Brian Helmuth is an Environmental Science professor at Northeastern University rated 4.43/5 on Rate My Professors by 7 students, with 3.0/5 RMP difficulty and 71% who would take them again (RateMyProfessors + Reddit, updated October 2026).
Brian Helmuth professor reviews and ratings: 4.43/5 from 7 RMP ratings at Northeastern (71% would take again). RateMyProfessor + Reddit.
Learned more from this course compared to any other at NU (coming from a 3rd year). Exams are HARD, and there are only 3, so doing poorly on one greatly affects your grade. The study guides aren't very helpful. Don't take it if you want an easy elective, but it's an extremely interesting class.ENVR1101 2026-06-16 00:31:35 +0000 UTC
Really good professor who is very passionate about the topic. Lectures can be a bit long, but the material is there if you pay attention. Most of the course is exam heavy, but he curves them so you should do okay. Really nice guy.ENVR1101 2026-04-21 04:33:17 +0000 UTC
Very unorganized (Material for exams isn't clear on Canvas). Boring lectures (tbh I am not into environmental science, I took this class as an NU path elective, but it could've been taught more interestingly, given that so many people take it for their NU path).ENVR1101 2026-04-19 14:31:35 +0000 UTC
Professor Helmuth was amazing! Even though I took this course for NUPath credit, I have no regrets. He is truly passionate about the topics. I will admit the lectures were a little boring, but the course load was very light. It is exam heavy, however, but he drops the lowest grade, and the exams were online and unproctored.ENVR1101 2024-04-20 05:35:47 +0000 UTC
Prof Helmuth truly wants his students to learn & gives great examples with videos to explain concepts better during class! I wish the grading structure wasn't so test heavy with 85% being given to 3 tests and a final - Would've been nice to allocate more points to homework. Overall a fair prof that makes you work hard for a good grade in his class!ENVR1101 2021-05-06 02:34:49 +0000 UTC
I loved taking Environmental Science with Brian! I was only in the class for my Nupath requirements, but I'm really glad I took it. Brian does a great job of making the material interesting and the amount of out of class work he assigns is super reasonable. If you need ND or AD, you should definitely take this class.ENVR1101 2020-11-18 16:16:16 +0000 UTC
Fantastic professor. I was only in this class for NUpath credit but I learned a lot and became really invested in the material. Professor Helmuth is an entertaining lecturer and he really cares about the subject matter. Talks a lot about his real life experiences from research. Really awesome guy!ENVR1101 2018-04-15 12:08:24 +0000 UTC
Brian Helmuth is rated 4.43/5 on Rate My Professors from 7 ratings. 71% of RMP reviewers said they would take them again.
Brian Helmuth's classes have a difficulty rating of 3.0/5 on Rate My Professors.
Brian Helmuth has taught PPUA5249, ENVR1101, EEMB5518, EEMB7101, ENVR4000, HONR1310 at Northeastern.
Data updated October 2026.