James Holloway - University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

Professor: James Holloway

Department: Nuclear Engineering

College: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: ENG101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Prof. Holloway gets the information across well and he made me work through the problems so I had a better understanding of the subject matter.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: ENG101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Prof Holloway is one of the best!

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: ENG101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Great Professor, engaging, entertaining and energetic! The best.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: NERS425
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

This guy is one of the best professors. He is knowledgeable about his area but does not talk down or is condescending. Excellent sense of humor. The best professor I had at Michigan

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: ENGR101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Holloway is a good guy. The projects aren't too bad because you get an autograder to check your codes. Probably the best Engr 101 professor.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: ENG101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Very easy to do projects ... you get one a week and u no the input and out put all u need to figure out is the middle part

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: ENGR101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Kewl!

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: ENGR101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

okay professor. puts autograders up for most projects, so you can check your work. sometimes answers questions with questions, which is annoying. absolutely no reason to by the textbook.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: NERS425
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

The most dedicated professor I've ever had. He assigned hard work, but unlike other professors, he was willing to spend the time it to understand the work. In 4 years of undergrad, he was the only professor who noticed I was sick, and felt bad, and let me have an extra day to turn in homework. It was hard not to notice how much he cares.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: ENGR101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

I think Holloway has eased up in the recent semesters. The class wasn't that hard. It is really easy for people without prior computing knowledge to follow (like me). Assignments are like give-away marks because they usually come with an autograder, so you can easily get full points if you put enough effort into it.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: ENGR101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

An excellent professor. Very reasonable in what he expected of you on tests. Returned emails within the hour. As someone coming in with no programming experience, I felt that he was very good at explaining things and answering questions during lecture. Also, somewhat entertaing.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: ENGR101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Quite the quirky and eccentric fellow, Professor Holloway definitely deserves credit for being so enthusiastic about material that is so dry during lecture (don't get me wrong, I find programming interesting once I'm on a computer). Given the options, Holloway is a fine professor and is willing to provide help where needed.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: ENGR101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Great professor!

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: ENGIN101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

He was a good professor except the books are a complete waste of money you do not need to but them everything you need to know you can gt from lecture. He also tells very bad jokes

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: NERS250
• 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:

A great prof for NERS 250... although I've never seen one man destroy so much chalk as he did. He provides clear explanations and usually warns you when covering Quantum stuff that the full explination will come in 311. Was super slow about returning tests, but they were really easy and a small % of the overall grade so it wasn't a big deal to me.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: ENG101
• 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:

All jokes in lecture are taken from the textbook he wrote and made us buy, and they weren't good jokes anyway. Was acceptable as a lecturer, if not particularly interesting. The class was a little difficult for an intro class. The textbook was appalling, I tried to burn it once but it was too windy that day, so I just put it in recycling.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: ENGR101
• 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:

Lectures about very basic stuff. Huge difference between complexity of lecture material and what is expected on the homework. His exams tend to be more difficult than other profs. More of writing your own code than multiple-choice.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: ENG101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Willing to help, but does not give away A's

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: ENG101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

I loved his class, he explained things well and inspired my interest in computer programming.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: ENG101
• 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:

His class is not as trivial as some other profs, but he's really helpful and always willing to backtrack or meet with small groups and make sense of stuff. Great!