Lee Mundy

This professor has taught: ASTR100, ASTR101, ASTR320, ASTR399, ASTR410, ASTR430

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Lee Mundy ASTR101 Expecting a C- Anonymous 12/22/2023	too hard for a gened
Lee Mundy ASTR101 Expecting a B Anonymous 12/21/2023	Dr. Mundy is the best! He's such a wonderful lecturer, understanding professor, and kind human. I learned so much from him and enjoyed coming to his lectures twice a week! I would 100% recommend him.
Lee Mundy ASTR101 Expecting a B+ Anonymous 12/21/2023	This is a 101 class. The amount of work needed for this 100-level gen-ed class is way more than what it should be. Lectures are boring and count as attendance since there are 2-point lecture exercises, but he goes over the answer before the end of class. Many students leave lectures after finishing them. The fact that the exam averages are in the 60s, the final in the 70s, and he doesn't curve is crazy. Again, this is a gen ed lab. Discussions are pretty much useless but there is an easy quiz in each one, and labs are also easy (most don't take up the whole two hours). Take a different lab.
Lee Mundy ASTR101 Expecting a B+ Anonymous 12/14/2023	Pros: - Mundy knows what he's talking about. Seems like a smart guy and can answer any questions you may have. - Grades are evenly weighted out, meaning if you mess up on one exam or something like that it's not a huge hit to your grade: - lecture activities: 10% - labs: 25% - homeworks: 10% - discussion activities: 10% - midterm1: 10% - midterm 2: 10% - final: 25% - Lowest 2 labs, 2 discussion activities, and 4 lecture activities are dropped, so you have some leeway - Officially, every week there are two 75 min lectures, a 50 min discussion, and a 2 hour lab, but the lectures usually ended 10 min early, the discussions 10-15 min early, and most of the labs you could finish in maybe just over an hour. - At least personally, I found the course content pretty interesting. More about breadth than depth. Cons: - Exams are tough. I think part of it may be that a lot of people don't really think or care to put too much time into the course (tbf it's a 101 course and it's meant to be a GenEd for non-astronomy majors). That being said, there wasn't really away to study for the exams besides just looking back at the slides, and I found the review sessions hosted by the TAs pretty useless. - The focus on breadth rather than depth means there's a pretty decent amount of content to remember, especially for the cumulative final. - Most of the TAs, while nice, are just not helpful when it comes to actual, specific questions. - Because the grades are weighted out as shown above, you have to go to lecture and discussion for the grades, for anyone who would rather not show up to class. Overall, it's not a terrible course and it gets the DSNL credit out of the way. You will need to study well for the exams, but besides that there's basically no work outside of class.
Lee Mundy ASTR101 Expecting a B- Anonymous 12/13/2023	Beware- this is not an easy way to fill your lab credit. The class is unnecessarily hard. Average for all midterms was a 66/100 and wasnt curved one point. Not worth it
Lee Mundy ASTR101 Expecting a B- Anonymous 12/13/2023	Nice personality, means no harm and can occasionally be interesting, but his lectures covered the content you'd think would help with the exam, instead of what actually will. The exams asks questions in a fashion where one would have to completely master each part of each of his lectures, and without that, it is certain you won't do well. The exam averages in the class were all in the 60s, and there was never anything done to fix it. No curve and no study guides. Unless you truly excel in general astronomy or have a passion for it, this is not the class for you...especially if its being used to check off a graduation requirement.
Lee Mundy ASTR101 Expecting a C+ Anonymous 12/13/2023	DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS! I took this class to fulfill the natural science lab Gen-Ed, and I deeply regret it. Professor Mundy does genuinely care about his students; however, the difficulty of the exams and the lack of exam preparation or study materials made it very difficult to do well in this class. On both midterms, the class average was in the mid-60s, and the class average overall is currently in the low 80s. I should also add that he does NOT curve any of the exams. The TA's have very little idea of what is going on and provide basically zero help. The labs are relatively straight-forward and are easy to do well on, but despite getting an A on every lab, the lab grades do not balance out the poor exam performances. The pictures he shows are pretty cool, though!
Lee Mundy ASTR101 Expecting a B- Anonymous 12/12/2023	I have no idea what the reviews from 2015 and 2012 are talking about because Mundy was absolutely nothing like that. He gives no supplemental materials to help prepare for exams, and the exams are unnecessarily difficult for a gen-ed course. The averages for the exams have been incredibly low, and he has yet to offer any sort of extra credit. He also doesn't share his exams with his TAs so when they try to help you they are merely guessing what they think he will put on the exam. He doesn't really seem like he cares about the success of his students. The only thing I will say worked in this course is the grade distribution. Although I have done poorly on the exams despite studying because he makes them incredibly difficult on purpose, my grade is not super low because the labs, discussion, in lecture activities, and homework count for a lot. If you do have to take this course with him, do not skip any labs because those are the main thing that have been pulling my grade up. Overall just do not take him if you don't need to.
Lee Mundy ASTR101 Expecting a C Anonymous 12/07/2023	If I could give ZERO stars i would. this is probably the hardest freaking class I have taken. whatever you do do not take this class with this professor. the exams are ridiculously tough. I have not gotten even a 60 on any of them. I go to class every day I have it, and go to all of the labs and discussions yet I still do not know what the heck I am even doing. the final is 25% of your overall grade and is cumulative of the ENTIRE semester. the average exam grade is like a 60 with a good portion of students barely getting 50s. the TAs are so unhelpful I even saw them googling answers to in-class assignments. there are no curves, no study guides, and I even had a 10-point essay question on a topic that I pretty much learned two days before the exam. I genuinely do not understand how I take notes and do well on all the other assignments yet still bomb the exams. save yourselves the time and stress and take another lab because this one requires more work and energy than the classes I am taking for my major. it is absolutely ridiculous how hard this class is. It is almost like he wants us to fail. You have all been warned
Lee Mundy ASTR101 Expecting a D- Anonymous 12/07/2023	I took this class because I needed to fulfill my gen-ed courses and I read the reviews about how this class was structured before and I thought it was actually like reviews. I attended every lecture, lab, and discussion. The exams were extremely hard and he did not provide any materials to study or practice exams, the only thing we had was just the lecture slides and each of them is about 45-50 pages and we were required to go over them to study for exams and I spent a whole week just to study for it but it was not worth your time because the free response questions were way harder and tricky. The in-class activities were not that easy, the questions were not what he had covered on that day and it was so much harder than it was expected. If you are looking for a lab course to take, I don't really recommend this class because the professor has changed a lot compared to whoever took this class in the past.
Lee Mundy ASTR101 Expecting a B- Anonymous 12/07/2023	Absolutely do not take this class. I was under the impression that it was going to be an easy A, as it had been for most people in the past but this year something in this class made it extremely difficult to succeed. The tests for this class used to be all online so everyone who took it recommended it to me but taking it was a huge mistake. The labs aren't that hard and you can definitely ask for help if you want to get a 100, but the class itself is extremely content heavy. Each test's average has been in the 60s and Mundy does not give any type of curve. Each lecture has 50+ slide powerpoints with "things you should know" at the end of each, but the tests have almost nothing to do with those questions. As I am studying for the final right now, I am reviewing 26 lecture slides x about 50 (or more) slides in each totaling at least 1300 slides. Each slide is also absolutely filled top to bottom with information... making it impossible to actually retain anything. His MC is full of trick questions and the short answer on each test are (most of the time) super specific about a random concept. If you are taking this class to fulfill your lab requirement, look elsewhere. Do not take this class.
Lee Mundy ASTR101 Expecting a C+ Anonymous 12/03/2023	Do yourself a favor and do not take his class. I took this class to fulfill my gen-ed requirement for a lab and although the labs are alright, his lectures are the least helpful for exams. He says that if you "show up to lecture, do in-class lecture activities(which could as attendance technically), and participate in lab, you should get an A easily that is NOT the case. He provides no practice exams or any material to prepare you for his exam. So far the averages for the exam are in the 60s and he does NOT curve. Discussions are the only times when I actually figure out what we are learning but sometimes the TAs and the professor are completely out of sync. I attended an exam review for this class in hopes to figure out what to expect on the exam and the TAs couldn't provide any insight on the exam because the professor simply wouldn't tell them. If you are trying to fulfill your gen-ed lab requirement with this class do NOT take this professor.
Lee Mundy ASTR101 Expecting a B- bluequeen777 11/14/2023	I am currently writing this as Professor Mundy is teaching a lecture on the structure of the galaxy. It is currently 11/14/23 and we just got our second exam grades back from the weeks prior. The MEAN of the exam was a whopping 66/100, the first exams mean was 68/100, and the average grade right now is an 83%. I took this class as a Gen Ed and although I am a political-sci major with very little interest in anything STEM, I was hopeful I would do well. You will also be disappointed. The exams are incredibly hard and have tricky questions that cause wasted time. The labs can be confusing, but I actually enjoy those the most out of everything. The TAs besides ONE seem like they actually have a clue of what's going on in the class and typically don't explain much during labs or discussions of what's happening. I have never skipped a class, discussion, or lab, I activity turn everything in on time, spend a whole week on studying for the exams, and still am left very disappointed.
Lee Mundy ASTR101 Expecting an A- Anonymous 04/17/2018	This is my last semester in college and I took him in my freshman year. One of the best teacher I have ever had.
Lee Mundy ASTR101 Expecting a B Anonymous 05/12/2016	Do not take this course. Some may say all you have to do is show up to class and lab every day and you will get an A but that is just not true. For the time of work I put in for the amount of credits this class is, it should have been an easy A, but was not. Not even close to the level of what a 100 course should be. The exams are terribly unfair and way too difficult. Overall, not something you should waste your time with.
Lee Mundy ASTR101 Expecting an A- Anonymous 05/12/2016	I read every review and expected a great professor and was let down. While he is great at engaging students in the material he falls short in his exam questions. The questions are intentionally deceitful on the exam making them unnecessarily difficult. For a Gen Ed, the amount of work required by the class is too much for what a 100 level Gen ed should be like.
Lee Mundy ASTR100 Expecting an A- Anonymous 05/17/2015	Professor Mundy is just amazing. He knows how to engage his students in lectures and makes hard material really easy to Understand. If you go to class and pay attention, there is no way you can fail this class. He gives out lot of extra credit. I had a B and with extra credit I got an A-. TA's are also really helpful. He will not test you on anything that he has not curved, so tests will not seem that hard. Book is not requred at all. Don't even think about taking Astr 100 with any other professor if Professor Mundy is teaching it.
Lee Mundy ASTR100 Expecting an A Anonymous 11/20/2012	VERY engaging professor!! He is super funny and really loves the topics he teaches. He definitely cares about all of his students. He posts all the lectures online, but everyone wants to go to class because he always has awesome demonstrations. The exams are difficult, but the homeworks, in-class assignments and extra credit assignments are very easy!! They are super big grade boosters!! Also, the discussion for this class was my favorite discussion at UMD. It really helps you understand the material!! HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!
Lee Mundy ASTR100 Expecting an A- poulosterp 07/26/2011	He is an amazing professor at UMD. He really explains all the topics presented. The TA's are a real help too. He offers a lot of extra credit (boasted my grade from a B to an A-). All homework, lectures, and extra credit is posted online. Though attendance is not mandatory, go to lecture because of in class activities that are half extra credit and half go toward you final grade before extra credit. Lots of work, but at least a few of the homework questions end up being exam questions so the work is worth it.
Lee Mundy ASTR100 Expecting an A Anonymous 05/10/2011	I loved this class, i learned a lot and the things you learn are pretty interesting. Prof. Mundy is very engaging, he tells jokes and does fun class activities and experiments to make the class more fun. He even forces his TA's to be a part of his experiments which can be really fun to watch. He has homeworks almost every week but if you go to leecture, you'll be fine. You can even look up the questions online, it's no problem. He also offers tons of extra credit which can definitly help boost your grade but most of them are in-lecture activities that are on random days so you should go to lecture so you don't miss them. He also posts all his lectures online so you have them during the lecture and you can go back to study from them. Overall really great class, the exams aren't easy or anything but definitly doable. You don't even have to get A's on them to get an A in class since he gives so much extra credit and the homeworks and in-discussion quizzes are easy points. I totally reecommend this class, interesting material, nice professor and fair grading.