Christine Soteros - University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK

Professor: Christine Soteros

Department: Mathematics & Statistics

College: University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: STAT241
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Chris is not a great lecturer. She'll frequently go into examples using a new concept before introducing it, she wastes a lot of time writing full paragraphs on the board, and often gets lost in the middle of her own examples. Luckily, most of the material is available on Youtube and the textbook is decent.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: STATS241
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

She asked us to integrate an absolute value in order to calculate a mean, which I haven't done since MATH 116 and which also didn't show up once in the textbook, when the function could have just required that we integrate x^2 or something. I needed this answer for the next 6 questions. This kind of thing isn't abnormal in her class.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: MATH125
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

First of all, she always messed up in her lectures. There were times when a student would correct her mistake in an example because she didn't know what she was doing. She did easy examples in class then when it came to quizzes and test, the questions would be really difficult. I do not recommend you take her class. You'll regret it!

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: MATH125
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

First midterm was just stuff taken from grade 12 calculus, so the class did well (no thanks to her rambling and confusing notes). She paid us back for this by making the second midterm and final very hard, and took marks off for tiny details. She didn't seem eager to help when asked. If possible, find another prof.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: MATH125
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Chris was hands down, the worst prof I've ever had. The test questions were way harder than any of the examples we did in class. AVOID AT ALL COSTS!

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: MATH266
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

The textbook lays out chapters in a logical order, but Chris jumped around and covered way more material than the book recommends for an intro course. In class, she only showed proofs and theorems rather than examples. I had to learn everything from the textbook. Final worth too much (60%). Avoid - take Math 264 if she is teaching Math 266 again.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: MATH125
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Overall below average teacher, she does not explain concepts clearly and the lab is a pain. Not the worst teacher ever, but I would avoid if possible.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: MATH125
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

If you are considering taking one of her classes - stop. Go find a new math class. As someone who got a near perfect mark in High School Calculus, I struggled with her. She didn't answer questions thoroughly and couldn't copy examples from the textbook properly. Inconsistent marker and her assignments aren't related to lecture material whatsoever.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: MATH125
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Doesn't know how to teach at all. Is a complete scatter brain and can't stay on one topic for more than five minutes. Gets her TA's to mark assignment and gives inconsistent marks throughout. Her tests have nothing to do with what's covered in lectures and are tough. Would never recommend taking her class. Get ready to fail.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: MATH125
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

The worst prof I've had so far. Her lectures are dry and confusing, you're better off reviewing the textbook or going to online resources.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: MATH121
• 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: Not Mandatory

Comment:

AVOID AVOID AVOID!!! Unless you have had A LOT of calculus background prior to university.. AVOID THIS WOMAN AT ALL COSTS!! Switch to the other lecture while you have the chance, she was honestly the worst math prof in the history of the U of S! If you are stuck with her, get a tutor, don't even bother going to her class you won't learn anything.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: MATH121
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Chris is a good prof, she makes mistakes sometimes and her lecture notes are not always helpful but for this math you have to teach yourself, Raj is an even worse prof personally i cant understand him or read his writing and he thinks hes funny but hes not. Chris is better to me but either prof will not help you in this course. Math help will!

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: MATH121
• 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 attended every single class of Chris' and I knew how to do nearly everything that she taught us already from highschool. But that's the only reason I passed. She is extremely confusing. She takes shortcuts all the time and she doesn't explain herself. She is friendly, and she is willing to go over your midterms with you, but a useless prof.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: MATH121
• 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:

unless you LOVE math, and/or are a math wiz, avoid this class. Chris is a horrible professor, she reads examples directly from textbook, when asked how she did a question she claims its "in my notes" she is a poor math teacher and has a horrible attitude, not friendly or helpful.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: MATH327
• 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:

She tends to get lost and confused with proofs in class, but at least she bloody shows *how* to do topic-specific proofs, unlike most math profs at usask. My biggest gripe with the class is the textbook "Applied Combinatorics" by Roberts; a total waste of paper. That being said, ignoring the textbook, enjoyable class and informative.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: MATH121
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

a good class and good prof if you do the assignments.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: MATH121
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Chris is a very nice woman! She was always willing to meet with me after exams, go through them with me, and give me a few extra marks. If you kept up with the work, the class was easy. The people who claim she was a bad teacher didn't do any work of their own and expected to learn everything from her lectures--which they rarely attended anyway.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: MATH121
• 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:

She is the only person I know that can completely screw up the most basic concepts, and make them sound hard. She also messes up on her examples at least once in every 2 classes.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: MATH121
• 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:

Not a good prof at all! She have a way of making the basic concepts way more confusing than the actually are. I would not recommend.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: MATH3
• 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:

horrible