Garret Etgen - University of Houston

Professor: Garret Etgen

Department: TBD

College: University of Houston

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: MATH3321
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Etgen is a very intelligent professor. He moves on a bit fast on some topics but he does give lots of practice examples to go over in class. Easy class if you pay attention and keep up with the material he covers. Sometimes he skips steps and then when asked to elaborate says he's vague and says something like "you just do it" lol

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: MATH3321
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Etgen is a great professor. You can easily look at his notes online and learn all of the materiel. He gives tons of homework. If you do the homework, quizzes and practice test you will easily get an A. PS do not miss a multiple choice on a test it drops the test grade a whole letter point. In addition, the final replaces the lowest test grade.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: MATH3321
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Professor Etgen is one senile old man, but man he is absolutely hilarious and downright awesome. Do NOT hesitate to take a class with this guy. 10/10 would recommend

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: MATH3321
• Grade Received: B-
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Etgen is an amazing professor I feel like we take advantage of his kindness. He gives you a lot of homework but if you actually learned calculus then you will be fine. If you slack off it won't help and catching up will make you fall behind.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: MATH3321
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Professor Etgen is an okay professor. His lectures can be somewhat boring at times, or confusing even as he goes very fast. Expect to spend some time outside of class understanding material. Take advantage of tutoring opportunities and groups, and try to find old tests! They are the best way to study. LOTS - and I mean LOTS - of homework though!

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: MATH3321
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Professor Etgen is very knowledgeable of the subject. You show up you take notes you pass. Easy as that. The class is not that hard but its not an easy A if you dont study and understand the material youll have a hard time. He tries to help out as much as he can

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: ENGI3321
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Lots of Homework, try to get access to the old exams and you'll pass, its hard to stay awake in his class and the materials are too much. so don't wait until the day before exam to study even if you have the old exams. pop quizzes and almost 3 homework assignments per week. He sometimes make jokes and that makes him interesting.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: MATH3321
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Lectures are boring and theres lots of homework for you to do. He can be pretty funny sometimes though! The material is very hard in the beginning. Definitely study in groups and use the internet as a second tutor! If you feel that your grades arent up to par, you can try asking him to regrade your free response. My grade went from a B to B+ after.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: MATH3321
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Professor Etgen makes EngMath easy to understand, and shows plenty of applications. Pay attention on the lectures, as he underlines questions, that might show up later on exams. Be prepared for lots of homework and mandatory Sunday quizzes. Would def take him again!

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: MATH3321
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Etgen is a pretty good teacher. He goes fast but if you tell him to slow down he will. He's helpful in his office hours too. Two homeworks a week, a quiz every sunday, pop quizzes in lecture, three exams and a final. final can replace lowest test grade.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: MATH3321
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Etgen is a great professor and he's wonderful at explaining material very simply. My main issue with the course was how much homework we had. It makes sense because Linear Algebra and ODEs require practice to master, but each homework was so time consuming that I had such little motivation. Grading Scale is properly communicated. Good class overall

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: MATH3321
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Good teacher but I think he's a bit overhyped. Undoubtedly, 3321 is a tough subject to grasp, but he tries to make it easy. Writes fast and referring back to his notes can be difficult to understand(process & handwriting is unclear.) Three CASA tests(100)+final(200)+quizzes(100) totaling 600 points. 540 needed for an A. Best bet for your 3321 prof.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: MATH3321
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Etgen is a good professor. His lecture notes were better than any of the textbook material. Old exams helped prepare for the exams. You need to put in work however

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: MATH3321
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

It takes patience to fully appreciate the teaching ability of this professor. He's very knowledgeable about the material & its applications, has thorough lecture notes, and is lenient when it comes to deadlines. He goes fast but posts everything. Beware however, as he can be rough in the classroom; not being the best at being courteous and kind.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: MATH3321
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Lectures can be long and boring sometimes he often rushes through the lecture, but he post it online, so we can go back to refer to it. Test/quizzes are through CASA. Expect a lot of Quizzes/EMCF. Material wise, this class wasn't difficult just the amount of work given made it tedious and time consuming.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: MATH3321
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Good professor, overall that can come off scary and rude at first but if you go to office hours, hes the nicest person and explains everything. Lectures can be long and get boring but he quips a joke here and there to keep it entertaining. Do reviews and practice and shouldnt be too much of a problem.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: MATH3321
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Basically 60% homework. Bc you learn by doing problems and making your own shortcuts. Class feels like 6 credit hours. Etgen is amazing, notes are kinda sloppy but you can understand. Old exams arent really necessary but are clutch. Sunday quizzes and practice exams are pretty hard, good for exams. MAKE SURE TO LISTEN IN CLASS. Cant stress enough

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: MATH3321
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

A very sarcastic, but funny, professor that moves very quickly and teaches by theory. The online casa quizzes were very long and covered much more detail than what was tested on. Try to get access to previous exams and use them as one of your resources to prepare for the exams. I put in the most work the days leading up to the exam and managed an A

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: MATH3321
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

He isn't as great as people make him out to be. He moves very quickly during examples, and provides weak explanations while going through them. His notes are quite sloppy, leaving very few other resources to aid in studying. I attended every lecture, but learned very little in them. I did most of my learning out of class.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: MATH3321
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

I heard good things about this professor, but I really did not like his lectures. His explanations just didn't click for me. I am currently using diff eqns in my other classes, and it is all now making sense. I feel that Etgen hurt more than he helped. I thought the class was easy, but I didn't absorb the information. He is also half deaf.