Douglas Harder - University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON

Professor: Douglas Harder

Department: Electrical Engineering

College: University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: ECE150
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Hard midterm. Average final.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: NE112
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Good personality, pretty funny. Lectures are clearly unprepared and disorganized. Jumps from topics at inconsistent speeds. Fair marker, though. And amazing help sessions.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: NE216
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Great professor, who actually wants us to learn something. :)

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: NE121
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Amazing Prof. Dougie is so close to our whole class. He showed up to our movie night and we presented a slideshow of memes we made of him. He explains things a little weird sometimes, but he's very clear about his expectations and very accessible.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: NE112
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Gread prof of Linear Algebra

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: ECE250
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Good notes. Okay lectures.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: ECE250
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Okay prof.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: ECE250
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Doug Harder may have an ego, but he has the intelligence to back it up. The course content was almost entirely presented in his slides, which were clear and straightforward. He's also more than willing to help you if you need it and genuinely cares about what you learn. Just be wary of tough exams.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: ECE250
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Professor Harder has one of the best reputations among ECE students. Simply visiting the lounge shows this. He's very approachable, and is willing to help out if you ask for it. He is far better at teaching this course than I've seen other professors teach. One of his labs, he challenged the students to beat his code as an incentive. Really cool!

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: 290
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Takes great pride in his opinions. I'm glad I didn't know this guy when he was younger. Can't imagine worse.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: ECE290
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Good

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: ECE250
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

One of the best prof knows what he is teaching actually cares about his student. Emphasis on learning and implying the content of the course and not just using it to pass the course. GIVES an incredibily hard final but its fair . Helps you out till the last time so make sure to take full advantage of his office hours

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: ECE250
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

He's a good prof and he clearly cares about his students. Makes difficult exams and finals, but he curved a LOT for the final grade. Know his slides like the back of your hand, everything on the exams is from the slides. There's a lot of material though so don't leave studying till the last day...

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: ECE250
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Awesome Prof

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: ECE290
• 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:

He is good, except don't like his exams. He should teach another technical course instead of this one

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: ECE290
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Very cool guy. He is very smart and has a large range of knowledge. Sometimes he tries too hard to look smart though. But nice guy.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: ECE290
• 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:

He's very clear of what he's teaching about. Willing to help students.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: ECE290
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Great professor clearly very interested in teaching and helping students. I wish he was the instructor for more of my courses.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: ECE290
• 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 prof. Very fair marking, and cares about the enlightenment of his students.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: ECE290
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Tries way too hard to sound smart. Very rude if he disagrees with you.