Quality 1/5Difficulty 4/5
His lectures are so bad that you just need to read the book. Labs are structured horribly.Rate My Professors ↗
Current instructor
Dan McCammon
What students say
Original student reviews · all captured dates
Quality 1/5Difficulty 3/5
Lectures are horrible. Better to just read the bookRate My Professors ↗
Quality 1/5Difficulty 3/5
Weekly quizzes during lectures, which themselves were highly disorganized. He often forgot where he was in the lecture notes (which he doesn't post), and would spend five minutes trying to figure out where he messed up. Each lab is 2 weeks long, and sometimes the lab procedure/questions were changed halfway through the experiment.Rate My Professors ↗
Quality 5/5Difficulty 5/5
Since this class is graduate level circuit (more advanced version of physics 321), McCammon goes through topics super fast, and tbh, sometimes confusing. However, he is always ready to help you during office hour, clarifying all the topics, and eventually you can learn a lot from this classRate My Professors ↗
Quality 2/5Difficulty 4/5
Do not take Prof. McCammon's classes online: he does not do well with the format. Lectures were very disorganized with no clear indication of which parts were really important and which were side tangents. If you do the homework and read the textbook, you can still do well in the class albeit painfully.Rate My Professors ↗
Quality 2/5Difficulty 3/5
Cared very much about us, but can't teach well. Average on second midterm was 57. Borderline illegible notes, quantitative (and useless) tangents on how circuits are used today, and an inability to teach in an understandable manner. The book helps a lot, but this class was an exercise in frustration. (Probably better in person to be fair)Rate My Professors ↗
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Classes with Dan McCammon
ASTRON 990
Research and Thesis
1–12 creditsASTRON 990 is a research and thesis course providing advanced mentored reading and research opportunities for graduate students.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
No recorded grade history
PHYSICS 990
Research
1–12 creditsPHYSICS 990 is a research course where students conduct supervised research projects with individual faculty members.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
No recorded grade history
Recorded teaching history
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| Term | Course | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Fall 2026 | ASTRON 990 | Research and Thesis |
| Fall 2026 | PHYSICS 990 | Research |
Teaching history may be incomplete. Course pages contain course-specific feedback and citations.
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