AI Rate Professor

Physics Planetary Sciences

Ryan Eagle

PHY103 · PHYSICS103 · PHYSIC101 · PHYSICS66 · PHYS66 · PHY102 · PHYSICS67 · PHYSICS12 · PHYSICS101 · PHYSICS102 · 50 lifetime ratings

AI rating
54/100
RMP rating
3.3/5
Take again
66.67%
Difficulty
3.9

The decision

if you will grind MasteringPhysics and accept a hard physics course with a ; skip if you need hand-holding lectures.

Best fit · Effort For RewardHeavy MasteringPhysics HWGenerous CurveSelf-Study RequiredGroup Work HeavyFair but Tough Physics
  • Physics content is hard, but many students get A or A- with , and .
  • Lectures are often called entertaining but not enough for exams, so .
  • Group tutorials and and can feel unfair when groupmates slack.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

FairEffort

58/100

Exams are hard, but and if you keep up.

Both formats say B exam averages plus full HW can still yield an A; .

Is the course easy?

Challenging

28/100

Pierce physics series content, tutorials, and MasteringPhysics load keep intellectual demand high.

Online and in-person students both call the material tough; online adds more logistics stress.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

35/100

and tags warn that skipping class hurts, especially for tutorials.

Online live breakouts and ; a minority of older reviews said optional.

Is this professor recommended?

WorthIt

67/100

, and many rate him among better Pierce physics options despite the grind.

In-person recommendation is stronger; online is split by group-work frustration.

Course guide

See how this professor fits your week.

Grading

Lenient

72/100

Repeated notes , and A grades with B exam averages.

Format shift

; online group scoring can still feel unfair.

Workload

Heavy

22/100

Lots of MasteringPhysics or , and group work every week.

Format shift

Online students especially report overwhelming multi-platform submissions.

Teaching experience

Average

55/100

Many praise fairness, humor, and passion; many others say he barely teaches and leaves learning to groups and the textbook.

Format shift

In-person fans are louder; online quality swings with group design.

Assessment method

Balanced

55/100

, and exams all matter; exams are hard but not the only grade path.

Format shift

Online PHYS66-style classes weight group tutorials more heavily.

Luni fit check

Weigh these signals against your actual schedule.

Get help balancing workload, grading, and timing when no option is an obvious fit.

Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

40 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

In person he is often preferred among Pierce physics options: , and mixed views on whether lectures teach problem solving.

Main concern

; weak groups and busywork tutorials frustrate many.

What students said

“Do the hw on time and show up to class and you will get an A”
PHYSICS103
“Lectures not very useful for exams so lots of self studying”
PHYSICS101
“If you need to take Physics at Pierce, Eagle is the way to go”
PHYSICS101

Remote format

Online

10 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

Online physics with Eagle is workload-heavy and group-tutorial dependent; some call it organized and and volume.

Main concern

Group breakout work and not contribute.

What students said

“this class is ruining my life. there are 5 different ways to turn things in and the amount of work is insane”
PHYSICS101
“ ”
PHYSICS103
“Majority of grade : tutorials or labs”
PHYS66

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Exams and often track homework problem types.

Curved ExamsSimilar to MasteringPhysics HWConceptual Plus ComputationGroup Tutorials

Assessment risk

Standard

48/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

, and closer to homework than to lecture jokes.

Curved ExamsComputation FocusedPartial Credit
“If you average a ”
PHYSICS103
“ as long you as and review problems”
PHYSICS101

Online

Online exams are called reasonable to very hard and ; group labs dominate .

Curved TestsGroup Breakout WorkConceptual Tutorials
“ . If you average a B on the tests and get A on the ”
PHYSICS66
“ ”
PHYSICS66

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“If you average a .”

Voice snapshots generated from 50 physics reviews, balancing praise for curves and fairness against heavy workload and . Credibility rating: High.

⚖️ and Fair Grades

72/100

“ , but there's a lot of homework”

📚 Heavy Workload

22/100

“there are 5 different ways to turn things in and the amount of work is insane”

🧠

55/100

“Lectures not very useful for exams so lots of self studying”

👍

67/100

“Professor Eagle is hands down the ”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • His lectures were pretty entertaining cuz he made some funny jokes
  • He barely teaches, and he expects you to know everything
  • He makes really heavy lectures totally digestible and interesting

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty and Grades

  • Do the hw on time and show up to class and you will get an A
  • Physics at Pierce is very, very tough

Theme 3

👥 About Group Work

  • Group work is unfair. Some students literally do nothing and get As
  • He lets you stay with the group you pick for the whole semester

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

50

Recent reviews read by the AI

50

Lifetime ratings

88/100

Evidence confidence

Fifty reviews over many years cover the full physics sequence with , and self-study.

Inside 50 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 520
4 out of 57
3 out of 55
2 out of 54
1 out of 514

Course coverage

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Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

42 reported outcomes

A range

24

A+ 3 · A 19 · A- 2

B range

10

B+ 2 · B 8

C range

2

C 2

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

6

Drop/Withdrawal 2 · Incomplete 2 · Not sure yet 2