Professor Bowers was extremely old-fashioned. It was incredibly frustrating that every question asked had to be repeated several times before he could hear what the student was asking and he verbally berated the TAs in front of the class. The only saving grace is the curve, but even so, it's not worth the stress.

This quarter he and Steven Buratto teach the course together. The comparison between him and Buratto can show how bad he is. In Buratto's part, the homework solutions are typed and very easy to read, while in his part, the homework solutions are a total mess. Buratto posted slides (although not in great quality) on canvas but he did nothing.

I don't think Professor Bowers is as bad as people make him seem, because he does put an insane curve on the grades, but you have to survive the sub 50 averages on midterms to get there. He doesn't post lecture notes, so don't miss class unless absolutely necessary.

I have no idea why people hate Bowers so much, I really enjoyed taking a course with him. He is very old school and keep all his lecture material in the notebook rather than slides. So, if you miss the lecture, you miss 1.5 hour of material with no recovery because book is absolute bs. Prob thats why people don't like him. Average is ~60%, curved.

Don't let your gf take this class. Professor Bowers will f her hard that you ever will.

Be prepared to do work.