It is his way or no way.

He named his text-book "climatology: the 'hard' science" Need I say more? If the U of T geography department wants to make sure that undergrads keep taking geo courses, they have to ensure that this guy is NOT allowed to teach any more under

very hard.. and actually tells you that you are not smart enough

hard course, and he teaches too fast

This professor is by far, the wost at UofT. Not only is he rude, not approachable, he obviously does not want his students to do well. The average on the first mid-term was 46%. Do not take this course if it is not mandatory. If you have to take it, be prepared to study like you've never studied before.

Professor is extremely rude to students.attitude towards helping students is non-exisistant.I find it hilarious that on his office door there is a sign Undergraduate Coordinator.A collegue went to correct their midterm grade as it was sumed incorrectly.Harvey responded telling this person that their math was bad yelled at her and told her to getout

Very rude and hostile to students. He must feel threatened by our superior intelligence. His lectures attempt to dictate his viewpoints rather than to inform and EDUCATE of the real problems. he must be the hilter of global warming.

very bad

Not suitable as a university professor. More interested in his own research than educating. Rude to students.

You are required to memorize alot of number. For example: the lifespan of CO2 in the atmosphere, the lifespan of CH4 in the atmosphere. CH4: I still remember is 8 years. Then you have to compare the energy consumption difference between electricity powered by coal and natural gas! The specifics are just way too detail..

Extremely hard and confused. Too fast lecture. He yells at students. he thought every one should understand the concept, but no one does in the class.

Without a doubt the worst professor I've ever had. Lectures seem easy, then you get the assignments and tests and realize that he didn't actually teach you anything that is asked of you. Rather, he spends the vast majority of lecture time describing obvious graphs and numerical data that can explain themselves. Hilariously terrible.

Horrible class. Don't know how I'm gonna pass finals. Don't take it. Try avoiding at all cost!!!

The word in the Geography dept is that Danny Harvey wants to only do research and not teach. Of course, UofT doesn't work that way. So he makes his class difficult so the faculty knows he is not a great prof, which is actually true. He is very knowledgeable as a researcher but uses primitive methods of teaching through memorising. GPA killer.

Poor professor. The first quiz was very easy but after that the assignments and tests became increasingly difficult. He did not explain how to complete the assignments and was very vague and uninterested in my questions during office hours. While you may be able to do well the amount of work put into this course really takes away from other courses

My head is spinning from his "answer" to my fairly simple question just now. It's hard to believe that somebody with so much academic XP can be such a poor instructor. His lectures are extremely confusing and in GGR314, he had absolutely no grasp of a reasonable workload for students (GGR348 is fine, though). He wants to do research, not teach.

He is the worst professor I have ever met in these four years, 100+ pages slides in each 2-hour class, and he even does not what is teaching. His class will only teach things like principle and common senses but the problem sets will test you so many strange calculation and you have to learn these things by yourself. Very tough class, and very mean

Worst class I have taken by far. Doesn't even know his own subject material - reads off slides and still makes mistakes when speaking. Extremely physics heavy - between myself and a physics major could only get a 60 on problem sets. DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS. Was extremely excited to take as subject material looked interesting but very disappointed.

Do not take his class!!!

Terribly organized lecture slides full of text that he reads off, the instructions for his problem sets are so confusing that they're impossible, lectures are EXTREMELY information-dense but he never specifies what you need to know for exams. I could go on but there's a character limit. Save yourself, don't take his classes if you can avoid them.

Awfully organized lectures. Expects you to remember every word on his PPTs. His problem sets are 50% of your final grade but he doesn't teach you a single PS concept. PSs are quantitative, but lecs are all qualitative. I'm in engineering - for a GGR course, the difficulty of the PSs was shocking. Class average was C-, horrifying for a GGR course.

Tough class. Expect you to memorize every word. The lectures and notes are all over the place. Don't recommend it at all.

This class makes me hate the environment

One of the worst professors at U of T. Students deserve so much better. Just read the awful reviews. Enough said.

His lecture was absolutely garbage. Only general qualitative facts but his problem sets require lots of calculation that he never taught in lectures. Such a tough grader that any small mistake will receive 0 in that section. The worst part is he uses excel for mathematic calculation. Who uses excel for real math????????

Basic lecture with the complicated problem set.

Worst GGR course I have ever taken.

Problem sets are difficult, and the lectures may not be enough to complete the problem sets. Assumes that all the concepts are easy while students are struggling. Inaccessible outside of class, doesn't respond to emails.

tough grader, it is easy to get a 0, do not take his class!!!

The difficulty between lectures and assignments does not match. Comments on the graded assignment are not clear. Takedown marks for grammar and spelling. Extremely tough grader. Instructions on the midterm are not clear, he extended the midterm 30 more min but deducted marks for submission if you were late for the original deadline. NO HARVEY COURS

Don't waste your time on this course and this prof

Worst professor I’ve ever had. Does not care about students. Grading is unreasonable, will get 0 on questions for minor grammar or spelling mistakes. Terrible educator and scientist. Told us to “work harder” but I’m convinced there is nothing we could have done. 1/5.

Horrible professor and "scientist." His communication skills are in the toilet. Awful beyond belief. 1/5. Never again. Makes me hate the environment x 1000.

shitty prof

if you go to all his office hours you might be able to scrape by, otherwise gl

the quiz system was awful. Gives u an automatic 0 if u make a spelling mistake and he was too lazy to change it. Very, very dense notes given that he basically reads off. Doesn't care about students. Very poorly taught course. Beware.

You have to buy textbook from him or this course will not work. I already spent $6000 for this course but I would never be mistreated like this.

Avoid him if you can. Did so in 2016 and will do so again. His rules are hilarious. You have to buy textbooks from him otherwise this course will NOT work. This is absolutely mistreatment and disrespectful.

Really bad. I mean really. Super preachy. You have to buy the textbook he wrote. ALWAYS, ALWAYS runs over time as if People dont have class after. Just reads off the textbook. REALLY bad at explaining. Blames students for not understanding things he didn't explain.

Grades arbitrary and pedantic, you will not feel satisfied with this course even if you genuinely enjoy the subject because of this professor.

Absolutely horrendous, his lectures are dull and provide no practical understanding to the use of energy and its effects on economies and societies as a whole. The course feels more like chemistry/physics rather than human geography. Problem sets are only calculations on excel whereas exams expect you to write about random topics from HIS book.

Lectures were pretty much completely useless, doesnt do much to help you complete assignments. Excel assignments are extremely confusing and a huge time eater. Midterm was extremely difficult. Avoid this course and professor, the class was very unpleasant to experience and I wish I had my time back.

The workload is massive and the content is incredibly dense. Assignments are long, complex, and very time-consuming. Even if you're trying your best, grades often end up lower just because of how demanding everything is. Prof also gets easily frustrated when students ask questions, especially during tutorials.

Here are some tips if you can't drop: Download grammarly or smth similar (marks can be taken off for a missing comma in a discussion post) Term tests are literally the end of chapter questions from the tutorials (memorize WORD FOR WORD) The 5% assignment is weird just go to office hours to check if you're on the right track

More tips: Start the online quizzes early and make sure to format the answers exactly as in his required $20 textbook. Go to tutorials, easy marks. Keep in mind the word limit when writing the summary and discussion posts.