Paul Williams - Macomb Community College (all campuses)

Professor: Paul Williams

Department: TBD

College: Macomb Community College (all campuses)

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: MATH1760
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Professor Williams is easily one of the best educators at Macomb. His lectures show exactly how to do the problems you will see on the Homework, quizzes, and tests. The take home quizzes are easy As and a great opportunity to make sure you know the material from the homework. He is a tough grader but very fair. Skip homework? Guaranteed to fail.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: MATH1770
• Grade Received: D
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Mr. Williams is a nice guy, but a terrible professor. He only grades on "take home quizzes" which are homework and the four tests plus final. Instead of teaching things in ways you'd remember, he mostly just rambles on while writing example problems on the board. You will not have any idea what's happening if you don't read the book.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: CALC1760
• Grade Received: D
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Id recommend skipping a semester of math if this prof is your only option like he was mine. Extremely picky about notation but only for things he deems worthy. OUTDATED curriculum; the last test review he passed out to use to study was dated fall 2002. He isnt familiar with the book HE recommended on syllabus. Im fairly good at math and I struggled

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: MATH1435
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

He is a nice professor. He can be funny at times. He gives out take home quizzes at the end of each week. There are 4 exams and the final exam. There is online homework and due dates for those. Sometimes he gives the review for the exams. However, do not take him if you cannot read cursive. All of his notes are in cursive.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: MTH1770
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

I have had Professor Williams for 5 different math classes. He is absolutely the best professor I have had at the school. I never understood math in High School and yet he made it sink in, The bad reviews are people that don't study and put in effort. He is a tough but fair grader. Take home quizzes and Saturday office hours!!

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: MATH1770
• Grade Received: D+
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Worst professor Ive ever had. Talks about a fudge factor that no one knows how to get, thinks aloud without actually showing you where certain things are derived from, Harsh Grader, DOES NOT UPLOAD GRADES ON CANVAS, examples are nothing like the tests. Youre better off studying the material yourself then attending his lectures.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: CALC1770
• 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:

I would not recommend Paul Williams. The negative reviews below are mostly accurate. He's straight forward with tests but that's about it. Extremely dry, not very inspiring, and a bit antisocial.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: MATH2760
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

I have taken prof. Williams for calc 1, 2, and 3 at this point. There is no doubt that he is a tough grader. He will take of points for silly things, but in the end I still think he is fair. Gives take home quizzes and usually the lowest 2 get dropped. Four tests and a final, usually final replaces the lowest test. Practice and you will do fine.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: CALC1770
• Grade Received: WD
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

I'm honestly not sure how his rating is quite as high as it is. Class consists mostly of lectures and "practice problems". Doesn't explain steps, but rather thinks out loud when working on problems leading to mass confusion. Incredibly difficult grader, not much partial credit if any at all. All hw is optional and unlike anything seen on exams.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: CALC1770
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Williams is a great professor, his lectures are clear and precise. He gives a lot of homework which is useful for studying. He grades tough on tests, but only to insure that you are using the proper notation.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: MATH2760
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Enjoyed his teaching style, show up for class, take as best notes as you can, write down assignments, work through weekly quizzes slowly (not for a good grade, so you can learn the material). A week before the exam, do all the bookwork assigned for the sections that will be covered, go over the weekly quizzes Pass. No hw grades, exams + quizzes

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: CALC1770
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

He has but hand writing which is hard to understand, also he marks points off if you get a question right but don't follow his steps. When he gives back tests its hard to understand your mistakes as his hand writing is hard to read. He is hard to understand sometimes cause of the thick country accent.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: CALC1770
• 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:

Easy teacher! Just do the review and you will a decent grade. I got an A in calc 1 and B+ in calc 2 without doing webassign. Go to class and copy the board problems also do the test reviews, and you will get a B for sure.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: MATH2000
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Very straight forward about his lectures. What ever his discusses in class is most likely going to be on the exam. Provides good examples.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: MATH2760
• 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:

Gives good lectures, and good examples. Make sure you do all of the assigned book work (even though its not graded) and the quizzes which are graded, and you'll be fine. If you don't show up to class you'll miss a lot of information, whole sections are usually covered in one day.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: CALC1760
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

He is a good professor but is a very tough grader. If you don't do a problem the way he wants it, he takes points off. I don't recommend buying the book because he only uses it for homework problems. To save some money, buy the webassign code that way you get an online version and he optionally grades it meaning more points to get a better grade.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: MATH1770
• Grade Received: C+
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Very hard teacher. His grading style is very specific. Since most of your grade is weighted on five tests his classes are fairly difficult. That being said I would suggest taking Mr. Williams if you are pursuing a math heavy degree. He knows his stuff and he's very creative in the application of the course material.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: MATH1770
• 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:

great

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: MATH1770
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

I like his style of how he runs his course; online homework allowed 5 mistakes, take home quizzes for over the weekend, and he gives us about a week to complete assignments before they are due. His penmanship is hard to follow and lectures are boring. Tough grader on exams. Once marked me down 1 point for a missing '(' in the equation "4(x+y))" :

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: CALC1770
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Amazing teacher hands down one of the best i had. I really enjoyed his class and the way he was teaching. P. Williams now exactly what he is teaching and would solve and math question. You actually enjoy the class without the regular normal routine.