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Kaliski, Marty

Cumulative GPA: 2.67/4.00 with 12 evaluations
Presents Material Clearly: 3.08
Recognizes Student Difficulties: 2.33

Electrical Engineering Department, Cal Poly, SLO
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EE 112 Freshman Grade Earned: B Required (Major) 2:42 pm, Feb 26, 2008 Report Evaluation		Good prof, makes things easy to understand and makes sure you do

EE 112 Freshman Grade Earned: A Required (Major) 12:42 pm, Dec 12, 2007 Report Evaluation		EE 112 is a fairly simple class, and he teaches it that way, theres no nonsense, the tests are straightforward and really test whether or not you know the material, No homework, just 2 midterms and a test. 10 problems total, so if you mess one up you're kinda screwed. But they were always just examples from his lecture and a lot of time he would say "the voltage here is 2, show that this is true" so you just do the analysis and you can check your answer. He's a pretty nice guy, and ya, he always has a sweater around his neck, keeps things interesting. Come to class, take notes, and do some example problems on your own, it'll be an easy A. I'm not sure how great he'd be at upper level classes, but I definitely recommend him for 112.

EE 112 Freshman Grade Earned: C Required (Major) 2:15 am, Oct 5, 2007 Report Evaluation		This guy didn't really pull any fancy stuff. He taught the material. He gave example problems. Then his tests were just like what you'd expect. He never threw any curve balls or anything at you on the tests. There were no surprises and all the solutions were found just through some basic (but sometimes tricky) algebra and some easy-to-remember formulas for circuits. Oh, and if you take this alongside PHYS133, by the end of PHYS133 you'll be drawing circuits up and be ahead of half the class because that's what you do all quarter in this class. So that's kind of a plus. Oh, one thing, he didn't carry much sympathy for those that didn't get it because he thought the class was basic and trivial. But that's because it is. What's with that scarf/sweatshirt thing he always wears around his neck? I swear to god, every day he came in he had it tied around his neck. I always found that weird.

EE 112 Freshman Grade Earned: A Required (Major) 10:03 am, Jul 21, 2007 Report Evaluation		The class was very easy, considering it was 2 units. The midterms were a piece of cake, I think they were directly from the homework (of which we had done maybe 10 questions the whole quarter). I finished them within 10 minutes and recieved 100 and 95. However, the final was a surprise. I thought I might fail the class, but I ended up with an A-. He said he does not curve at all, and that last quarter he failed half the class. Conclusion: If you understand the processes, he'll grade leniently. Although I think he's retired now?

EE 112 Freshman Grade Earned: B Required (Support) 3:23 pm, Jun 19, 2007 Report Evaluation		Old guy, I don't think he really knows how things go on nowadays. He doesn't assign much homework (and doesn't collect), only very basic problems, and manages to review them thoroughly. The first midterm had 3 questions, and was worth 30% of your grade, which seemed like way too much. One 1-minute question on simple parallel/series resistors, another 1-minute question on nodal analysis, and another on a basic circuit. It was just.. too easy, but any mistake would basically cost your entire grade. Second midterm was the same thing pretty much, but with superposition and Thevenin/Norton equivalent circuits. His questions on exams aren't very straightforward, but instead test you on how well you understand the circuits that are discussed in lecture and homework. His exam questions sucked, really. 70% of the final was on a circuit seen before, with three sources and five resistors.. too much for a final, really. He grades with no curve, and every little mistake can make a huge difference in your grade.

EE 521 Graduate Student Grade Earned: A Elective 4:51 pm, Mar 29, 2006 Report Evaluation		Dr. Kaliski certainly brings up some interesting and new ways to look at things during his lectures, and he loves math and logic puzzles and tricks. The project in this course was very open-ended, with your final grade being very dependent on your personal drive and work ethic.

EE 523 Graduate Student Grade Earned: A Elective 3:29 pm, Jan 3, 2006 Report Evaluation		Grading is fair and straightforward, though unforgiving if you make a mistake. Workload is not bad, but individual exploration and ingenuity are rewarded. Don't expect to take a lot of notes in class, it's mostly a discussion-type atmosphere. Dr. Kaliski is kind of quirky and loves to tell cheesy jokes. Only moderately approachable outside of class. From what I can tell, he isn't one of these guys that likes to fail people.



EE 228 Senior Grade Earned: C Required (Major) 4:08 am, Jan 31, 2005 Report Evaluation		Hmmmm can you say royal jerk?? He is not a bad prof, the man is just a complete jerk.

EE 212 Senior Grade Earned: D Required (Major) 7:12 pm, Jan 5, 2004 Report Evaluation		Professor Kaliski is a great instructor. Period. I didn't do well in the class, but that was entirely my fault, I could've done much better if I had applied myself. That being said, thus far Professor Kaliski is the only EE professor who has ever made the subject interesting to me.. every other EE professor I've had has bored me to tears. His lectures were entertaining and engaging, and his grading was fair. The exams were closed-book/closed-notes/no-calculator, but there were no surprises and were all similar to homework problems. If you must be made to suffer through EE, definitely try to take a class with Kaliski - he might make you enjoy it.

EE 228 Senior Grade Earned: N/A Required (Major) 1:57 pm, Dec 19, 2003 Report Evaluation		Kaliski is a great instructor in most of his classes. He was brutal in this class though. He decided to give no-notes, no-book, no-calculator exams. There was alot of information to learn and memorize. He definately expected alot out of us and his exams were intense. You either did really well on them or failed them. He was not very lenient on giving partial credit. I just don't think this was the greatest class he has taught.

EE 336 Junior Grade Earned: A Required (Major) 3:26 pm, Aug 7, 2003 Report Evaluation		Kaliski's exams are really easy. If you pay attention during lectures, you can get an A in his class without opening the text. Better yet, the exams are open books and notes and you can literally copy lecture notes onto the exam and get a perfect score. If you want to learn and not get your critical thinking ability insulted, take someone else. He teaches grad classes the same way - very relaxed and easy going.

CPE 319 Senior Grade Earned: B Required (Major) 4:26 pm, Apr 23, 2002 Report Evaluation		All and all profesor kaliski (I don't know his first name) is a very good teacher. He is funny and fairly knowledgable. My only complaint is that on exams you either get a hundred or you fail. He gives little to no partial credit. Another thing that kind of sucks about him is that you have two surprise quizzes in the quarter. If you can, take kaliski for 319 and get him for the lab too. He is not too hard, but he is also a good teacher

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