SCHAEFFER, DEREK B
161 letter grades across 2 courses, Fall 2023 to Fall 2025. Course by course the average runs 3.09 to 3.61, so read the course, not the person.
Teaching in Fall 2026
Seat counts as of : the oldest of these 3 readings. Seat readings are snapshots, not live availability. Their timestamps show when dibs last checked.
Sections in Fall 2026
Sections in Fall 2026
Lec 1
TR 11:00am-12:15pm
Waitlist, 0 of 5 places taken. 1 discussion, none open. The way in is the lecture's waitlist, at 0 of 5.
Assignment labels summarize mentions in past reviews. Missing information does not mean no assignments. A reported zero is shown as No exams or No papers; Mentioned means the reviews did not give a count.
Taught in earlier terms
PHYSICS 110B Electricity and Magnetism
3.09predicted, this instructor
A range 38% · 4% D, F or W · 3.07 raw · 139 grades · 3 terms
Grades with this instructorPHYSICS 180E Plasma Physics Laboratory
3.61predicted, this instructor
A range 68% · 0% D, F or W · 3.60 raw · 22 grades · 2 terms
Grades with this instructorPass/no pass only, so there is no average to report.
Grades with this instructorRaw is the average actually awarded. Predicted pulls it toward the course average, and then toward the department's, in proportion to how few grades there are, so twelve students cannot outvote six terms. A range is the share who got an A minus or better. D, F or W is the share who finished with a D or an F, or withdrew. There is no single average for this person: one figure over every course would be weighted by students, not by course, and the largest lecture would stand for all of them.
What students say
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