Granneman, Gary  

I may be a bit unqualified, I had him for EE 110 (orientation), which was a huge lecture class. But he was able to lecture well. He always tried to answer student questions, and there were a lot of them. The class only met once a week, and it was mostly him explaining various EE concepts to us. I enjoyed the class, and he seemed like a nice guy, but I didn't get to know him (or his abilities) overly well.

Just show up to the class and you'll get an A. There was only one assignment during the entire quarter and that was a simple 1 page response to an article in a magazine.

This class is BS, if one of your friends feels the need to go every time, just have him/her sign in for you and you won't have to waste your time. I think we had one assignment for the quarter, so make sure your friend tells you about it. Don't waste your money on a textbook.

Granneman is a fairly nice guy and certainly knows more about EE than I probably ever will. However, when it comes to teaching 211, he was totally and absolutely horrible. That's not to say he didn't try his best. He would work through many of the practice problems in the book and post his solutions online (which most of the time were hard to read/follow) to try to help you out. Since he hadn't taught the class before, he didn't really know how to approach it whatsoever. The first 3 or 4 weeks he was completely obsessed with showing us Spice, taking up 90% of class time with stupid examples with it that no one cared about. Some people must have said something too him since this waned toward the end of the quarter and he FINALLY started actually teaching us the problems we were supposed to know for the tests. Homework was due every Monday, there were 4 quizzes (1 of which is dropped), a midterm, and a final. Luckily, all the problems he gave on tests and quizzes were pretty much straightforward and not too hard after you had studied your ass off teaching yourself the material. Consider a different professor or be prepared to spend a lot of time going over the stuff on your own.

He's a good proffesor, but he can be a little fast. If you get behind in one of his classes, catch up, or you'll never make it out.

This guy should be ashamed to cash a paycheck as a teacher. He is completely disorganized and students pay the price. Basically memorize his old quizzes and you will do great until the final. Went in with an A alked out with a C. It was nothing like anything we had done and was a capstone on a really crappy experinece. TAKE ANY OTHER PROFESSOR for this very important class or you will be sorry. Oh yeah he is quite proud of the fact he gives out mostly C's and D's, a real ass.

Heard all the complaints about messy chalk boards. Don't think that's true, but that's rather objective. If you pay attention to his lectures, which you should do with any classes anyway, you can more than follow his notes, and you'll get a lot more out of them than most other teachers. Not only does he tell you the basics out of the book, he'll tell you how they're applied in real life as well. Learn, and you'll be rewarded...trying to pass a class by memorizing old quizzes? You might be not the wrong path. A teacher that gives everybody A's and B's just doesn't care enough to distinguish quiz memorizers from students that really want to learn. If you have an A going into the final and came out with a C it might be your luck or the lack thereof, but before you jump on that conclusion ask yourself,"Did I really learn it?"

A previous evalutation stated that Granneman's messy chalkboards are a matter of personal perspective is correct. Personally, I thought his class lectures were informative & educational. I hadn't realized this till the fifth week of the course, when I gave up trying to decipher what he wrote on the chalkboard. Again, please refer to my earlier statement. That's right, I quit taking notes halfway into the quarter. As I sat through his course and gave an honest effort to absorb his lecture, it proved very beneficial. Memorizing old quizzes will not cut it. First off, I guess that when I took him winter quarter 2001, most of our quizzes were very different from what was available in his "supplemental" pack. This was not a problem and should be overlooked. Memorizing specific/isolated problems is not studying. Learning how to "problem solve" IS. When you get down to the heart of the matter, most of the subject material is about finding gain. Once you accept this fact, then you'll know what to look for in almost every case. Do not follow Granneman's hw solutions, because they are filled with mistakes. Once you nail down a good study habit, and problem solving method you will catch his mistakes.

I had a real hard time keeping up with Granneman and his chicken scratches on the board. But then I realized that all you have to do is THINK about what he is saying and not write it down. Ask questions if you don't understand and he will explain them to you. He taught me how to look at a circuit and explain what's going on in it, without the use of equations. I think I've learned the most from him than any other instructor.

Dr. Granneman is very difficult. His quizzes were very difficult. And his final exam was very very difficult. I really studied for this class but still couldn't achieve a good grade.

This guy is way toooo smart to be teaching! Dr. Granneman is out of control. He goes so fast. Do not put his class on the back burner or you will burn up on that burner. Once you get behind at all, it only gets much worse. Be ready to work in this class!

So knowledgeable. He's nice and knows what he's talking about. He's tough in lab but you learn. I learned a lot. Great EE prof

Simply put he is a hell of nice guy but he is the most brutal electrical engineering professor I have ever had even though I got an A- in his class. EE 308 is an important class for electronics and he failed miserably at teaching the material clearly. However, he is great in lab because he is upbeat and knows the little details that can screw you up in lab. Don't take this guy for lecture if you want to learn.

he doesnt curve, good teacher but he defines "earn your grade"

He knows what he's doing but his method of teaching isn't very effective. He just shows you everything on his computer so nothing really sinks into your head. I didn't really learn from lecture at all. I just learned from doing the special problems (homework about once a week) because he posts special problems from previous quarters on the website. You basically just learn the process without actually learning. No midterms, just quizzes after each special problem. If there's a great professor teaching 308 take the other person but that usually doesn't happen so I'd settle for granneman.

Granneman is the best electronics teacher at Cal Poly, period. He doesn't curve because you will actually understand the stuff and get 90% instead of 20% like in Breitenbach. No midterm, just 6 quizzes, drop one. Quizzes are exactly like "special problems" that Granneman hands out about once a week. You don't need to do any homework from the book, just special problems and quizzes. Granneman keeps the stuff interesting and easy.

Grannerman gives out a special problem probably once a week. He also posts an example problem, with solution, thats very similar (sometimes only the numbers are changed) to the special given out. Then there's six quizes that you take, in which only 5 count. One of those quizzes was a take home quiz, so that ones easy enough too. I couldn't follow the work he did on the board at all though, so I was only able to learn from the solutions to the special problems. The materials easy enough to learn from doing that.

He is a OK teacher. His tests are fairly easy and straight forward. However, he is extremely messy and careless when it comes to writing things on the board during lecture. It sometimes makes it quite difficult for students to take note.

I love old man Granneman. His lectures are always full of information, it's up to you to get it down somehow. His tests are usually fair and challenging; he expects you to know the material. I highly recommend taking him if you have the chance.

Excellent Professor. Granneman is a real hands on guy who can actually build the shit the other profs can only dream about - he's not just an academic, he is practical and real world. Take him!

What else is there to say? Fine person, nothing interesting. Class was meh... Blah, blah, blah... Fine person.