Thomas Doyle - McMaster University

Professor: Thomas Doyle

Department: TBD

College: McMaster University

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: 1C03
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Lectures are useless unless for project Will help you with anything outside of class

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: COMPENG2DI4
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Easy class if you show up and have logical thinking skills. Best second year ECE course you'll take

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: ENG1C03
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Knowledgable prof, teaches what's necessary. You don't really need to go to class for this course because tutorial/lab/group project account for most of your grade but whenever I went I didn't regret going.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: 2DP4
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Classes were taught well and grading was very fair. There was nothing that would catch you off guard if you attended lecture/tutorial.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: COMPENG2DI4
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Take the time to do the bonuses and you could be walking into the exam only requiring 75% to get an A+

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: 2DI4
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Great teacher very clearly wants to take the time so that everyone understands whats going on. Often does lengthy problems in class so its good to go to them. Tutorials were incredibly helpful in understanding the lecture material. Great teacher,great labs, papa johns.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: 2DI4
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Great course, loved the material, Doyle gets alot of flak but I feel like hes an amazing teacher. He obviously cares about us learning and really goes deep with the material. The Labs are really hard but nothing un-managable.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: COMPENG2DI4
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Had him for 2di4 and 2dp4 and I'm sad that he isn't teaching upper year courses. He kept it professional and his notes were great even if the lectures were a little bland.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: COMPENG2DI4
• 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:

Great guy! He's really helpful if you dont understand things. His exam and his midterms are crazy easy. As long as you go to class and just pay attention, you will do well. I took bare minimum of notes in his lectures. Just listened and everything made sense.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: COMPENG2DP4
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

I had Dr. Doyle for both 2DI4 and 2DP4. He is a great Professor who has a very fair system of assessments. Lecture attendance is highly recommended - his midterm and exam questions are mainly from lectures, tutorials and labs. I'd also recommend going to tutorials or at least following them on your own as they provide substantial help in labs.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: EE2DI4
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Makes digital logic very easy to understand. Crystal clear during lectures. Study lecture notes and labs and its an enjoyable course. Textbook is a must.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: 2DI4
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

You gotta attend lectures and pay attention if you wanna get a 12. The exam was extremely easy and the questions were the EXACT SAME as the practice questions done in the lectures. Labs took a lot of time, but they are a lot of fun. Amazing course!

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: COMPENG2DI4
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

As long as you go to class, pay attention to what he says, take good notes and do the lab properly this class is an easy class. Also the tutorials were very well done by Omar.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: 1C03
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

The final project is a lot of work. He was very confusing as to what was required in the project. His lectures are very dry. The lab portion of this course requires practice to do well, and the tutorial tests portion also take some practice. Put some work in this course and you can do well.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: ENG1CO3
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

You had to make an appointment to see him, and it never fit into any of my group's schedule. The material is boring and wasn't explained fully. The TA's are good though.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: CE2SOMETHING
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

He has a very soft voice--lulls you to sleep. But he knows what he's talking about and he teaches it pretty decently.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: ENGINEER1C03
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Dr. Doyle gave us a fantastic 'cap-stone' project for first year Engineering. We used 3D printers to do prototyping... Problem was if you didn't go and talk to the TAs frequently about the details of the project, I'm sure you would be totally lost. Very exciting, although very confusing.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: ENG1C03
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

He doesn't put everything clearly. some problems are not responded until last minute. marking scheme is weird too. he even doesn't tell students there is bonus mark and attendance mark.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: ENG1C03
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

He is a nice in person, but his class is terrible. You pay big buck to learn something you could learn in autoshop back in school, and from textbook. Attendance is marked. Labs are easy. Tutorials are ok. Practice available - none. Textbooks - useless, only cover first half of the course. Dc. Doyle does provide a lot of help with TAs and in person.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: ENG1C03
• 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:

Very helpful. Favourite prof/class first year engineering.. He makes everything crystal clear with course and assignment guidelines. He's a pretty nice guy too!