Steven Anlage

This professor has taught: GEMS296, GEMS297, GEMS396, GEMS397, GEMS496, GEMS497, PHYS275, PHYS371, PHYS401, PHYS402, PHYS410, PHYS798C, PHYS798I, PHYS798S

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Steven Anlage PHYS798C Anonymous 05/26/2024	Dr. Anlage is one of the best lecturers I have had, instantly likeable. Take him for any course.
Steven Anlage PHYS371 Expecting an A- Anonymous 01/13/2021	Anlage was a really great professor. The class is hard but definitely fair. His exams really test whether you understand the material or not. He did a really good job of teaching online! I was always engaged with his class and he is clearly passionate about the topics he teaches. The quizzes were hard but fair, the only downside was that most of the time it was 1 multiple choice question, so you either got a 0/10 or a 10/10, no in-between. The homework is fine if you work through it with a study group.
Steven Anlage PHYS371 Anonymous 12/18/2020	Anlage was great! Very approachable and kind guy, shared stories about his travels and his family to us but it never got in the way of course material. Had a lot of fun with the class, the only downside is that his quizzes were a bit weird and in my opinion unfair at times, but that's just how online classes are.
Steven Anlage PHYS410 Expecting an A Anonymous 08/14/2013	In the interest of full disclosure I am now working for Professor Anlage. That said I took his class before I started working for him and I really liked the class, which is odd for a 400 level physics class. Unlike many (or most) physics teachers, Professor Anlage actually gave a reasonable amount of work. I was pretty much always able to finish the entire homework assignments within a few hours of when I started. Also, he gave one extra credit problem per homework and they were often not difficult. In addition, all of his tests seemed to have a reasonable degree of difficulty. I think all the test problems were fairly interesting and not overly difficult. I think the averages were like 80, 72, and 70 for the 2 midterms and final respectively (my previous physics class had been with Professor Gates and the first test had the cutoff for a B as a 30%). I don't know how much he ended up curving the class but upon checking the grade distribution, I saw that only 2 people in the class got below a C and about 2/3 of the class got A's and B's which seems like a good distribution. That said I didn't think the lectures were overly interesting. One thing I have noticed is that as you get further along in Physics, the Physics becomes more and more abstract. So you really didn't come out of lectures feeling as though you learned anything real. I generally felt that I could solve a problem easily enough, but that problem would probably not have a strong basis in reality. However, one of the best things about Professor Anlage is that he always stayed after class for however long people were there to ask questions. There were several times where I stayed to ask something for over half an hour and he never seemed like he was rushed (unless another class started entering). Tl; dr: Take 410 with him because you will almost definitely pass and you will have a thorough understanding of the material although you may feel as though the material is irrelevant.
Steven Anlage PHYS375 Expecting an A Anonymous 11/25/2010	Professor Anlage is excellent. Really helps you out when things are going wrong in the lab, and is very patient about it too. He is a good lecturer - explains things well and answers any questions you can have. Definitely recommend him.
Steven Anlage PHYS375 Expecting an A Anonymous 11/17/2009	I've had Dr. Anlage for two classes now, 375 and 402. He's the man. Real cheerful, and does a great job teaching the material. You might want to think about looking ahead in the book before going to lecture though, because he tends to move pretty quickly.
Steven Anlage PHYS402 Expecting an A Anonymous 05/27/2008	I'd heard a lot of really bad things about Anlage before taking the class, and was really nervous. However, he's actually a great physics professor. His weekly homeworks force you to learn the material, and learn it well, and his tests were a good level of challenge without being incomprehensible. He offered extra office hours to those who needed them, which I heard were very helpful. He can go fast and sometimes explanations aren't the best, but the text fills in any blanks quite nicely.