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William Hawkins ENEE459V Expecting an A Anonymous 05/11/2024	Similar to the review for the ENEE459v class back in 5/12/2023, I think that professor is like that. He is highly unstructured in this class which has its ups and downs. Downs being the obvious: unpredictable, inconsistent difficulty, and possible lack of focus. But the ups are quite interesting: being able to learn how to learn, seeing ways to approach problems, and interacting with the material. Now granted, he doesn't lecture too well, but his personality on the subject and his overall enthusiasm for the material is evident and does want to help as reflected in his approach to the lecture. He provides locations on where to find examples (albeit more simple ones) and does try to come to class with those examples or ones that he has made in general. Once done with lectures, he would also provide the class with said examples in ELMs and possibly more material to look at for further understanding. If you have a question, he will gladly ponder it and provide an answer. Due to his unstructuredness, grading is a bit more lax for homework and generally the exams seem to be similar to what was done in homework but with a bit more at times. Not all (or really most, sorry professor) will like it, but you will be challenged and will learn how to learn while learning more about STM32 boards. I will say, hopefully, you will be given a good TA that will help you along. Overall, enjoyed the class, and I wish you good luck if you try.
William Hawkins ENEE459V Expecting a B Anonymous 05/12/2023	The experience you have with Hawkins depends on the class you take with him. If it’s something like 140 or an early on class then I wouldn’t recommend. You need structure for those classes and he is highly unstructured. But if it’s something like embedded systems then Hawkins is good. Its very laid back so for senior year it’s great. It’s 80% homework and you get to learn how to use an ST embedded chip, so you learn a ton. Hawkins gives guidance but doesn’t necessarily teach, but there’s a lot of resources online for this type of thing, and it is just challenging enough to feel good about what you learned. If anything it’s mostly a class in learning how to be handed a piece of technology you don’t know, a manual, google, and figure it out. Hawkins does teach things in the class too, but it’s probably just quicker to look online.