Mary Hardy - University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON

Professor: Mary Hardy

Department: Mathematics

College: University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: ACTSC331
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

She is one of the best profs I've had in ACTSC. She is very knowledgeable and can explain all the concepts well.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: ACTSC331
• Grade Received: C+
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Her textbook is used worldwide for a reason.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: ACTSC445
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Without any doubt, she is knowledgable and smart. Very nice to students and ready to help. However, I don't think she excels at teaching (it might also because the course is first offered after restructuring). The second half of the course was dis-organized and confusing. Slide reading and no examples.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: ACTSC331
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

The quality of her lectures wasn't consistent. Some days were clear and organized, while others seemed unorganized and even her writing would be illegible. Assignments were great, but the midterm and final were unexpectedly hard and unfair.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: ACTSC445
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Her lectures are not organized, may due to the fact that this course is first being taught. Midterm is extremely straightforward, but final is a completely different story. Would prefer if she spends more time on examplesproblems rather than just teaching the concepts.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: ACTSC331
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Crystal clear Exaplanation. Really knows the stuffs she was teaching. Since I heard that she was one of people who created Exam MLC questions, so she used questions from past MLC as lecture examples. Midterm is fair, and assignments are interesting... Unsure about Her final. Would definitely take 4th year actsc with her again in the future!

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: ACTSC445
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

This is the first time she taught in this 5 years, it's a shame that our batch of students weren't taught by professor like her. This course syllabus has just changed so she is a little bit unorganized in the materials and notations. But overall she is knowledgeable and tend to link materials to real world practice.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: ACTSC372
• 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:

Excellent lecturer! Occasionally gave us fridays off by having lectures during tutorial. I failed miserably when Tan taught this and this time she just made everything make sense and entertaining.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: ACTSC372
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Her explanations are way better than Ken Seng Tan's who also teaches this course. She's your best bet to getting the SOA credit. No surprises as long as you do the assignments. No, she doesn't get a list of which students in the class are in actuarial science or not so the comment below is faulted.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: ACTSC372
• 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:

She only cares about her actsc students. Her marking is unfair, she gives actsc students 80-90s (for their actuary exam/qualification purposes) and students in other programs 50-70s to keep the average in the 70s.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: ACTSC372
• 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:

She goes really easy on you in this course cuz she does want most people to get the VEE credit. Marked mts and final out of lesser marks than the total marks one can achieve on the tests. Very entertaining and clear explanations during lectures. It seriously is your own fault if you do not get at least a 70.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: ACTSC433
• 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:

Bad experience with this professor; didnt want to hear me out at all, I mean AT ALL!! whats the use of office hour?

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: ACTSC231
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

never available during office hours, extremely arrogant, course not well structured at all

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: ACTSC232
• 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:

Long exams but fair. Helpful assignments hence you need to done them by yourself.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: ACTSC231
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Not a very helpful prof.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: ACTSC433
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

She doesn't give too much care to students, or maybe it was just me. Not so helpful outside classes - she gets easily irritated and very reluctant to give any hints on assignments. Midterm fair, final fairly hard. Assignments require extensive software skills

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: ACTSC433
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

this prof is really dun know how to teach..useless...wasting my term...i hope there would be another prof teaching this course..

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: ACTS433
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

She only cares about her research, and nothing else!!!

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: ACTSCI433
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Explains well and helpful. Assignments are straight forward. Final and Midterm are all based on assignment. Usually do well if you go over the asisgnments before exam. Exam are usually long, so write fast.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: ACTSC232
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Best prof. in the department!(or... score the same as Panjer) And cares A LOT about students! She really hooked me up with the actsci career and absolutely someone I would recommend if you are serious about actsci!