Professor: Gregory Adams
Department: Mathematics
College: Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA
Rating # 1
Overview:
- Course: MATH211
- Grade Received: C
- Overall Rating: 2.0
- Course Difficulty: 4.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: No
- Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
I had Adams three semesters in a row and was not pleased. I found him very confusing and my understanding of the material would actually decrease after going to class. Very theoretical. Only good part was the curve-- the test average would usually be under a 50%
Rating # 2
Overview:
- Course: MATH212
- Grade Received: A
- Overall Rating: 5.0
- Course Difficulty: 4.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: Yes
- Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Has a deep understanding of the insights of calculus, but is a really hard transition from the way calculus is taught in high schools. Whenever he says "the really cool thing is" or "the beautiful thing about this is" write it down and learn it well. If you can understand those things and show that on a test, he will grade lighter. Get to know him.
Rating # 3
Overview:
- Course: MATH245
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 1.0
- Course Difficulty: 2.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: No
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
worst professor I have ever seen so far. His handwriting is awful and the classes are too theoretical
Rating # 4
Overview:
- Course: CALC201
- Grade Received: C+
- Overall Rating: 5.0
- Course Difficulty: 4.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: Yes
- Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Professor Adams is someone you really have to know to understand. He is not a spiteful professor in the least, and if you go into his class with an open mind you will be fine. Never skip class because he will hound you for it forever. Overall, just try your best and he will grade you accordingly. He does focus on the theoretical methods.
Rating # 5
Overview:
- Course: CALC201
- Grade Received: D
- Overall Rating: 1.0
- Course Difficulty: 5.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: No
- Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Don't even take his class. His class would just cause you pain. You are better of learning math from a 1st grader. His office hours are just as useless.
Rating # 6
Overview:
- Course: MATH112
- Grade Received: C+
- Overall Rating: 1.0
- Course Difficulty: 5.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: No
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
The worst class I have taken at Bucknell by far. Professor does a terrible job of teaching the material. Makes fun of students for not knowing answers. Curved every test because no one understood the material
Rating # 7
Overview:
- Course: MATH202
- Grade Received: C+
- Overall Rating: 1.0
- Course Difficulty: 4.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: No
- Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Greg Adams's exams are VERY DIFFICULT. He would walk into exams and say "its more difficult than I expected, good luck"
Rating # 8
Overview:
- Course: MATH201
- Grade Received: Not sure yet
- Overall Rating: 4.0
- Course Difficulty: 2.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: Yes
- Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
You will like Adams more as the semester goes on and you learn his sense of humor and how he likes things done on tests and homework. He likes to help students understand the basics and relies a lot on theorems and proofs. He helps out students who stop by for office hours and is probably one of the easier calc professors at Bucknell.
Rating # 9
Overview:
- Course: MATH202
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 4.5
- Course Difficulty: 3.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
If you go with his more theoretical method of teaching (which is actually really awesome), you will learn how to approach problems and will remember how to solve them. He really helped me appreciate math. Not easy, but tests were always fair and he is more than willing to help in office hours.
Rating # 10
Overview:
- Course: MATH202
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 4.5
- Course Difficulty: 3.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
He is a good professor. You might find his class confusing first because he focuses more on theories. However, they turn to be extremely helpful when you solve problems.
Rating # 11
Overview:
- Course: MATH211
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 4.5
- Course Difficulty: 3.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Sometimes hard to follow but a great teacher and really wants kids to enjoy and learn the material.
Rating # 12
Overview:
- Course: MATH211
- Grade Received: B+
- Overall Rating: 2.0
- Course Difficulty: 4.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Professor Adams is the most confusing professor I've ever had. He is a strange person and tried to make class interesting, but I always had trouble staying awake. If you are confused, meet with him outside of class and he'll help you. Not clear at ALL. VERY hard to follow.
Rating # 13
Overview:
- Course: MATH112
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 1.0
- Course Difficulty: 5.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Do not take this class if you enjoy struggling week after week, with no support or help from the instructor. Professor Adams continuously told us he could not teach us because we "do not have math brains like he does", therefore he doesn't understand where to go next. Although this is a class for non-math people, I would find another class to try.
Rating # 14
Overview:
- Course: MATH213
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 2.5
- Course Difficulty: 5.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Do not take Adams if you do not enjoy teaching yourself Calc. I had him for Calc 3 and Linear Algebra, and he is incomprehensible. He spends all of class talking about theoretical properties and spends very little time talking about how to actually do problems. I could literally not go to a single class and still have the same amount of knowledge.
Rating # 15
Overview:
- Course: MATH212
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 3.5
- Course Difficulty: 4.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
He likes to joke a lot in class almost to much because he likes to make fun of people to much. He teaches everything in theory and is vague when teaching. I thought I would get like a C- in the class but ended up with a B (I didn't deserve it) the tests and quiz's were hard but if you participate a lot he will give your grade a bump.
Rating # 16
Overview:
- Course: CALC201
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 2.5
- Course Difficulty: 3.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
I really disliked adams... he was really nice guy and made fun of people a lot in class which was the only part of class that was interesting. beyond that, he was vague and impossible to understand. AVOID
Rating # 17
Overview:
- Course: CALC222
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 3.5
- Course Difficulty: 4.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Very bad handwriting, if you arent following his words, you'll have a hard time copying whats on the board. Also, be careful and aware of the traps and bonuses on the tests. read the instructions VERY carefully. or you'll cry.
Rating # 18
Overview:
- Course: MATH211
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 4.0
- Course Difficulty: 3.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Fubby, weird sense of humor, but if you get it, it's a fun class.
Rating # 19
Overview:
- Course: MATH211
- 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:
Lectures are boring and incomprehensible. Expect to teach yourself from the book if you have him as a prof. On the plus side he's so eccentric he'll do something that will make you laugh out loud at least once per class. My favorite was when he compared solving a differential equation to trying to kill a gorilla with a grenade.
Rating # 20
Overview:
- Course: MATH212
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 2.0
- Course Difficulty: 3.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Kind of crazy, loves to make fun of people, hair resembles a lamp shade
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