Barry Bodt - University of Delaware, Newark, DE

Professor: Barry Bodt

Department: Mathematics

College: University of Delaware, Newark, DE

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: MATH205
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Seems like a nice guy, but the material is incredibly boring. Lectures drag on, broken up by the occasional educational video. Labs are easy, you'll learn some R and JMP. Attendance isn't graded for lab or lecture. Tests were deceivingly difficult, and our class averages were never very good. Overall you'll probably get an A or B if you try.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: MATH205
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Hes a nice guy, but the worst prof Ive ever had. Boring topic, boring slides, boring boring boring. The best profs have excitement for their field that gets you excited, this guy could have been sleep talking and we wouldn't have noticed. But its required for cisc majors for some dumb reason

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: MATH205
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Bodt is a chill guy, but way too chill to be teaching this class. His lectures are lazy and read straight from the slides, and does not assign problems so you'll have to put in work on your own. Makes tons of mistakes on exams and quizzes (don't get worry if you are confident in your answer), and lab instructions are unclear and hard to understand.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: MATH205
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Most boring professor the school employs teaching the most boring class the school offers. Sitting through his lectures are almost impossible. He posts homework and quizzes without any notice, and they're up for a very short time frame. I dread attending this class.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: MATH205
• Grade Received: C-
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

He has no energy when he does lectures and he puts the minimal effort into teaching. If you trust his lectures to learn the class, you will fail. READ THE BOOK CHAPTERS AND DO THE PRACTICE PROBLEMS. I taught myself in one day about this class than his lectures did all semester.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: MATH205
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Professor Bodt has good intentions. However, the class is at a horrible time every semester, 7-8:30 pm MW and additional lab 6-7 pm Mondays. Being offered at that late time makes it hard to concentrate as it is, but he is just boring. He doesn't explain the material very clearly. Make sure to do ALL the homework problems, not just the assigned one.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: MATH205
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

This might just be the most boring class I have ever taken in my life. Quizzes aren't that bad and neither is the homework. The tests can be difficult if your not prepared, But its hard to be prepared for a class that bores you to death.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: MATH205
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Bodt straight up reads off of the powerpoint slides provided by the book which makes going to class optional. Make sure to complete the labs which he grades mostly on completion and not on correctness. Do not try to google his quiz questions for the take home quizzes as the answers I found always seemed to be wrong. Allows cheat sheets on tests.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: MATH205
• 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:

Bodt is extremely boring. His lectures make no sense because he just talks and talks and its hard to keep up. Once you read the book everything is 100 times clearer. He also takes forever to give things back. Quizzes and tests are worded in a confusing manner. Since quizzes are 5 questions you miss 1 and your down to a B. Late time doesn't help.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: MATH205
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

absolutely the man. if you take stats, take him.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: MATH205
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Lectures can be boring, but he usually throws out some useful info. He tries to mix in real world examples which makes it a lot easier to listen too. Overall, the class teaches some good skills and it is pretty easy. Some of the textbook's quizzes are ridiculous but he doesn't weigh them heavily anyway. Good guy, recommended.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: MATH205
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Easy class, fun lectures! omg 2 sample t tests are the shizznat. Gives real life situations to use stuff, and curves alot. The tests werent too bad, i got a 100% on the first and i havent gotten the last one back yet. Only bad part was my section had class at 7 at night for 2 hours, but it was interesting so its ok

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: MATH205
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Bodts a nice guy, material is exceptionally boring. Lab from 6-7 and lecture from 7-830 is excruciating on a monday. Project was easy, did it in two hours, first test was easy. I couldnt do a P-value to save my life but should get a B.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: MATH201
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

No Comments

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: MATH205
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Class is ... boring, boring, boring... boring. However, Dr. Bodt is an EXCELLENT professor. He relates all the material to real world, work related situations and is very fair in how he dishes out and grades work.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: MATH205
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

class starts out easy but then gets difficult. Tests were sorta of difficult so make sure you goto labs and attempt the hwk (he grades hwk as long as you put a decent effort into it). And what will really HELP YOU is to buy a TI-83+ or better yet the TI-84+ AND KNOW how to use the statistics function that are included in it!

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: MATH205
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Sort of a difficult class, but he helps you out and is a pretty nice guy. Do the labs, homeworks, and come to class and there's no way you will do poorly.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: MATH205
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Class is kind of boring, but he does try to explain things clearly. Labs and homework are pretty easy, and exams are straightforward- if you get the concepts, you should do fine. Very good about responding to emails.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: MATH205
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Good guy, realizes that the material is kinda boring. Go to class and you should be fine.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: MATH205
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

I took AP Stats in high school and easily got an A in this class with minimal work. But if you're seeing the material for the first time, it's not as easy. Bodt isn't the best teacher, but he's a really nice guy. I missed one of the exams to go to a METALLICA concert and he let me make it up. :-)