Kasper, Eric  

An excellent teacher. Dr. Kasper is very tough, but knows his stuff. He assigns quite a bit of homework, but his lectures prepare the student extremely well. Enables the student to choose how he/she wants the grade weighted ( all on weekly exams or final, or part on both). Very fair grader, excellent during office hours and will go out of his way to meet the needs of a student. Everyone I knew in the class enjoyed him and would take him again given the oppurtunity. Relaxed teacher, enjoys teaching, makes students enjoy learning by bringing relaxed attitude to class. A teacher everyone should take at one point.

Outstanding instructor. Alot of homework, but is always willing to help you with it. You are working at a fast rate since you are covering two courses in one class time.

He is the king of the CE department. If you do not mind working a lot he is the one to take. Dr. Kasper is a great lecturer and extremely helpful in office hours. His quizes and tests are deceptively difficult. If you do not know the material well you will get worked. If you really want to learn the subject I would recommend him for any class.

Kasper may be the king of structures here at Cal Poly, but he does a horrible job of conveying the material of CE 204. Every single day he slaps down slides on the projector that present methods that we don't even use in the class and are nowhere to be found in the book. Then you go to the first test and come out feeling like you know nothing because the questions on it had absolutely no resemblance to all of the homework that you have done previously. NOT a single problem! Kasper is a good guy and makes a mean cheat sheet (which you won't even know how to use come test time), but his teaching is completely insufficient for the CE 204 class. I'm currently still finishing the course but I wish that I had enrolled with Jansen.

If you're looking for an easy way through this class, don't take Kasper. He makes you learn the material thuroughly and his tests push you to the limit of that knowledge. But everyone saying he doesn't present the material right or that his tests come out of nowhere just wasn't paying attention or didn't do any of the homework. If you go to his lectures and do the homework, you will be more than prepared for his tests, which are a mix of both. I strongly recommend this teacher to anyone that wants to really know the material and come away from the class feeling like a better engineer.

Great guy, entertaining and makes the class amusing so it's easy to pay attention. He does a lot of examples, which is good, but he also doesn't collect homework which can be a bad thing. He posts a ton of problems online with solutions, so if you go over those, you should be okay, but be warned: his tests often look very different from the homework problems, and a lot of them are purely symbolic. Overall, a good professor to take as long as you can make yourself keep up with the homework.

Kasper knows his stuff, but I don't think does a very student friendly way of presenting it. If you do take him don't be overconcerned with your test grades since he's likley to curve alot (he did with us, but denied he would through out the class). Make sure you have taken and remember statics. I took the class at the same time as statics and did horible on the first midterm which was basically 50% statics problems.

Kaspers hummor may not be what you are looking for in this class but it enjoyable for me. Pay close attention to the basics and keep an open mind when it comes to the two midterms. He likes to ask questions that test your knowledge of the concepts not calculations so prepare for short questions that involve solving in terms of variables. Kasper really does care about his students but wants them to work alittle too, so going to his office hour with questions is a good idea. If you have had Hall this man is his long lost Twin Brother!

CE 204 is hard. I failed the first midterm and almost gave up (its 50% of your grade). Once I actually started doing the hw, I realized Kasper was teaching effectively. He expected us to take what we learned in class and practice it. Kasper is funny and easy to listen to, just be prepared to work hard outside of class to get your grade.

Definatley a good teacher. knows his stuff. he is a funny guy which makes lecture easy to follow he keeps class interesting. the homework is just like his lectures. i would definately take him again.

Great teacher, knows not just the stuff covered in class but about engineering in general. You'll learn a lot in his class.

Grades according to 10% homework (free), 45% common midterm (made by him), and 45% final (made and graded by a structural professor). The final can be a killer because not a lot of partial credit is given. The dude who made the final had to grade hundreds of tests, so i don't blame him. I went from an A- to a B. Kasper is funny and cool, so take him.

I seriously thought I would never pass this class. The midterms look nothing like what is presented in class or homework. They were HARD! The final just totally topped it off though. He gives you problems to really challenge yourself and he doesn't collect hw so it's hard to be motivated to keep up with the material. Most of the work on the tests require variables and not much numerical calculations. He wants to see you work hard and be rewarded so be prepared to do extra work to get what you want. I managed to pass!

Kasper was a solid teacher. He really just did tons of examples which he went through some of them kind of fast, but he answered questions if you had any problems. We had weekly quizzez worth 60 percent of your grade. only bad thing they were graded on a 0-2 scale. 2 you got it right, 1 you wrote the right equation but messed up or zero you are dumb! final worth 40 percent pretty straight forward. No HW ever due but it is assigned. Do hw and study examples you should be fine.

Kasper was a good teacher. The lectures were a bit fast paced, but if you take good notes and read the book, you shouldn't get lost. Kasper was also very helpful during office hours and with student questions. Basically, he does a fine job of presenting the material and demonstrating it. Just be sure to do the homework in order to let the material sink in. Finally, don't worry if you're totally confused and overwhelmed after the first lecture: most people feel that way.

This is a hard class for teachers because there are so many students, and the teacher doesn't even make the final. But Kasper made the class entertaining when the material got dry. Before each section, there was a brief overview of notes, followed by lots of examples. He doesn't want students to fail, so if you pay attention and put some time in outside of class (going over examples and doing the homework, or looking at it at a minimum), this class isn't that bad.

PIMP. The Quiz setup was ridiculous. Put your name on the quiz = 1. Do everything right 2. Miss anything 1. Went into the final with a 63quiz average and got an A. Still don't know, but EPK is awesome.

I am a CE who had this guy for CE 204. He doesn't teach you anything...honestly! Every class was the same. He walks in and does example problems on the board for 1 1/2 hours. He doesn't explain what he's doing or why he's using certain equations. He doesn't work out any of the math, just tells you what he got for his answer. Doesn't know how to answer questions very well, and doesn't make much of an attempt to. Doesn't seem to want to help out too much. He seems more concerned with rocketing through example problems than teaching students the concepts. Sometimes example problems are good, but for many of his tests, the test problems don't follow any procedure the example problems do. This guy needs to actually teach stuff and not just do math on a board for the entire period. Don't take him if you want a good chance at passing the class.

Class was really easy. He constantly was warning us how difficult the final would be compared to his quizzes. Went into the final with over 100% and the final ended up being a complete joke. Tip: Don't even bother with the homework - it's useless and there is way too much. Just go over all the example problems he did in class (there are a decent amount) and the quizzes will be gravy.

I had this class early in the morning and Kasper made this extremely boring subject bearable using humor and enthusiasm. The Midterms and final are common and he prepares you for them really well. There is also online hw and quizzes that are sometimes time consuming but pretty easy.

Not sure why is Poly Rating is so low but I loved Kasper! I was dreading taking this class but Kasper made it very straight forward. Print out the problems before class and spend all class going over examples. The midterm problems (common midterms) were straight from the textbook even though they were still challenging. He offered 9% extra credit along w/ a curve on the grades. The common final average was in the 40%\'s for all 3 CE classes. But curved accordingly. Would absolutely take him again!

I don\'t know why CE 204 has such a bad rep. There were weekly in-class quizzes with problems very similar to the homework. Just look in the book from the sections the hw problems are assigned, the quiz question will always come from that section and be one of the problems not assigned in the hw, but with a picture diagram. Every time. That narrows the prospects down to 3 or 4 questions, not that you should even have a hard time doing them if you understand the homework. Don\'t get freaked out the first day of class, they pretty much go over everything you\'ll learn in the quarter the first day. There are only three sections really: axial loading, torsion, and beam bending. Each section only has 3 or 4 formulas, and all the problems are pretty much plug and chug, its just recognizing which formula to apply for what the problem is asking. There were no midterms, just weekly quizzes, hw collected, and the common final. The common final is 12 multiple choice questions and 40 or 50 percent of the grade, but is definitely curved. The questions that show up are the same types of questions as are on the hw and weekly quizzes, just usually the most challenging ones of the section. No surprises though.

The review below me is spot on. The first day of class is scary because he jumps right into the subject without warning. He doesn\'t explain the theory and instead spends most of class doing example problems and showing us how to do the formulas. You may not like to hear that but if he does spend time on the theory, then he will have no time for examples. If you want the theory, read the book. The theory is really boring and at sometimes confusing anyways, but the equations are easy to use. It\'s really important to go to class every day and take notes on the problems he does. I took the final two or three months ago, but from what I can remember, I think 4 or 5 of the problem on it were almost word-for-word the same as his example problems. Over all, good teacher. Pretty funny and very easy to talk to. Definitely recommend.

Because the final is a ridiculous multiple choice exam, CE 204 has a terrible reputation. Fortunately, Kasper hates this system, and so he is very sympathetic to the ulcer you get stressing over the final. When I took the course, we just had weekly quizzes, which were straight out of the book and therefore pretty easy. The homework score is based on completion not accuracy. HW and quizzes make up 50% of your grade, so it\'s very easy to go into the final with a 100% in the class.

GREAT professor! He makes the material understandable and presents it in a fun way. The only thing that stressed me out in this class was the multiple choice common final worth 50% of your final grade

BEST PROFF I\'VE EVER HAD! Fun, caring, and knowledgeable guy!

I had to take 204 twice and had Hall and then Kasper. Kasper was a slightly better teacher in my opinion but he was way funnier and kept the attention of the class better. Its important in a class like CE 204. I strongly recommend Eric Kasper

Dr. Kasper was the best professor I've had so far at Cal Poly. There was no midterm, but weekly quizzes that prepared you extremely well for the common final if you went back over them before the test. The class was challenging, but Dr. Kasper made it feel very manageable. The format of the class was predictable, with a homework and quiz each week. I would highly recommend him!

Kasper is a funny guy who knows his stuff, but the class setup is really funky. There are weekly quizzes and homework, then a common final. The homework solutions are posted online so it's just a question of copying the answers, but the weekly quizzes are a real bitch. They're worth 4 points and the correct answer is worth 1. It's hard to get lower than 2/4, but it's even harder to get 4/4. On these multi-page problems, one math error means an incorrect answer, which means a 75%. On a quiz that makes up 5% of your grade, that's a big deal. Kasper isn't a bad professor and I'd probably recommend him, but beware that your grade rests almost entirely on low-value weekly quizzes.

As you all know, CE 204 is infamous for the common final. I felt like Kasper really prepared me for that test. There are weekly quizzes which are graded out of 4 points. So if you miss any little thing your grade goes to 3/4. This really quantifies your grade. I think the class would have been a lot better if the quizzes were graded out of 10 points. Other than that grading system the class was great. Kasper really knows his material and loves to tell jokes while hes teaching. Great professor! I really enjoyed the class

Kasper is a bright and funny guy. If the lecture wasn't at 7am it would have been enjoyable. He chose not to go with a common final and his final was very reasonable, he explained exactly what it would cover. I would recommend him for 204.

Two main comments: 1) 7am Class :( 2) THAT FINAL DOE -The final is the only exam you'll have in that class, which sucks because you will not be familiar with what his tests are like. The dept of CE is well known for giving nightmarish finals and this was one of those. Advice: Because the class is at 7am, not to many people went. If you don't plan on going to class, study the slides and watch a lot of Mechanics of Materials Youtube videos, some of those videos are better than the lecture or section. Also, make sure to get OK grades on both the HW and the weekly quizes. The grade that you'll get in section from HW and Quizes will help offset that MASSIVE screwing that you'll take from the Final Exam.

Kasper does an okay job of presenting material in class. However he skims over steps and doesn't go in depth on the methods he uses to solve problems. He also gives very little partial credit. The homework questions are hard but do a good job of teaching the material, provided that you actually work through them instead of copying the solutions. His quizzes are fair and test common concepts, and there are no midterms. NOW FOR THE FINAL. In class he says that the final will be easier than the quizzes and far far easier than the homework, and gives specific example problems from the notes to study from. This was absolutely not true. The final problems were harder than the the quizzes and examples and hardest homework questions (which he also explicitly said not to even look at as they would be too difficult to be final material) and although I studied for the final, I was still shocked at the difficulty and was barely able to finish the test. I wouldn't have minded the difficulty and I would have studied differently if he hadn't misrepresented what the questions would be. However he in explicitly told the entire class something very different. If you take Kasper go to class, get a good activity leader, AND KNOW that the final will be very very tough. Best of luck!

Kasper was a very ok professor. Like the review before me, my biggest problem is with the final. He said the week before the test that the final would be easier than the quizzes and way easier than the homework. He told us just to know how to do the example problems from the notes and it should be easy. What a liar. I would not have minded the difficulty of the final as long as he was not misleading and had me study the completely wrong way. The final was nothing like the example problems in class. If you take him just know that the final will be tough.

Holy crap that final was hard... GO TO CLASS lol

Let me just clarify the reviews above me about the final is 100000% true. He tells us the final is going to be "easy" and not to stress about it. WHAT A LIAR. Just know that the final is pretty fucking hard and expect to get shafted. I'm pretty convinced Hall and Kasper made the final hard on purpose to get revenge. We had class in the lecture hall and barely 40 people showed up for the 7am lecture. However, they don't call this class curve 204 for no reason. I was pretty damn sure I failed the class and got on the waitlist for CE 204 after that final. As you can see I ended up passing. tl;dr Good luck on that final and you don't have to go to lecture if you get a good activity leader

TAKE OVER SUMMER NOOOOOOOO FINAL.

TAKE THIS COURSE OVER SUMMER. THERE IS NO FINAL. YES. YOU READ THAT RIGHT. NO GOD DAMN CE-204 FINAL. To top it all off Kasper is a PIMP and kills it in this course, Hall was pretty good as well. They taught it as a joint-lecture where they would switch off teaching every other lecture, there are 8 quizzes that clock in at 80% of your grade and homework is 20%. The lectures are 4 hour blocks twice a week, but to be honest we got out with 2 hours to spare more often than not. The lectures jump right into practice problems and as long as you're not comatose you'll comprehend most of the concepts. The quizzes are not curve balls and are straight forward, though the last quiz on combined loading is pretty rough so make sure you study a bit for the first few to give you some cushion. The homework solutions are literally posted so if you really are lazy you can just copy them for a free 20% of your grade, though I recommend working through them.

Actually the worst professor I've ever had. Get this Mr. Clean lookin ass off my campus immediately pls and thank you

God awful instructor. How did I manage to walk out of 10 weeks of lecture knowing absolutely nothing.

Not only does this man look like Caillou, but he is also just as incompetent as him. This Gru lookin fool is probably the worst lecturer I have ever had the displeasure of encountering. I came to the first lecture ready to take notes like any other regular student, but I quickly realized that I would not be able to keep up with his average rate of 5 seconds per slide. I think I left the lecture feeling less knowledgeable than when I came in. You probably won't have the choice when it comes to taking him for lecture, but at least you know that you'll have an extra two hours a week to do something actually productive instead of going to this abomination of a civil engineering "class". Highkey recommend you just teach yourself through the homework because let's face it, literally anyone on this planet could do a better job of teaching Mechanics of Materials than this Elmer Fudd lookin ass. The activity's pretty helpful too, i guess

By the end of week 4, 80% of the class stopped showing up to lecture. When this happens, Kasper will deduct 2% from those who didn't show up, convincing you to show up to class and making you believe he will do the same thing again if you continue to skip. But if this happens, just know you can keep skipping class, because he will only do this once. Do NOT fall for his mind games and KEEP skipping this bs class.

hes jacked youve probably seen him at the gym

He does not know how to teach students the required material. Take him if you want to have tests that don't cover any of the material that was present in the HW or the book itself. I really don't know why he teaches because he does such a poor job at it.

Kasper doesn't teach. He simply stands up in front of the class and does example problems after reading off of a powerpoint slideshow that can be found online. When you get to the test, don't bother. I went to all but two lectures, did EVERY homework problem, read the book and went over his posted solutions. I was able to do the homework without problems. I got to the test and two of the three problems had NOTHING to do with the test. I worked my ass off for this class and failed the test. I got an A in 204 with moazzami (a great prof.) Kasper doesn't teach and ask test questions that are irrelevant to what the book, his lectures, and the homework teach.

Kasper was horrble. The quarter is not even over and I felt compelled to review him. The lectures consisted of him quickly reviewing powerpoint slides, not teaching the material. The homework did not correspond to the lecture material, and the test looked nothing like the homework. The class average on the first midterm was 3.13 out of 9 (only 9 points for a midterm!!), and he decided not to curve. If you're rediculously brilliant and have hours and hours to go over the material, notes and homework daily, take him. Otherwise steer clear. I have a 3.5 gpa, take 5 classes every quarter, and seriously hope I pass this class. It doesn't need to be this difficult.

fuck this guy. no curve on a 9 point midterm!? EAT SHIT YOU STUPID FUCK!!!

I did not take this class "expecting to slide right through " as someone else put it. I did expect the tests to have at least some relationship to the lecture examples and homework. When the class average for the first exam for 200 students is barely over 3/9, something is wrong here. If there is not a drastic curve, it means most of the class will fail. We can't all be slackers. I believe he said a couple people aced it, which makes me suspect that they had advanced knowledge of what was on it. I took the second exam today, and because I studied well, I actually knew how to do the problems, except for the fact that there were severe restrictions on how to solve each problem. Again, he expected us to use methods that were not covered in class or example problems. I went after class to the tutoring session and asked how to solve a problem using the method required, and everyone was saying, why don't you just use the method shown in the text, it is so much easier. I dont think anyone could even come close to figuring it out, and these people are all well along in their CE education. If he wants to make sure that we know the material inside out, than he should give us like 20+ problems, 3-4 of which will be on the test. That is what my MATH 344 teacher does, and this is a hard class, but I feel rewarded for studying, because the questions are all relavent. I almost feel like no matter what I study for, it won't matter, because we won't be tested on it anyway. Kasper's strategy for testing? Make sure that questions have no basis on text, lecture or examples, this will ensure failure!

If you want to learn the material, take Kasper. I don't know why everyone is bitching about a test. I got an A, probably because I studied. There was no advanced knowledge of the test, so you can stop blamimg other people for your failures, and admit that you suck. Maybe you didn't work at it, maybe you underestimated it, or maybe you're just too stupid to be an engineer. Either way, it's your fault. Kasper knows his shit! And if you pay attention and work hard, you'll feel lucky you have him.

Quite whining. Man up. Engineering isn't for sissies who don't like challenges. Kasper has done a pretty crappy job lecturing this quarter, especially in the beginning, but get a grip. BTW - it doesn't matter how much the test is out of; you don't deserve to be an engineer if you don't understand that.

i really got a kick out of that pull down menu above that said "grade this instructor's ability to recognize and clarify student difficulties." i gave him an "f", but maybe he really does recognize that 95% of the students learned NOTHING this quarter. frankly, i think that he just doesn't care. my favorite part is how he didn't even hand out porf. evals for this class because he knows that he would be slaughtered on them. i also like how during one of the "lectures" kasper stated that we could be done with this whole course in about 3 hours of lecture. it just shows the lack of effort on his part. it was the kind of class that makes you not want to learn. it seemed like the lectures were just opportunities for kasper to show off, it seemed like he was trying to make everyone else feel stupid. sum it up with this; brilliant man, great engineer, doesn't give a shit about lower level classes.

Kasper does know the material well, but the way he presents it to the class is very confusing. Just showing slides and no examples the first five weeks does not help. Also he writes 500 WPM and speaks just as fast. If you tell him to slow down he goes faster. Another thing is that the HW is not representitive to the test problems. So when you get the test problem you really have to think about what to doand most likely wont even get it correct. But dont panic, the whole class is on the same boat. Kasper is probably a great uperdivision teacher, but for CE 205 he sucks because he doesnt give a fuck. And most people in this class are not CE majors and this is the last CE class they will ever have to take. Just because you dont do well in this one doesnt mean you have to drop out of engineering you fucks.

Kasper is not a good professor. His lectures are all on slides which make very little sense. Instead of doing example problems, he just showed us slides of textbook solutions which were unreadable and made no sense even if they could be read (he did change this when students asked him to). His tests were so out of left field that everyone failed them. He did fix this for the second midterm and the final by showing us test type examples before the test, but he didnt on the first one and everyone was lost. And as for the few good reviews he got here, notice how there all pretentious and egomanacal? I guess those are the kind of people who like Kasper.

Kasper is OK... well not really. Do not take him for general classes such as CE205. He is too techical and turns simple concepts into something complex and obscure. Multiple shots of wiskey and lots of marklar are needed to survive his "follow the laser" lectures. He does offer special extra credit to get an A, but you have to use the stiffness method to interpret the data. Good Luck

Alright, let me start off by saying Kasper is a disposable douche and a shit sandwich all at the same time!!! 205 isn't an easy course but is 2 units so you shouldn't kill yourlsef over it, right? WAS I WRONG!!!I studied like i was studying pussy at a whore house and failed all three midterms. So i thoguht i was gonna fail the class, turns out I pulled a miracle out of my ass and got a B. Anyway, the guy is a mathematical genius but can't teach to save his life. Intelligent but very eager to drive kids to insanity. Tests come out of NOWHERE and are not even remotely close to the homework. There was homework which were each worht 9 points, and his tests were also worht 9 points, so I had no idea how shit was weighted. Bottom line, Kasper sucks!!!Stay away!!!!Peace!!!

Kasper is not as horrible as people make him sound. He is a great lecturer and will fully clarify any questions during his office hours. However, he did make this class way too hard for only 2 units. You will learn a new word if you take this class "Kasperest" (I thinnk that's how you spell it). I fully understood everything that's why I got a B+, but he found ways of wording questions so wierdly that you would have no idea what you were doing on tests (ex: first midterm avg. was 3/9). They were not like the book hw problems at all. You will learn the material cuz he is a good professor, but you will spend your time learning Kasperest. Basically, how can this problem be worded to a non-understanble level and then take it a level beyond that. If you want to learn the material, take Kasper. If you want to do well, take someone else becuase you will have to work way harder than its worth for only 2 units.

Good class, good professor. The material is hard, but i feel better prepared for other classes now. Kasper's lectures are definately more advanced than other professors, but it helps. He is more than willing to help you if you ask. As far as 3/9 test goes...after the test, he went over the whole thing in class, and said he would give a makeup to replace that grade. He then gave the same exact test again, and people still did terrible. It shows that it's not the professors fault, the rest of the students were just lazy. I paid attention and received 9/9 the second time.

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Kasper is the best of the best at Cal Poly. Bottom line...you better be prepared to work. He demands a lot. His tests are hard, but they are not unlike the homework. (No matter what anyone else says) Take the supplemental class with it, it helps.

Maybe one should point out here about this teacher and this education (engineering). While most of you seek to gain this degree, and by doing so require a good grade, for no other reason than to pat yourself on the back. Well, grades are meaningless for the most part, when they matter is when you are applying for grad school. Those who go to grad school feel that they have something to offer above the so called "average" student. Maybe they do? Or maybe they are fooling themselves and at some point will realize the mistake they made in pursuing this field and instead of quitting they get a PH.D and teach. That way they still feel important, help others learn a skill, and at the end of the day take home a hefty salary. If you've ever seen the movie School of Rock you may remember this great quote, "Those who can't DO, teach, and those who can't TEACH, teach gym!" Forget about the grades, it really doesn't matter, as John Henry Newman put it: "Works indeed of genius fall under no art; heroic minds come under no rule; a University is not a birthplace of poets or of immortal authors, of founders of schools, leaders of colonies, or conquerors of nations. It does not promise a generation of Aristotles or Newtons, of Napoleons or Washingtons, of Raphaels or Shakespeares, though such miracles it has before now contained within its precincts. Nor is it content on the other hand with forming the critic or the experimentalist, the economist or the engineer, although such too it includes within its scope. BUT A UNIVERSITY TRAINING IS THE GREAT ORDINARY MEANS TO A GREAT BUT ORDINARY END; it aims at raising the intellectual tone of society, at cultivating the public mind, at purifying the national taste, at supplying true principles to popular enthusiasm and fixed aims to popular aspiration, at giving enlargement and sobriety to the ideas of the age, at facilitating the exercise of political power, and refining the intercourse of private life. It is the education which gives a [person] a clear, conscious view of their own opinions and judgments, a truth in developing them, eloquence in expressing them, and a force in urging them." Forget what Kasper, Locasio, or the like DO or SAY, they are simply puppets designed to give you, the individual, a chance to develop your own collective conscience, thoughts, and beliefs. A figure to inspire intellectual thinking and open new doors and new avenues for you to experience life. They are by no stretch of the imagination perfect nor have anymore of clue as to the meaning or purpose of life. Grades are an abstraction from the reality, and by no means measure ones own intelligence or sum total capacity. Sit through the lectures and pay close attention you will enjoy the arrogance of certain teachers and maybe even find it humorous.

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i've had the man for several ce courses, same jokes, same smart ass attitude. if he makes a mistake he always says am i on crack. well he is... i don't think i remember what he looks like, the back of his head and the chalk flying across the board is all you see, he looks to be conducting an orchestra. every employer comes to calpoly looking for bright students, they want to know why calpoly has such a talented student body, well we teach ourselves. kasper is a testament to that. take hall instead for any ce courses, at least he'll include "your mama" in his jokes.

Kasper isn't a great communicator when it comes to lecture. His explanations of concepts are subpar. It kind of felt like he shrugged off in-depth explanation... he would just make jokes at a crucial point of his explanation - like the guy who doesn't really know what he's taking about, and makes some bad joke to avert attention. His class structure is also terrible. Four-point quizzes once a week, and no midterms. So if on average, you get one thing wrong on each quiz you're essentially getting a C in the class. And there is no midterm - which leave the common final to ultimately determine your grade.

Kasper is the man to have for CE 251. With hearing all the rumurs before taking this class I was hopeing to just get a C. The first lab and quiz also freaked me out. The first lab was difficult in the fact that it was new and he didn't give us much of the code. The first quiz was four for- loops with no partial credit. He then said you are one free lab question and each one after that was 5% off your lab writeup grade. This scared me. Be prepared to spend a good amount of time on the labs. I went to two labs a week and spent a few hours outside of class doing mostly code cleanup and the writeup. Kasper is very approachable about your problems, just make sure you have gone as far as possible before he looks at your code. He does troubleshoot a lot of it for you. This class started being fun and Kasper is humurous. He would always tell me that my code was "jacked up" and he would fix it for me during my free question. The last half of quizzes ended up being extremely easy, they were based off of the lecture. The best part of this class is that there is no final, well, for the 2 unit addition. The 4 unit upcoming class is suppose to have more lecture time and go more in detail of the theory, which is not needed at all. Just spend time figuring it out and go to his office hours when needed.

I haven't finished the class yet but I feel like Kasper has been sitting on his butt the whole time coming up with hard tests for this class which he claims, "This is easy stuff, its only a 2 unit class." Well why did 9 out of 60 got 100% on the first lab quiz and the rest get 0%? Why did 5 out of 60 got 100% on the second lab quiz and the rest get 0%? Scilab (Matlab)is a cool program and Kasper is not doing anything to help us learn the program. I feel like he is one of those teachers that guard their knowledge and aren't willing to share it. Its obvious he is very intelligent but he's not a teacher that will help you learn. He told me that I should get Matlab books from the library and teach myself how to do it. I guess he thinks libraries are giving out degrees these days. I say he's a waste of my tuition and my time. Oh and his partner Hall isn't accepting the course if taken at Cuesta even though ASSIST says that it is a suitable course. I bet you could learn a lot more at Cuesta than from the joke of a teacher Kasper.

Here is the deal. The previous post for the CE 251 course is pretty much dead on. What the reviewer didn't mention was that halfway through the course Dr. Kasper made it much easier since everyone was getting their ass'es handed to them. I got a 44/100, 50/100 for the first two lectures. 0/100, 0/100 on the first two labs. I can say that the testing was pretty difficult to what we were taught. I was very pissed of at the time. Once Dr. Kasper turned it around and I put in some effort, I got a 80/100, 100/100 on the last two lectures and 100/100 and 75/100 on the labs. I pulled a C-. In my eyes he recognized the problem and adjusted. If you go to his office hours, he is very helpful. I can't wait to take upper level structure courses from him because I know he is very helpful and very smart. ND.

Eh...Kasper is really intelligent and a descent teacher, but his tests are REALLY difficult. They might not be so bad if you had another hour to take it, or if he only took off minor points for minor mistakes, but he REEMS you for small math errors. I knew the material perfectly and got almost perfect scores on all the homework, but sucked at his tests! He's the type of prof that gives straightforward hmwk, but you'll come out of the test thinking, "where the H did that come from??!!" Oh yeah--A lot of people have old homework and old test to study with--dont excpect to pass this class if you dont.

Dr. Kasper is a great professor. His tests are hard, and require you to think, but they are fair. If you can't pass his tests, then it means you don't understand the material. The tests are usually not like the homework, but he goes into great detail in class on the types of problems you would expect to see on a test. It actually takes a little work to pass his classes.

Dr. Kapser presetns the material in the best manner I have see. The notes are very clear and I always left class knowing I could do the homework.

One of the best professors I've ever had. If these sophomores (and one 5th year senior...loser) in CE 205 would stop whining then they might see that they are privileged to be in his class. This is the kind of professor that makes the engineering department here one of the best. He's difficult, but you learn the heart of the material. If you have that much trouble with him in CE 205, consider a speech comm major.

Whoever said that grades do not matter is a moron. People who get better grades and go to grad school get those better grades because they took the time to study and understand the material. People who understand the material get higher paying jobs and end up becoming the bosses of those who got C's. EPK assumes that his students are willing to take the necessary steps in order to get the better grade. He is great about helping students understand the material whether it be after class or during office hours. Lectures may be confusing in the beginning but if you take the time to try and understand it you'll do fine.

Great teacher. Good notes, fair tests, easy labs.

Kasper is an awesome teacher that knows his stuff and expects you to know it also. His tests were pretty easy and fair unlike what others have said. The only reason that they say this is because they aren't putting any effort into becoming a knowlegable and well rounded engineer. They came to Cal Poly hoping to skate through and not put any extra effort in to their studies and scrape by with C's and D's and get their degree. All I have to say is more power to you because the people that put in the effort and get good grades will be your boss someday still trying to explain to you the simple engineering concepts that you forgot because you took one too many beer bong (or bong) loads, or you simply didn't care. So to those of you who think that Kasper is a hard ass, and doesn't want to help you, quit being so ignorant and lazy and get out of engineering and look into business becuase you don't belong in the program. Kasper knows his stuff and will teach you all the impoprtant things that you need to know. I would take any other class with him that he offers.

Kasper is the best CE professor I have had. Really explains the material well in class and office hours. I wish I could have taken him for all of my CE courses.

Dr. Kasper is the best Civil Engineering professor I had at Poly. I wish I could have taken him for more of my CE classes. He is insanely smart and gives the class a very laid back feel. I learned a great deal from him as a professor and he is one of the few people I would want to just hang out with and have a conversation with. He truly cares about your education and is extremely helpful during office hours. Take him for any CE class he is teaching and you will be happy that you did.

Fuck this guy. Id like to stick my tounge up his ass.

If you enrolled in college to recieve a top rate education and an edge in a highly competitive job market then take Dr. Kasper for every class that you can. If you enrolled in college expecting to slide right through then stay far away from Dr. K.

Eric Kasper is the best CE/Structures teacher at Cal Poly. He's one of those rare instructures who teaches like he LOVES teaching, absolutely loves it, and not only doesn't mind seeing you in office hours, seems genuinely glad you stopped by. Look out, though, he's so smart that sometimes he quickly breezes by concepts that normal people need to spend more time on. Just speak up, though, and he'll make sure you understand. Big plus= NO FINAL EXAMS. I prefer to be tested on the material while it's still fresh- the same week as the leacture, or the next. But don't be surprised if you feel like you're taking 6 or 7 midterms in a quarter.

Matrix analysis in Matlab and hand-calcs. The majority of the class is teaching yourself how to code and working with a big chunk of code that Kasper gives you. His quizzes are three problems: 1 hand-calc, 1 normal problem in Matlab, 1 hard problem in Matlab. Do the problems in his book and you'll be fine.

By far one of the best professors at Cal Poly. He knows all the material better than anyone, and has great experience in research. In his class you will receive the best education the department has. His classes are hard, require a lot of work, and require the ability to catch onto difficult subjects quickly. His tests are fair, but require a large extention of your knowledge and creativity--above that which is covered in class. Kasper also loves to teach, he is always excited about the material and willing to explain anything, and will take the time to make sure the students know the material well. Take him and Hall together, they're hilarious.

Kasper's is a card. A good lecturer and quite funny at times. His tests suck, however, because he gives no half-credit. If the answer is wrong at the end it's wrong! (Who cares that you did 99% right but moved the answer decimal place accendentally?) BOJAX was invented by Kasper, by the way, in 1978, during his now infamous disco years. He was dancing for tips at the Ya-Ya club next to studio 54,in Hollywood, a high-class ladies-only strip joint. Don't forget.