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Didn't even take HIS class, but if his lab manual is any indication then he has got to be the worst teacher in HISTORY!

Worst Teacher Ever

Don't even bother wasting time in his class if you know Calculus amazingly well. He uses Calculus awkwardly and in a pre-req of calc I uses Calc III to get the solution of the problem. Definately one of the worst professors in CSULB.

I second the Lab Manual remark. WORST LAB MANUAL EVARRRR!! Don't even know what language it's in!!

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remember a beautiful mind? you know the scene where nash has to teach a class and he says "this class will be a waste of your and more importantly MY time"

This guy has to be the worst teacher I have ever taken. The couple days of class there are like 50 students... after those 2 days... literally 15 people left in the class... I was one of the ones who left.

prereq is calculus 1, yet parametric equations, differential equations and integrals involving trig substitutions are used on the very first lab. hlousek seems very proud about his extremely high drop/fail rate. very hard to learn, or pass for that matter

Quite possibly the worst professor in the world. Don't take him unless you'd like to start a track record for F's. He knows what he's talking about, but nobody else does.

This guy needs to get fired.

He has got to be the worst teacher on this campus. Those who want to pass physics 151, do not register for this guy's class.

Very HARD, CAN NOT TEACH,ONE OF WORST TEACHER.

WORST TEACHER EVER! PERIOD. I didn't learn a thing from him, just read the book and you'll learn more from it.

Worst Teacher ever! Confusing and his writing is horrible. Seriously do not take him!

Avoid this teacher if you can. His lectures are difficult to follow - not benneficial, just read book. Does not give any clear direction on what will be quized or tested - makes studying frustrating. Assigns little homework but dont be fooled, the assigned problems usually arn't similar to anything on the test. Gives little or no partial credit

I took him for summer, phys 100A, horrible teacher. the subject is hard but he makes it worse by not explaining well. Going to his office hours does not help either.

AVOID HIM LIKE THE PLAGUE!!! Horrible teacher. Very unreasonable. Gave us 30 question homework assignments and taught us none of it. Thank god for tutoring in the Horn Center. Gave us less than a weeks notice for all of our midterms. Normally teaches quantum physics so why was he teaching a beginning physics class?! Horrible.

I can't believe I paid this teacher to teach me. By far the worst teacher I have ever had! He races through the material and gets mad if you are not immediately elightened. This guy should be banned from teaching. He will make you feel like you don't belong in a university. I have a 3.3 gpa in engineering with over 150 units. This is my first D!

Had him for a summer course. the WORST teacher ive ever had! fyi, attending class is pointless. all he does is go over some problems from the book--absolutely no teaching! study on your own and do well on hw and lab! those will boost your grade! no extra credit given.

He dives right into the material expecting you to already know EVERYTHING (which means if you can't teach yourself, then you might have a hard time keeping up).

This is my first time rating a professor, and ill be honest, his class was useless. I work very hard in my classes and study intensely, but i have to save, Hlousek was the worst teacher i have ever had! He lectures on the board about the topic from the text, then assigns online hw (which you will want to do in a group, trust me). Avoid him!

I had physics classes in high school and excelled, but in this class you are on your own!! Not only is Mr. Hlousek creepy looking and creepy acting (especially around young females like me--RUN!!!), but you can treat this as a do-it-yourself class. I started sitting in the back of the class because he looked so stalkerish at me and other females.

He needs to be fired.

I know this teacher is smart. Unfortunately, it does no good when he can't explain it. What a terrible teacher! He is the worst teacher I have had and I have over 200 units taken with a strong B average. The HW does not match the final! It will mess you up!

his lectures are so useless and the exams are harder than any of the homework problems! every class average for the exams were below 20% and he wouldnt even curve it! he needs to be fired already. if you take him be prepared to read all of the textbook if you want to learn about physics

The first 2 weeks of class he did not teach anything from the book. You need to read the book and completely understand it before going to class. Usually he will only 1 or 2 very difficult and confusing problems. His exams are very difficult. I went to his office hours once and he was very rude to me. He also refused to let me drop the class.

We do about a problem a day in his class. That is it. You will NEED to read the book to survive because it is all self taught in this class. Exams are very hard, and graded strictly based on how well you know physics jargon. Even though you are new to it. Has a habit of raising his voice often and class rarely responds to questions.

This teacher is beyond terrible. Initially I go in a class open minded but as much as I tried to like him as a teacher, it didn't happen. He is too smart to be teaching intro to Physics which is why he gets mad if you don't understand a topic and assumes you should know all these formulas. How I survived and passed? I don't even know.

Worst person to have for Physics. He didn't teach a darn thing, probably the worst professor I've ever had. During lectures we just do problems and he doesn't explain the values or go into detail of the problems. Also, many times he didn't even give the answer to the problems. I failed everything but got a B bc of lab and a B on the final luckily.

Very hard class. He is not organized and not helpful at all. He expects you to know everything even though he doesn't teach much. Exams consists of ONLY 3-5 problems which makes it hard to get a good grade because if you miss one, you're down to B! Avoid taking this class if you could!

Worst professor I've ever had in my entire life. Did not once teach the class physics. He would just go in front of the class, throw a problem at us with incredibly vague criteria like "Draw a fountain," and 10 minutes later, ask "Are you done?" Rude to students, puts them on blast for asking questions. Rude during office hours. Avoid at all costs.

Worst professor I have ever had. He did but two in class problems the entire semester. He just talked in front of the class, didn't really teach...

lol no. just no.

Worst professor ever, he's lectures don't prepare you for neither the exam nor the web assign homework. He's rude, arrives late to class, and he gets really upset when our exam scores. He's is very smart, knows his physics. however teaching wasn't meant for him. Avoid this class unless you're a physics genius.

Took him for physics. Very hard. He was late to class constantly. Lecture would consist of him doing one problem on the board per day. The tests were extremely random questions. Final was extremely hard. Got lucky with guessing and got an A, but i felt like i learned nothing.

Avoid his class. He's very smart but some people are not good at teaching. The subject is already tough as it is. 3 exams 2 quizzes. Lectures don't prepare you AT ALL for them. Rely on your web assign and the solutions manual to prepare for exams. He's also rude and makes you feel stupid if you answer one of his questions incorrectly.

HAHA. This man cannot teach. Test are completely random questions, while class time is spent going over general things we should be learning and does about one problem per class. No one shows up to class because you don't learn anything. You will learn your physics from the group online homework. He may as well not even exist.

Horrible subject, horrible professor, horrible everything. Stay away. Assignments are not graded in a timely manner, but that's the grader's fault. Never take this professor. If you don't go to class and read the book instead you're better off. Exams are problems from webassign, this guy is smart, a joke of a professor and a joke of a class.

Terrible, absolutely terrible. The reviews of 10 years ago are still relevant to this day. You would think that this guy would change up his style of teaching, but obviously not. Do not take, even if it means having to take it next semester. You have been warned

Horrible teacher, he does not help you learn anything and expects you to learn everything out of the book. Even when you try to ask him questions in class, he will end up confusing you by the way he words things and does not fully explain them. AVOID HIM! Do whatever you can to not take him!

I understand its college, but this professor is teaching simple topics at a much advanced level. Don't expect him to go over anything on the exam. He's a JOKE for a professor. Don't get me wrong the guy is smart, but that doesn't make him a good professor. He gets lost in his own world and mumbles away in depth at topics not even addressed on test.

The reviews are in fact true, this guy is terrible. I went to every lecture and ended up being even more confused about the subject. We were two chapters behind the other class and he just ended up skipping them in order to catch up. A lot of students had errors for their final grade. It just seemed like he didn't care about the class.

This is awful, he doesn't lecture about physics, he just has you try to do things without explaining at all.

He is very rude to his students. Does not tell you what the exams will be on. Grading material is unclear. All class assignments are done through an online website that is difficult to use. He gives EC quizzes because the class does poorly on exams, usually within the next two lectures. Exams are not multiple choice, usually only had 4 questions.

This class was very disorganized. Half of the time, i had no clue what was going on. Thank goodness the textbook was easy to understand.

He lacks organization completely and gives incomplete explanations for example problems. When students ask him questions, he avoids them by restating what he already said or just restates why he was correct, and does not help the student at all. He makes concepts a lot for confusing than they actually are.

This professor is complete nutjob. He is very disorganized and fails to help his students learn the material. The class expectations were a mystery and most people were lost and he didn't care.

Hands down, worst professor I had ever had. After the grades finally came out for the semester, at least 5-10 students grades were miscalculated including mine and caused to fail. His grading criteria is the WORST, with a "miscellaneous" section worth as much as the final which is a complete mystery what goes into that section. If you get him, drop

He makes mistakes on the quizzes(none of the available answer choices are correct) and deducts points from the students, for his mistakes. Do not take this professor. I took it over the summer and I should have just taken it at the college I am enrolled in.

teach yourself and focus on problems he assigns online.

Literally the worst professor I've ever had. He bases the grade off of a website that doesn't work and doesn't care if the website glitches on you. If you lose a quiz then he just says "sorry." Please don't take this class. You're better off just learning physics from your dog.

Very rude to his students and doesn't care about anything but his research. Would not take him again. Use the website Koondis a lot. The more you comment on things, the better your grade it. Trust me.

No one knows how his grading works. Has a website that glitches constantly and is broken half the time, but you're forced to use for 90% of the points. His midterms are much harder than the other classes. Lectures solely consist of him deriving an equation, when tests are multiple choice. He's also dismissive of students during office hours. AVOID.

You can find a picture of this guy if you look up "incompetence" in a dictionary. He does NOT care about you. Here are SOME things he purposely sets up so that you do, indeed, FAIL. 1) Unannounced everything (hw -- quizzes -- midterm #3) 2) Unfair grading from his glitchy website; he doesn't care; your grade suffers. You have been warned ^_^

Lol so I got an A even after I stopped going to the class after the third week school except during Midterms of course. Such an easy class once you figure out how it all works. Quite unfortunate that most people didn't though. Anyways, if you figure it out it's an Easy A but forget about actually learning anything about Physics. (No textbook)

He actually cancelled class without prior notification and was later seen at subway around class time.

You will not learn a thing about physics and your grade will suffer due to his website that always crashes when assignments are due. He never states when a quiz is and schedules them randomly on weekends. He refuses to answer students questions. Take the reviews here seriously and avoid. I did not think people were serious and now I regret it.

Take Chuang, at least he cares about his students. This guy is a joke that would rather go smoke cigarettes than fix your grade when it's his fault.

No one knows what is going on in class. He expects us to already know physics. He does not reply to email or care. More than half of the class dropped. On the last day of class, students vented to him and he laughed. He expects you to memorize 20 equations for the final & does not tell you what it will be on. The man doesn't want to be proven wrong

Bullet points are easier. *LOTS of online work, basically a hybrid class?? *I literally learned nothing, I learned more in lab *Everybody was failing *Uses online algorithms to grade *Multiple choice midterms look like HW (which is nice) *Horrible at teaching *Does 1-2 problems per class period and gets no where *Don't bother taking notes, Google

These are the kinds of experiences I go through that make me think about how messed up America's education system is. I thought I could handle a frustrating professor when I read the reviews online, but going through it now, it really ruins your day going to his class. Just bad vibes, he doesn't care/teach. Seriously avoid him if it's possible.

Don't. Just Don't.

He is the Voldemort to my Harry, the Tom to my Jerry, the Frazier to my Ali. If you enjoy mind numbing migraines, then I encourage you to take his class. If you enjoy a life devoid of constant frustration and anxiety, then I would recommend steering away. If you do take his class, I cordially invite you to you into the I hate Koondis Club.

Took his Phys 100A class over the summer to fulfill a prerequisite and learned absolutely nothing. The plus side is that your grade will be fine as long as you do all of the online HW (points heavily heavily weighted on the online system as opposed to exams). Don't take this class if you actually need a solid understanding of physics for the future

By far the worst professor I have ever taken. This professor is should not be allowed to even be teaching here, Glitchy online website where homework is mostly done on. Does not care for students or even their grades. Going to lectures is pointless unless it's for attendance which is logged by an online app using geo-mapping. Avoid at all costs.

I've been in this class for 3 weeks now and this man is easily the most idiotic teacher I have taken in my 8 semesters at CSULB. He will continually contradict himself and you will be very unsure what you need to do. Generally I reference the syllabus under these circumstances however his syllabus also is blank. Do not take this class

This professor is by far the worst professors at CSULB. I got an A. Learned nothing. Do all of the online homework, quizzes, and the Koondis group work well (actually comment and thumbs up other peoples' work)!! Use online help for the online HW and Quizzes. Exams, Quizzes, Notes, HW, and Group Work each 20%. I got F's on exams but can get an A.

No syllabus. No office hours. No exams. Some homework, but not that he even looks at whatever you turn in. Half of the semester was cancelled. I learned almost nothing new. He clearly just cheated his way up professorship to get a high paying job wherein he can do anything (in this case nothing) and not get fired!