<p>can anyone who has taken these courses comment on which teachers they feel are best? right now im looking at hohenberg for physics and frey for chem, can anyone comment on their teaching style/ should i enroll in their class or anothers who teaches the same subjects thanks!</p>
<p>actually scratch that can those who have taken the courses just give their thoughts on the best teacher</p>
<p>also do we choose our teachers when we register>? or do we just automatically get randomly assigned to a teacher when we register for a course</p>
<p>First off, you do choose what professor you want when you register.</p>
<p>Frey is awesome! The class is really difficult so taking it with a good professor is a must. She teaches this course every year while the other secion is always lead by someone different.</p>
<p>Out of Hohenberg and Solin I would definately take Hohenberg. However, neither of them is known to be the best professors.</p>
<p>are those the only two teaching general physics? i saw on the course evaluations thru webstac that certain israel and trousil are also teaching it and that they both recieved higher ratings than hohenberg, however they each teach different sections? what exactly is a section?</p>
<p>I'm looking at the online course listings and acording to those, Solin and Hohenberg are teaching 117 and Trousil and Bernatowicz are teaching 197. 197 is considered to be honors physics but Bernatowicz is awesome and apparently his honors physics class is easier than the regular physics. Trousil has never taught 197 before. When I had her for 117 she was really nice and explained things pretty well, but went a lot slower than the other professors so there was a lot of catch up to do.</p>
<p>Sections are taught by different professors. You sign up for the section you want and that is the class you go to. You can attend lectures of the other sections if you want but you will be responsible for the quizzes given in your section.</p>
<p>I had Trousil for both semesters of Physics, and I thought that she was awesome. Unfortunately as someone pointed out she will only be teaching 197/198, and I haven't really heard good things about either Solin or Hohenberg, so it's a tough choice. A lot of people think that Solin can be intimidating but I haven't heard many complaints about his ability to convey the information. The majority of problems that I hear about are with Hohenberg because apparently his teaching is a little disorganized and he makes mistakes when doing things on the board. Since I've heard so many bad things about Hohenberg, I would go with Solin. </p>
<p>If I were you I would also look into taking 197/198 over 117/118 if you think you can handle it. As someone said, a lot of people think that 197/198 is actually easier and if you're in an engineering major or something like that it would be beneficial. Either 197/198 professor will most likely be better than either 117/118 professor. It is true that Trousil goes slowly sometimes but both sections of 197/198 will be taught independently with different exams and probably different paces and course material, so that fact about Trousil may work to your advantage.</p>
<p>is there a lot of extra material covered in 197 compared to 117? </p>
<p>also so its just the fact that the two 197 teachers explain things much better than 117 that makes thigns easier?</p>
<p>and so u guys think that trousil and bernactowiz sorry for misspelling are basically both really good and are on equal footing or is one better than the other?</p>
<p>For physics, I hear that Bernatowicz is amazing...I will have him for Physics 197 in the fall. However, I have also heard very good things about Prof Trousil, but the general consensus from WashU students I've spoken to is that Bernatowicz is probably the best overall teacher to take for intro physics. Again, this doesn't make Dr. Trousil bad...I hear she is quite good as well, so for Physics 197, I guess you really can't go wrong. Bernatowicz's section of 197 is now booked full, so anyone signing up for Physics 197 from now onwards (and even before now) will have Trousil.</p>
<p>As far as chemistry goes, Profs Frey and Buhro are teaching gen chem in the fall. I hear both are quite good teachers, but be warned, it's no cake walk of a course. It's the kind of course that requires a good deal of studying and working together.</p>
<p>Frey hands down for chem. Bernatowicz gets better comments from my physics major friends. But Frey definently.</p>
<p>I got up early today to try to get the 197 Bernatowicz class since I had so much positive feedback about it. There are 12 people on the waitlist ahead of me. Hopefully, I can get in since from the engineering packet I got it seems that they held 30 spaces for people who didn't go to a registration weekend.</p>
<p>hahaha gandalf im also hoping on that since i placed myself on the waitlist and it says that there are 15 ppl ahead of me =</p>
<p>Oh yeah, for Chemistry I definitely agree with choosing Frey. Here's another tip for (at least the first semester of) Gen Chem: those "optional" help sessions and office hours that they will talk about are really not "optional" for a lot of people. In other words, going to help sessions and office hours can be as important as doing problem sets, reading the textbook, etc. They are going to cover the bulk of the material through the regular lectures, and you will also get a lot of the material from the textbook (though the first semester of Gen Chem doesn't depend on the book a whole lot), but they also cover a lot of the finer points in better detail during those "optional" sessions. Going to at least one help session or office hour each week will probably be worth your time. There will be a lot of professors doing these, but I would recommend choosing Frey's sessions whenever possible. </p>
<p>For both Physics 117/118 and Gen Chem, I would also highly recommend getting into a Peer Led Team Learning (PLTL) group. In these groups, about 7 or 8 students in any given course get together once a week for two hours to work through an additional set of problems. There is also another older student who has already taken the class there to supervise and mediate. In addition to the benefit you get from the extra problems, you also get a chance to ask questions and learn from the PLTL leader and other members of your group. This isn't just some tutoring thing for people who are going to have a lot of trouble with the course; it is really for anyone who wants to increase their success in the class. I know for Physics that people in PLTL generally do better on exams and I suspect that the same is true for Chem. Neither of these classes is a walk in the park but there are resources out there to help you! </p>
<p>Also, everyone that I have talked to that has had Bernatowicz agrees that he's amazing, and I think he would probably be the better choice. However, as kolliparap stated, you probably can't go wrong, and Trousil definitely ranks near the top of my list of favorite professors. As far as I can tell, 197/198 and 117/118 both cover the same major topics, but 197/198 goes more in depth. In 197/198 there are couple of problems due each lecture while in 117/118 there is one large problem set due once a week. Also note that there is no PLTL for 197/198. I have never heard anyone describe the 197/198 tests as extremely difficult, but keep in mind that the people in 197/198 are generally smart physics or engineering majors. It is also rumored that during exams Bernatowicz will help you and give you hints if you ask. On the other hand it is safe to say that a good number of people find the 117/118 exams difficult. Keep in mind that this is all stuff that I've heard about Bernatowicz's section and that much of it may not apply to Trousils. </p>
<p>Sorry for the long post but I hope that this all helps.</p>
<p>How's Buhro for gen chem?</p>
<p>everyone talks about how great frey is for chem 111/112 (and she really is), but most people I know that had Buhro really liked him too (myself included).</p>
<p>I just got an email that I got off the 197 waitlist. How about you moose?</p>
<p>Are they reserving spots in the Chem 111A class for people that can't register for classes until orientation? I know it's a required course for a lot of majors (bio, chem, premed), so I really hope they are.</p>
<p>Gen Chem is alread required for physics majors too...so this puts more stress on the 111A class.</p>
<p>Add engineering majors to the list that require Gen Chem too. Although most engineers take it as a sophomore.</p>
<p>so do they leave some spaces empty for all of us poor people who can't register until orientation? I really, really hope they do!!!</p>
<p>Classes like Chemistry 111 will have spots since there are lots of people that have to take them. Also, many (if not most) engineers take Chemistry freshman year or come in with AP Chem credit.</p>