Chris Herdman

E&M is definitely hard but Herdman is a pretty understanding guy and totally willing to go over concepts in office hours. Tons of homework and weekly reading quizzes. Exams are difficult but graded fairly.

Herdman is a really tough professor. I did not enjoy the class much, and it took up so much time that I could hardly finish the rest of my work. I think the main difficult for me was that once you missed one class, as I did, it was hard to catch up especially labs wise.

This course was one of the most difficult classes I have taken at Midd. The majority of the course covers relativity, which I found quite confusing compared to other physics material. The exams in this class were very hard, with most people in the class barely finishing on time. I did not do very well on either of the two midterm exams, however I ended up with a good grade in the class, so some people say Herdman grades "off of vibes." Overall, its a hard class but the material is interesting.

This course was one of the most difficult classes I have taken at Midd. The majority of the course covers relativity, which I found quite confusing compared to other physics material. The exams in this class were very hard, with most people in the class barely finishing on time. I did not do very well on either of the two midterm exa …Read more