David Muraki - Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC

Professor: David Muraki

Department: Mathematics

College: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: MATH251
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

First midterm was hard, but if you studied and did HW you would be able to get a good mark. Second was ok. Final was difficult. He isnt rude, willing to sit you down and go through a problem if you have the notes/understanding of the question. He just is quite honest and will roast you. I recommend doing bonus questions(were on all quizzes/tests)

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: MATH251
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Exams are extremely hard and he uses ambiguous words. Assignments are tedious and he doesnt scale a lot. The average for the class is C. Lowest avg ever! for my other math classes they are all B-.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: MATH251
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Exams are extremely difficult. Notes are hard to read. No filled note after class.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: MATH251
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Awful, and very rude. Tried to make lectures relatable and funny but its not. His lectures are un-informative and exams are unreasonably hard.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: MATH418
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

If you've struggled with math classes before do not take this prof. He will not tolerate questions covered weeks ago, or from previous classes. If you want to learn, and engage with math at a level unlike other profs, take him.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: MATH251
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

He lectures ok and appears to care about students. However during office hours he is disrespectful and will criticize your abilities instead of helping you with your question. He will not correct you when you make mistakes. The exams are tough and ambiguous and he will scale a lot. Avoid if you can.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: MATH322
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Had him for 251 also, and was able to achieve an A+ on both occasions. I don't like his notes, so I make my own (something the spoon fed babies below should do). Others are too harsh; HW and exams were excellent tests (but confusingly worded). I agree with the critics that he does have an ego; idk if this is justified, I have not seen his research.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: MATH322
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Extremely disrespectful and egotistical. He acts more or less like a condescending highschool teacher. Questions during office hours degrades into discussing his "philosophy". Lectures have no theoretical foundations and are disjoint from the homework, which is ambiguous and mathatically dubious at best. His incompetence is painfully apparent.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: MATH322
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Majoring in Honours Pure Mathematics. Muraki has no understanding of the material, evident in lectures, notes, discussions in office hours, and homework assignments. Disrespectful, confrontational, egotistical, most likely a result of his inferiority complex as being applied "mathematician". Do SFU a favour and quit. You are a disgrace to Math.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: MATH322
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

cuts his office hour short without explaining- that says a lot

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: MATH322
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

He posts solution videos that explain and walk through solutions, and he lectures well... but wait, there is more. His assignments are hard to understand. He only gives high-level help during office hours, and will leave you making mistakes. He gets frustrated easily if you do not "get it" quickly. Not the worst, but there are better.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: MATH302
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

He cares about students and it seems like he puts a lot of effort into teaching . He doesn't make things easy; expect long homeworks. Take his course if you want to really learn math.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: MATH302
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Worst experience in my undergrad career. He's assignments are long , tedious and NOT ENOUGH for preparing exams. He's tests are not designed to be finished in time. He gives no example in lecture, yet no textbook. Take he's class as your elective if you feel your current classes aren't challenging enough.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: APMA900
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

He is an outstanding professor. Certainly he is not easy, but if you want to learn a whole lot of interesting things, he is your man.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: MAT251
• Grade Received: C-
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

When take his course. Remind urself:do u wanna lower ur GPA, if yes then take it. He thinks his lecture was funny, um..... not really. His lecture doesn't help u know how to do questions on midterms and final. Usually his test r really trick. Get familiar with homework r not enough. Any teacher is better than him, for ur GPA trust me.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: MATH251
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Awful lectures. Extremely hard exams. Averages on the midterms were like 30% on the first and then 50% for the second. Would not recommend. I know quite a few people who dropped this class specifically becuase of this prof. I wish I could have done the same. There are better within the department. Calc 3 is hard enough already. you dont need this.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: MATH418
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Far better at teaching pure math than he is at teaching numerical analysis.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: MATH495
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Challenging class.. -Find a study group to work with! If you don't communicate with others, you will get overwhelmed by the homework. -Adopt his point of view. You must learn to think like him and understand what he expects from you on the homework to do well. Other than that he is a great lecturer but can be a bit stubborn at times.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: MATH418
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

okay prof. Assignments took time and were not easy. Exams are fair if you study hard.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: MACM316
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

I'm satisfied with my grade, still wasn't a good experience. Workload much higher compared to prev offerings with other profs. Assignments are long, tedious, and somewhat ambiguous (even for top students I've talked to). Lectures just sit+listen, might as well been online. True it's scaled, you'll likely turn out ok, but it's unnecessary stress.