Reviews for Derek A. Paley
Average Rating:| Anonymous Course: ENAE301 Grade Expected: C+ January 3, 2012, 10:59 am | Dr. Paley is a good professor. He is enthusiastic and very patient. This class is hard though. The other review discounts the homework... Don't. Do it and understand it. We also did not get practice exams so we went into the midterm and final blind. And they were much, much more difficult than anything we saw in class or on homeworks. Class was curved about 10% because the grades on the final were so terrible. |
| fiddlerkrt Course: ENAE301 Grade Expected: A December 20, 2010, 11:48 pm | The other post is pretty accurate about this class. The lectures are clear and helpful; however, the homeworks are very difficult and time consuming. I strongly encourage anyone taking this class to do the homeworks in groups since many of the problems are pretty difficult. The exams are easier so you don't really need to study for them if you work hard on the homeworks. I worked very hard in this class so I was really happy when an A showed up on my transcript! |
| a778999 Course: ENAE301 Grade Expected: A December 25, 2009, 8:17 am | His lectures are easy to follow but unfortunately they don't prepare you to do the homework well. The problems are vague and consume a lot of time. Luckily each problem set ends up being only about 3% of your grade so if you screw up on a few of them it's OK. Tests were straightforward and included only the most basic concepts. He gives out last year's tests for practice and if you can do the problems there then you're good. He curves a lot so it's not hard to do well. Don't waste too much time doing the homework. |