Chris Herdman

Professor Herdman was not a very interesting lecturer. It was very hard to pay attention in class, especially with a large number of students in our lecture. Most aspects of this class were standard, and exactly what you would expect, however, his grading speed was horrendous. I don't think I have ever had a professor who grades slower. If you are a person who likes to keep track of your grades, be prepared. This is not to completely dissuade you from the course, but giving back our Midterm Exam on the last day of class was something else. Let alone our lack of graded quizzes and homework.

Professor Herdman was not a very interesting lecturer. It was very hard to pay attention in class, especially with a large number of students in our lecture. Most aspects of this class were standard, and exactly what you would expect, however, his grading speed was horrendous. I don't think I have ever had a professor who grades slow …Read more

It's Stat Mech, its going to be hard. But I also did enjoy the content. The application of the material is interesting and Prof. Herdman does a good job drawing different sub-fields to apply the content to. The exams were hard, which is saying something because they were all take-home. Helps to work in groups on the problem sets!

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