Morris, Jacob  

Physics

2.50/4.00

10 evaluations


PHYS 121


Junior
N/A
Required (Major)
Aug 2001
I believe Dr. Morris is an excellent teacher. He is very informative about physics and his lectures are quite interesting. His midterms, however, are extremely difficult but luckily he curves them alot. I would recommend taking him to anyone.

PHYS 131


Freshman
A
Required (Support)
Aug 1999
This was his first quarter teaching studio, which he hates. He told us that he has little say in the cirriculum/HW assignments/test which frustrates him a great deal. He's a funny guy, but not everyone likes that. Good use of class time. Not very helpful in class as far as individual help, but he's very good in office hours. I would've liked to see what he would've done had it not been studio.

PHYS 132


Sophomore
A
Required (Major)
Aug 2001
Dr. Morris is brilliant. The course material must be so basic to him that he sometimes forgets how difficult it could be to someone who is being introduced to it for the first time. This is his only weakness. His tests are very hard and very curved. His test are all conceptual, no number crunching at all. He is very helpful in office hours and also very receptive of your opinions of his class. I really enjoyed Morris' energetic and sometimes spontaneous lectures. I'm very glad I took Morris, and definitely recommend him if your up for a challenge.


Sophomore
C
Required (Major)
Aug 2001
Very immature. Lacks abilitiy to recognize needs of students. Exams are extremely hard and unlike homework. Always making excuses for not being prepared or being able to offer help on topics. Not a teacher I would reccomend to even the best students

PHYS 133


Sophomore
C
Required (Major)
Aug 2001
This guy's tests are hard. He's really big on theory and not on calculating numbers. He can be really condescendings sometimes. He would often criticize our class telling us how we would do really bad on tests and last quarter's class would be better and there's were easier. He's kinda funny sometimes, makes him interesting to watch. Personally, I thought the class was very hard and I didn't enjoy it, except when he'd make jokes or act really weird.


Junior
D
Required (Major)
Aug 2001
This was a *hard* class. If you're used to the physics class where you're given formulas, and you come into tests and plug numbers into them, you're going to get hurt. This guy does NOT use numbers. Calculators are absolutely useless. His tests are REALLY rough, but he curves accordingly. My best recommendation: go to his review sessions before tests. In every one I went to, he gave us at least one of the test questions. His sense of humor is really out there, kind of geeky, but he's a physicist, so I'll forgive him that one.


Sophomore
D
Required (Major)
Aug 2001
He is a great professor, but not for those who have trouble with conceptualizing everything. I Got a D+ but I deserved it, he was willing to help me I just never took him up on the offer. I wouldn't take him again because he is just too hard for me. His exams are killer and you better know the material inside and out or else. I am retaking 133 now and am seeing everything presented more thoroughly than morris presented it and it makes much more sense. Morris just layed out the theory and didn't bother giving a real-life example compared to something we've experienced before. He also never uses numbers, which I liked, but it was hard keeping track of all the variables.


Freshman
A
Required (Major)
Jun 1999
Morris knows a lot about the subject that he teaches, but has problems getting the material across sometimes. He goes into an insane amount of detail about topics that are only partially relavent to the course, then he's behind all the other classes. He invents incredibly difficult questions for the exams, then curves the heck out of them (which is a terribly innacurate way to grade, i think). This is the kind of guy I would like to sit around with and shoot the breeze about Physics, but not to have as an instructor.

PHYS 223


Junior
A
General Ed
Apr 2003
morris rocks! very informative! i love his lectures...

ENVE 957


Graduate Student
A
Required (Support)
Nov 2016
During this entire quarter all I could think about was how this professor reminded me of that small little dog that runs through the back of scene 23 in The Incredibles by Pixar. Seriously, if you look it up you will only be able to see it...