Manfred Trummer - Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC

Professor: Manfred Trummer

Department: Mathematics

College: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC

Rating # 1

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

Helpfull and nice, he gets rid of the slackers though so work hard and you shall be rewarded.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: AABC2
• 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:

was fairly helpfull and friendly. most of my class mates found his class usefull and easy ish.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: MACM409
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

A major problem with Trummer is that his notes are very incoherent, and lack any kind of structure or commentary almost as if you took the textbook, removed all the words, and left in only formulas and diagrams. Luckily the text was pretty good.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: MACM409
• 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 left you feeling you knew less than you did coming in. Explanations on concepts were abstract, if not non-existent, and homework was time consuming and very difficult. Tests were also very difficult. Overall, not a good prof.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: MATH232
• 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:

I tell you what. If you guys have his class (MATH232) DROP NOW! else you wanna waste your time and money on him.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: MA232
• 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:

He is the worst proffesor i have ever seen, Please do not even think about taking a course with him. He is friendly and tries his best to make us understand, but it is absolutely uselless. His finals are extremely hard and irrelevant.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: MATH232
• 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:

worst prof ever

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: MATH232
• 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:

Pretty much the worst teacher I have ever had at SFU. It is amazing how someone with such a lack of talent gets a job as an instructor. His lectures are incoherent and are not worth attending. My recommendation for anyone who is taking a class with him is skip the class and go watch math videos on youtube.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: MATH232
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

This professor is useless. He does not know how to teach. His lectures are all over the place and the quizzes he gives only apply to one of the homework question out of like 20 so if you forget how to do that question its an automatic zero for that question.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: MATH232
• 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:

In the beginning i was hopping the poor reviews were caused by a group of idiotic students, but however they are indeed correct. Altough he teaches in a friendly manner his lectures r very incoherent which is emphasized by his accent and frequent digressing. Lectures r useless. quiz and midterm r very diff and/or sometimes a much harder variation

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: MATH232
• 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:

Homework are easy but useless because half of the quiz problem are no where closed to homework.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: MATH232
• 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:

Awful prof, not recommended unless you can self learn.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: MATH251
• 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:

Notes are messy and sometimes misses the important details. He speaks as if you know all the math lingo. The exams weren't particularly hard, but they were quirky... Homework was okay, and there wasn't too much of it. Overall not worth waking up in the morning to go to class to. I self-studied a lot and did pretty well.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: MATH251
• 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:

Homework is based on textbook questions, however exams are based on what he thinks is a good indicator of knowledge. Don't take this course with this professor as you will not enjoy the course, lectures are pointless to go to, as you don't learn anything. This teacher is a great example of why SFU is underfunded, and will always be 2nd to UBC.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: MATH251
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

The course material is fairly difficult for most people and made even more difficult by killer exams. So far, 50% in the course is equivalent to a B, so everything is curved fairly.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: MATH251
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Let's just say this semester (2009 FALL) the average for his class was under 40%, that should clear up anything you want to ask :)

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: MATH251
• 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:

killer midterms and finals. material covered in class, and on homework assignments are no where near as difficult as the finals and midterms. STAY CLEAR OF THIS PROFESSOR. HE IS HORRIBLE

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: MATH251
• 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:

Well,to say honestly, he sometimes just speak in an undertone. Keep up to the screen or you'll be hard to catch up his messy notes...Accents okay, online assignments on LON-CAPA is not harsh as well as paper assignments...we'll see if his midterms are hard or not.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: MACM316
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

horrible prof. honestly, i'm not even done the semester yet, and i'm saying that this is a horrible prof. first MT, nothing near the difficulty of his lecture notes. gosh he talks with so much jargon (i know... you're suppose to know it, but seriously? word after word. kinda hard to understand if you don't speak matrix).

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: MATH157
• 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:

You can't understand what the heck he is saying (STRONG swiss accent) OR writing(scribbles... just scribbles). He moves too fast and is a poor speaker. I found that his explanation of things I already knew made me confused. I stopped going after the 2nd midterm and relied heavily on the book and my friends to get me through this course with a B.