Zetzsche, James  

Bioresource and Agricultural Engineering

3.27/4.00

11 evaluations


BRAE 141


Sophomore
A
Required (Support)
Feb 2001
This course was GREAT...all you ever wanted (tractors, forklifts, ATVs and a dozer) Zetzsche is awesome....hurry and take it before he's gone.


Freshman
A
Required (Major)
Dec 2001
Honestly the best class and professor I have ever taken in 13 years of school!! Nothing more needed to be said.


Senior
A
Elective
Apr 2003
Zetzsche is so cool. This class is fun as well as a great GPA booster. He tells funny stories, gives you answers to all quizes and tests, and lets you have a page of notes for the final. His version of a page of notes is a scroll. I had 5 pages stapled and accordion folded. Fine with him as long as it's in one piece. The labs are awesome. He builds great (but safe) jumps for the ATV day. I highly recommend this course.


Sophomore
B
Elective
Feb 2004
I love this guy!!! Make sure to take it before he isnt here anymore or gets hit by a tractor.... such a funny guy!!! It is a pretty easy A but make sure to do some of the work. Highly recommend this class and this professor! = )


Senior
A
Elective
Dec 2004
Awesome guy! Take him before you leave CP!


Sophomore
A
Elective
Mar 2008
He is a great guy. Always willing to help and explain. He's a little hard of hearing from driving tractors all the time. He gives you a page of notes on the mid-term and the final, making it totally easy. If you go to class most the time and pay semi attention it should be an easy A. I also flipped a quad and he didn't even care, when it was his quad. Really easy going, fun teacher.


Graduate Student
A
Required (Support)
Jun 2011
Man, this guy is great. He still loves teaching after all these years and he has countless stories about tractors, WW2, farming, and life. It's like taking a class taught by your kind, wise-cracking grandpa...and you get to drive all kinds of tractors. He even brings out his own collection of quads on one of the last days of class and lets all the students ride them. Very fun, easy class. The calculations on the midterm and final are very basic math, but it's a little tricky because he blazes through the explanations so fast. Very doable though. Don't skip lab! That's where all the fun is at!


Sophomore
B
Required (Major)
Oct 2011
Age matters. This guy is hilarious, but his age definitely hinders his ability to properly explain things to students. Also, it's like he expected everyone to know every kind of tractor ever made when in reality, not everyone know or cares about tractors. I would not reccomend taking one of his classes.


Freshman
B
Required (Major)
Apr 2017
All I can say is this guy is awesome. He reminds me of my grandpa. He cracks frequent jokes, he can't hear very well, and he has plenty of stories. This class was never boring. IF YOU CAN TAKE HIM BEFORE HE RETIRES PLEASE DO SO BECAUSE I LOVED THIS CLASS. Also, go to class. Attendance is graded.

BRAE 142


Sophomore
B
Required (Support)
Aug 2000
It could not be clearer he is to retire soon. He is an old school teacher, put it this way he gives you the answers to all of the tests. You need to watch him though, he loses stuff easily. You need to make sure you get the grade that you deserve, I think he just fills in the bubbles.


Freshman
A
Required (Support)
Oct 2000
Don't expect to learn anything, but if you don't get an A, then you've got problems.