Arthur Rosenthal - Salem State University

Professor: Arthur Rosenthal

Department: TBD

College: Salem State University

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: MAT128
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Teaches you the most Confusing methods of doing problems

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: MAT220
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Terrible professor, worst i have taken here! took the class for 2 weeks then dropped it because he was so bad

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: MAT128
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Worst professor I have ever had, doesnt explain anything

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: MAT128
• Grade Received: C+
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Professor Rosenthal must have once been a brilliant man, but he cannot teach. His handwriting is illegible both in class and through his online lectures, and his explanations of problems don't exist. My class started with around 30 students and ended with less than half. People would skip just to go to the math lab for help. Save your GPA dont take

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: MAT220
• Grade Received: WD
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Would not recommend unless you already know what youre doing for the class. Illegible handwriting and he doesnt go over what he talks about, just expects you to understand. Brilliant guy, terrible professor.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: MAT108
• Grade Received: C-
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

This professor does online classes but wants you to do your tests at the testing center. He's never available for extra help. No one in the online class got higher than a C-

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: MAT108
• Grade Received: WD
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Moves way too fast, and doesn't seem to care whether or not you learn the material. I've always struggled with math, so at first I thought it was just me, but I know some math majors who felt the same way. I knew I'd be dropping the class after another student said they didn't understand what he was explaining, and he said that wasn't his problem.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: MAT220
• Grade Received: C
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Very messy writing, always chooses the most complicated way to solve problems, does not teach and only does examples on the board. You will need to teach yourself first, THEN practice in lecture. Lots of homework, $100 mathlab required, keeps grades to himself so you're clueless. Even multiple math majors could not figure out some work from calc1!

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: MAT220
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Awful. Lectures become obscure tangents of un-related concepts and introduced many Calc 2 and 3 concepts before we learned Calc 1. HW was all online, and I could never reach him outside of class. I ended up having to buy an online tutor to help me even get through. A scale of 50% or more being a passing grade should say enough.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: MAT706
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

In May/June of 2016 i actually drove 45 miles to Salem, 2x a week for 6 weeks (2 hour drive there) to take his class. Have an MS'09 from here but no longer in the program. Took the class for fun. Small class with 6 people. Interesting lectures, challenging homeworks and tests. He goes fast but gives you what you need. Would take him again!

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: MAT320
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Absolutely horrible. He is knowledgeable about the subject but get ready to teach yourself the material. He assigns homework on material he's barely covered so I end up spending hours trying to finish the homework because he doesn't teach! He flies through lectures, even if it is on new material. Honestly one of the worst professors I have ever had

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: MAT108
• 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:

Day 1 consisted of watching him speak for 90 minutes without taking a breath. It was extremely difficult to determine what he was exactly going over due to his constant conversation with the chalk board. Intermittently he would turn around and ask if we had questions. If you aren't a whiz at math or just older like I am, do not take this course.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: MAT108
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Awful teacher. Doesn't care how his students are doing in class and doesn't answer any questions asked. If you take this class you will most likely fail.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: MAT108
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Overall, he makes MAT 108 WAY more difficult than it should be as basic math. He loves math and is very intelligent. He helps you outside of class and will sit down with you and explain things. But he is so smart & will go too fast thinking you understand everything right away. He is a VERY tough grader, and does not give extra time on tests.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: MAT108
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Worst. Professor. Ever. I am including high school and my community college as well. I had to take this class last second and I trust RMP, I wouldn't have taken him. He does not help you when asked. He is disorganized, he is very rude to students. He insulted me in front of the entire class for getting extra help. DO NOT TAKE HIM. SAVE YOURSELF.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: MAT108
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

You definitely need to ask him for help, most students don't and wind up dropping the class. He has messy notes but will help out.

Rating # 17

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

This class was absolutely awful. 5 students dropped the class after I did as well. He doesn't help and keeps referencing the book if you needed help. Do NOT take this class. It is not worth it.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: MAT108
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Dont take this class. I dropped out the first day. and the online book access is pretty expensive.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: MAT108
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

worst teacher I've ever had. He doesn't teach at all, he goes over questions on the board but it's really hard to follow & he doesn't explain himself or if he does, he expects you to know exactly what he's doing. Only thing that was helpful was the review questions for tests and the answers to them are online. Don't take his class.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: MAT108
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

I'm really good at math, but this professor has made it very difficult to learn anything. He talks to himself while writing messy notes on the chalkboard. Very hard to follow. I taught myself to the best of my ability online to somewhat understand the contents of the course. Everyone fails the tests, so he does scale them.