Does totally complex problems in class that never appear on tests. Only upside is that his grading sclae is very generous.

He did have a great curve and dropped the last test, but his tests were hard. Also, the class was so hard to pay attention in. Students only go to his class for the clicker questions. I had to teach myself using the book because it was nearly impossible to listen to him.

It is difficult to say if anyone actually knows what his class is like because attendance was extremely low. Despite a generous grading scale and relatively good curve the class remains quite difficult. Be prepared to teach yourself everything as you will not understand anything that he is trying to convey.

The class was hard.It is not easy to get an a at all.The teacher was not that good at explaining things and often confused us more.He was a nice guy, but not that helpful or enthusiastic appearing about office hours.I'm sure even though I went to his office a lot he never learned my name.His tests were tough. But his section had thehighest average.

Worst professor I've had so far. Extremely confusing. Terrible at explaining anything. Lectures are incoherent. Why can he not prepare better?! Tests are hard, but curved a lot. If you care about grades, this is a good class because of the curve. But you will not understand a single thing form him. Especially if you listen. If not,the book's decent

Lectures are terrible. Worst professor here. Really nice guy. But that counts for nothing when his lectures don't teach you anything at all.

Very unclear. His powerpoints are useless, and he spends too much time deriving equations, although he makes simple math errors all the time. Still, he knows what he's doing, but just cannot teach anyone about it. To do well, just read the book and learn it yourself. There are clicker questions, though, so you should still show up.

Though he is a very nice man, his lectures are incredibly confusing and difficult to follow. In lectures he skips between topics, assumes we follow very complex math, and DOES NOT make material understandable whatsoever. I learned next to nothing by attending lectures, and relied almost completely on the textbook to learn the class material.

Dr. Velkovksy was a very unclear and vague lecturer for me... he has a very roundabout way of saying things, and his powerpoints are confusing as heck. It's very difficult to follow him and therefore understand the concepts. He seems like a nice enough guy though. His grading curve is super generous, it completely saved me from failing.

Saved by grading curve and 1 dropped test. had no physics b4 Momchil. just derives equations and although he's a funny and caring man, its hard to pay attention in class or learn much physics from him. Nice, so if you get confused or stuck on exam question don't be afraid to ask him during the test. Failed 23 tests (wo curve) but did online hw

horrible, lectures are so pointless, no one is paying attention, pray to god you don't have to take his class

He's a sweetheart. Momchil is BAE but he isn't the best teacher. He cares very much about physics and is inspirational (although going to his office hours will help) but his lectures aren't very substantive.

Really nice guy, but extremely hard to follow. You will not learn much from him. Really hard class overall, tests are impossibl The only way to do well is to have prior knowledge of physics. He gives you nothing to study come test time. Lectures are useless and textbook is not helpful at all. The curves will save you and he drops the lowest test.

Lectures are absolutely useless because he never teaches much in them and just goes over a few examples. Expect to learn everything from the book (which is very dense) or from prior knowledge. Also, don't expect him to reply to emails or be very helpful outside of class. Tests are hard and the 3rd test and the final are all MC so no partial credit

One of the worst professors Ive taken. He loves physics and wants his students to love and understand physics; however, hes just not a good teacher. Lectures are rarely helpful so you basically have to teach yourself. He has a generous grading scale and homework/clicker questions are weighted heavily so do those and youll probably at least pass.

Velkovsky is really nice and you can tell he's passionate about the course material, but lectures are disorganized and don't correlate with problems or tests. He does well at answering specific questions and communicating one on one, including during exams. 1602 exams were MC heavy which helps. Be ready to teach yourself all of the material.

He spends a lot of time in lecture doing proofs that you won't ever need to look at again. Most of the information will have to be learned by the book anyway, but he does have a few useful demonstrations if you are a visual learner. His tests start out hard but get better as the semester progresses.

I had Prof Velkovsky for Physics 2, and his class was extremely boring. We had about a 20% attendance rate. He understands Physics, but he goes on tangents about the material and moves at a slow pace. Sometimes he would assign reading questions the day of

This course uses Mastering Physics, which is absolute hell. The lectures are often confusing and not useful whatsoever, however, Prof. Velkovsky tries his best. He seems to be a legitimately good guy, but unable to get his points across during lecture, which leads to an extremely frustrating class.

Velkovsky is a great guy who is definitely passionate about physics. He just cannot get his point across in lectures. I learned nothing in this class which is unfortunate as an engineering major. But homework, reading, participation count for a lot of your grade and tests were outside of class & open book so it wasn't horrible not knowing anything

DO NOT take this class unless you have already taken a physics class before! He assumes everyone has a background in physics and often glazes over basic but essential concepts. If you want an A in this class, you're gonna have to put in the work.

Weekly hw and 3 midterms. He drops your worst midterm if you go to class and do the readings. Is hard to access out of class and lectures are difficult to follow. Self learning required to do well.

Complete all the mastering physics during class time, and always learn ahead to prepare for TopHat pop-ups. He is knowledgeable but bad at teaching, so you have to study this course on your own. He is a nice guy and you could ask for partial credit after exams.

Definetely an intelligent professor but completely awful at lecturing. Class time was dry and boring, and self study based on the homework is definetely important. Attend class to drop a midterm.

Lectures were not great. But you need to do the TopHat in class for a grade, so go. Mastering homework was so long every week, but free points at least. Tests were on mastering and open book. You'll need to practice on your own, but the online test makes things better. Do hw and you'll do good.

The homework and reading assignments were not indicative of the test difficulty. Material is assigned for reading before class, retaught during class, and then test content is rarely covered in either of those. Prof. Velkovsky is clearly knowledgable about physics but has a hard time communicating concepts with the students.

Velkovsky truly is not a good lecturer. You will not learn the material from class, you will learn from reading the textbook, taking notes on the tophat slides, and actually making an effort to learn the Mastering Physics homework. You still need to go to class though because there are tophat questions that account for a part of your total grade.

Lectures are boring, but just show up, as participation is 8% of your grade. 3 mid-terms and a final, all take-home.

Dr. Velkovsky is very passionate about physics, but he is not the best lecturer. He would go on tangents and spend all of class on 1-2 problems that were very hard and confusing. Exams were really hard but online. The homeworks were long and difficult. Attendance isn't mandatory but you need TopHat credit to drop the lowest midterm.

Nice person but the worst prof I've had at Vanderbilt. E&M is already insanely difficult & his tangents / contradictions made it even harder to follow along. Taught myself off YouTube b/c his lectures actually left me more confused instead of less.