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Great prof!

amazing prof, knows his stuff really well. unwaivering when answering questions

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Absolutely fantastic

Excellent Examples

great prof, calc genius

Nice prof,very hot too

Excellent Teacher! Knowledgable, and great at teaching course material!

Great Prof! Went out of his way to help those of us who had trouble with the course.

Excellent prof!

the BEST prof ever!! always smiling and willing to help out.. goes the extra mile to help you.

Great prof. Couldn't ask for better.

The greatest indication that he is a good teacher is that during the Engineering pie week, there was not one sent to him. This was after a rediculously hard midterm that many people failed. And yet, No pie! He cares about the students and is helpful.

Finally someone that knows English AND Calc. Is UW able to learn from this one great example of a fabulous prof?

He's always enthusiastic about class and his students. He generally knows his stuff, though we catch him making mistakes on the blackboard one too many times. Just watch out for his TA, cuz he is HORRIBLE! Go to the source for help instead.

Really great prof. Awesome teacher, lots of good examples, and he's adorable. Loved the class (even at 8:30 am).

Students with other M138 profs abandoned their lectures to attend Harmsworth's, even though it was at 8:30am. Often managed to fill all the seats, pushing some students onto the floor.

Yo, Dave is a cool guy. He knows his stuff and actually speaks English. WHOA!!!!!!!!!!!! They don't come by very often.

Adorable, adorable prof. ^_^ Also very patient about answering dumb questions and giving back marks docked by vicious, bitter TA's. Also will cheerfully discuss strange literary theories you may come up with about Professor Moriarty.

awesome prof... definately get him if you can

Awesome calc prof

good job dr dave

Yeah..Built with calculus..lol ;)

Even tho i think the class is one of the hardest, this guy is the best!! Knows his stuff and takes us step by step throu it. Oh and he SPEAKS ENGLISH, EVEN HAS A DEGREE IN LINGUISTICS, pretty good...

two words... STOP SMILING!

David is an excellent prof, although his lecture is 8:30 in the morning, I still went, speaks perfect english, helpful to students, passionate about the course, the course wasn'ts easy but he made it clear to students, EXCELLENT PROF!

Excellent prof if you haven't taken any integration courses (however, if u have taken integration courses before, u will find his lectures bored to death because he explains way too many - often write prragraphs to explain few points).. Easy course though

I had him in my second year of university (2 years ago), one of my best profs yet. Knowledgeable, friendly, and communicates openly with the classroom. Doesn't make anyone feel stupid for asking questions, and welcomes any feedback or questions from class

Great lectures, well worth waking up for. Knows what he's talking about, and doesn't talk condescendingly to students. Lectures were easy to follow.

David was a great prof, so nice, so helpful, and a sight for sore eyes at 8:30 in the morning. You rule david.

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8:30 CLASS!!! Ah well, it was worth the early wake. Great lecture notes, very clear. Willing to remark questions marked by bitter T.A's. However, beware that Calc 2 is indeed a very brutal course!

a nice guy but quite boring honestly

Very helpful, and clear prof, does a great job. wish he didn't teach so early in the morning, but it's still worth it to get up

Perfect English, passionate about his work, young and energetic, extremely helpful to his students, this is a very hard course, but if you have him as your prof. and wake up for his 8:30am lecture every morning, you should be fine

Knows his stuff, mostly teaches well, sometimes not the greatest at passing on an idea to his students, getting that connection, or helping us to "make that leap".

He's pretty good. He writes REALLY fast, but the notes are good, so if you can't keep up with him enough to understand what you're writing, you'll understand eventually by looking at your notes.

Very clear notes, but writes WAY too fast. If you stop and listen to him explain the problem, you are already 3 paragraphs (yes paragraphs) behind. Other than that, an awesome lecturer, always willing to explain and help students out.

This guy is HOTTTTT! And amazingly nice and helpful. He actually helped me and my group of friends for 2-3 hours EVERYDAY for 2 weeks, near exam time...I mean he is an ANGEL...MUAAAAAAAH!

Great

Is a good professor; answers questions and has a good sense of humour. Pay close attention in clas though, he offers some really good hints! His tips and tricks are definetly helpful! An overall enjoyable class.

He is a really hot prof~~~~!!!!! everything he taught is clear and understandable. REALLY NICE!!!!

Awesome prof! Gave really clear and consiste notes and is very helpful outside of class as well. Not many people attended his class since it was at 8:30 a.m. but those who did benefitted enormously! The course notes for this course are horrible, so class attendance is recommended. Tests range from fair to challenging and the final very brutal!

Good prof. The course is ridicoulesly hard, and he tried his best to setup office hours to help us. I like his exams, I wish every class have his type of exam where people who do homework can pass.

Taking this class in the summer when it was made up of lots of people that took 140 series courses made for a fun time. Brutalized on tests. Explained theory well in class, but lack of clear coursenotes and/or a good textbook really made it harder than it should've been.

Excellent

Great professor. According to him, it was his first time teaching the Math211 course this year. Interestingly enough, students from other, more experienced lecturers' classes would come and sit at Harmsworth's lectures. Hope to have him for other Math courses as well :)

Great rapport with our class, always a fun time! He has a talent for drawing in 3D and it helped quite a lot. Awesome prof, hopefully he'll teach us 211 next year.

great and handsome as well!

He really is a good prof. Tries to be clear in class and does his best to present complicated material to the class. Unfortunately, this course is very hard and is not interesting at all, but he does his best to explain it in understandable terms.

One of the best educators in the University, his notes are second to none!

Good prof....looks like he enjoys his job; therefore the students enjoy the class.

good.

BEST CALC PROF EVER! he made it seem easy, explains well, we considered starting a fan club, enough said. Its not an easy course though, so you have to keep up.

Explains things really well. Hard to get lost in class. Writes a lot though.

Best professor ever. I never fall asleep in his class!

one of the best calc profs in the university. ur guarenteed to get atleast a 70 if u just attend lectures.

As he was last year, he is still the best lecturer so far in Engineering. Crystal clear and very knowledgeable. We are requesting him back to teach us MATH 212.

as long as you pay attention, you should understand the stuff, writes like a machine though,dont have enough to time to absorb everything

One day I hope to have the deep manly voice of Mr. Harmsworth. He's an awesome prof and acts like he really wants to be there to teach and help. Makes calculus seem almost easy at times.

The previous comment is pretty much spot on. Listening to him talk is like having an angel whispering in your ear. If it were socially acceptable I would walk up to the front of the class and slap his buttocks. Yes ladies, he is that hot.

Extremely good prof best ive ever had

Also taught MATH 117. Great lecturer, other people with different profs would come to our class and fill it up, so that the original class had to start coming early to grab a seat. Good notes, patient, easy to understand in class, nice teaching style. Pace was good, enjoyed the class even though the material was difficult.

Half of his notes in that class are pointless. He often makes the assignment too hard or too long, so everyone depends on the tutorial to get the answers. His test are way too long as well. Average for the term tests are around 60%

Teaches the course really well. Very helpful to students outside of class.

Great prof, unfortunently he has a 8:30 class an not many people show up. He does a great job teaching, and his lectures aren't dry. However, he makes KILLER exams, if you're not prepaired for them (I.E, 30+ hours of studying) you'll do very poor. His exams are some of the hardest I've seen, but if you're prepaired, they're very very fair.

Very easy to understand. A math prof who speaks English! And he's very fair. Tough on exams, but fair. Willing to help, just not always sure how.

He was awesome :)

Amazing, but EXTREMELY HARD exams

You can tell he really loves his subject. Enthusiastic, nice guy, easy to understand, great notes. Really liked his teaching style, straightforward "here's what you need to know" along with some interesting side notes. Hot too :)

MATH IS ONE OF THE MOST USEFUL COURSES AT UW. I LOVE IT!

Really clear, helpful, concise with good notes. A+

Best prof ever, answered all questions thoroughly, this one guy, all his questions were very artificial and he KEPT asking questions, but Harmsy, he kept throwin' him answers.

awesome prof.

Good NOTES!!! I'm not sure if he is a good prof, because everything he does is copy his notes to the whiteboard. Even though the notes are clear and helpful enough, cool prof.

Awesome

Never seen such an amazing professor at UW before. Explains extremely well, perfectly organised notes and the most helpful professor ever. Hats off.

So far he is the only good professor I have had at UW. He explains everything with perfect clarity, even though the material is extremely challenging.

Hes good in teaching, can explain concepts well. Midterms and final are hard.

Excellent professor!

super chill guy. really clear lectures, easy but helpful assignments, and fair exams.

extremely helpful and clear!very gentle and nice !! very thorough knowledge and hot!!makes tough course material interesting!

Crystal clear. Helps students. Responds quickly. Posts lots of practice. Doesn't surprise students. Gives good insights. There is absolutely nothing wrong with this prof, and everything about him is truly fantastic, don't miss out!

great professor. always engaging and has a great and interesting selection of shirts

one of the best prof ever in uw period

David is a great professor. Crystal clear about methods of solving things, and able to teach the material without sounding confusing. Highly recommended.

REALLY NICE. good handwriting. explain concepts very clear. very helpful and nice in his office hour. exams are fair and good

One of the best Math professors I have come across. His teaches with great clarity and is highly conceptual

Harmsy is a good prof, it takes a while to warm up to him though. He is very clear and his course notes are essentially word for word what he writes on the board in class. He is extremely competent, as well as passionate, in the material he teaches. His midterms and finals are tough, but they are graded extremely fairly.

Pros: Very clear, knows his stuff, likes teaching, and very fair exams (Not always easy, but very reasonable). Cons: I feel he is overrated sometimes; he doesn't break down ideas very much, but chooses to describe them "technically" which didn't help me understand them easily.

Really well organized and knows his stuff. But I found it hard to keep up with his pace. A lot of the people in my class were international students for whom the course was review so it was too fast paced for me. Nice textbook that he wrote himself (more like course notes).

Super helpful. He thinks in student's respective.

He has a great smile

Great Pro and amazing lecturer

I like the way how he teaches. My favourite prof til now.

Winter 2016: He really wants you to earn your grade. His marking is clear and just wants you to show that you know what you are doing. midterm and final are fair but have 1-2 more challenging problems to push your understanding. TA's were very helpful and he is outside of class

He's an overall good prof he wrote the course notes so he teaches from them. Cares about the students knows how to adjust the average of the class so he has it where her wants it. Over all a solid teacher.

Clear and precise lectures; willing to answer all questions with the clear aim that everyone understands everything. Goes through new material step-by-step. Good pace.

Excellent overall. Tough but fair. Takes care to explain things. Funny.