Mark MacLean - University of British Columbia

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Mark MacLean - University of British Columbia

Professor: Mark MacLean

Department: Mathematics

College: University of British Columbia

Rating # 1

Overview:

Course: MATH104
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 MacLean is amazing. He is so patient, and he cares so much about his students. Make sure to do problems from the textbook in advance, and then attend his office hours he is always willing to answer questions and offer extra help.

Rating # 2

Overview:

Course: MATH104
Grade Received: C
Overall Rating: 5.0
Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

He was the coordinator for the course that also prerecorded the videos. Sometimes the lecture videos were a bit confusing because of the proofs, but overall the pace and content was great! If you took Calc in high school, you'll be set!

Rating # 3

Overview:

Course: MATH104
Grade Received: A
Overall Rating: 2.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Professor Mark really killed my. passion for math. I thought I was pretty good at it in highschool, but after taking MATH104 with him it really killed my confidence. His lectures were really long and confusing, and it often didn't match with the exercises we did at class. I passed this class because of solely A-level maths and TA office hours.

Rating # 4

Overview:

Course: MATH104
Grade Received: A
Overall Rating: 2.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

He is very nice and caring but doesn't know how to teach. Often over-complicated simple concepts and I have to learn from other online sources because his lectures are so confusing.

Rating # 5

Overview:

Course: MATH104
Grade Received: A-
Overall Rating: 3.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Nice guy but goes on unnecessary tangents explaining simple concepts. Passionate about math, but I think most COMM students are more concerned with general concepts and less with nuances of math. Tests were reasonably fair. Textbook was terrible and also confusing, never used it. Use khan academy if his lectures don't do it for you.

Rating # 6

Overview:

Course: MATH104
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 2.0
Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

So bad at teaching! Can't understand anything he explained, often over-complicated a simple concept.

Rating # 7

Overview:

Course: MATH104
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Highly overrated. Such a bad professor and doesn't know how to teach. The test is so much harder than the examples in his lectures. He is the WORST math teacher ever in my opinion. Honestly, take him if you are good at math, or if you are capable to read and learn everything completely by yourself. Otherwise, run !!!!

Rating # 8

Overview:

Course: MATH104
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

You can tell that he's a good person, but unfortunately, he's also an incredibly awful professor. Maybe he doesn't even know how to teach properly& efficiently, always explain something in the most complicated and perplexing way possible even for a simple concept. EVERY TIME !! Overall, probably the worst teacher ( at least for this term)

Rating # 9

Overview:

Course: MATH104
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:

Mark is one of the best professors I've ever had. He did a great job delivering the material and explaining various math concepts. I wish I could attend some of his in-person lectures. Very professional instructor and helpful office hours. Probably it is true that he goes a bit slow in prerecorded lectures but X1.5 or X2 speed does the job.

Rating # 10

Overview:

Course: MATH104
Grade Received: Not sure yet
Overall Rating: 5.0
Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Unlike everyone else on ratemyprof I genuinely enjoyed 104, it wasn't perfect but Mark did a great job of getting it close. I really liked the lectures but I think they could be broken up a little more to keep attentions! I would strongly recommend Mark, please take the others with hesitance! Yes the final was hard but do not attribute it to Mark!!

Rating # 11

Overview:

Course: MATH104
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:

The exam is incredibly hard, can't focus on the recorded lectures. Always goes uh ah uh and lost himself halfway explaining.

Rating # 12

Overview:

Course: MATH104
Grade Received: Not sure yet
Overall Rating: 2.0
Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

I can't tell if its because courses are online but I had such a hard time with the lectures from this class. He also can be a bit vague sometimes with quizzes or lectures because I have no idea when he uploads them and there wasn't much quizzes but its a little stressful when they appear randomly.

Rating # 13

Overview:

Course: MATH104
Grade Received: B
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Really poor teaching - often gets lost when he explains a concept, but also over-complicates simpler concepts.

Rating # 14

Overview:

Course: MATH104
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 2.0
Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

He seems to have a weird obsession with Greek letters, which can make notes hard to follow. He also likes starwars, which I dont have a problem with, however having chewbacca bobbing up and down in his virtual zoom background is rather distracting.

Rating # 15

Overview:

Course: MATH104
Grade Received: A+
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

The online class is a joke and professor MacLean is a comedian. Do not take this course online no matter what. The worst choice I ever made was taking this class. I generally love calculus but the transition to online learning was horrible.

Rating # 16

Overview:

Course: MATH104
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 2.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

I learned the same concepts in high school. This prof explains the same concepts 10x worse. If I hadn't learned it in high school, I would have absolutely no idea what he is talking about. He is unclear and always drones on about something for a long time, and then would say "you'll learn that later so just ignore what I said". What is the point???

Rating # 17

Overview:

Course: MATH104
Grade Received: A+
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Overrated. Awful professor as he lacks the ability to professionally and efficiently teach a first year course. Goes off on a tangent during lectures.

Rating # 18

Overview:

Course: MATH101
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:

DO NOT TAKE HIS CLASS!!! He explains simple concepts in the most complicated way possible. His class was almost always half full during lecture as most students went to other sections of the same course taught by another professor.

Rating # 19

Overview:

Course: MATH104
Grade Received: A-
Overall Rating: 5.0
Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

One of the best profs I've had in UBC. Fun lectures and helpful office hours. If you have a chance to be in his sections don't switch out -- his classes are worth it.

Rating # 20

Overview:

Course: MATH104
Grade Received: A-
Overall Rating: 2.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

hes really nice and seems engaging but is really bad at teaching. doesnt do any examples and goes off on really weird tangents during lectures. i think hes the worst math teacher ive ever had. i used to go to his lectures solely to finish work for other courses. his voice is like white noise. he has really nice handwriting though:)

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