Stephen Drury - McGill University, Montreal, QC

Professor: Stephen Drury

Department: Mathematics

College: McGill University, Montreal, QC

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: MATH262
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

He is alright. Just an average, old professor. You have to read through the textbook prior to class, or the chance is you can't follow his lecture quick enough. Exam was a little bit unfair, but not too bad. Know the basics, know what you're doing, or else the chance is you can't do first question, and so that carries to second, and get zero.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: MATH222
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

He's an awful professor... He rushes lectures and doesn't care if students fall behind.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: MATH222
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

I often says how he is a bad teacher, but he is still miles better than Pengfei Guan.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: MATH262
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Unless youre extremely familiar with series and calculus, you will spend a tough time. He goes through the material way too fast without explaining anything. PS. Go to the tutorials (and pray that you have a good tutorial teacher), watch related material online and read the manual, thats the only way to survive this.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: MATH262
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Goes too quick, doesn't really want to take questions, very unclear way of teaching. No point of going to lectures.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: MATH222
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

The midterm is hard but fair. He will curve the final grade.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: MATH222
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

If you see Drury's teaching your course. Drop it.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: MATH222
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

This is the hardest course I've ever taken so far. The prof does not explain concepts. His notes are mostly made up of examples and some extra stuff that he just randomly adds. The thing is that he goes over the materials too fast, and most people have trouble catching up. The tutorial session held by a grad student becomes our only hope...

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: MATH222
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

I personally think Drury is not as bad as people make him out to be. Yes I do agree that his lectures can be boring but he always comes to class fully prepared with detailed notes and examples. I found both his midterms and final to be quite fair, along with easy assignments (webwork).

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: MATH314
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Hates lecturing and can be a bit scatterbrained. He's hilarious. However, easy to do well on all the assignments (matlab) and midterms both fairly easy (one was a matlab assignment open for 24h). Final was almost exact same as practice final. Posts all his notes on his website. Lots of examples. Ended class a month early and just did review.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: MATH222
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Should have explained better how to solve the system of equations for Lagrange multipliers or how to set up the Jacobian matrix better because he just went through them without real explanations other than solving it the only way to teach, especially those topics. Do past exams to prepare and get clarifications from the textbooks.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: MATH222
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

I think Drury's rating should be more like a 3.0 because he is not that bad as many people say. He does seem extremely bored when teaching but he introduces concepts beyond the book which is good for math-loving students. He might not be the best at teaching but at least he is humble. I gave 5/5 rating to boost it slightly to be closer to 3.0 .

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: MATH222
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Took him for MATH 222 and the material was easy enough. His finals are the same as his practice finals so study well and it's an easy A. His lectures on the other hand are full of proofs that you won't be tested on anyways, and his notes are terrible. I would have given him a 1/5 but his self-deprecating remarks make me feel bad for him, hence 2/5.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: MATH262
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

I only went to class to take notes on his quotes. His class was hilarious- all he would do is talk about how the material should be easy and how he wants to go home. He can barely complete a test that he made up himself. Avoid at all costs

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: MATH222
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Honestly, I never felt like going to his classes; they are boring and confusing. His exams are not bad, they test your skills, but he gives you the warning. But, I must say he cares about his students at least those who bring up questions to him. Skip his class if you have the option to, Best of luck if you take him. BTW I took math 262 with him

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: MATHY262
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

bad

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: MATH262
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

move the paper up

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: MATH222
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Undoubtedly the worst professor I've ever had. His lectures consist solely of him giving unhelpful textbook definitions ("assume some equation F that maps on to P such that...") followed by one, and only one example question with no explanation. He repeatedly mentioned how much he dislikes teaching this class. Hands down, the worst prof here.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: MATH455
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Drury might not seem like the best professor but he really does care about the students that actually want to learn. He's a very humble and kind aswell. If you actually want to learn in a higher level math class , then I dont think there is any prof better then this man. If you are in a lower level math class, he might be too much for you.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: MATH270
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

He is not the best teacher, but an A is definitely possible.