Super boring course... not worth it to listen. Doesn't care about his students.

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yeah, he's wacked out!

The worst prof ever. Doesn't care AT ALL about his students or his job. I hear the department doesn't like him too much either. They know he's a jerk.Why's he still teaching? I suggest to anyone who agrees to write to the dep. so they fire him

DON'T TAKE ANY OF HIS FRENCH CLASSES. He can barely speaks it which makes everything extremely boring and pathetic.

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Study from the textbook and you will be fine

has no idea what he is talking about. i could teach the class and have a better outcome. his notes are useless and his stories continuously get worse

this prof rushes with his lecture and notes. i don't recommend this prof at all. he's not available for help and his notes make no sense.luckily, the textbook explains everything

Horrible teacher. RUN. Stupid stories, stupid notes, stupid man. The things he covered had nothing to do with the final exam and the practise exam was useless, as it was a million times easier than the actual exam. I took high school economics and got a great mark, but he just confused the hell out of me.

i do not recommend this prof for anyone. you don't undertsand his notes since they are so messy (blames that his bad writing is because of a car accident).doesn't offer any office hours, doesn't like emails, and doesn't allow students to ask questions during class.....just a useless person.you'll regret taking a course with himn

Fails to effectively convey material to students. Often spends long periods of time covering material that is irrelevant to the class. The class had about 120-150 students registered in it, but an average of 15-20 students attended class. A clear indication that I was not the only one who didn't enjoy his class.

Not a bad guy, thinks he is teaching a high school course, tests are decent. His teaching style is awful.

Literally taught right out of a text book. His exams and online quizzes come from the textbook manufacturing company so all you need to do is read it and you will pass. Really useless prof but at least the textbook was kind of funny.

Absolutely awful economics teacher who is condescending towards his students and rude as can be. He's not helpful, not interesting, very old school and a prof I would avoid at all costs. Lectures are brutal, only good aspect is the relatively easy tests. Big thumbs down

Not very clear notes. Does a pretty poor job of explaining things. Most of all he is incredibly rude and absolutely horrible to be around. One of the worst professors at Ottawa, avoid at all costs.

Very tough marker. Exams are very hard. And he doesnt post proper lecture slides so it's hard to know what you are going to be tested on. Overall horrible prof. Do not take.

Worst professor for the worst class. Doesn't think, is essentially narrating the textbook. Rehashes topics many times within the same lecture. The first half of each lecture is basically the last half of the previous lecture. WARNING: Do NOT Take. Ever

Lawrence Harris is a horrible professor. His notes are hand-drawn, illegible and messy. He doesn't hold office hours and straight-up tells us not to bother emailing him with questions. His lectures are boring and dry, and he is extremely rude and arrogant. He teaches straight out of the textbook. Avoid his class at all cost!!!

Prof Lawrence Harris is by far the worst teacher I've ever had. He goes off on long rants not even applicable to what the text book says. I would avoid taking this class at all costs. However, if you are a good self learner and can teach yourself the textbook you'll do fine. You do NOT have to attend class, he teaches directly off online slides

Worst prof I've ever had. Really rude to students, no sense of humour (but thinks he has one). Does NOT help you with any questions when they matter. Textbook is essential to passing. You will learn nothing in class but MEMORIZE the textbook. AVOID HIS CLASSES AT ALL COSTS.

Terrible Prof. He goes on and on about particular topics that the textbook does an adequate job covering. His writing is awful and even gets students to photocopy and upload his notes for him. his Blackboard is a mess as well, with little useful information to be found.

Hes not a good prof lmfao, class average on midterm 20/50

Spends the majority of a 3 hour lecture going over the pointless ramblings of the previous lecture. Maybe if he spent more time on the actual course content and less time talking about his Apple shares and his pretentious apartment in New York, the class average for the midterm would've been over 60%.

The first day he had the nice power point, then he starts writing his own note. The class average would have been higher if he talks less about his cat food, apple products, apartment in NY.. Refused to answer questions, and asks students to check things on line.

SO ARROGANT! It blew my mind hearing some of the things that would come out of his mouth. As for teaching, he uses powerpoints that were made by the publisher of the text book so if you don't go to class, just read the text book and look over the slides and your golden. Only positive is that your only homework are Aplia assignments (insanely easy).

DROP OR SWITCH IF YOU HAVE HIM. Never in my life have I had to experience a professor that had to do zero to little work in preparing to teach as he got his stuff off the textbook or websites. You don't ever have to go to class as the he speaks the textbook. The level of annoyance and rudeness from him was unbearable at times.

Exudes arrogance. Not accessible outside of class & you're not allowed to email him. He read off the slides from the textbook publisher, making going to class useless. Aplia is easy and worth 25% of your grade. As previously mentioned, he talks a lot about his apartment in New York. So go to the lectures if you want to hear all about it.

Terrible prof, slides are directly from the textbook. Didn't even go to class he will talk about his apple shares for an hour at a time, you learn more from reading the textbook by your self.

His rough notes were impossible to read and were not organized. When power points were used they were provided straight from the textbook -- unacceptable!!! He talks to slow and exaggerates unimportant points that are better explained in the textbook. Do not use his notes to study, use the textbook and Aplia assignments. Dont bother going to lectur

Teaching styles were inconsistent, switching from textbook powerpoints to his "really rough notes" that were next to impossible to read, and the fact that he expected us to understand what he meant by them, even when he explained them during lectures, was completely inexplicable. If attending lectures, enjoy talks of Apple shares... buy an iPhone!

His classes are like right wing North Korea. He makes grandiose promises (this will be the greatest class of your academic career) that will never pan out. Something as benign as checking the time on your phone can provoke authoritarian shouts of Phone! Put it in your pocket! Save yourself from his pop-econ lectures and just read the textbook.

His lectures are straight booty, don't even think that class, take another teacher please, I stopped going since the 4th week

Very dry lectures, likes to go off track and try not to take this class from 7-10pm. Yet he was quite humorous.

Don't bother going to class, just read the textbook and do aplia and you'll be fine. Midterm and exam aren't too difficult as long as you understand the concepts.

Aplia is easy points but I would strongly disrecommend this course. I found him very inaccessible and when I did ask a question his answer was condescending at best. His class is very much based on his view of economics and the world (his exams too). Plus he makes apple ads but is tough on phones in class. Thinks he's funny but he's not.

It's easy to get a 90+ in the class but he is awful. He is completely inaccessible outside of the class room, he is often late, won't answer student emails, wouldn't fix the mistake he made on the midterm. I got a 95, but he is the most dismissive and unprofessional professor I have ever had. Total scrub. Cares too much about his silly haircut.

His class was a nightmare. He was very disorganized and struggled with tech. He was condescending and impatient. My friend didn't understand a concept so she approached him. He was snarky & he responded with apathy. Completely useless. I understood the concepts so luckily I had no reason to talk to him. Painfully boring and uses weird examples.

DON'T TAKE THIS COURSE WITH HIM! The WORST prof ever, talks a lot in class. Midterm is hard! HE is so full of himself. AVOID HIM!

Teach nothing and combine with the hardest exam, the worst one I've ever take. He helps me to ruin my GPA.

Very mediocre lecturer. Does not properly use powerpoints, is unclear in regards to expectations, inaccessible outside class. His lack of clarity combined with his ambiguously phrased multiple-choice exams are truly what make his course so difficult.

This professor is extremely disorganized and it takes him weeks to post the lecture notes on Brightspace. He thinks he's hilarious when he is not and always wastes a good 10-15 minutes before every class and gets mad at you when you start packing up to leave because he was to go to the 'very last second'. I do not recommend this professor.

seldom posts his "slides" or unintelligible hand written notes online. ended up skipping his lectures and teaching the material to myself via textbook. on the rare occasion that i did show up to class i regretted it immediately. gets mad if you pack up a minute before class ends or show up late when he's usually late himself. avoid at all costs.

If you can take a different econ prof, I highly recommend doing so. His slides are completely unrelated to the content that are on his midterms. Very strongly opinionated, will refuse to look over a midterm with you and his office hours are non-existent. Taught myself everything.

avoid at all costs. The most boring and hard prof of uOttawa. If you have to take his class, be ready to do your own research and learn everything by yourself. The guy is so full of himself.

this guy sucks. avoid at all costs, you will end up teaching yourself the entire course material because he doesnt teach jack. his tests are way harder than the connect assignments and his lectures are boring as hell. red bull is required for this class

Avoid. He's not accessible outside of class (tells students not to email him for any reason). Midterms are way harder than they need to be. Slideshows and lectures are so wordy it is nearly impossible to understand everything. Just avoid.

This is the worst class I have ever taken before. I hated every second of it. The exams were absolutely ridiculous and the majority of the class failed them. 50 short answer questions. If you can avoid his class DO!

I have a passion for Econ and had high marks in AP Econ courses in high school, yet his class was my most disliked of the semester. His lectures will put you to sleep and genuinely not teach you the material on the midterms, so read the textbook. Be warned, even if you teach yourself, his "short answer questions" will mess you up. Avoid if you can

AVOID IF YOU CAN! His lectures are dry and unnecessary (exams are based on textbook). Full of himself and condescending if you have a question. Humiliates students if they ask a "bad" question. Midterms are unreasonable and not reflective of what was "learned". No questions allowed during exams. He's not accessible outside class. Annoying too.

He has no office hours, and you can only email him if it is an emergency! He makes the content more difficult than it should be. I would highly recommend making time to do the Mindtap exercises, it will boost your grade. BUT WITH THAT SAID, AVOID HIS CLASS! He knows what he is talking about but not a great teacher.

I'm still pretty confused as to how Harris got to be a professor. He told us not to email him, and his office hours are non-existent. The only reason I did well was because the content for contemporary macro-econ is crazy easy, I stopped going to his classes because lectures made me confused. Pretty much paid to teach myself this one. Avoid him.

Avoid this class if you can, prof is boring and lectures are not intesting.. You can pass that with the textbook, make sure to do the assignments!

I would never recommend anyone to take his classes as he does an awful job explaining the content. He had no time set aside for office hours and over all Khan Academy does a better job at teaching you. Over 1/3 of the people in my class failed one of his midterms and the final was extremely difficult.

His lectures and slides are not helpful. He spends too much time talking about graphs, but he's not good at explaining. Just read the textbook by yourself and you should be fine.

Harris has just about the most odd sense of humour I've ever come across. Rambles a lot and goes off topic. Spends too much time on some things. I stopped attending lectures and just used the textbook to learn micro. Exam was very hard - learn the graphs.

Harris really seems like he dislikes teaching. Does not host office hours and told us not to email him (is this even allowed? Arent profs supposed to help their students?) He is condescending & speaks down you if you do attempt to ask for help. I learned everything reading the textbook. I suggest to avoid, probably the worst prof Ive encountered