Jeanne Hutchison - University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL

Professor: Jeanne Hutchison

Department: Mathematics

College: University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: MA125CALCULUS
• Grade Received: WD
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

You might as well skip every class and learn it on your own time, because you won't learn one thing in class. Very boring and I found my self doing the work on my own. The only way to stay awake in class is to play around on your phone. LOL

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: MA125
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Spare yourself. I took calculus in highschool and still struggle in this class. She takes off soooo many points for simple mistakes on tests. Every single class is a lecture. Hard to pay attention to.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: MA125
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Has a problem when teaching things to talk about the theorectical implications of what you just learned before talking about how to use it. Mostly taught myself the material. Not a fantastic teacher but she did do me a solid and let me make up a test even though I didn't have a doctor's note.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: MA125
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Very long and boring lectures that make no sense. Only somewhat survived by going to tutoring sessions. I showed the tutors my work and they told me she teaches the material in the most complicated round about way possible. Also get ready to learn by this one sentence "Here we have this and then we do this to um hey get this!"

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: CALCULUS2
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Awful horrible. Gives problems on tests based on material she hasn't even taught. Voice is dull and boring and she's terrible at explaining things and answering questions. Every lecture is composed of her mumbling along and writing on a board not visible to half of the class. Cannot speak with inflection to save her life.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: MA125
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

She is nice most of the time, but her class is very hard. Her lectures are very vague and hard to follow. If you have to take her get some extra tutoring help.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: MA125
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Do yourself a favor and never take this professor. I came into her class with no previous background. I have never studied so hard for a math class before and I am an Engineering student. I can confirm what the others have said. If you do not have previous experience in the subject, you will most likely fail it. Like me.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: MA126
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

If you're good at learning on your own, then you should be fine in this class. For the rest of us, her lectures are straight from the text book and she answers questions in class vaguely. Her main method of teaching is assigning loads of ungraded homework and telling you to go get help from the homework lab, aka getting other students to teach you.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: MA260
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Brutally vague lecture style, much more focused on proofs of theorems than applications. Constantly makes mistakes in review of homework. Seems to have a kind nature, though, so using office hours could help. Buying solutions manual made the course easily navigable, and I ignored lecture after the first few meetings. Curved to an A though.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: MA260
• Grade Received: C
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Makes the class arbitrarily more difficult than it should be. Writes notes in cursive, constantly gets stuff wrong. Assigns long and confusing homework.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: MA125
• Grade Received: F
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Class is awful. She does not teach just calculus 1 she also teaches cal 2 and 3 in here cal 1 class. When asked for examples she does not clarify the answers or where they came from. She is a horrible teacher because she does not know how to explain things. If you do not have to take her then do not. Because you will end up dropping or failing.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: MA125
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

She is a wonderful person but a horrible teacher. I didn't learn a thing from her, I taught myself the material. If you have no exposure to Cal 1, you WILL FAIL. if you do you can probably pass.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: MA125
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

She loves to give pop quizzes after introducing a new topic. She uses a white board in class and hates to erase, so it can be hard to follow. She does give quizzes after tests to give us an oppurtunity to make up lost points, but she is all about showing the work.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: MA125
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

I took calculus in high school and I don't know how I would've passed this class without that background. Her lectures are very difficult to understand and all over the place. It can be a good refresher course if you take a lot of time outside of class to study. Would definitely NOT recommend if it's your first time taking the course.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: MA260
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Linear Algebra is very hard course to understand by yourself and you'll need someone to help you understand,however she's not very good at teaching this course. If you go to her during her office hours and show that you are trying for her class, she will help you get a good grade. But seriously this class is really hard.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: MA125
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Sweet old lady but her method of teaching is terrible. Instead of teaching you how to apply what you're learning, she shows you how the method or law was first discovered. She often makes mistakes and only realizes it after filling up two boards with information. The final was hardly anything covered in class. Avoid if possible.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: MA125
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

She is a terrible teacher. Teaches the most difficult process to get to answers. Does not answer questions with accuracy. She makes mistakes during her lectures many times. Her tests are near impossible. She suggests to look at the test banks for past tests.... Dont because hers are nothing like any of those tests. AT ALL.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: MA125
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

You know that really sweet old lady that you see crossing the road, and you can't help but smile and assist her. Now imagine that lady teaching you calculus in down-to-earth, enjoyable southern parables. Every now and then you'll hear her drop a hey, um hilarious uh joke here and just listening to her speak will brighten your day. She is a saint!!

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: MA434
• 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:

If you have to take linear take it with another professor or the one for engineers. A large portion of the tests concern proving if a statement is T/F from a list in textbook. The textbook does not have the proofs in it, so you must find it online yourself. Most people had to use YouTube to try and learn linear algebra on their own.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: MA125
• 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:

If you have a choice, do not take this professor. The HARDEST professor I have ever had to deal with and I'm a Biology major. Her tests are infinitely times harder than normal Calculus teachers. I've compared my tests to others in different classes and they have it easy. Really annoying when he ends all her sentences with "yeah", yeah?