Ramanath Cowsik

Class and lectures were very boring and confusing. Take it if you want an easy A

4/27/2026

Professor Cowsik has achieved a lot in his time as a scholar and honestly has better things to be doing than teaching an intro physics course. The class is all graded off homework and two easy to complete projects. He's a chill and caring guy who will extend deadlines if you just ask.

12/17/2025

Professor Cowsik was super intelligent and basically an Einstein of his field; it made me sad that most people in the class were not interested by astronomy at all but he really tried to make it as good as it could be. Soft speaker so try to sit more up front; A very kind, sweet, brilliant guy. 8.5/10

8/26/2025

Man is too smart to be teaching an intro solar systems class. People stopped showing up to lecture which I felt bad about, but he's still a great guy. Easy class, he made it as interesting as he could. Sometimes it showed that he was smarter than everyone in the room which made it hard to explain some basic topics.

5/4/2025

2-4 hrs/week

- Easy weekly homework with a couple of physics problems covered in classn -2 projects in the year which don't require too much effort and have simple calculations

11/5/2024

Professor Cowsik is a truly accomplished genius (look up his Wikipedia) that you can learn a lot from and is chill. His notes are difficult to read, and you always don't know what is going on in the class. All tests are take home, which are slight extensions of the weekly homework sets. You have to fumble hard to not get an A in the class.

6/12/2024

Professor Cowsik is very passionate about his subject, but speaks softly and is difficult to hear even with a mic and small classroom. His handwritten notes are difficult to read as well. Graded on homework only, once per week. Midterm and Final are the same as HW but a little longer, all take-home. Easy class with a bit of Physics background.

5/3/2024

Nobody went to the lectures, and the TA gave the homework assignments. The midterms and the final are taken home, so that makes it easier. Great professor, super understanding

4/29/2024