Norbert Riedel - Tulane University, New Orleans, LA

Professor: Norbert Riedel

Department: Mathematics

College: Tulane University, New Orleans, LA

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: MATH1210
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

This professor is maybe the worst I have ever had. Drop this course if you don't have any prior calc experience. Couldn't care less about a single aspect of his job. Avoid at all costs.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: CALC1010
• 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:

Riedel is a rough teacher, but for most its hard to avoid taking him. His lectures are basically pointless and 90% of the class didn't go after the first week. The only saving grace was the TA's. He rambles a lot, doesn't teach all of the material and the tests are written by a different teacher that we were never prepared for. Pretty big curve tho

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: CALC1010
• 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 is so unclear, never does examples. He basically just stands up there and talks. Horrible handwriting and just uses the black board. very hard to follow.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: MATH1150
• 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:

The worst professor I have had at Tulane. He confuses himself regularly. Rarely solves problems correctly on the board. The homework NEVER relates to what little we've done in class. He makes the final (that he himself does not write or grade) worth 40% of the grade. AVOID AT ALL COSTS! your gpa will thank you if you do not take this class.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: MATH1150
• Grade Received: B-
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Ive never had calc in my life and I had to learn it all by myself (or learn how to bs my way through the homeworks and tests). I didnt learn anything on the first couple of months I went to his class, so I never came back. He doesnt know what is going on in his own classroom and teaches things that are not in the hw. Honestly, dont take him.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: MATH2210
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Ugh. Nonsensical lectures. Insisted on using a bizarre personal vector notation. Terrible at responding to questions. Taught myself Calculus 3. I'd just sit in the back and do HW, just to follow topics. Also gives multiple choice tests with no partial credit, so he doesn't waste time grading. Got the impression he didn't care much about students.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: MATH3090
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

He is a extremely good teacher.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: MATH3090
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Make sure you read through the chapter before class or you won't understand a thing he talks about...

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: MATH1310
• Grade Received: C
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

I passed this class, barely with a C, but this was because I read the entire textbook front to back, as well as endless hours on yotuube trying learn what we skimmed over in class. He would spend the entire class doing the proof of the material but would rarely show examples that would be in the homework or tests. Luckily, my TA was really good.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: CALC1210
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

After attending the first 2 days of class I decided it was best to skip his lectures and only go to the labs. Quizzes are 40% of the final grade and are somewhat easy, but beware -- the exams are much, much harder. If you get stuck with this class, find some online Calculus lectures, pay attention to the TA during lab, and you'll probably pass.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: MATH2210
• Grade Received: C
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Confuses himself daily in class, it is really best not to go. If you want to do well you must keep up with optional homework before the weekly quizzes. Going into final, about half of the class had D's or worse, seemed go give out a lot of C's. Either read textbook or learn material from TA before quiz, because you won't learn from him. (Calc III)

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: CALC121
• Grade Received: C+
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

He's a really interesting character, but he can't teach worth a damn. Was super nice by giving quizzes that counted towards overall grade, but it depended on your TA how well you did.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: MATH1120
• 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:

Nonsensical and hard to understand. Seems like he's lecturing to one student at a time but there's 45 others that can't hear him.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: CALC1210
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

AVOID THIS CLASS AT ALL COSTS. I left lecture feeling more confused than I felt going in. I'm usually a good student and I can usually follow lectures well. If you do have to take him don't bother going to class, you'll learn more by reading the book and doing homework problems on your own. If you miss 1 question on a test it's a B, theres no curve

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: MATH1150
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

yeah he was nice but not someone i would willingly choose again

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: MATH2210
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Useless. I just sat in the back and did homework while noting what would be on the exams. If you can't teach yourself math, don't take this professor. "Lectures" are useless. Examples often don't go where he wants them to, and he just kind of throws his hands up and moves on. Puts off questions, but never gets around to answering them.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: MATH2210
• 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:

I never learned a thing from this professor. He has no idea what he is doing. I would ask questions and he couldn't solve even the simplest of them. He would teach class by writing one equation on the board while copying it straight from the textbook paper, then spend the rest giving a history lesson. Examples on the board were always done wrong.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: CALC2010
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

He is a horrible man. Has no idea what he is doing and does not know the subject matter. Doesn't care if you come to class or the effort you put in. Does not curve in any way and has 0 compassion. I can't believe I paid to take this class, a waste of my tuition. Disgraceful and absolutely horrible professor, avoid at all costs.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: CALC3
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

My feelings about Professor Riedel are mixed. He is a horrible teacher and always gets things wrong on the board, also no organization. You have to teach yourself everything which makes quizzes hard. His test are easy though, 8 multiple choice for a total of 120, so you can get 2 wrong as still get a 90. Class is not prepared for the final though.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: MATH2210
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Honestly, don't take Professor Riedel if you can avoid it. His lectures are more calculus history than anything else, and his tests are multiple choice with no partial credit. Homework is optional, but essential if you want to understand the actual math. I learned more from reading the textbook than I did actually sitting in class.