Doug Thrower

93 reviews
Lecture heavy Test heavy Skip class? You won't pass. Respected Tough grader Accessible outside class Caring Clear grading criteria Graded by few things Get ready to read EXTRA CREDIT Lots of homework Amazing lectures Would take again Gives good feedback Inspirational Participation matters
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MCDB111 . A Month Ago

This was an async class where you could go the whole course without actually talking to Thrower. He would explain things in OH but the main interaction was his TAs. His tests were horrendous and it's a test heavy class. Very in depth multiple choice that made it look like you hadn't even studied. Truly tough, I don't know how people succeeded.

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MCDB101A111 . A Month Ago

nice guy but you watch his lecture videos and gives the most bare minimum explanation for every concept that he teaches. his online videos were extremely hard to follow and requires 3x the amount of time and effort to understand what he is trying to say. on top of his convoluted teaching, exams were extremely vague and ambiguous.

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MCDB111 . A Month Ago

Nice guy but not very good at explaining things. Goes into a lot of depth and random tangents. Would be a lot better with less yapping and more focus on the important stuff. Also doesn't point at what he's talking about in the slides and slides are loaded with information so have fun pausing all his videos to figure out what he's talking about.

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MCDB111 . 2 Months Ago

He is for sure in the retirement mindset. The class was a mess. There were regrades on all quizzes and tests, all of our lectures were over 2 years old and thus did not align with our homework, and on weeks where we had midterms he would "give us a break" from lecture but assigned twice as many the following week.

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101A . 2 Months Ago

I can tell he is very knowledgable, but he really isn't made for teaching online. You know its bad when he holds a whiteboard up to his camera. His tests questions felt very vague and open ended. He was available for office hours but it took him forever when answering questions. Sections depend on the TA but don't miss that unique info in them.

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MCDB111 . 5 Months Ago

Professor is probably on retirement mode and you can tell. Isn't even at SB just has lectures made probably during COVID and still uses them instead of actually teaching. Videos are also really hard to go through, constantly smacking his lips and pausing so flow of info is always scattered. Not a bad class or person at all, just mildly irritating.

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MCDB111 . 2 Years Ago

Dr. Thrower is seriously so sweet. I don't know why he has some bad reviews, but he is actually a professor with compassion and wants his students to succeed. Physio is a hard subject, but if you really put in the work, it's not hard to get a good grade in this course. Both exams were curved pretty generously.

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MCDB111 . 2 Years Ago

Very decent prof and easy to get a good grade. If you study the lectures, make a ton of flashcards throughout the course, and do the study guides/look at past finals on coursehero you will get an A; 20% curve on the midterm and fat curve for the final. He's teaching it online now (in-person tests tho); obvious choice when Low is the other prof

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MCDB111 . 2 Years Ago

RUN

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MCDB111 . 3 Years Ago

Hes a really nice guy, that is apparent by the way he talks to students and accomodates the class. Hes very bad at technology, his lectures are super dense and his cadence is a little boring. He also says "uh" every sentence and smacks his lips which is a pet peeve, it really makes it hard for me to listen to him since I noticed it. average prof

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101A . 3 Years Ago

Dr. Thrower is a good professor and always tries to help everyone in the class. The lectures are very long and dense. The course is graded on problem sets, midterms and a final. It was a bit difficult to understand the material at times, not sure if it was the way the professor taught it, or whether it was just the material itself.

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101A . 3 Years Ago

Long and dense lectures. 90% of grade is 2 midterms and final so make to do well on each one otherwise its hard to recover grade. He curves exams but everyone did so well that it basically meant nothing. Exams are open notes but questions require you to apply your knowledge so simply memorizing won't help. Nice professor but exams are unforgiving.

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