Tries extremely hard, but needs to work on his assertiveness. Sometimes explains at too high or too low a level. Easy exams with lots of prep.

To be honest, he falls short of what a prof should be.

Trys very hard. I've had him twice and can see improvement in his teaching. He is the most approchable prof i've had. Needs to work on his public speaking a bit, though.

Great prof in office hrs....i understood more java in his one office hr. than i did in his 10 lectures. Overly obsessed with Maple! Tries pretty hard...and I admire him for that. Decent prof. overall.

Tries, but falls a little short. Competent enough to get me through the course. Not a great public speaker. Relied a lot on the great TA.

oh man...you guys are being tight...harder is a PI to the MP...nicest guy ever and knows his java pretty well...not to mention saved my ass by giving us a easy exam at the end :)

Tries very hard. Exceptionally approachable outside of class. Clairity could be better in lectures, but it's not nearly as bad as people are making it out to be. Go see him in office hours then come back and we'll talk.

this guy might not be the best prof, but he's a very good guy. go talk to him individually and you'll see how helpful and kind he is. but he does have to work on his lectures.

As electricals 2008 we had some problems with Harder in ECE 104. After some dialogue between people in our class and him, his teaching has improved greatly, this is really noticable now that he is teaching 250 to us. I can honestly say that he's one of our better professors this term.

Harder is dedicated, professional, and has expertise in this field. More importantly Harder genuinely cares for his students’ best interests and makes an admirable effort to help students do well. He is fair and does not compromise finer details in the course material. I learned a lot.

All of his courses are boring but he tries to make it interesting. He is very considerate and will give lots of extra help if you need it. People complaining about 104 should realize the problem lies in the course, not the prof.

Harder is one of the best profs once you go through an entire course with him. He used to be quite unorgranized in teaching but he is working hard at it, spends many sleepless nights on a website for the class. He is one of those profs that will make you pass if you at least put some effort into it.

A little unclear at times, but extremely helpful and really cares about the success of his students. Completely revamped the course for this term, online notes are extremely detailed and amazing, excellent prof.

this guy is amazing!!! his class notes rock my world! he was awful at first but has really changed!!! turn those frowns upside down cuz Harder is the best prof i've had this term!!

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Worst prof when he taught 104, now he made awesome online lecture slides, which made things very easily to understand. I'd give him an A++ now. Job well done Harder, well done.

Getting better every year.... and a great guy. CHEERS TO THE SLIDES !

Clear, concise and friendly. Holds lots of help sessions, is very intelligent and patient.

One of the nicest Profs at that university. He is fair, organized, makes every effort to help the class. Funny, and allways looks after you in the end.

excellent prof

Has a good class relationship. Is very approchable and genuinely cares about the students in his class. Unfortunately, the material is rather boring, and he has a bit of a strange lecturing style, so classes are not incredibly useful. Overall though, a very helpful and caring prof.

Not bad at teaching. Makes a great effort to help students out. Overall great prof.

Doug is one of the most helpful and caring teachers at UW. If something doesn't make sense, go to his office and he will explain it for as long as it takes. Truly dedicated and knows his algorithms!

The man wrote his own textbook on Numerical Methods because all of the other ones were garbage, what more do you have to say?! Wants you to understand the meaning and usage of what is presented, not blind usage of some Numerical Method... Remember the 5 rules, and you will do great!

Very nice guy and genuinely cares about his students. On the flip side of the coin, numerical methods are so boring the lectures will destroy you. Just memorize some arcane mathematical procedures for the exam and right afterwards forget they ever existed. C'mon, who actually needs to remember what a "9th-order Runge-Kutta-Fehlberg Process" is...?

I had him for both 250 and 204. Lectures were all pretty boring, but that's not entirely his fault because both courses were pretty dry. He doesn't use PowerPoint for 204 so it's more bearable than 250. He's a very nice prof and doesn't mind spending extra time to help students. He also shifted our marks up a lot.

Boring course, didn't go to lectures after midterm, but finished with an amazing grade!! For that, we must commend this prof. No need to go to class at all, online textbook is gold.

He is AWESOME! This guy knows everything about our program (EE) and is a great guy to talk to. He teaches at a rapid pace, so if you're a slow learner, get ready to do some extra work.

I can't believe you guys don't like Harder!?! He *always* puts in extra effort, and is always willing to help out people that don't understand. I think he's fair, and good at teaching.

Had him for both 250 and 104 a few years back. Both times his lectures were pretty boring. He's pretty liberal with marks. Helpful outside the class, although I found it to be a bit creepy to be 1v1 with him. Both courses are ok as far as interest level is concerned. I am not much interested in neither programming nor math.

This man will go out of his way to help you if you ask. He has been the most helpful prof that i have had at UW.

His course notes are the best! The course itself is very interesting. Exams and projects are reasonable.

This Professor is among one of the best. He follows the rules to a T so you know exactly what to expect from him without having to guess. His exams are generally easier, and he does not allow students to get away with slacking off on the course before the midterm. This makes it fair for all students.

Good Prof. Very helpful, has excellent slides. Picks on people talking during lectures. Exams are fairly difficult but if you study off his slides you can do great.

Good Professor. Works hard and enjoys what he does.

Goes a little fast during lectures. If you review his slides before the exams, you'll do just fine.

I found this course absolutely useless since I was in EE, not computer. after writing the exam, I pretty much knew I failed but he showed me some generosity and gave me a 50. So I hated him up until that moment.

If you participate in class and show you're paying attention he will be pretty chill. Very open to speaking with students (about course content or anything else) and also makes very good slides. The prof we had for ECE250 was terrible but thank god Harder was always okay with helping us out with the course that he wasn't even teaching. Great guy

Harder is amazing. Super cool guy, engaging and obviously loves teaching. He's also by far the most approachable prof in all of ECE.

Harder is an absolutely great professor... if you are serious about your degree. He calls out the disruptive kids in class, which always is great bit of comedy. Very, very intelligent man, and he actually cares for the enlightenment of his students.

He's a good guy

One of the best professors I have ever had. Funny, intelligent, helpful, VERY fair grading. He offers to spend time with students outside of class, and really has his head on straight.

Great prof. Very fair marking, and cares about the enlightenment of his students.

Great professor clearly very interested in teaching and helping students. I wish he was the instructor for more of my courses.

He's very clear of what he's teaching about. Willing to help students.

Very cool guy. He is very smart and has a large range of knowledge. Sometimes he tries too hard to look smart though. But nice guy.

Awesome Prof

He's a good prof and he clearly cares about his students. Makes difficult exams and finals, but he curved a LOT for the final grade. Know his slides like the back of your hand, everything on the exams is from the slides. There's a lot of material though so don't leave studying till the last day...

One of the best prof knows what he is teaching actually cares about his student. Emphasis on learning and implying the content of the course and not just using it to pass the course. GIVES an incredibily hard final but its fair . Helps you out till the last time so make sure to take full advantage of his office hours

Professor Harder has one of the best reputations among ECE students. Simply visiting the lounge shows this. He's very approachable, and is willing to help out if you ask for it. He is far better at teaching this course than I've seen other professors teach. One of his labs, he challenged the students to beat his code as an incentive. Really cool!

Doug Harder may have an ego, but he has the intelligence to back it up. The course content was almost entirely presented in his slides, which were clear and straightforward. He's also more than willing to help you if you need it and genuinely cares about what you learn. Just be wary of tough exams.

Gread prof of Linear Algebra

Amazing Prof. Dougie is so close to our whole class. He showed up to our movie night and we presented a slideshow of memes we made of him. He explains things a little weird sometimes, but he's very clear about his expectations and very accessible.

Great professor, who actually wants us to learn something. :)

Lectures are extremely unorganized; his notes are better. He knows many people skip his lectures so he makes sure his online notes are good. Midterm and final is pretty hard but he always curves to a 75 average. Funny person.

Honestly one of the most inspirational professors I've ever had. Smart, funny, and teaches well. Knows about a lot of things, and his teaching style matches my learning style

Harder is undoubtedly the most savage person I have ever met in my entire miserable life. Every time I see him, my IQ rises by approximately 20 points. The man is basically a walking computer, and when someone asks him a question, you can see him compiling the code in his brain. Tough midterm, class average was a fail. Final is in 1 week...

Video lectures were great and love his teaching style.

will teach above and beyond course content

By far the best professor. Lots of kids complain about him, but they don't attend his lectures. If they actually came to class, they would learn more than in any other course. He's always available after class and is happy to teach above and beyond the course material. His lectures focus on building an intuitive understanding.

Very funny and entertaining, but have to learn to decipher between important info and extra yap. Kindest soul of any prof at waterloo.

Awesome prof, very approachable and fun to talk to. Always made lectures and tutorials interesting by adding in bonus facts/applications, which a lot of people may not be very fond of, but for me it made the class much more engaging. Exams were tough, but not tedious, and the grading was very fair.