Deborah Haarsma - Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI

Professor: Deborah Haarsma

Department: Science

College: Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: PHY133
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

The lectures are super easy to follow and then when you get to the homework you are so confused! She is such an akward person if no one answers a question that she asks she will just stand there rocking back and forth licking her face waitting till someone says somthing, take her husband loren he is much better

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: PHYS133
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Lectures are rarely useful, yet still mandatory.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: PHYS133
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

She is the worst teacher I've ever had in my life. Her examples, help, and lectures are totally useless. She knows physics, and the class itself is not hard; but she is an incompetent teacher who def shouldn't be teaching at the college level, if at all. If u take this class u will probably develop a hate for the material just b/c u will hate her.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: PHYS133
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Definitely the worst teacher I've had in my life. The class itself is not hard, but she just doesn't know how to teach. Her examples, help, and lectures are all useless. She knows physics, but she's an incompetent teacher. And she especially should not be a college level professor. If you take her, you won't hate the class, but you will hate her.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: PHYS133
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

She is one of the better Physics profs at Calvin. She does an okay job explaining concepts/problems and I understood it okay. I had Physics in high school, so that probably made the class easier. She does waste a lot of class time having the class vote on multiple choice questions instead of working through actual examples. Her tests are not to

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: ASTRONOMY110
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

pretty good prof. she is boring...and is not very good at answering your questions.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: ASTRONOMY
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

She is CRAZY! She gets all excited about stars and talks SO fast no one can catch up! When she gets all excited about the stars she salivatates (sp) and licks her lips...nasty!

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: ASTR112
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

The class was the highlight of my week. She was funny. I had heard bad things but I thought she was great. She does read from the slides but she definately knows what she is talking about. I am a Business major and I though this class was fun. Tests - easy. Hmwrk - fairly easy. Class - good.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: ASTR110
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Not too hard, but very boring... Reads powerpoints all the time. You do need to go to class though, because without explanation, they dont make any sense. Overall not soo bad...I guess.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: ASTRONOMY110
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

She is way to smart, and can't relate to people who aren't as smart as she is. The class isn't that bad, hw and tests are ok. Very organized. Doesn't answer questions very well at all.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: ASTR110
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

decent teacher, not super interesting, but tests and homework are quite easy. pretty cool class

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: ASTR110
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

all she does is read her powerpoint presentations, and then posts them online. I have no will to go to class anymore. Lab's suck too! even if you have a good reason, you cant miss out

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: 345
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Professor Haarsma does an exellent job of teaching and helping you understand important concepts

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: 133
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

She is a great prof. with tons of enthusiasm for learning. The best part of this class is the way that it is so effectivley organized. Furthermore, students who take this course benifit from her willingness to thourghly discuss the materialwithyouaftercla

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: ASTR110
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

She's a genuius, but she just doesn't know how to bring her students the joy for learing that she has. Doesn't address student questions, either.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: ASTR110
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

As an education major, sitting through this class makes me cringe. She does NOT value or spend time on student questions--she docks 25% for one day late h-work, she teaches to put points in the book, not for learning's sake.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: PHYS133
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

This class was terrible: the book was terrible, the labs were janky and the clases were a huge waste of time. Some of this is not her fault, but the majority is. You can get the right answer and get tons of points taken off.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: ASTR112
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

this prof.....wow...shes horrible...dont take her...really boring class...

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: ASTR
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

No Comments

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: ASTR112
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

if you miss classes w/o good excuse given ahead of time, points taken off grade. don't postpone labs, the bad weather will catch you & she doesn't accept late hw. but she is nice lady.