Chris Herdman

I took PHYS 114 with Professor Herdman this past spring, E & M is a step up coming off of newtonian mechanics as you'd hopefully expect. It's conceptually less intuitive, and mathematically richer, which can be intimidating. The more math you've seen ie, linear algebra and multi-variable calc, the more time you'll have to focus on the actual physics. I think Prof Herdman does a nice job given that each student brings a different mathematical toolset.

I took PHYS 114 with Professor Herdman this past spring, E & M is a step up coming off of newtonian mechanics as you'd hopefully expect. It's conceptually less intuitive, and mathematically richer, which can be intimidating. The more math you've seen ie, linear algebra and multi-variable calc, the more time you'll have to focus on th …Read more

Prof. Herdman tries his best but can be a bit dry sometimes. His demos were always pretty cool, but when it gets down to teaching the meat of the course, he can be difficult to follow. The exams, like most classes in this department, were pretty difficult and you never really knew how you were doing in the class because of the curve. It was a struggle and exams made you think less of your abilities. Labs were fun but grading was always very nitpicky, making them difficult to enjoy.

Prof. Herdman tries his best but can be a bit dry sometimes. His demos were always pretty cool, but when it gets down to teaching the meat of the course, he can be difficult to follow. The exams, like most classes in this department, were pretty difficult and you never really knew how you were doing in the class because of the curve. …Read more

Herdman was a great prof. That said, the class was very fast and sometimes hard to follow. The material was pretty tough, and so was the grading, but the lab was fun, rewarding, and not too difficult.