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Victor Galitski PHYS402 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/04/2024	Pros: -Quizzes and exams are fair. I thought the difficulty and format were reasonable, and a list of topics would be shared before each one. They're also open note and open book (no internet), which is nice. -I like Griffiths as a textbook -He will review anything the class seems to be missing knowledge-wise and wants his students to learn -The homeworks were overall useful to our understanding Cons: -Maybe spent a bit too long doing derivations given we had reduced lecture time this semester, I wish we had covered more content -The homeworks occasionally had some really tough questions that too very long to solve -Lectures are done by hand, leading to occasional mistakes in stuff written on the board that students need to correct I liked Dr. Galitski and would recommend him for PHYS402 in the future.
Victor Galitski PHYS402 Expecting an A Anonymous 11/25/2024	Galitski really knows his subject. The only complaint lectures are a bit too slow and a lot of important material was left uncovered.
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).
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.

Victor Galitski
PHYS402

Expecting an A
Anonymous
12/04/2024

Pros: -Quizzes and exams are fair. I thought the difficulty and format were reasonable, and a list of topics would be shared before each one. They're also open note and open book (no internet), which is nice. -I like Griffiths as a textbook -He will review anything the class seems to be missing knowledge-wise and wants his students to learn -The homeworks were overall useful to our understanding Cons: -Maybe spent a bit too long doing derivations given we had reduced lecture time this semester, I wish we had covered more content -The homeworks occasionally had some really tough questions that too very long to solve -Lectures are done by hand, leading to occasional mistakes in stuff written on the board that students need to correct I liked Dr. Galitski and would recommend him for PHYS402 in the future.

Victor Galitski
PHYS402

Expecting an A
Anonymous
11/25/2024

Galitski really knows his subject. The only complaint lectures are a bit too slow and a lot of important material was left uncovered.

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).

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.