George McNulty - University of South Carolina

Professor: George McNulty
Department: Mathematics
College: University of South Carolina
Rating # 1
Overview:
  • Course: MATH141
  • Grade Received: A+
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Lectures were all proofs and not applicable to the test, but McNulty's grading system was a gem. If you're self-motivated enough to go to his office hours to try and master problems, you basically have unlimited attempts at the questions. I had an A secured before Thanksgiving. 10/10 if you're willing to work.
Rating # 2
Overview:
  • Course: MATH141
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Dr. McNulty cares about his students but his grading scale is strange and lectures are not effective. Lectures are all proofs with very little practice problems or test related material. Your grade is based on getting 16 questions correct. Heavily relied on what I knew from AP calc in HS and his review sessions. Would not recomend this professor.
Rating # 3
Overview:
  • Course: MATH141H
  • Grade Received: A
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
He has a strange grading scale. If you get the 16 different types of problems right sometime in the semester, you will get an A. He is extremely knowledgable and cares about his students. I wouldn't recommend him for someone who hasn't taken AP Calc since he focuses on proofs instead of examples. If you've seen Calc before, you'll be fine.
Rating # 4
Overview:
  • Course: MATH141
  • Grade Received: A
  • Overall Rating: 3.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
His grading system is unusual and the exams don't correlate with the lectures. However, the grading system is forgiving and the review sessions are helpful, so as long as you've taken calc in highschool you will do fine.
Rating # 5
Overview:
  • Course: MATH141
  • Grade Received: A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
You get 16 problems and must master (complete them with no partial credit) all of them by the end of the semester. Class is very theoretical and proof based unlike problems you will be doing on the test. If you want to teach everything to yourself and are good at math, you will be fine in this class. Otherwise it is an annoyance.
Rating # 6
Overview:
  • Course: MATH141H
  • Grade Received: B+
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
McNulty is NOT a math class you want to take without having had calculus before. I learned nothing new and went off of what I learned last year in high school. He does formal proofs on the board in class and makes you do it to pass the class. He is available outside of class but he does not answer question directly. Weird grading scale.
Rating # 7
Overview:
  • Course: MATH141
  • Grade Received: A
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Dr. McNulty knows his material very well but his lectures do not correlate with what he expects us to know on the exams. You can just do practice problems and not go to class and still pass his class with a high grade. His "problems" he does in class are very lengthy and often times don't make sense and he rarely does examples that are on exams.
Rating # 8
Overview:
  • Course: MATH300H
  • Grade Received: A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Dr. McNulty is an awesome professor. His teaching style and his grading method are both quite strange, but he cares that you learn the material and his love for mathematics is very apparent. I am very glad to be taking Math 544 Linear Algebra with him next semester and I hope to be able to conduct research under him in the future.
Rating # 9
Overview:
  • Course: MATH241H
  • Grade Received: A
  • Overall Rating: 3.0
  • Course Difficulty: 1.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
grading is super weird. You get an A if you master all of the core problems and extra problems (12 problems total) but if you don't master the core problems you'll fail. He is extremely old and was gone for two weeks and couldn't teach. Memorize how to do the problems during review sessions and you'll be fine.
Rating # 10
Overview:
  • Course: MATH241H
  • Grade Received: A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Sooo easy. He gives you the 12 problems he will test throughout the year on his syllabus. He has a real weird grading system with M's J's and A's (Mmaster) and if you get 12 M's you get an A. Every test (3) you get a chance to master 4 more problems and if you don't there are plenty of quizzes to for you to get an M on the problems you missed.
Rating # 11
Overview:
  • Course: MATH241H
  • Grade Received: A
  • Overall Rating: 4.0
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
He has a weird grading scale where you have to "master" 12 types of problems and once you master a problem you never have to do it again. All he does is change the numbers in the problems, so if you go to the review sessions, it's an easy A
Rating # 12
Overview:
  • Course: MATH241H
  • Grade Received: A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
There is no point in coming to class. His tests are based on the sample exam but some numbers are changed. If you know how to do the sample exam you will pass. All he does in class is long winded proofs and refuses to work out problems. He doesn't give partial credit of tests and you must to the problems exactly as he does or you won't get credit.
Rating # 13
Overview:
  • Course: MATH241H
  • Grade Received: A
  • Overall Rating: 3.0
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Lectures deal only with proofs and are boring. Homework is extra credit. McNulty is great at explaining problems if you go to office hours. For exams, just memorize the example problems and go to the review session. Careless errors will kill you in this class. You receive many attempts to Master a problem so poor performance early on is okay.
Rating # 14
Overview:
  • Course: MATH241HONORS
  • Grade Received: A
  • Overall Rating: 3.0
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
McNulty is a very kind professor with a passion for teaching. However, he is not the most effective at teaching you the information. His grading system is strange but provides you with an easy A (if you go to the review sessions). If you're looking for an easy A, sign up for his class. If you want to learn a lot, choose someone else (and get a B).
Rating # 15
Overview:
  • Course: MATH241HONORS
  • Grade Received: A
  • Overall Rating: 3.0
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
McNulty has a very particular grading scale based on complete correctness; he doesn't give partial credit for exam problems. However, if you go to all his review sessions and read the textbook, it is very easy to get an A in his class! Just beware of careless errors.
Rating # 16
Overview:
  • Course: 241
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.5
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
McNulty might once have been a very good professor, but now he is not. Many times in class someone would ask a homework question and he would spend the entire time trying to answer it, and usually fail. He is scatterbrained and unclear. That being said, earning a high grade in the class is easy if you just memorize the problems.
Rating # 17
Overview:
  • Course: MATH142H
  • Grade Received: C+
  • Overall Rating: 2.5
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
The grading system requires you to 'master' 16 different, multiple-part problems to get an A. Mastery means that every part of every problem is done perfectly. Make a single, simple mistake? No credit for you! If you have to take with McNulty, do the homework everyday, beg for quizzes, and do the sample final until you can do it in your sleep.
Rating # 18
Overview:
  • Course: MATH241H
  • Grade Received: A+
  • Overall Rating: 2.5
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Homeworks and lecture are COMPLETELY worthless. Luckily, all you need to do is go to the review sessions before the test and memorize how he works out the problems, because all he does on the test is change the numbers. There are no surprises. Easy A but I did not really learn much.
Rating # 19
Overview:
  • Course: 241HONORS
  • Grade Received: A+
  • Overall Rating: 3.0
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Dr. McNulty is brilliant, but he's not always the best at explaining things. While his lectures are sometimes confusing, the structure of his class gives you plenty of opportunities to do well. He holds review sessions before exams that are very helpful. He's always willing to help if you ask. I enjoyed the class.
Rating # 20
Overview:
  • Course: MATH241HONORS
  • Grade Received: B
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Better be prepared to teach yourself calculus.
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