Quality 3/5Difficulty 2/5
Was only for one of the units. Teaching was kind of all over the place, kind of distracting/ hard to listen to or follow alongRate My Professors ↗
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Chris Hittinger
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Quality 4/5Difficulty 4/5
I had a general good time with Professor Hittinger. He was able to explain complex topics quickly and effectively. Despite doing worse than I would have liked in the course, I did learn a ton from him. My only two complaints were the lack of partial credit on his exams, especially on the questions that required multiple calculations.Rate My Professors ↗
Quality 2/5Difficulty 3/5
You have to write a discussion post and respond everyweek, plus read a paper and write a summary, significance statement and relevant questions with each being only one sentence but under 50 words. They are heavily scrutinized, so if you think something is less important about the paper, think again. There is also a group project. DONT MISS CLASSRate My Professors ↗
Quality 4/5Difficulty 4/5
Hittinger was very passionate about his subject and explained it well. His exam was a good mix of common sense questions about significant figures, and calculations. The exam followed his previous exam format so be sure to look over the one he posts. He was funny, but overall just pretty boring and moved fast. The calculations are not hard at all.Rate My Professors ↗
Quality 4/5Difficulty 2/5
Dr. Hittinger overall is a good lecturer. He sometimes talk a bit too fast, and it spend me some time to follow. However, the slide is very clear and give you 90% of the information that would be on the exam.Rate My Professors ↗
Quality 1/5Difficulty 5/5
He is one of the worst professors I've ever had at UW. Monotone voice and teaches extremely irrelevant material during lectures that is not even remotely close to the material that is tested on the exam. Exam questions mostly fill in blank calculations with zero partial credit given, even if you are within 0.001 margins. Do not take him!Rate My Professors ↗
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