn't know how to grade and overcomplicates everything which makes it hard to learn
One of the best professors I have had in college! He is very passionate about teaching and wants everyone to understand the concepts. He structures his class really nice and makes it very easy to follow along. With that being said his class is very challenging. Do not be fooled by open book tests-- they are MUCH harder than a normal test.
He's amazing! His online course is organized super well and you can tell he is passionate about what he's doing! He adds plenty of resources for you to succeed, connects physics to real life, and is super thorough. He is an incredible teacher; everything is super easy to understand. He sets you up for success, you just need to put in the work!
Horrible, just horrible. Don't do it unless you absolutely have to. He is your average, tenured, power-tripping professor LOL.
HORRIBLE, Just awful. My rating is as real as it get.Everyone in the group chat complaining. No matter how much work you show on the quiz, its never enough,don't let me start on his quiz grading. Running 5 marathons in 1 day is more achievable than scoring 100% on a quiz. Discussion boards are always back and worth, He never satisfied. NEVER AGAIN.
This might be the worst professor I have taken in my existence of living. The grading on the quizzes is insane. Nitpicking everything on those quizzes. The discussion posts are absolutely worse. You gotta talk to him as if you're some certified physicist just to get the point.
This class is old videos of him doing physics problems in a notebook. Get something wrong on a quiz you'll never know why, he will NEVER show you the answers or explain how to get them OR tell you why he marks you more than half off a problem when you have the right answer and show the work. Just "Where is the rest of your work" for every problem.
Dr. Sorge is passive aggressive + a tough cookie. But--Canvas is incredibly neat and organized, the point system he uses for grading is thorough, and Dr. Sorge knows his stuff. He uses LA meetings to encourage us to work in groups on a set of problems. I thought the course was easy. If you need help, he replies quick. 3-6h/week, MEMORIZE FORMULAS!!
HW has to be clearly written and he's kinda specific on grading. three exams, all take home. bunch of extra credit built within the exams. You can only message him through canvas and he's usually happy to answer any questions.
Class Info
Online Classes
100%
Attendance Mandatory
33%
Textbook Required
57%
Grade Predictor
Your expected effort level
Predicted Grade
B+
Grade Distribution
Common Tags
Rating Trend
Declining
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5.0
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5.0
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