James Hefferon - Saint Michael's College, Colchester, VT

Professor: James Hefferon

Department: Mathematics

College: Saint Michael's College, Colchester, VT

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: MA240
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Professor Hefferon is an absolute gem. He is incredibly kind and so funny without meaning to be. If you have any difficulties in class, go to office hours! He will explain everything until you get it! Wonderful professor.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: MA240
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Best course I have had in college, math or not. Every class was fun and hard and I learned every day. Great!

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: MA150
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

best teacher I've had so far at saint mikes! very supportive and always there to answer questions. Ive taken two classes with him. very smart and makes you feel very smart too.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: MA208
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

He knows a lot about the subject, and he made it exciting. I want to take more classes with him.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: MA240
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

I worked hard but I learned a real lot of math.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: MA211
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

He really cared that I learned. The book was kind of hard but he made it a lot easier.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: MA130
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Socially awkward man but definitely knew his calculus. He made himself available and took time to answer our questions. Quizzes are unannounced but exams are straight forward. Regardless, fairly pleasant guy.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: MA150
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

If you do the momework you will do fine. Whenever I had a question I asked it and he would explain until I got it. Some people in class didn't do the homework and just listened to the questions and didn't do so good.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: MA150A
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

He did a good job. The people around me moaned that the class was hard, but it is Calculus, for crying out loud. He did lots of examples and the exams were questions like the examples. I did the homwork and did fine.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: MATH160
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Hard class, but I learned a lot. I'm taking Calc III now and I know more than other people in the class.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: CALC2
• 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:

He is a really nice guy, but way to hard to understand. He doesn't teach, but instead uses examples and if you don't get the one example that he uses, you are screwed. Exams are hard, and are worth 100% of your grade. Again, great guy, but I wouldn't take the class unless you are a math major.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: STATS101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Really hard class, nice guy. If you want to get a decent grade in his elementary stats class, then I suggest you take notes, actually do the homework, ask lots of questions and don't skip. Use his office hours too. Or get a tutor. Hard class taught by a guy who is good at math, but not necessarily easy for non-math people like myself.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: CALC101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Hard class if you haven't taken calculus before especially because classes were moved to 4 credit courses. Personally, thought it was tough to understand him and thought the problems on the tests didn't completely relate to what we were doing in class.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: MA150
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

I had to do a lot of work in this class but when I study with other people from my floor I can see that I understand the Calculus way better than they do. Good prof.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: MA208
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

I had no idea what the course was about when I signed up. But it has been my best class. It is a great balance of big picture and details. Best prof I have had here.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: MA207
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Best Prof I have ever had. A great balance of the big picture and help with the details that I needed to really understand.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: CALC1
• 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:

Very nice man who is very smart. He talks very quickly and can be monotonous. He will occasionally throw in a hilarious joke if you're listening. Do the homework and see him in his office and/or get a tutor if you want to do well. His quizzes and tests aren't terrible because they're straight out of the homework.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: MA102
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Heffron handwrites his quizes, tests, and all his class lessons and then photocopies them. Tough course, tough handwriting to read.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: MA102
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Good stuff. I wasn't intrested but he made it interesting.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: MA208
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

He is very smart. I think he is smarter than any other prof I had here. He also can explain hard things in a way that helps me to get it. You will learn a lot. But you have to do the homework. Class is fun also.