Dean Alvis - Indiana University South Bend

Professor: Dean Alvis
Department: Mathematics
College: Indiana University South Bend
Rating # 1
Overview:
  • Course: MATHM215
  • Grade Received: C-
  • Overall Rating: 3.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
If you like learning from notes he's your guy. All the notes are written out meaning nothing is on the board and the problems are already done. He just goes over it but you won't have time to write out everything because he goes fast. he knows his material very well. But he's more about proofs.
Rating # 2
Overview:
  • Course: M216
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.5
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Absolutely one of the worst professors I have ever had. Flies through the material faster than any college course I've ever taken, and he gets angry if asked to slow down. Does not give clear explanations of steps and will skip the intermediate steps because he thinks students evils already know them. Do what ever it takes to NOT have him.
Rating # 3
Overview:
  • Course: MATH216
  • 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:
Intelligent, gentle, knows what he is about. great exams. everyone should take this guy, cos he is super awesome.:)extremely organised
Rating # 4
Overview:
  • Course: MATH216
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
He definately knows his stuff. He knows the proofs to basically anything, and has the uncanny ability to recall every rediculous formula imaginable, such as the sin or cos reduction formulas for Calculus. I thought he taught with reasonable clarity.
Rating # 5
Overview:
  • Course: M216
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.5
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
He seems to know the course well, but doesn't seem interested in whether or not his students actually learn anything.
Rating # 6
Overview:
  • Course: M126TRIG
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.5
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
My experience with his class was good. He was hard to follow at first, but a few days in I got the hang of how he does things and it started to make more sense from there. He gives good examples to study and is very patient when it comes to answering questions. He'll stop the lesson just to amke sure everyone knows what they're doing
Rating # 7
Overview:
  • Course: S216
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
very helpful, hard to follow at first but explains things clearly
Rating # 8
Overview:
  • Course: M119
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Does not give clear examples, hard to follow, knows his stuff but doesn't know how to portray it to the students. Try to take it with another professor.
Rating # 9
Overview:
  • Course: M215
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.0
  • Course Difficulty: 1.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Goes through plenty of examples so you can understand. Doesn't really use too big of words. Is very leniant on grading.
Rating # 10
Overview:
  • Course: MATH215
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.5
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Jolly good professor. Indeed, he doesn't have a personality, but he knows his subject and is exceedingly patient in his explainations. He's very good about giving credit for partially completed problems, so long as they show promise.
Rating # 11
Overview:
  • Course: M116
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.5
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
I swore he read the dictionary before each class to figure out which huge words he'd use in class to confuse everyone. and yes, he was tragically born without a personality, but a mind full of math problems
Rating # 12
Overview:
  • Course: S215216
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Great teacher, concise explanations, excellent homework that helps one learn concepts easily. Tragically, born without a personality.
Rating # 13
Overview:
  • Course: S215S216
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Difficult notes/good homework/unable to explain things clearly.
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