Reviews of professor Duncan Farrah

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
One of the kindest, most good-humored teachers I've ever had. He knows his class is difficult and tries his best to let as many people succeed as possible. His wit and humor is wonderful, and he tends to brighten up the most dreary of subjects with such things as cute animals. Though I didn't enjoy the course, he made it as tolerable as possible :)

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
This professor has a very odd way of teaching, he will gladly go over concepts of physics, but leaves you in the dark when it comes to problem solving. He will absolutely not help with mathematical questions, so prepare on your own 99% of time. The homework and Pearson system are just awful and I wish school would stop using it.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
This professor is awful, his online lectures explain only concepts, no mathematics. The homework is math heavy which he never covers, he uses the awful pearson system which has enormous amounts of typos and incorrect answers.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Duncan is very disorganized. There was no syllabus and the final grade was completely left to his own opinion in the end. He would constantly change deadlines, grading structure and course layout. He did not give a single lecture or tutorial for this whole lab, he gives out a lab manual then walks around the class talking about unrelated topics.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
The class format is not laid out very well, the lectures are fast and he will not teach you any of the math only concepts. There are weekly quizzes that test you on the concepts and math, so be prepared to look stuff up. Many of his tests are multiple choice, but have wrong calculations so it becomes a guessing game at some point.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Professor Duncan cares deeply for his students. In order to pass you MUST be willing to put in the effort. Going to office hours helps A LOT and he is always willing to meet.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
great prof. that wants you to actually learn physics. physics 2 is a hard class but he makes it manageable. Lectures were fun and covered concepts and equation derivations well. I had to spend a lot of time outside of class; office hours were great source of help; shows cute animals in the slides; I enjoy physics now bc of this professor

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Professor Farrah is so caring, and he's really fun to talk to during office hours or even outside of class. His class was online and asynchronous b/c of COVID, so he posted weekly lecture videos on the content. There are weekly quizzes to ensure that you are learning the content. Watch the videos early on in the week since some of them are lengthy.