Very boring, very hard to understand, and class seems like a waste of time.

He sucks.

ok, so the other comments are comically correct but he is a nice guy!

you teach yourself calculus if you get this guy. I have a 101 tutor, go to math labs, and get help from friends and I sometimes feel like I'm hanging on by my nails and teeth to get what's going on. Some days, he might as well be speaking greek.

This teacher does not know how to teach. Get ready to be bored and have no idea what is going on. He never explains the problems.

Be ready to teach yourself calculus, he never explains anything in a simple way. If you haven't had a lot of calculus before, beware, he skips steps all the time. The book is easier to understand than him.

He is very unreliable, doesn't know what he is talking about. Gives tests that are very hard, over material tha has not been covered yet. He, has a huge beard, and a very monotone voice, you will fall asleep.

If you have never taken calculus before, do not take him. You will get loss from the beginning of class and you will leave that class without gaining anything. If you have taken clac, then you might do fine, but I still would not recommend him.

Carlson...well...he tried. He tried so hard...if he had just given us calculushelp.com in the beginning, I wouldn't have needed to bother my dad to help me find it. I learned more there in two days than in a whole semester.

DO NOT TAKE CARLSON!!! I swear he speaks another language!! I think he knows what he is talking about...? But he CANNOT communicate it to students.

If you have taken calculus in before in high school, you should be fine, just bring your notes from that class with you. If you have never seen calculus in your life, Carlson is the wrong teacher for you. The notes are impossible to understand, and if you look in the text book, that really won't help you too much either.

Presenting Penguin Beard!...he puts the applied in applied mathematics. What's the best is the kind of stuff he applies it to. Burritos, ... yeah, mostly burritos. It's rediculous. You learn nothing from the notes, but the 'book' clarifies everything. A great and easy class to take in the morning when one is most suseptable to cheesey humor.

I feel really2 bad for this guy. He's very nice but just out of this world boring! Math 201 is stuff taught in high school, so really there's no need to attend class. Pretty easy too, my high school math was harder. Didnt really study for this class and got a B+. Take him if you dont care about not learning anything coz u really wont!

Easy, but a waste of my time.

Easy class, horrible teacher. Applied is easy no matter who you take, but it was just annoying to have to walk to the old gym 3 times a week to sit in the back and sleep. He is hard to understand and is extremely boring to listen to. take someone else!

Carlson is hilarious! The guy is just a goon. He made our class watch a cartoon that had no relevance to class. He is a pre-pubescent child trapped in a 50 year old math teacher's body. I would take him again just because it is so easy to get good grades in his class. Just do the homework and get C's on the tests and you will still get a B+!

Pretty horrible teacher, not a tough class if you're good at math, especially statistics...

Is this guys handicapped? He is a freaky guy and his class is terrible, did not learn one thing in his class. Everything is online and he tries to make things more accessable but its a FAIL! DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS!

HORRIBLE TEACHER. Unfortunately, he's the only one who teaches the class. The class if very easy in the sense that he provides answers to the homework online. His quizzes and tests are easy, but the final is kinda hard. Be prepared to teach yourself.

Carlson makes no sense. He is terrible at explaining things and he is extremely boring. Everyone sits on there computer the entire class. He likes to scream the most random things, like "to infinity and beyond!" he should retire though, he makes a lot of mistakes when correcting tests and is sometimes wrong when explaining things.

He does not explain material well. I had to teach myself and ask others. Got A's on 4/5 tests and a B+, An A in his class is a 95%, I got a 94%.I did well on the final and got a B+ in the class. Easy B because just going to class and doing the hw will give you a C, so trying on tests gets you a B. B has a big range of how many points you can miss.

I dont know about everyone else here, but when I took this class it was all online. Tests, quizzes, homework all could be done outside of class with help from friends, calculator, and websites. He dons't teach the same material presented online in class but he is pretty chill and its a great easy morning class.

Carlson's class is a pain to sit through. Literally, there was a sea of laptops all around us- you can't take math notes on a computer! If you want an easy class, this is it. If not, take another teacher or a different class.

He is not very clear, terrible jokes, nice guy though. If you have ever taken Calc 2, you will be fine. If you are good at teaching yourself, you will be totally fine too. But, if you struggled with Calc 1, don't take this class. All hmwk online. no book needed. Tests are easy as hell though. Match the homework problems exactly.

He's obviously a brilliant man but he isn't very good at explaining things in detail or providing little tricks to help you remember. He doesn't assign homework but you will need your book to understand what you are learning. He will help you if you ask but I would recommend going to tutoring only because he isn't good at explaining things simply.

Most of the learning is done outside of the classroom by you. The entire class is just taking notes.

Only take this professor if you have a history in Calculus. Class is not mandatory but he gives quizzes and if you aren't there you get a zero. Homework is turned in. Super boring lectures so bring other homework.

Carlson is probably the worst math teacher I've had in my life. I want to fall asleep in his class and leaving his class is my favorite part of the day. Be prepared to teach yourself (if you don't already know calc) and go to tutoring. There's a lot of worksheets that he gives the answers to so that helps, but you must do well on the tests to pass.

Class extremely easy. With previous high school knowledge of the basics of calculus, you will get an A in this class with ease. Additionally, without this previous knowledge, with a little studying, will for sure get A-B. My semester did not have to show up to class besides on test days. Teacher is awful, cannot understand him.

He lost one of my assignments at the beginning of the year. I went to office hours to ask him about it, he asked my name and which assignment it was, wrote it down, and then went back to work. With 2 weeks left in the semester, I asked if I could do it again, and he changed my grade. The lesson? Use his laziness to your advantage and you'll be fine

Nope. The lectures for 141 are dry. It's difficult to stay awake in Carlson's class. Nice guy but doesn't explain concepts well. Some pop-quizzes, but for completion. Exams aren't challenging, but you have to know what you're doing. Don't recommend.

You only have 4 exams no homework which sounds appealing at first till you take an exam and you think you know everything and realize you know nothing, because theres no homework theres no way for you to test that you understand the concepts. recommend if you get things super easy and are a good test taker, otherwise run.

Carlson is a good guy with good intentions, but god are his classes boring. Make sure you do well on the tests as those are very important to your grade. He takes attendance by group problems so you dont show up he will take points away. TA's grade every HW so that's pretty lenient.

SELF-TEACHING CLASS! He mumbles, so you have to teach yourself. He grades on participation so you have to show up, but lectures were useless. Very easy class, just do the homework and look over it before tests (3 tests). HW answers are generally on the next page, but if you just copy the answers, you will struggle.

You have to read, take a quiz, and do homework before class, where he answers questions. Also have weekly lab projects. Lectures are slow, structure-less, and monotonous. Exams based on HW/labs and are easy if you look over his provided practice exams (nearly identical). If you're good at self-teaching, it's an easy A, otherwise you'll feel lost.

I took him for MTH141 1st semester and taught myself most of it but you can tell he knows math just not great at teaching it. However I decided to take him again for MTH161 and that was a mistake. I knew and still know nothing about STATS and struggled. The exams are the only thing that matters and if you don't get it then you will probably fail.

Doesn't teach very well and had to learn all the content on my own. For someone whose never taken a calc class, it made it even harder.

This class is a joke. Dr. Jimmy seems like a sweetheart but shouldn't be a professor. You have to teach yourself, everything is a joke except exams. There's no way you don't get 100 on quizzes and hw, but you will fail the exams if you don't take the time to learn all the material yourself. Creighton drastically needs to improve their math dept.

His lectures are super boring and you will probably find yourself doing other homework or online shopping or literally anything unrelated to class if you show up. Forget taking notes because his handwriting isn't good at all. If you do the homework and labs you might be able to get by.

Super nice man, but bad teacher. From what I hear however, the whole math department sucks so taking him wouldn't be the worst thing, as I found him at least tolerable. Class material is very easy. My highest High school math class was pre calc and this was easier than that

This professor and class are a joke. About 1/3 of the class actually still shows up to lectures and I understand why, he mumbles on for 75 minutes on his tablet. You will have to teach yourself all the material, but it's not a difficult class. Just do the homework, and labs, and the tests are online. Carlson is the least bad of the math department.

OOF! Tough material for me personally and he just isnt'ta great teacher. He is a supper loving and funny guy, like I'd love to sit and get to know him but he just isn't a very good teacher. There is lots of homework which, while worth doing, is a lot of work for the small impact on your grade. Not a great class but probably your best option.

Super boring lectures, bases everything off the textbook so kind of have to teach yourself. All tests are online including the final, all homework answers are in the book. Turn in everything on time and you will do well.

No ways to get points back. Only multiple choice questions on tests so no way to get partial credit.

Had him for Calc and Stats. Yes his teaching is terrible, but don't listen to the people who barely pass the class. You should easily be able to get a B or higher. All homework is completion and takes up a good portion of your grade. All tests are online.

He is a really nice guy but his lectures are absolute garbage. You will have to teach yourself everything. Definitely get a tutor or go to drop in tutoring. There are usually 2 HW assignments and lab every week. The study guides he gives for exams are really good so definitely go through those for studying.

Lectures and teaching styles are ineffective for most students. However, if you dedicate a couple of hours each week to teaching yourself and reviewing the material, you'll be fine. Tests are straightforward and much easier than the homework. Homework is graded on completion. I didn't show up for class much and ended with a good grade.

Absolutely awful teacher, but thank God you can cheat on every test due to them being alone, and you do not have to attend class. If you are looking to just get your math credits over with and never thinking about it again, and have no qualms with cheating, take this class. Because it is impossible to learn it from him, and difficult toteach urself

Be prepared to teach yourself. If you are fine doing that and going to tutoring you will be fine. I found it easier to do that and use the book. I recommend a physical book as the online one is blurry. Just show up to class and use it as a study hall

you will have labs to do in any stats class. I use it as a study hall which most kids do. Its easier to teach yourself. Nice guy though!

Basically, the whole class is online, and attendance is a very small portion of the grade, so not many people show up to class. You don't learn a lot, but it's easy.

Dr. Carlson's class is not too difficult but it is almost entirely self-taught. His lectures are incredibly boring and almost no one pays attention; the homework takes a while and has no effect on your final grade; and participation is technically mandatory but he does not check all the time. The tests are online and take home.

Let me start by saying, Carlson is a nice guy. He seems to be a good-hearted old man teaching math; However, the class is tough. It's set up in a way where you need to buy the book to complete the homework, but the text in the book is extremely pixelated (the book was $120, come on). The best way to go about it is to teach yourself.