Neil Gretsky - University of California Riverside

Professor: Neil Gretsky

Department: Mathematics

College: University of California Riverside

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: PROB149
• 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:

deep understanding of probability, yet bureaucratically inefficient and sometimes made mistakes with examples; a fair but tough grader, and expects a lot from students; also, very clear presentation; much wisdom and life experience, if social nonconformity, great and memorable professor overall

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: CS140
• 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:

Among all the professors I had in my college career, Dr. Gretsky ranks very high in the totem pole. He wasn't just teaching us the course materials but taught us practical problem-solving skills. Thank you, Dr. Gretsky, I am still using what you taught me today.

Rating # 3

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

Professor Gretsky makes difficult concepts easy to understand. Fine ambassador for the profession! Beautiful human being! I have a lot of respect for him. EXCELLENT. Take him.

Rating # 4

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

Professor Gretsky makes a very hard field of study easy to understand. Fine ambassador for the profession! Beautiful human being! I have a lot of respect for him. Overall, EXCELENT . TAKE HIM

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: MATH9C
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

This man is a very down to Earth Professor who can make a very boring and difficult subject much more interesting and ultimately rewarding. He has the signs of a bad stroke some time in his past which is too bad because he is such a cool guy. He seems like the New York version of a Riverside Math Teacher.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: MATH120
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

I have a lot of respect for this guy. Even though he often seems ruthless, and is intimidating, his homework solutions are so thorough that it makes even the hardest proofs easy to grasp. Kind of. I had to take his class a second time and barely passed, but learned a lot more than from most other professors. If you want to learn, take him.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: MATH9C
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

wow, avoid this prof at all costs...he speaks wwaayy over eveybody's head and values only the most complex of proofs...don't take...

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: CS140A
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

One of the best and most influential professors I ever had in Computer Science, and he's a math professor! Unlike others, I use the information he taught in the real world even today, 14 years later.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: MATH121
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

This professor is very unclear in his lectures, he mumbles alot and writes chicken scratch on the board, i learned more from the TA than him. He does not curve, does not explain well and wants us to understand the material

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: MATH9
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

The TA taught better than him

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: MATH111
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

A great experience. Best math class I've taken at UCR. A breath of fresh air compared to Harper.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: MATH121
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Not enough examples for homework, plus still has not gotten homework back...

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: MATH120
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Wow, hardly understood anything. Got help, studied,studied, practiced, practiced.. still got a C. One of the worst math classes I ever took at UCR.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: MATH120
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

One of the better professors at UCR, but don't expect a free ride. He doesn't curve (as others have noted). He is generally more helpful at office hours than lecture. His lectures are VERY IMPORTANT... don't miss them like I did. Homework solutions are critical, study them for the exam, but k

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: MATH112
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

This guy is awesome. One of the most influential prof's I had at UCR in the mid 1990s. This guy knows his stuff! Even to this day I still think about some of the things he taught me - things I can use in day to day life. He also had a great sense of humour!

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: MATH113
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

he assigns a lot of hw. he gave us hw during the first week. if you are wondering he curves, then you are wrong. he doesn't curve at all.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: MAT131
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Influencial. College is about learning to think. This prof tought me in 1985.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: MATH23
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

DO NOT TAKE HIM! i was .04 percent away from an A and he wouldnt even give it to me. also he lost people's homeworks and never told that to the students. completely unorganized and has no idea what he is teaching. always does math wrong on the board!!

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: MATH23
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Not a bad teacher. Tests are easy and the grading scale is great. However, the lectures are kind of boring.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: MATH23
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

He made a lot of mistakes when doing examples. He was hard to understand but his grading scale is great. I failed the final and got a B+!