Nils Bruin - Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC

Professor: Nils Bruin

Department: Mathematics

College: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: MATH151
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

He makes the most simple things super complicated had to do everything by myself and ask my questions in the calculus workshop because the lectures weren't useful AT ALL. This teacher obviously knows his stuff but he is not good at all at teaching it. I think he might have chosen the wrong profession.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: MATH240
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Dr. Bruin is a genius. He makes the boring algebra fascinating. Besides the materials he will also share a lot application of the concepts. He has the ability to let you know whether you should learn math if you are confused. I love him.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: MATH240
• 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:

Worst prof I had. Learned the whole course by myself as his lectures makes the material more confusing than it needs to be. Hand writes all of his lecture notes in cursive so if you can't read cursive, good luck. Makes plenty of mistakes during lectures and just scribbles them out. He knows the content really well, just can't teach it.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: MATH240
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Really humorous instructor. Sometimes he may make mistakes, but not a big deal. Mathematical genius will make tiny faults, can be understood.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: MATH240
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Really nice teacher. Humorous and attractive class. He is definitely glad to help you with any problems. His teaching styles make this boring algebra fascinating. If there is a chance I would choose him again.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: MATH240
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Great teacher.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: MAYH44
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

he is a real genius, and a very good teacher.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: MATH341
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Great class

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: MACM204
• Grade Received: C+
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Despite being a Calculus related course, homework and final exam questions expect students to have a good understanding of Linear Algebra as well. Overall, Nils is an okay/good professor. He did scale students in the end.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: MATH152
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

He is not the best instructor, however he does go easy on his class in terms of exams and quizzes. You don't need the text per se, but it helps to read it and do all the homework. He is a kind man, but makes a plethora of mistakes through lectures. I couldn't correct him, because I felt bad for him. You can get an A, just make sure you do homework.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: CALC152
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

By far one of the worst teachers I have ever had. He know his stuff but has no idea how to teach. He just copie his notes directly onto the display, and if someone asks a question or corrects him (which happens often) he gets confused and flustered. Up until taking this class, I had never failed a test or a class before. Now I've done both. AVOID

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: MATH152
• 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:

He does know his stuff, but he is not good at communicating it to the class. I fully relied on the textbook for this course. Lastly, with 3 weeks left, I asked if there was any extra work I could do to help my grade (my father had just passed away so I wasn't doing too well) and he told me if it was hard to just drop it with only 3 weeks left!

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: MATH152
• 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:

This guy has no idea how to teach. He probably knows his stuff but it is clear that he has no idea what he's doing when in front of the class. He brings in notes he's done beforehand and recopies them down onto another blank note page. He often misses his own errors and when people point it out he gets really flustered and confused. Please avoid

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: MATH152
• 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:

Terrible instructor. He seems like a nice enough guy, and obviously knows his math, but cannot communicate what is going on in his head or teach a class. Seems very unprepared and makes a lot of mistakes. Really frustrating having to teach myself the course, and relying on poor class notes.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: MATH152
• Grade Received: C
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

He knows nothing about prep or teaching. He will often stop the lecture for 5 minutes while he tries to figure out the example he prepared. He seems like he has a decent head for math. He also forces everyone with electronics to 1/4 of the room because it is distracting. He also leaves the lights on full blast. 2/10. Honestly.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: MATH340
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

One of the best Math profs at SFU. Assignments were not bad, and the tests were fair, with no surprises. Excellent.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: MATH154
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

I got a C in 154. His final was hard, yes. HOWEVER, looking back, he was a nice guy with a decent accent(half the profs at sfu are worse) and tried to teach the material well. Overall, the class was filled with loud surrey kids who distracted the class and slowed pace, leading to partial coverage of material. Read book,ask questions,be victorius

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: MATH154
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

he gets the answers wrong, clearly not prepared and mumbles most of the time. his explanations doesn't make sense, even tho i took calc AP in highschool I had hard time bc he confused me more. worst math prof ever.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: MATH154
• 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:

absolutely terrible prof, made lectures incredibly boring and were filled with mistakes. He somehow manages to make math harder than it seems and his exams and assignments are way harder than expected. Final exam was brutal, most of it were on things he barely covered. NEVER TAKE A COURSE WITH HIM

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: MATH154
• 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:

Terrible professor. He can't explain anything at all, makes things unnecessarily complicated. His notes are terrible and his lectures are jumbled. He pulls things out of no where that are way more difficult than anything in lectures or in the textbook. His final exam was brutal. His weekly q's are too long and are harder than anything learned.