Eric Hua - University of Ottawa

Professor: Eric Hua

Department: TBD

College: University of Ottawa

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: MAT1341
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

He is a great professor with teaching carefully specifically. He provides notes and his tests are not difficult (similar to previous tests provided). HOWEVER, he has strong accent. You can take it if you do not mind it.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: MAT1341
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Not a great lecturer, doesn't explain major concepts well enough. He just reads off of his notes and occasionally adds small notes on the typed ones. You need to study a lot to pass the class and read the textbook and watch online tutorials because you don't learn that much in lectures.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: MAT1302
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

I'm absolute garbage at math but I understood all the concepts he taught us. His lectures follow the notes he gives you which I found to be very clear. He explains a concept then gives you examples to demonstrate what he's just explained that actually went a long way in helping me understand.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: MAT1302
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Dr. Hua supplies excellent lecture notes and clearly explains the course content. He is accessible outside of class for help and provides many previous midterms to practice from. The exams are very close to the previous midterms, so study and you will get an A+. Best math prof I've ever had! Thank you Dr. Hua

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: MAT1341
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Most hilarious prof I've had. Started sitting in the front of his class because he's just so fun and he explains the topics really well. Do the past midterms because the tests are super similar and if you do a couple you'll have no problem getting an A.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: MAT3320
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

He lecture can be quite fast-paced but he has clear expectations of what will be on the test and exam. Go to all his lecture you will do well.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: MAT3320
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Go to his office hours! He explains really well one-on-one.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: MAT3320
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

He grades his exams as if they're multiple choice. For a whole page problem, if you make a small mistake at the beginning, everything after that will be marked wrong, even if the method is right. If you try to talk to him, he'll say you shouldn't have made any mistakes. Not helpful at all and terrible at explaining.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: MAT1330
• Grade Received: C
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Spends lectures teaching from a PDF that's filled with examples that he half explains because he assumes that everyone can finish the problem. When asked to clarify he often says the same thing just in a different sentence format.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: MAT1339
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

This prof is a seemingly happy guy but through my own experience he was unwilling to help students before or after class. He would not answer questions from the last lecture. He has a heavy accent and can only understand the students questions half the time.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: MAT1339
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

The guy knows his stuff and is a nice guy but has no clue when it comes to teaching, he would just skip over a good amount of examples and skip steps for the examples he actually did. Don't bother buying the textbook. Half the class failed both the midterms and the final was hard (the final was similar to the review questions sheet he posted)

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: MAT1330
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Dr. Hua is a nice guy who means well. Although he can be very unclear with topics and explanations. He will make the most simplest concepts sound so hard and inconceivable. If you get him, GO TO DGD'S! THEY ENLIGHTEN. His accent is hard to get past, and he won't explain how he got to an answer unless asked, and even then its iffy. Exams are ok

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: MAT1339
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

If you are taking this class as a make up course and you didn't do math for a while, be ready to get a tutor. He doesn't explain small math rules that are very important and doesn't develop the exercises. You have to study very hard on your own to pass.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: MAT1320
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Worst prof. I ever had. I only attended a few lectures and switched to another prof. His lecture is basically he reading a pdf file to class. Never goes to the board. Very hard to understand his accent.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: MAT1300
• Grade Received: F
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Hua's accent is difficult to understand and he doesn't explain examples very clearly. Some people find this class very easy but I found it difficult because he did not explain very well and would not go over practice questions or examples in class. He is a nice man, but avoid him if you can.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: MAT3320
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Dr. Hua is a reasonable prof. Lectures for this course were as useful as dookie in a public bathroom. Doing the assignments are as useful as oxygen to live and his course notes are full of typos and missing steps to examples but worth a read. Midterm is easy. Final is bit harder but it was fair. A+ is doable.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: MAT1332
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Prof is ok, talks really slow, but explains everything very clearly, has typed notes but does written examples in class. Ton of resources available to succeed. Midterms easy if you just do the old ones. Final was hard, very specific and detailed about stuff from the beginning of semester. First half semester is easy, second half is harder

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: MAT1300
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

You really had to work for the grade. I found his lectures hard to follow and he moves very quickly! If you miss one class you could miss several topics in one lecture, and examples were few and far in between.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: MATH2004
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

His teaching style fits me perfectly, he has a bunch of notes with example questions for which he goes through in class. His pacing is fair, not too slow and not too fast, so it's easy enough to grasp what he's doing in each question and not get bored. He didn't do a final exam review or really tell us what to study though

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: MATH3705
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

He's the best Math professor I've ever had. Clear speech and great board-writing. He has resources that can correct the errors in the textbook. He can easily make students understand hard materials.