Quality 1/5Difficulty 5/5
He grades way too harshly for an online class.Rate My Professors ↗
Current instructor
Bart Skarzynski
What students say
Original student reviews · all captured dates
Quality 5/5Difficulty 4/5
Bart is the kind of teacher that I wish I had more often. He pushes you to think critically and perform to the best of your ability. Not afraid to throw some humor into class.Rate My Professors ↗
Quality 4/5Difficulty 4/5
Gave good and useful feedback, and grading was clear once he had graded it. However, before having graded it we were often not given instructions on what to do or what was expected and then had to learn this class "in hindsight", which was incredibly irritating at times. Was kind and connected to us despite being online.Rate My Professors ↗
Quality 1/5Difficulty 5/5
Absurdly harsh grader and isn't an engineer so gets lost in technical details. Rude when grading as well.Rate My Professors ↗
Quality 1/5Difficulty 4/5
This professor is not compassionate, and quite of a harsh grader.Rate My Professors ↗
Quality 4/5Difficulty 4/5
Overall a solid choice for 397. Didnt get as good of a grade as I would have liked, but the class was taught well and graded fairly. What made the class difficult was that the grade is based on a few assignments.Rate My Professors ↗
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Classes with Bart Skarzynski
EPD 711 teaches strategic and ethical communication for engineers, focusing on clarity, audience awareness, and ethical judgment in technical and managerial contexts.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
No recorded grade history
Engineering Communication teaches theory and practice in planning, preparing, and critiquing technical reports, proposals, and workplace correspondence.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.28 GPA, 57.9% A/AB (n=38 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.37 GPA, 63.4% A/AB (n=41 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.38 GPA, 68.4% A/AB (n=38 letter grades).
historical GPA · grades
Spring 2022–Spring 2026Recorded teaching history
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| Term | Course | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Fall 2026 | EPD 711 | Strategic and Ethical Communication for Engineers |
| Fall 2026 | INTEREGR 397 | Engineering Communication |
Teaching history may be incomplete. Course pages contain course-specific feedback and citations.
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