Richard Ferro - Hudson Valley Community College, Troy, NY

Professor: Richard Ferro

Department: Mathematics

College: Hudson Valley Community College, Troy, NY

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: MATH210
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Had Ferro for Calc II and Diff Equations; Hes super fun to be in class with, but that also causes him to waste alot of time, which sucks when he gives out his rather difficult tests. He's great if you're someone that takes advantage of office hours.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: 160
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Terrible teacher, everything is a joke in class. Talks about fantasy football almost every class. He told the class that "He doesn't care about this Job because it doesn't pay well".

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: MATH220
• 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:

Great professor. He knows his stuff. I re-took this course but this time it was with Professor Ferro. He is very funny and willing to help you. Yes he does skip steps but what can you expect from a 6 week summer course. Overall one of the best professors I have ever had. I would get him for another course it I ever have the opportunity!

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: MATH180
• 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:

After going to through call with this professor, you begin to appreciate just how well you have it with other professors. He spent almost one whole class talking about politics, he sent one of our classmates out to get him coffee and he spends the beginning of almost every day talking about football. I like football but even I realized he was bad

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: MAT180
• 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:

He teaches right out of the text book word for word example for example. Has other students grade other peoples tests in office hours. Gets off topic way to often and not very helpful, he says if you do the homework you'll understand but if you have a question on it hes unlikely to help.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: MATH110
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Tests are all take home. He def dont care about this class. always off topic and never around or help

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: MATH110
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

helpfull

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: CALC180
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Condescending and a terrible teacher. If you are more than a senior in high school and taking his course, he treats you like you are stupid and incapable of learning. He clearly hates teaching and doesn't understand that his students pay good money to have him explain math, not football and politics.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: MATH165
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

He knows the material, but isn't very good at teaching it. Find another teacher before you waste time and money in his class.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: MATH180
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

This teachers about as Good at teaching calc as a Psycology book... I can almost assure you that his positive feedbacks come from girls in the class, the elite group of guys willing to be teachers pet and himself.. His class is more like espn zone w a hint of math, which if you want to shell out 4-500 dollars for seems like a big waste to me

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: MATH180
• 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:

Fairly easy. Gets off on random stories. Knows his material. Keeps class entertaining.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: MATH190
• 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's really arrogant and condescending. He spends most of the class flirting with the girls and asking students to leave class and buy him dinner. I can't believe I paid money for this.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: MATH110
• 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: N/A

Comment:

So... He still thinks he's an undergrad student. dresses in beat up jeans and sneakers. picks favorites and ignores the rest of the class.flirts with girls,completely inappropriate. took time to go to his office hours before a test showed up 35 minutes late wanting to eat his dinner another prof. had to help me.skips essential steps &moves to fast

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: MATH180
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

The professor basically writes everything from the textbook on the board. He knows his stuff about Calculus, however is not a good professor at all. I would never take a class taught by him ever again.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: MATH180
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Terrible Professor. Sends kids out to get food when trying to learn the material. In my class, we did nothing but talk. He wont stop talking about football. Your grade will drop dramatically. he wont curve your grade. He gets too comfortable in class. He picks favorites. I hope he reads this, maybe he can learn something. Go with a real professor.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: CALC190
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Awsome teacher. Very clear, organized, and straight forward. He loves teaching and had no problems holding extra classes to help students out or stay late after class. The best math teacher i have had!

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: CALII151
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

One of the better professor's I've had. He goes fast, so its easy to get behind. But all the relevant stuff he says is out of the book, and hes extremely interested in the subject. Doesnt care about attendance as much as grades, which are all tests. If you casually pay attention in class you can get a B.

Rating # 18

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

No Comments

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: MATH110
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

He was very insulting to me. He didn't seem to care at all. He flirted with the women and blew the rest of us off. We get a problem wrong and he just had to insult you. What a way to encourage us.

Rating # 20

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

He can be a meanie, but his bum is just so...bum-tastic!