James Walker - American River College

Professor: James Walker

Department: TBD

College: American River College

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: STAT300
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Professor Walker was a good teacher. In this class you are required to have the textbook (as you will use it everyday) and a graphing calculator. He drops your 2 lowest Homework/quiz scores and 1 Exam score! He doesn't post grades online, instead each student has a grade sheet so you can calculate your grade yourself. I hope this was helpful!

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: STAT300
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Walker's not that bad. There's homework but all the answers are in the back of the book and he always goes over the problems in class. He lets you have notes for the exams, but not all the material he lectures on is in them so make sure to prepare for all topics. Lowest exam grade gets dropped and the quizzes are based on material he just taught.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: STAT300
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Great class if you like being spoken to like a toddler. Professor Walker is very robotic in his teaching style, and condescending in his tone if you have trouble understanding material. Hell give 1-2 examples during class, then assign homework with problems much more advanced than the problems he uses to teach the material.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: MATH342
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

I wouldn't recommended to take professor Walker. whatever he teaches in class it doesn't correlate with exams.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: STAT300
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Dont take him. He dont go over the homeswork all the way because he said we dont have enough time to. Gives you homework but dont collect it and give a quiz every class instead. Makes you calculate your own grade and wont tell you your grad. If your absent you will miss a whole chapter so try not to miss. He doesnt accept any late work!!

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: STAT300
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

can someone please provide his test answers tests 3 & on and or quizzes please!! no matter how hard i study its like he switches to different problems im not familiar with he doesnt explain very well :( A fellow student like youself

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: MATH100
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

The Professor doesn't explain fully and solves only 1/4 of the problem and then makes the students finish the problem with little or no knowledge. I would NOT recommend him due to the lack of explanation and the very, very, very fast pace. Seems like he thinks that we are supposed to know this math like 2+2. Overall I STRONGLY DONT recommend him.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: MATH342
• Grade Received: WD
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

At first he seems ok, then his true side comes out. Humiliated student when she asked for help with her calculator and another when she needed to use the restroom. Teaches basic problems and hard difficult problems appear on test. Find an alternate professor even if you have to go to another college to take this class.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: MATH120
• Grade Received: WD
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

This is by far the worst math teacher I have had, he threatned to drop me from his class on week 2 because I dident do the review in class that he even said was not going to be collected or graded. He also wouldent allow my friend to re-take a test because she had to leave due to the fact her blood pressure was scary low and had to go to the nurses

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: STAT300
• 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:

The best stat professorin in entire Northern Cali! Take him!!!

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: STAT300
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

He is a nice guy. Very patient when you ask him questions and explains the points very well. The grading policy is clear. 5 tests for a semester. Not too much homework and the tests are easy. He is strict about you being late and has some specific requirements for solving a problem, but it's the right thing to do.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: MATH342
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

If you've taken Calculus courses at ARC, Prof. Walker's courses are a cakewalk! Make sure you attend class and copy all the examples and practice the problems. There is homework, but it's not too bad. Quizzes are frequent, but not difficult if you understand the homework. Offers extra credit on exams as well. Overall good professor!

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: MATH342
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Do not take Professor Walker for any Math courses at ARC. He is an extremely tough grader and is very picky on how you do your homework and exams. If he can't understand what you are doing, then you will get the entire question wrong. He spends the last 20 minutes on examples that don't go with the homework. He won't teach you how to do anything.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: MATH342
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

He's one of the worst teachers I've had. He only leaves the last 20 mins of class going over the section which are the most basic examples, so when you do the hw there's a lot of stuff you have no idea how to do. Test are hard, puts stuff that wasn't covered in hw or class on them. Doesn't care if majority of class doesn't understand a concept.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: MATH342
• Grade Received: C
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Professor walker is nice person but he is not very helpful. He is very tough grader and test are hard. Four exams and cumulative final.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: STAT300
• Grade Received: C
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Professor Walker has no interest in teaching students. He's disrespectful and impatient. If you get confused and seek understanding you will be belittle and talked down to rather then assisted. At some point you will give up on asking for clarification and accept that what ever you get out of the lecture is all you are going to get. Lots of quizzes

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: MATH342
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

prof. walker is very tough grader. He is very picky take points for little mistake.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: STAT300
• 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:

Professor walker is clear, concise, and articulates the material using straightforward, layman-accessible explanations. Doesn't assign too many HW problems, quizzes are open book/note, and he give extra credit and allows notes on tests. What more do you want? He expects you to be an adult and show up on time and pay attention. Immature folks beware

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: MATH342
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

This Prof. is really bad teacher. I had B grade (87%) because I didn't homework. But I love math and math for me how fish in the water. I never had problems with math before. He had a lot of stupid rules. For example, if you don't have squared paper - minus 10 points, if you don't use a pencil - minus 10 point. Thinking twice!!!

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: STAT300
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

He wasn't a helpful teacher, He's the type of person that answers a question with a question. There are only 4 exams which are worth 100pts each and quizes are only worth 10pts , even if you have a excused absence he will not all you to make up any exams. Drops lowest test score and 2 quizzes total out of 650pts and 200pts of that is your final.