MSE 2090

Fantastic Lectures with easy to understand slides giving a good background in Materials Science.

I had Prof. Groves and I wish I had taken MSE with Kelly. Everyone I know who was in Kelly's class had higher averages on the tests and HW's simply bc he is a better teacher. Thank God for Steve Policastro, the TA, get to know him. He is a really nice guy and will help you at any time, not just his office hours.

Really nice guy, lectures can be a little dry but informative

This was one of the worst class I've ever had at UVA. It has dissuaded me from ever taking another MSE class ever again. The subject is already dry and boring, but Groves just exponentiates it with his lectures. Tests were too long as well.

I took this class my first semester first year ONLINE with Groves. I would not recommend this class to any first years who don't know how to teach yourself like me. The online lecture is soo boring, and you always end up doing something else bc it's not interesting at all. Always do the readings because you don't learn enough from the lectures to do the hw. Hw takes a lot of time! Don't wait till the last minute. Go to the TA and do the readings and use the discussion board! Tests are hard,M/C questions always have more than 1 correct answers and tend to be tricky. Groves is a really nice guy though.

Such an impossible class for tests and final. Homework took way too long. Material may be interesting if you like this kind of stuff and Groves is a nice guy, but in my opinion grades wayyyy too hard. MC on tests is pretty impossible, he finds the most random little details to test you on even if they aren't important concepts. I never thought an open everything final would be one of the hardest tests I've taken

Class was pretty hard and not that much fun, but it fulfills a requirement and is apparently easier and more fun than the alternatives.

Overall, Prof. Groves is a really good guy, but when I took the class, it was taught online once per week. This just made it even harder to pay attention to an already boring subject. I guess if you find the information interesting the HW won't be that bad, but it can take a long time to finish the weekly problem sets. Also, the tests are really hard, so be sure to put in a lot of studying.

Not the most fun class, but not too difficult and useful. The lectures are often not formatted as traditional lectures, but use questions presented in learningcatalytics as a jumping off point to discuss a few specific points. Some of the other reviews complained about the class being taken online, but this class is now offered in person and I had a fairly good experience with this class.

Fairly straightforward class, you have to read and do a few problems before each lecture. Groves doesn't really offer much in his lectures so you will do most of the learning outside of class. The tests aren't too bad but the MC is hard.