Nils Bruin - Simon Fraser University

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Nils Bruin - Simon Fraser University

Professor: Nils Bruin

Department: Mathematics

College: Simon Fraser University

Rating # 1

Overview:

Course: MATH340
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 5.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: Yes
Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

It was not too bad. I always asked him questions after class or during office hours and hed always explain everything to me patiently. Another thing is that I was his USRA student before and hes definitely a passionate and responsible supervisor. If youre interested in research, feel free to choose him.

Rating # 2

Overview:

Course: MATH151
Grade Received: C+
Overall Rating: 2.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

To be fair it might have been cause of the online classes, however he failed to explain problems thoroughly. Also midterms and final exam were way harder than what he had explained and prepared us for.

Rating # 3

Overview:

Course: MATH151
Grade Received: A-
Overall Rating: 4.0
Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

He's a nice dude. Quizzes and exams were easy.

Rating # 4

Overview:

Course: MATH151
Grade Received: Not sure yet
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

please avoid him!! Have to attend every online class to do the poll questions even though they're not related to the tests. Practice exams are useless because he won't test about Midterms are long and you may not have time to finish them. Final is the worst. There are some questions that's not on practice exams and I have no idea what they are.

Rating # 5

Overview:

Course: MATH151
Grade Received: Not sure yet
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

PLEASE AVIOD THIS PROFESSOR This is the worst math class I have ever had. He never taught any useful examples in the class. He gave you 3-4 poll questions that is super hard and worth 8% of grades. I have just done my final, it is 45% of the grade and seems like he just wants everyone to get an F. If you reading this,happy holiday, hope you pass

Rating # 6

Overview:

Course: MATH340
Grade Received: B-
Overall Rating: 2.0
Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Hard class, made harder by his delivery. I was struggling to keep up all semester, and he finally lost me with 2 weeks left in the semester. Materials are never explained in a digestible way. It's a hard class, and Abstract Algebra is a hard topic for first-time students, but I have since seen other professors teach it much better than he did.

Rating # 7

Overview:

Course: MATH151
Grade Received: B
Overall Rating: 3.0
Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Seems like a nice enough dude

Rating # 8

Overview:

Course: MATH151
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Honestly the worst teacher i've ever had. The most unprofessional, unorganized, and the laughing stock of the sfu math department. DO NOT TAKE THIS COURSE ESPECIALY ONLINE. TAKE 150. this proves how terrible sfu is at sciences compared to UBC's super professional and high quality stature. no wonder why they are respected in math and sciences.

Rating # 9

Overview:

Course: MATH151
Grade Received: Not sure yet
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Literally learn nothing during lectures, but you have to go because he does poll questions for marks. His hand writing sucks and he overcomplicates things way too much. Luckily I took calc in high school cuz I'd 100% fail otherwise.

Rating # 10

Overview:

Course: MATH151
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Worst teacher ever in my entire life. Students always correct his mistakes. Never make any concept clear, and spend more than half of class time on poll question after 1 minute's concept explanation. Also, he "hmmmm"s a lot, sounds like he never prepare what he tries to say. Terrible class experience. SELF STUDY DOES MUCH BETTER JOB.

Rating # 11

Overview:

Course: MATH151
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Literally the whole time he would do clicker questions and any example he would do, he would do it wrong. Probably one of the worst profs I've ever had. I took calc in high school and got a 90 and I literally failed somehow, he gives so many assignments and on top of that you have to teach yourself. Do not take this with him its horrendous.

Rating # 12

Overview:

Course: MATH151
Grade Received: A-
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

He makes the most simple things super complicated had to do everything by myself and ask my questions in the calculus workshop because the lectures weren't useful AT ALL. This teacher obviously knows his stuff but he is not good at all at teaching it. I think he might have chosen the wrong profession.

Rating # 13

Overview:

Course: MATH240
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:

Dr. Bruin is a genius. He makes the boring algebra fascinating. Besides the materials he will also share a lot application of the concepts. He has the ability to let you know whether you should learn math if you are confused. I love him.

Rating # 14

Overview:

Course: MATH240
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Worst prof I had. Learned the whole course by myself as his lectures makes the material more confusing than it needs to be. Hand writes all of his lecture notes in cursive so if you can't read cursive, good luck. Makes plenty of mistakes during lectures and just scribbles them out. He knows the content really well, just can't teach it.

Rating # 15

Overview:

Course: MATH240
Grade Received: Not sure yet
Overall Rating: 5.0
Course Difficulty: 3.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: Yes
Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Really humorous instructor. Sometimes he may make mistakes, but not a big deal. Mathematical genius will make tiny faults, can be understood.

Rating # 16

Overview:

Course: MATH240
Grade Received: Not sure yet
Overall Rating: 5.0
Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Really nice teacher. Humorous and attractive class. He is definitely glad to help you with any problems. His teaching styles make this boring algebra fascinating. If there is a chance I would choose him again.

Rating # 17

Overview:

Course: MATH240
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 5.0
Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Great teacher.

Rating # 18

Overview:

Course: MAYH44
Grade Received: A-
Overall Rating: 5.0
Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

he is a real genius, and a very good teacher.

Rating # 19

Overview:

Course: MATH341
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:

Great class

Rating # 20

Overview:

Course: MACM204
Grade Received: C+
Overall Rating: 4.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Despite being a Calculus related course, homework and final exam questions expect students to have a good understanding of Linear Algebra as well. Overall, Nils is an okay/good professor. He did scale students in the end.

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