Professor: Russ Walker
Department: Mathematics
College: Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Rating # 1
Overview:
- Course: 21120AND21122
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 4.0
- Course Difficulty: 2.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: Yes
- Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Walker is a great guy and pretty good professor. The class was pretty easy. Attendance in class Im not mandatory (nor in recitation) but it is helpful. Theres a free online book that you can use, but Walker discusses some specific exceptions in class so its good to go. All quizzes are also posted before being taken. Detailed test guides. Easy A
Rating # 2
Overview:
- Course: CALC122
- Grade Received: A
- Overall Rating: 5.0
- Course Difficulty: 1.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: Yes
- Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
easy A class professor, up to 30 extra credit in final, surely pass, never push hard, period.
Rating # 3
Overview:
- Course: CALC120
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 2.0
- Course Difficulty: 5.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: No
- Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Russell Walker is a nice guy, really is. His quirky humor and silly phraseology keeps class interesting, Unfortunately, the course itself is very hard and he does a poor job of teaching the material. Study all you like, the tests could still throw a curveball that wasn't in any of the review. He makes all sorts of mistakes in lecture and grading.
Rating # 4
Overview:
- Course: CALC120
- 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:
He always posts practice exams and practice questions before a test. Doing them is really helpful.
Rating # 5
Overview:
- Course: CALC120
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 4.0
- Course Difficulty: 3.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: No
- Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
He may not be the best in teaching... But definitely a nice professor!!! His classes are so much fun
Rating # 6
Overview:
- Course: CALC120
- Grade Received: A
- Overall Rating: 4.5
- Course Difficulty: 1.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Easy exams.
Rating # 7
Overview:
- Course: 21120AND21122
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 1.0
- Course Difficulty: 5.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Listen, I probably could have put more work to get my grade up so I don't blame him for my grade. I blame Walker for his inconsistency in grading and for choosing TA's who are either rude or don't know how to teach. I'm not great at math and he made it 20x worse. He makes way too many mistakes and is rather unprofessional at times.
Rating # 8
Overview:
- Course: 21122
- Grade Received: C
- Overall Rating: 2.5
- Course Difficulty: 4.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Dr. Walker is a nice likable guy, but is the walking embodiment of a stereotypical old out-of-it professor. His lectures consist of running through sample problems in a droning monotonous fashion. He seems disconnected from the students; being the only professors to give a 7:30am test, assign HW for carnival, and not mind a test having a 69 average
Rating # 9
Overview:
- Course: 21122
- 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:
literally the worst teacher i've ever had
Rating # 10
Overview:
- Course: 21122
- Grade Received: D+
- Overall Rating: 1.0
- Course Difficulty: 5.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
He couldn't even get a 100% on his exams! When the class average is a D, some things wrong.
Rating # 11
Overview:
- Course: 21120
- 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:
In my entire 18 (almost 19) years on planet Earth, I have never had a professor quite as bad as Mr. Russel C. Walker. The homework? NOT BAD. The practice test? GREAT. The actual test? You might as well be a 14 year old boy looking at a playboy magazine: They're hard as hell. P.s Mr. Simione is the only reason why I stayed in the class, he's great.
Rating # 12
Overview:
- Course: 21120
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 2.0
- Course Difficulty: 4.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Walker is a nice guy, but he's just not a good teacher. He makes a lot of little errors and the way he runs the course is somewhat disorganized. Couple that with the way he makes test questions contain uber-technicalities, and it really adds up to make the course much harder for the student than it has to be. Take Mackey if you can.
Rating # 13
Overview:
- Course: CALC120
- 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:
Funny guy, lackluster teacher. Knows his subject but not the best at imparting his knowledge; course requires a lot of individual effort from the student outside of class to understand the material. His tests are very difficult.
Rating # 14
Overview:
- Course: 21120
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 2.0
- Course Difficulty: 2.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
His lecture are lectures. He doesn't really teach you how to do math, her just more non the less, stands at the board and does math problems and expects you to learn. I have already taken Calculus, and his styling and ways of teaching things are poor!
Rating # 15
Overview:
- Course: CALC120
- 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:
pretty good prof. makes a number of basic errors, but his explanations are clear and helpful
Rating # 16
Overview:
- Course: MATH257
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 3.5
- Course Difficulty: 2.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
It is really easy to not pay attention in his class for some reason, and it can be slow going at times. Walker is a pretty decent teacher, very clear voice and he wrote the textbook so he knows his stuff, but he makes frequent simple math errors and sometimes doesn't finish problems fully, which is annoying.
Rating # 17
Overview:
- Course: CALC122
- 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:
Enthusiastic and keeps the class involved. Great job of explaining concepts
Rating # 18
Overview:
- Course: CALC120
- 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:
His explanations are fairly clear and helpful. It's not easy to get an A even if you learned the stuff before.
Rating # 19
Overview:
- Course: CALC120
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 3.5
- Course Difficulty: 3.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
He is hilarious because he's so old, but his class can be very difficult if you haven't taken calc before. Make sure study for the second exam; much harder than the first!! Be warned!!
Rating # 20
Overview:
- Course: CALC120
- 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:
Walker is awesome. Though lectures can get a bit boring, his humor helps a lot. He even throws chocolate to those who provide correct answers. Overall, pretty easy if you've taken calculus prior to this class. If not, just keep up with the readings/work and you'll be fine.
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