Henry Wolkowicz - University of Waterloo

Professor: Henry Wolkowicz
Department: Mathematics
College: University of Waterloo
Rating # 1
Overview:
  • Course: CO250
  • Grade Received: A+
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
He is not that bad actually. He is kind of old school, but rather engaging and hilarious. Frequently entertained us with some interesting anecdotes about mathematicians in the field of optimization. And he definitely knows his stuff well.
Rating # 2
Overview:
  • Course: CO367
  • Grade Received: WD
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
This person is extremely unpunctual and disorganized. He is probably an excellent researcher but university should not definitlly allow him into classroom to teach students .
Rating # 3
Overview:
  • Course: CO372
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Worst professor ever. Notes and notations are very inconsistent. He randomly change the topic due to lack of preparing the lectures. List equations without explaining at all cannot even follow and I'm speaking as a dean's honors list student. Introduced very little materials but explained them in rambling. AVOID AT ALL COST
Rating # 4
Overview:
  • Course: CO372
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Words cannot how absolutely HORRIBLE this man is at teaching. Completely unorganized lectures, assignments that have nothing to do with course content, illegible and incoherent notes, fails to properly answer any questions, and all around a truly horrible professor. Failed to even properly assign assignments. Avoid at all costs.
Rating # 5
Overview:
  • Course: CO353
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
He's a little disorganized, and material on the assignments is unexpected at times. But at least you have time to work on it. The midterms and final followed from the assignments in a way that made sense.
Rating # 6
Overview:
  • Course: MATH235
  • Grade Received: F
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
This guy literally has put me in jeopardy in my career, due to his lack of responsibility for his awful marking, and most importantly his lack of concern for his students. I took this course from my willingness to learn, which I certainly did but failed the course. Never ever take an important course in the summer, ever.
Rating # 7
Overview:
  • Course: MATH235
  • Grade Received: Not sure yet
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Very poor lecturer, hard midterm and final, not recommended, assignments are long
Rating # 8
Overview:
  • Course: MATH235
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
worst prof ever, useless. If UW ever needs to fire a prof, he is the man!!!
Rating # 9
Overview:
  • Course: CO367
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Very very disorganized during lectures. He used slides made by a guy from Stanford which just comes across as lazy. I've never had any trouble with a prof before but if I had to do this again I would have avoided his class.
Rating # 10
Overview:
  • Course: CO370
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Half of class practically failing going into the exam. Numerous dropped from course. Contents of assignments strayed from course notes. Final did not cover several entire important chapters. Did very little to adjust marks. Nice person but very incapable in teaching.
Rating # 11
Overview:
  • Course: CO370
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
smart and nice as a person, but really horrible as a professor - makes all assignments long and hard for 1.6% each; hard to follow in lectures, notes non-existent; clueless and doesn't get why more than half the class is failing; belled midterm average from 45% to 55% and average would be lower still had there not been 8 ppl that dropped the course
Rating # 12
Overview:
  • Course: CO370
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
I wish i read these comments before taking CO370 with him. Disorganized, unfair midterms/assignments, he's just all over the place. Tries to throw in "tricks" to every question before even testing basic concepts. Very confusing, assignment solutions are always incomplete or wrong. one of the worst profs ever, avoid at all costs.
Rating # 13
Overview:
  • Course: CO367
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
lectures are disorganize, worse prof i have had in my whole undergrad career. very lazy prof. assignment solutions are merely a scan of student's assignment whom received the highest mark.
Rating # 14
Overview:
  • Course: CO666
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.5
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
He is harsh on Marking assignments.
Rating # 15
Overview:
  • Course: CO367
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.5
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
I agree with the previous comments. Extremely hard to follow. Very slow in returning assignments & midterm. I'd prefer to not take any more classes with him.
Rating # 16
Overview:
  • Course: CO367
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Easily the worst Prof I've ever had. Takes too long handing back assignments, and still has an incomplete solution set online for the last assignment (the most important one) the day before the final exam. His lectures are very unorganized and incomprehensible. I had him for Math 235 & hated him then and wouldn't have taken 367 if I knew it was him
Rating # 17
Overview:
  • Course: MATH235
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Useless. Worst prof ever. He has no idea what he's talking about. Very messy and disorganized. Does all solutions and examples on matlab so that you have no idea how to do them by hand. Doesn't tell you what is covered on the exams. Can't hear what he's saying most the time because he mumbles.
Rating # 18
Overview:
  • Course: CO367
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Enthusiastic and very knowledgeable but a terrible lecturer. Lectures are not delivered methodically but are instead delivered very quickly in a disorganized and confusing manner, lack of focus on key concepts and insufficient details written down. The course on it's own is probably moderately difficult but he adds to the difficulty.
Rating # 19
Overview:
  • Course: MATH235
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Terrible prof. Cannot hear what he says at all since he mumbles to himself. His obsession with matlab takes over the class and the lecture never gets started.
Rating # 20
Overview:
  • Course: CO350
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.5
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
The worst prof I have had. Doesn't help students. Makes too many mistakes and expects students to be correcting them. No organization in his lectures.
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