Stanley Kochman - York University - Keele Campus

Professor: Stanley Kochman
Department: Mathematics
College: York University - Keele Campus
Rating # 1
Overview:
  • Course: MATH1310
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
He reads off slides and sounds monotone but if you pay attention to what he is saying you will see that he explains pretty well. He is organized and gives a lot of past exams to practice off which makes getting an A+ easy. He is very helpful during office hours and replies to emails. Take 1310 with him, NOT 1300 cuz his 1300 tests are much harder.
Rating # 2
Overview:
  • Course: 1310
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.5
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
The book is VERY verbose. It is written in a way that will drown you in details. You wont get a clear picture of what your supposed to do by reading it. Your best bet is to download all the practise tests he provides, try to write them all, if you get stuck go to paulsnotes or some similar site which explains how to solve a similar problem.
Rating # 3
Overview:
  • Course: MATH1310
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.0
  • Course Difficulty: 1.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Very good prof. He is in his office all day and he is always willing to help. He does mumble in class and appears to talk to the board sometimes, but he is understandable if you pay attention (which saves reading time). The first two exams were very easy and the last one was fair. He also bell curves a lot which officially makes him an easy prof.
Rating # 4
Overview:
  • Course: MATH4400
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Very unclear lectures. Course materials full of critical errors and omissions.
Rating # 5
Overview:
  • Course: MATH1310
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.5
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Very organized and well-educated. He knows his stuff inside and out, but has poor teaching skills. Kochman teaches like it's all review. His manual is very useful!
Rating # 6
Overview:
  • Course: MATH1300
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Love this prof. His explanations are very clear and thorough. Love his teaching style and the the challenging course.
Rating # 7
Overview:
  • Course: MATH1310
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
The worst textbook ever, over complicates everything. His lectures are read completely from the student manual. His midterms? Hard. This course will require you to work really hard, if your psyche isn't up for a lot of work, avoid. I couldn't, he trapped me by being the only prof teaching this course.
Rating # 8
Overview:
  • Course: MATH1310
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.0
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
TIPS: Do the work from the student manual instead of the text. The text is more of a reference (it describes things in extreme detail) Only go to the textbook when looking for exercise problems to do or, you are interested in the derivations of various formulas (DERIVIATIONS/PROOFS ARE NOT ON THE TESTS). He is helpful and responds to emails.
Rating # 9
Overview:
  • Course: MATH1300
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
The comments below are accurate, you'll have to do a lot of independent learning for this class. It's pretty much impossible to follow his lecture, his book is dry but at least it's understandable. This course moves at a quick pace so you have to stay on top of it. Do the homework- the quizzes and midterms reflect his book really closely.
Rating # 10
Overview:
  • Course: MATH1300
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 3.5
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Obviously since its his textbook, he is teaching EXACTLY what is in the textbook. He goes very fast, and complicates everything, he is very easy to talk to and is understanding. he will help you, but for this 3 hour lecture, only take it if youre a complete genius, or if you have the book already and you just want to hear the stuff from him :)
Rating # 11
Overview:
  • Course: 1300
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 3.5
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Best calc prof, which unfortunately means nothing. He just rambles on talking to no one in particular. Its very easy to space out in his class.His book is ok, you have to reread it atleast 3 times to know what he's talking about. Still better than Ganong
Rating # 12
Overview:
  • Course: MATH1300
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
This professor is absolutely terrible. He explains things in a matter more complicated than it should be. I stopped attending his classes and started studying on my own. His $200 book is only useful for his assigned HW, but the rest is for you to figure out! Taught me complete independence.
Rating # 13
Overview:
  • Course: MATH1310
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
have him right now for 1310 and had him for 1300. Hes really smart he really knows his stuff, could ask him anything and he'd be able to answer, organized too. Hard to keep up, feels like i would need to have read it already in order to grasp everything that goes on in class.
Rating # 14
Overview:
  • Course: MATHB
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.5
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Dumb class, full of theories and memorization. Don't take MATH 1300 with him!
Rating # 15
Overview:
  • Course: MATH1300
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
DO NOT take this guy he teaches the board instead of you and he reads EXACTLY from the textbook in class. His exams are hard and only an hour long. You WILL regret if you take his class.
Rating # 16
Overview:
  • Course: MATH1310
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Had him for 1300 and 1310. Once you get used to him in one course, you'll realize that you actually DO understand what he teaches. He posts previous exams/quizzes/tests on the site which is MAJOR help, and he writes the lessons on chalkboard followed by examples thru slideshows. Very clear and concise, and really nice too! Gotta appreciate him.
Rating # 17
Overview:
  • Course: MATH1300
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 3.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
He is the best one.
Rating # 18
Overview:
  • Course: MATH1310
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Up to section 4.7 of his book is OK, but the last 1.5 chapter is total garbage. It seems he has no clue about series and improper integrals. Sucker.
Rating # 19
Overview:
  • Course: MATH1310
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
his textbook is a total garbage
Rating # 20
Overview:
  • Course: MATH1310
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.5
  • Course Difficulty: 1.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
The textbook is garbage. Easy A if you memorize the sample problems because the exam questions are nearly identical. BUT YOU WILL NOT LEARN ANY CALCULUS THIS WAY!!! If you're taking this course b/c you need it for physics, or CS, or anything else it's going to be a real problem for you later when you need to know the material and don't have a clue.
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