Quality 5/5Difficulty 5/5
pros: knowledge depth, careful and detailed teaching. Cons: you may fail! For me, these are the most helpful classes ever.Rate My Professors ↗
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WALTER DRUGAN
What students say
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Quality 5/5Difficulty 5/5
Brilliant Professor, incredibly rigorous yet fulfilling classes. A class with Drugan is a class you want to approach as different than a typical college class, he covers very complicated material in sufficient depth and then gives very rigorous homework, exams, and design projects. If you want to advance as an engineer take a class with him.Rate My Professors ↗
Quality 5/5Difficulty 4/5
Prof. Drugan is harsh, unforgiving and assigns a massive homework load. HOWEVER he is without a doubt the finest instructor I've ever had. I've never before encountered an educator capable of explaining such complex concepts with such clarity. If you want a friend, find someone else. If you want to learn some Engineering, go with Drugan.Rate My Professors ↗
Quality 5/5Difficulty 4/5
I really like the way he manages his classes. You will be in big trouble if you are not really paying attention in class. Homework is sometimes pretty difficult and time consuming, but that is the way you can learn stuff.Rate My Professors ↗
Quality 1/5Difficulty 4/5
one of the worst, if not the worst, ever instructor who ever existed. I have no idea how any school would even have such a person working for them. Forget getting any help or any response from him. You are on your own. A terrible so called teacher. Avoid at any cost.Rate My Professors ↗
Quality 2/5Difficulty 5/5
Going to office hours are a waste of time as he WILL NOT help you. His lectures are clear and organized. Unfortunately, a lot of the material is from the (terrible) book and not covered in class.Rate My Professors ↗
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Classes with WALTER DRUGAN
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