If you have to take this class for credit/grade, then you have to. If you want to learn the material, take another professor. Very confusing lectures that more than half the class stopped attending after the midterm. He gives hints for the midterm and final in his lectures, though, so you have to attend if you want a good grade.

A nice person. Not an engaging or inspiring professor. After taking this class, I became disinterested in further study of heat transfer. Before taking this class, I was very interested in it.

Breakdown: Homework 20% - These homeworks are super easy. 2-4 problems from the textbook once a week. The professor knew it was a light homework load but he said it's better to understand the most important problems than to copy down solutions to a lot of them.

Midterm 30% - The professor was very soft on this. The average was around a 92% and it was easier than the homeworks. 2 pages of cheat sheets.

Final 50% - Because of Coronavirus, this was a take home final that we had 3.5 hours to complete. It was challenging in the time span but because it was open book/open note, this is understandable. It was very similar to the practice final he sent out. The concepts of this class aren't too hard but there are A LOT of equations to keep track of.

Overall, his lectures were pretty dry and focused on derivations so most people didn't go. I just sat in the back and did homework. You can skip these and still get a good grade. However, the discussion sections you should not skip. The TA's select the most important practice problems and walk you through how to do them. My TA was super helpful and told you exactly what concepts you need to know. Overall, this professor probably wasn't better or worse than any other one. Like most classes, you'll end up teaching yourself most of the material.