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Granger, Brian

Cumulative GPA: 2.00/4.00 with 11 evaluations
Presents Material Clearly: 2.00
Recognizes Student Difficulties: 1.82

Physics Department, Cal Poly, SLO
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PHYS 132 Freshman Grade Earned: A Required (Major) 10:40 am, Nov 30, 2012 Report Evaluation		A good teacher. I love physics and he wasn't quite as enthusiastic as my high school teacher but he explains things well and prepares you well for his tests. I'd say it was pretty easy for me to get an A, but some people struggled. He's a really cool guy even though he's an average teacher and as long as you do the required readings you'll do fine.

PHYS 132 Freshman Grade Earned: No Credit Elective 9:39 pm, Nov 16, 2012 Report Evaluation		Truly one of the worst Physics professors ever to roam the earth.

PHYS 132 Sophomore Grade Earned: N/A Required (Support) 1:30 am, Nov 16, 2012 Report Evaluation		Quite truly one of the most impressive teachers I've had at Cal Poly so far. The work for this class is not bad at all; he assigns about 3 short reading summaries per week and a collection of questions about the previous week's material to be turned in by the first class of the next week. In addition to a good homework schedule, his in-class time is really well planned and presented. He'll spend about half the lecture time going over the material for the day, and the rest of the period is spent actually solving problems. He really seems to understand how people learn or don't learn and actually manages to use that to teach his class clearly. I know it's only for one class, but from what I've experienced in lecture and lab, I would highly recommend him.

PHYS 133 Sophomore Grade Earned: B Required (Support) 11:16 pm, Feb 22, 2012 Report Evaluation		Funny dude, horrible professor. Cool thing is that his tests are basically home work problems.

PHYS 302 Senior Grade Earned: B Required (Major) 6:48 pm, Feb 17, 2012 Report Evaluation		I don't understand why people like this guy. He is below average. He clearly doesn't want to be here and couldn't care less about his students. Clarity? Not at all. When I ask him questions, its like he is seriously trying to make it confusing. Then, later, I'll go read the book and think to myself: "oh, THAT'S all it was? That's not confusing at all!" What frustrates me the most about this guy is the dichotomy between lecture material and what the homework covers. In class, he never ever talks about physics, all he does is mathematical proofs of the equations and "examples" without even explaining any of the real physics. I'm a physics major, so this pissed me off. Then, the homework is on actual physics, which you don't know since all you did in class was derive some equation and not talk about what the equation even means or anything. Luckily, Taylor (textbook author) is a genius and reading the textbook saved me here. I also had this guy for PHYS 141 and it was the same. Hopefully, he won't be teaching Quantum when I come around to take it; I know he does sometimes. I've never been so frustrated or thought all my work was in vain in any other class.

PHYS 133 Junior Grade Earned: C Required (Support) 8:42 pm, Jan 1, 2012 Report Evaluation		I have taken this guy twice, Phys 132 and 133, and I can say that he is THE most impressive professors I have seen at Cal Poly. He has a way of really involving the class in his lectures and he does do Mastering Physics, but they are really easy, and you have to admit, at least you know when you are wrong. Take him and you will not regret it. -IF66

PHYS 141 Freshman Grade Earned: A Required (Support) 12:38 pm, Aug 24, 2011 Report Evaluation		Great guy, really nice, just not the best at teaching. If you've already taken physics in high school then this class should be pretty easy for you. He uses mastering physics which I'm not a fan of.



PHYS 141 Freshman Grade Earned: N/A Required (Support) 10:46 pm, May 22, 2011 Report Evaluation		He gives simple examples in class, and doesn't always do them all the way through, he expects you to finish them on your own. He gives homework questions that do not resemble anything done in class and grades harshly. He also assigns way too much mastering physics homework. The average on the first midterm was a 62.5%. I will let that speak for itself. Do not take him, he does not present the material well and he hates on math majors.

PHYS 132 Sophomore Grade Earned: C Required (Support) 9:40 pm, Apr 7, 2011 Report Evaluation		I think he is one of the best Physics teachers here at Cal Poly. I have seen other professor, such as my 141 class and the substitute that came in. And they don't even compare. He writes on the board and gives you time to write down notes compared to other teachers that just use power-point. He is also very nice and will like to chat about random things as well as be very approachable with any confusions or problems. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.

PHYS 141 Freshman Grade Earned: B Required (Major) 12:01 am, Jan 20, 2011 Report Evaluation		Granger is a good teacher to have for a first physics class. He presents the material relatively clearly and keeps you up to par with a reasonable homework load. His class is anything but exciting, but in comparison to the other professors that you can have for 141, he is above average.

PHYS 131 Freshman Grade Earned: N/A Required (Support) 11:49 am, Feb 23, 2010 Report Evaluation		Prof. Granger knows his stuff, but his real passion is in Quantum Physics, so he\'s not afraid to tell you he thinks the class he\'s teaching is a piece of crap. His class requires you know Calculus like the back of your hand--far more than in any other section of PHYS 131. If you don\'t already know how to do a Taylor Series, you might be dead on arrival. In his lecture he tells you exactly what you need to know to finish his homework and no more. He doesn\'t follow the text book at all; I\'d say don\'t even bother buying it if you didn\'t need it for the online homework. Speaking of homework, it\'s assigned weekly, both written and on MasteringPhysics. The online stuff is not too hard, but the written is sometimes mind-numbingly difficult. Fortunately, he and his TAs are active on the class discussion group online and will answer all of your questions in intimate detail if you\'re persistent enough. Also he (or rather, his grader) is pretty lenient when grading homework and labs. Tests are just as difficult as the homework, but are graded much more strictly. He\'s not easy, but he\'ll teach you physics.

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