Jane Moorhead - Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS

Professor: Jane Moorhead

Department: Engineering

College: Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: ECE3714
• Grade Received: C-
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Amazing EE. Terrible professor. All over the place while lecturing. Gets distracted easily. Difficult to follow her lightning fast pace. Pulls material from multiple sources that are inaccessible to you. Labs are challenging, TAs are terrible. Doesn't show up when she says she will to help you in lab. Hopefully you can teach yourself via homework!

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: ECE3714
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

You learn more from the homework than anything else. The main challenges are in the labs. The labs are over 4 years old, and the software used is much older. The instructions have been changed multiple times and have been very unclear. Exams are passable, you NEED to do all assigned homework even if the due date is after the exam you are taking.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: ECE2714
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

You learn more from the homework than anything else. The main challenges are in the labs. The labs are over 4 years old, and the software used is much older. The instructions have been changed multiple times and have been very unclear. Exams are passable, you NEED to do all assigned homework even if the due date is after the exam you are taking.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: ECE3714
• Grade Received: D
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Honestly the worst teacher I've ever had. She's extremely sweet, but she is terrible at teaching. All she does during lectures is read off PowerPoints and expect you to already know it. Labs are long and instructions are extremely vague.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: ECE3724
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Ms. Moorhead must be one of the worst teachers I've ever had for a class. I had her for digital devices and microprocessors (couldn't avoid it either time), and she basically reads off of slides, assumes you know more than you do, and often doesn't go into enough detail on the material. When I asked questions, her answers usually made no sense.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: ECE3714
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Mrs. Moorhead cares very much about your grade. Tests ran the gamut of difficulty, but she curves and provides multiple bonus opportunities - the final can replace a test. My only complaint is timing diagrams are not in the book, and are heavily featured in tests. Show up to class, and use her generous office hours for diagrams. Labs need rework.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: ECE3714
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Online tests are buggy and prone to issues, lecture moves at a lightning pace. Material itself is easy enough, but not conveyed well. Prepare to read/watch the textbook, Youtube, etc. The lab is a joke, it's by far the biggest problem with this class. The TAs legitimately do not know what they're doing, at all. They ask students for help.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: ECE3413
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

She is such an amazing teacher, I love her lectures. If you put in any effort at all the class is not too hard. The lab takes some time though.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: ECE3714
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

By far the worst teacher I've had so far. If you are not in an electrical engineering major, steer clear. She appears to put minimal effort into the class. Wasted 2 class periods doing nothing but handing back test grades. Didn't even go over the test, was just handing them out. Her labs are awful and its clear she doesnt check them first.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: ECE3714
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

She's really happy and excited about what she teaches. Loves it when people participate and talk in lecture - you'll be on her good side if you do which will make her more receptive to your questions about lab and such. Lab is difficult if you don't read ahead of time.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: ECE3413
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

The worst teacher I've had in the ECE department here at Mississippi State University. Attendance is mandatory to a class where she lectures by reading off of slide shows, and saying an average of five words per slide. Then she assigns homework so you can teach yourself; why even come to class? Highly recommend avoiding this teacher.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: ECE3714
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

No Comments

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: ECE3714
• 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:

I was ready to switch to CS until I took Digital - the hardware adder project was fun!!!

Rating # 14

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

The tests were similar to old tests - this really helped. She exempts from the final!

Rating # 15

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

No Comments

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: DIGITALDEVICES
• 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:

The semester I took her class, she specifically told us that a certain topic WOULD NOT BE ON THE FINAL EXAM.Of course, nobody reviewed it.It was on the final.She was never prepared for class and didn't have her own notes.I don't know where she got the test material.It wasn't from the lectures.

Rating # 17

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

She doesn't really know all the material or teach much, but who learns anything in Intro to ECE anyway? She is often unprepared for class.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: DIGITALDEVICES
• 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:

Hope you can teach yourself...

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: ECE3714
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Since all of the material was new, I had to work really hard, but I learned a great deal. She never uses the slides (works all problems on the board), just makes them available in case we miss class. The robotics competition was cool.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: ECE3714
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Completely inept. Boasts that she is preparing you for Engineering--yet she doesn't even have her own notes(she uses Dr. Reese's), or grade her own tests! She truly doesn't have a shred of concern.