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Victor Galitski
PHYS402 Expecting an A Anonymous 05/22/2024 |
Interesting and considerate guy, seems to enjoy teaching. Responds to questions in a kind of odd way, maybe a cultural thing. Very good about making sure students are prepared for the exams (doing review sessions and whatnot). |
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Victor Galitski
PHYS402 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 05/19/2024 |
Professor Galitski is a okay professor, but I don’t think I could recommend him. The course structure as a whole was very well laid out. There were three lectures a week as well as a discussion section. Quizzes were given out during discussions every other week, and the alternating weeks had a worksheet that the TA would go over. The course also had two TAs. There was a healthy balance between grade weighting for exams, homework, and quizzes. The final was also made optional. This allowed for me to do quite well in the class despite struggling with understanding a few topics. The main problem with the course was lectures themselves. The professor would go through countless derivations in class without really getting into the reasoning for doing so. These derivations were also free-handed so we often had to make corrections to our notes when he made mistakes. His lectures would have immensely benefited from him reading from his notes more often instead of trying to do everything off the top of his head. This made understanding some topics or their relevance difficult. Despite lecture difficulties, the professor did do his best to make the class manageable outside of it. We didn’t have too many homeworks, and they all were manageable. Additionally, for quizzes and exams, a list of the relevant topics was provided. I personally had difficulties with the professor in terms of scheduling a make-up midterm where contact over email was a struggle, but I’m not sure if that was just a onetime event. Students with a good grasp of quantum topics will do well in his class given its structure. People who struggle more with quantum may want to invest in tutoring or visiting office hours to ensure the content taught in lecture is explained in more detail. |