Dale Buske - St. Cloud State University

Professor: Dale Buske

Department: Mathematics

College: St. Cloud State University

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: MATH221
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

He is not a professor anymore, but he was fine. Lots of homework. Puts the hardest questions on the exam.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: MATH193
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Terrible teaching technique.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: MATH221
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Very thorough when teaching and cares that you understand the material

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: MATH221
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

I had Buske for Calculus 1 ( Math 221) and I loved it. He made class fun and didn't bother with proofs since the whole class was engineering students. He explains thing very well and grades really fair, especially if you make a stupid mistake, but understand and show you know the concept. He does make you write more than most math classes though.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: MATH221
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Professor Buske is one of the best math teachers at SCSU. He has a great sense of humor and is very passionate about helping students understand mathematics. He is very conceptual. So he likes lots of graphs. I found this to be very helpful doing Calculus this way, rather than doing lots of algebra.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: MATH221
• Grade Received: B-
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Dale Buske is hilarious. Corny but funny. Really cares about his students and will stay outside his office hours to help you. Worksheets really helpful and relate DIRECTLY to test questions. Too many quizzes and outside work, but if you want to do well, you put in the time. Would highly recommend.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: MATH221
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

His tests and quizzes are flat out ridiculous. Everything else is manageable. But his tests are something else entirely. You may as well be winging it because they're nothing like what you'll review or study for.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: MATH221
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Despite the fact that Buske is a nice and funny guy, no amount of homework, quizzes and studying can ever properly prepare you for his tests. Tests are ridiculous in terms of difficulty. Which makes the class that much more frustrating when you're able to understand everything, but still get thrown off by the questions he writes.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: MATH193
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

I usually HATE math. Prof Buske has amazing online YouTube videos that he uses for his lectures. It really helps understand the homework. It's a lot of work for an online class but just make sure you do the homework every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Falling behind makes it harder. If I had to take another math class, I would definitely choose him

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: MATH221
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

He's fun, approachable and nice. But if you're not a math major, or passionate about math, would not recommend taking him. He assigns a lot of extra work outside of homework/quizzes. The tests don't have a lot of questions, but they involve an intense amount of work and understanding. All of which are more difficult and work heavy than other profs.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: MATH221
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

He's fun, down to earth and realistic about everything in the way he teaches. However, between the notes, homework, quizzes and tests, there's a bit of a disconnection between all them. If you're not math saavy, all of it feels completely different from each other. Especially when it comes to the test. Making it hard to grasp the concepts and learn

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: MATH321
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

exelent lecture

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: 321
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Dr. Buske is a great teacher. He is very engaging and makes the class fun.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: 193
• Grade Received: C-
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

I don't suggest taking this course online or with Buske. Lots of lecture videos to watch. A total of about 20 quizzes and 10 Exams. Tough class. Two projects. About all the average scores on the quizzes and exams were Cs and Ds and the Final Exam average was an F. Good Luck with that.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: MATH321
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

AWESOME teacher!! He is approachable and really cares about his students!! He is always in his office and will spend as much time as you need to figure stuff out! He was a reasonable grader. Ask him questions and he will help, also he pays attention to whether the class is following in lecture, which helps. I really hope I can take him again!!

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: MATH115
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Dr. Buske is awesome, one of my favorite profs. He cares about his students, and while he didn't have consistent office hours he had an open door policy, so if you stopped by his office at any time he can provide you with the help you need. He makes the classroom interactive, so if you take him, expect to do some problems in front of the class.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: MATH115
• 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:

Excellent professor. He is very enthusiastic about the material he is teaching which keeps students interested. You will have to go up in front of the class to do problems but will help you along the way. The textbook is a must, you will have a couple hours of homework each day from the book. Exams are a little tricky,but an overall fair grader.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: MATH115
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Buske.... Talk about a great professor. HE is caring, interested in making sure one succeeds in his class. He hasn't really required the class to use a textbook, but he does have stuff to do online which helps one out a lot. He gave weekly quizzes that were literally taken oyut of the book

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: MATH193
• 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 professor! If you watch his online videos and ask questions you will do well, attendance wasn't mandatory. He was always willing to help as well. One of my favorite profs.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: MATH193
• 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:

Buske, to say the least, was the worst math teacher I have ever had. He spent class bragging about how he wrote our "textbook helper" and when we didn't understand something, that was too bad for us because he understood it. Also, he'll cater the class to the outlier (meaning, if there's a polysci major in a class of nurses, it sucks to be a nurse.