Professor: Wayne Nagata
Department: Mathematics
College: University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
Rating # 1
Overview:
- Course: MATH200
- 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:
Was very thorough at the start but later began glazing over harder topics assuming that we had already had learned them in highschool (I know I hadn't). Just copies the textbook onto the board a bit too fast to keep up with. Just go through the textbook notes and practice problems and show up for exams. HW is rough and much harder than the exam Qs.
Rating # 2
Overview:
- Course: MATH200
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 4.5
- Course Difficulty: 3.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Lectures were essentially straight out of the textbook, but his teaching style is very effective, clear, and easy to follow, and attending lectures definitely helped me out!! Not an easy course, but Nagata made it manageable. midterms were fair, homeworks were usually pretty tedious, and the final was long but overall fair. textbook super helpful!
Rating # 3
Overview:
- Course: MATH200
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 4.5
- Course Difficulty: 3.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Lectures are worth going to because Dr. Nagata teaches them effectively. I am not that good at math but he taught the course so well that I was able to follow and understand him in lectures. He is funny and likes to tell us content-related jokes. Exams are not that difficult as well. Gives great advice too for study tips. Best math prof ever.
Rating # 4
Overview:
- Course: SCIE001
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 5.0
- Course Difficulty: 1.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
love him
Rating # 5
Overview:
- Course: MATH256
- 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:
Well prepared and does a lot to tailor classes for the engineering sections. Sort of impersonal and not great at answering questions, but his lectures are very in depth, very clear, very structured and helpful, but admittedly pretty boring. He's full of really funny sarcastic one-liners that he mutters to himself under his breath, which are fun.
Rating # 6
Overview:
- Course: MATH256
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 4.5
- Course Difficulty: 2.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
He's a good prof. Notes & explanations are clear, although his lectures are not very inspiring. Exams are not exactly cakewalks, but there are no surprises.
Rating # 7
Overview:
- Course: SCIE001
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 4.0
- Course Difficulty: 2.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
He is a very fair prof who knows his stuff. His teaching style may not be the most interesting, but I suppose it's effective. Make sure you attend class and take down all the notes, or else you'll be lost. Completing the textbook questions can't hurt either.
Rating # 8
Overview:
- Course: SCIE001
- 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:
He teaches very well and make sure that every body understands what he is saying. Best Prof for a first year course
Rating # 9
Overview:
- Course: 553F
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 1.5
- Course Difficulty: 1.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
I was planning to do grad research in his area, but he's a lightweight. Not a deep thinker. He has no grad students. Probably an ok prof for a first year course.
Rating # 10
Overview:
- Course: SCIE001
- 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:
Wayne's lectures are organized and clear. He is very approachable and helpful during office hours (almost gives away the answer to assignments... SHHH don't tell anyone!)
Rating # 11
Overview:
- Course: MATH101
- 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:
His note is neat and as long as you do all the homework, you will be fine on exams.
Rating # 12
Overview:
- Course: MATH101
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 3.0
- Course Difficulty: 5.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Good for clarity, notes very neat. That being said notes are almost a carbon copy of those in the text book. Results in a very robotic teaching style and understanding of the course. In previous courses i felt like i really understood the math, in this one it sometimes feels more like i'm following protocol. Makes things very technical.
Rating # 13
Overview:
- Course: MATH100
- 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:
His notes are very detailed and very good, and he does a very good job of outlining all the major principles of the course. His homework assignments take a long time to complete however, and his midterms are brutal. He always puts extremely difficult questions on his exams, so no matter how hard you study, it is very hard to do well.
Rating # 14
Overview:
- Course: MATH100
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 1.5
- Course Difficulty: 5.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
not at all helpful almost failed cause it was so hard to understand him
Rating # 15
Overview:
- Course: MATH100
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 3.5
- Course Difficulty: 5.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Midterms were evil. Were not based on homework/textbook questions at all. He loves giving out twist questions, so it doesn't matter if you study, you'd still fail the midterms. Hmwk assignments are tedious, and takes 5 hours to do each week.
Rating # 16
Overview:
- Course: MATH100
- 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:
Very good teacher, very hard course
Rating # 17
Overview:
- Course: MATH100
- 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:
I gotta say Nagata is great at teaching, especially for first year students. His notes are so clear that I can do my revision very efficiently. I guess switching to his section was the best choice I've ever made!!!
Rating # 18
Overview:
- Course: MATH100
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 4.5
- Course Difficulty: 2.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Notes are ridiculously neat and organized. Overall, he is a solid teacher - does his job. Nothing good/bad to say.
Rating # 19
Overview:
- Course: MATH101
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 4.5
- Course Difficulty: 2.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
You will be in good hands with this prof. His teaching is a bit slow and he writes EVERYTHING on the projector. All in all, he's a good prof.
Rating # 20
Overview:
- Course: MATH100
- 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:
Great PROF!! Midterms were quite hard but if you followed what he told you to do, getting an A- was not hard. He gave great notes.
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