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WILLIAM LIKOS

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Raw average: 3.00/5 from 5 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

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CEEGLE330 · course not matched
Quality 2/5Difficulty 4/5
Nothing ever gets graded. It's the last week of classes and 0/10 lab reports and 2/10 homeworks have been graded. Lab reports are tedious and no one knows if they're doing them correctly. Homeworks are helpful practice. He is very disconnected from the Canvas page. This being said, exams aren't ridiculously difficult and he's an alright lecturer.
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CEE330 · course not matched
Quality 5/5Difficulty 3/5
Professor Likos is a solid professor. Exams are streight up, and they reflect the lectures/homework. The lab reports in this class can get annoying, but what lab reports don't? Overall, very solid and would recommend.
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CEE330 · course not matched
Quality 2/5Difficulty 3/5
Knows what he's talking about but spends a lot of time explaining one concept and then skips through slides to explain another concept at length. Goes through examples very quickly. Says the material is "intuitive" multiple times.… Read full reviewShow less
Knows what he's talking about but spends a lot of time explaining one concept and then skips through slides to explain another concept at length. Goes through examples very quickly. Says the material is "intuitive" multiple times. Difficult to know what's important and what's not because he gets really into it and then says "Where were we?"
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CIVENGR/GLE 330
Quality 4/5Difficulty 2/5
Do the homework and the class is pretty easy going. He explains stuff well and in an engaging way. Definitely made soil mechanics more interesting than everyone thought it would be.
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CEEGLE330 · course not matched
Quality 2/5Difficulty 3/5
Professor Likos refuses to help students or give any direction to the TA's. He effectively says you should go and learn the material yourself and he does not want to aid in that process
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Classes with WILLIAM LIKOS

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Spring 2026CIVENGR 699Independent Study
Spring 2026CIVENGR 790Master's Research or Thesis
Spring 2026CIVENGR 890Pre-dissertator's Research
Spring 2026CIVENGR/GLE 330Soil Mechanics
Spring 2026CIVENGR/GLE 430Introduction to Slope Stability and Earth Retention
Spring 2026CIVENGR/GLE 733Physicochemical Basis of Soil Behavior
Spring 2026GLE 790Master's Research or Thesis
Fall 2025CIVENGR 790Master's Research or Thesis
Fall 2025CIVENGR 890Pre-dissertator's Research
Fall 2025CIVENGR/GLE 530Seepage and Slopes
Fall 2025GLE 790Master's Research or Thesis
Spring 2025CIVENGR/GLE 430Introduction to Slope Stability and Earth Retention
Spring 2025CIVENGR/GLE 732Unsaturated Soil Geoengineering
Spring 2025GLE 790Master's Research or Thesis
Fall 2024CIVENGR/GLE 330Soil Mechanics
Fall 2024GLE 790Master's Research or Thesis
Spring 2024CIVENGR 939Geotechnical Engineering Seminar
Spring 2024CIVENGR/GLE 330Soil Mechanics
Spring 2024CIVENGR/GLE 430Introduction to Slope Stability and Earth Retention
Spring 2024GLE 900Seminar
Fall 2023CIVENGR/GLE 733Physicochemical Basis of Soil Behavior
Spring 2023CIVENGR/GLE 430Introduction to Slope Stability and Earth Retention
Spring 2023CIVENGR/GLE 732Unsaturated Soil Geoengineering
Spring 2022CIVENGR 890Pre-dissertator's Research
Spring 2022CIVENGR/GLE 430Introduction to Slope Stability and Earth Retention
Spring 2020GLE 401Special Topics in Geological Engineering
Fall 2019CIVENGR/GLE 330Soil Mechanics
Spring 2019CIVENGR 939Geotechnical Engineering Seminar
Spring 2019CIVENGR/GLE 732Unsaturated Soil Geoengineering
Spring 2019GLE 401Special Topics in Geological Engineering
Spring 2019GLE 699Independent Study
Spring 2019GLE 900Seminar
Fall 2018CIVENGR 999Advanced Independent Study
Fall 2018CIVENGR/GLE 330Soil Mechanics
Spring 2018CIVENGR 790Master's Research or Thesis
Spring 2018CIVENGR 939Geotechnical Engineering Seminar
Spring 2018CIVENGR 990Thesis
Spring 2018CIVENGR/GLE 733Physicochemical Basis of Soil Behavior
Spring 2018GLE 401Special Topics in Geological Engineering
Spring 2018GLE 900Seminar
Spring 2018GLE 990Research and Thesis
Fall 2017CIVENGR 890Pre-dissertator's Research
Fall 2017CIVENGR/GLE 330Soil Mechanics
Fall 2017CIVENGR/GLE 530Seepage and Slopes
Fall 2017GLE 790Master's Research or Thesis
Fall 2017GLE 890Pre-dissertator's Research
Fall 2017GLE 999Independent Work
Spring 2017CIVENGR 890Pre-dissertator's Research
Spring 2017CIVENGR 939Geotechnical Engineering Seminar
Spring 2017CIVENGR 990Thesis
Spring 2017CIVENGR 999Advanced Independent Study
Spring 2017CIVENGR/GLE 732Unsaturated Soil Geoengineering
Spring 2017GLE 401Special Topics in Geological Engineering
Spring 2017GLE 790Master's Research or Thesis
Spring 2017GLE 890Pre-dissertator's Research
Spring 2017GLE 900Seminar
Fall 2016CIVENGR 699Independent Study
Fall 2016CIVENGR 890Pre-dissertator's Research
Fall 2016CIVENGR 990Thesis
Fall 2016CIVENGR/GLE 330Soil Mechanics
Fall 2016GLE 401Special Topics in Geological Engineering
Fall 2016GLE 790Master's Research or Thesis
Fall 2016GLE 890Pre-dissertator's Research
Spring 2016CIVENGR 890Pre-dissertator's Research
Spring 2016CIVENGR 939Geotechnical Engineering Seminar
Spring 2016CIVENGR/GLE 733Physicochemical Basis of Soil Behavior
Spring 2016GLE 790Master's Research or Thesis
Spring 2016GLE 890Pre-dissertator's Research
Spring 2016GLE 900Seminar
Fall 2015CIVENGR 890Pre-dissertator's Research
Fall 2015CIVENGR/GLE 330Soil Mechanics
Fall 2015CIVENGR/GLE 530Seepage and Slopes
Fall 2015GLE 699Independent Study
Fall 2015GLE 790Master's Research or Thesis
Fall 2015GLE 890Pre-dissertator's Research
Spring 2015CIVENGR 890Pre-dissertator's Research
Spring 2015CIVENGR 939Geotechnical Engineering Seminar
Spring 2015CIVENGR/GLE 732Unsaturated Soil Geoengineering
Spring 2015GLE 790Master's Research or Thesis
Spring 2015GLE 890Pre-dissertator's Research
Spring 2015GLE 900Seminar
Fall 2014CIVENGR 790Master's Research or Thesis
Fall 2014CIVENGR 890Pre-dissertator's Research
Fall 2014CIVENGR/GLE 330Soil Mechanics
Fall 2014GLE 790Master's Research or Thesis
Fall 2014GLE 890Pre-dissertator's Research
Spring 2014CIVENGR 790Master's Research or Thesis
Spring 2014CIVENGR 939Geotechnical Engineering Seminar
Spring 2014CIVENGR/GLE 733Physicochemical Basis of Soil Behavior
Spring 2014GLE 790Master's Research or Thesis
Spring 2014GLE 900Seminar
Fall 2013CIVENGR 790Master's Research or Thesis
Fall 2013CIVENGR/GLE 330Soil Mechanics
Fall 2013CIVENGR/GLE 530Seepage and Slopes
Fall 2013GLE 790Master's Research or Thesis
Spring 2013CIVENGR 790Master's Research or Thesis
Spring 2013CIVENGR 890Pre-dissertator's Research
Spring 2013CIVENGR/GLE 732Unsaturated Soil Geoengineering
Spring 2013GLE 790Master's Research or Thesis
Spring 2013GLE 900Seminar

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