Reviews of professor Timothy Dowling

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Professor Dowling is a great professor. The content in the class is not easy, especially if you have never seen a differential equation before. However, going to every lecture and doing every homework will work wonders for your grade. The test questions are similar to the moderate/easy homework problems.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. Dowling is a wonderful professor. He is super quick with responding to emails and loves answering questions as you can tell he truly has a passion for what he teaches. He is a fair grader, but don't expect any curves or extra credit. The class has not a whole lot of grades, so don't slack off on any assignments like me... and u should get an A.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. Dowling is one of the best professors in the Physics/Atmospheric Sciences departments. Differential equations isn't an easy class, but he's a fair grader and incredibly accessible via email. During the covid-19 pandemic, he was very fast about transitioning online in a way that is still effective, including group work/lab portion of the class.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
(For PHYS 298, but wasn't an option). Professor Dowling was incredibly nice, but I feel like he rambles too much. I believe he would be a much better professor for higher level Physics, rather than "beginner." In my opinion, he is one of the better professors, but I probably wouldn't take him again. Free textbook though which was nice

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
I took Professor Dowlings PHYS-298 class, but it states PHYS-350 is the only option.

In PHYS-298 I had a great time, his class was well organized and easy to follow, and while the work itself could be challenging at times, Professor Dowling always went out of his way to help us understand things. I would definitely recommend it.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
This is a hard class, but Dr. Dowling is so kind. Everything is straightforward and I really enjoyed his class.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
(PHYS 298). Good professor but can get a little off topic sometimes. You can tell he cares about the material and the students though. He's really kind, and I enjoyed his class. The exams are really easy and basically just pulled from the homework, but the final was much more difficult.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Homework Is important in this class and he will be happy to help you with it. another student met with him every week for homework help. Loves this topic and responds to emails pretty late for a proff and fast like withing 5min. The tests are open book. and based off HW like some questions are just different numbers. Follows the book close 9HWtota

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. Dowling is great and clearly loves what he teaches. There is no online material for the class. The book is necessary because it's where the hw problems come from. Definitely go to the lectures, but if you do have to miss, you can email him and he will send you his notes for the day. The lectures are also similar to the book.