Gary Umphrey - University of Guelph, Guelph, ON

Professor: Gary Umphrey

Department: Mathematics

College: University of Guelph, Guelph, ON

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: STAT2040
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Umphrey is a really sweet man and is more than willing to help you after class or during office hours. He does expect you to be taking notes in class and working to understand the material. The midterms and final were more than fair - for the final we were allowed 4 pages of cheat sheets. I will say more of a grounding in R would have been nice.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: STAT2040
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

If it werent for the textbook and watching Prof Balkas YouTube videos, I wouldve failed this course. Umphrey is a nice guy, willing to help during office hours/after class, but had vague notes. I went to every lecture and didnt understand anything he explained, only useful info was his hints about assignments. Avoid taking stats with him!

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: STAT2040
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

AWFUL AWFUL I go to class all the time and write down everything. Half of his slides just have the answer on them without explaining how he got it. Half the class has no clue whats going on. DO NOT TAKE IT WITH HIM

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: STAT2040
• 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:

I have never experienced a worse professor. I went to all of his lectures, took notes, read his slides and still decided to drop the course because I was doing so poorly and almost half of the class failed the first midterm! In class he does not teach - simply messes around with R. His assignments are outrageously long, hard and only worth 5%.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: STAT6950
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Stats is not an easy class. Go to class. I attended class and wrote down everything he said even if I didn't understand it. Later when I reviewed my notes, THEN it all made sense and with notes and handouts did well on the exam. You just need practice and time to absorb it. Gary always takes time for students at office hours if you need help.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: STAT2040
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

His lecture slides are a mess. If you don't go to class, it is impossible to teach yourself from his notes. I relied solely on the internet. He also hands out important tables and charts in class and does not post them online, nor tell you he handed them out. Makes it very difficult to do well if you miss class. (Mine was at 8:30 am so I did)

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: STAT2040
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

You need the textbook to essentially teach yourself. His lectures are confusing and usually involve him playing around with "R".

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: STAT2040
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Be very careful with this professor Gary Umphrey. Learning from him in lectures is difficult. He uses language that is very refined. His lecture slides do not contain much content and his explanations of the content are brief and inadequate. I recommend you read textbook examples and talk to him directly(office hours). Avoid professor if possible.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: STAT2040
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Such a bad professor lectures are impossible to follow and nothing makes sense.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: STAT2040
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Coming into this class from peer reviews and reviews on this website, I expected a terrible prof in Umphrey. To be honest, I'm not sure where these awful reviews came from. He may be slightly unorganized in his lectures, but he explains all of the material needed for his tests in his, and provides examples and assignments that represent Test Q's.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: STAT2040
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Umphrey was the worst prof I have ever had. He is useless in lecture and just struts around making everyone uncomfortable. His notes are bare minimum and very scattered. He wastes time in class and all learning was done on my own time. The assignments are irrelevant to course material, & take way too long to complete given how little they are worth

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: STATS2050
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

If you want to be confused for an entire semester then take stats with him. He doesnt have any clear lecture plans and just teaches whatever comes to mind. He expects you to have a ton of background knowledge on the topics which most people dont so it makes it hard to follow along. He gives open book tests but they can still be hard. beware.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: STAT3210
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

I took Experimental Design with Umphrey and the class size was quite small. I hadn't taken STAT*2040 or 2050 with him but I didn't hear the greatest things. I don't know what those people were talking about, I found him to be quite enjoyable. He took our class on field trips to see designs in practice which was great and his stories are hilarious.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: STAT2040
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Most confusing lectures

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: STAT2050
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

He's not a high school teacher, so don't expect him to be one. He's a professor. He expects you to do more than just show up to class; but, that's not to say he isn't fair. If you're willing to put in the time to understand the content, you will exceed. That being said, his typing skills could use some work.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: 2040
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

The course requires work, but if you do the work then you will see the results from it! Stats really isn't the type of course where you can just sit in a lecture and understand everything, you really need to practise. Umphrey is the best, very very great guy, but if you don't do the work you wont like him.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: 2050
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

He expects you to understand all concepts and do textbook readings ahead of time. Stats is based on building blocks you simply can forget concepts because you passed the final. Tests are fair. This course is designed for phys sciences. Don't take if your not as you will miss concepts taught in other mathstats courses and it'll be hard for you!!

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: 2040
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Very nice man, not a good professor. He is EXTREMELY disorganized and makes the class 10x harder than it should be. If you need to take STATS2040, take it with a different professor.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: STAT2040
• 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:

Awful. Never organized, awful teacher. Assignments were always marked incorrectly, midterms were brutal. Prepare to learn from the textbook.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: STATS2040
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Funny guy!