Reviews of professor Dave Howland

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Boring lecturer and extremely tough grader, avoid taking him.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
A professor that we need but we don't deserve. I think that I have been with cold professors who do not care about their students for so long... if I had met Professor Howland earlier, maybe I would have enjoyed the class more.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
This class is a solid 4/10. Canvas page is a mess. I can never find the actual assignments NOR my actual grade in the class(the grades tab is just gone). His class is boring and is him talking for 80 mins. Only good thing is he takes late assignments and is a decently fair (tho very slow) grader. Only take class with him if you love writing

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
One of the most boring professors I've ever had. I don't get how he doesn't realize he's been talking about one small detail for 30 minutes. Picky grader. Avoid taking him if you can.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
One of my favorite professors at RU! He is very passionate about nature (even taught a class while climbing a tree). Lots of assignments but was flexible with submission, as long as it was not a big assignment. He does talk a lot but truly cares about students. Always willing to help (even outside of class and office hours). Very cool guy :)

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Professor Howland is a great guy. He is very passionate and truly cares about his students. I had him for Technical Writing Essentials class (01:355:202). Although his personality is great, his grading criteria is strict and you will have to work for a good grade. Less than 5 people got an A in this course in Fall 2018.