Joel Nibert is the single worst professor I've ever had. He's arrogant and completely removed from the struggle most students face in his Calculus II class. His flipped classroom style completely remove the need to attend lectures, where he just makes snide jokes and dodges questions for an hour. Do yourself a favor and do NOT take this professor.

Nibert is a conceited teacher who is a self proclaimed "mental math" genius and therefore places himself above any problems or questions that most students have. He makes 329F an unnecessarily hard class. His in class problems are easy, book hw insanely hard, and tests closer to the latter (in terms of difficulty not content). Don't sign up 4 this.

Nibert is a really smart person and a cool dude, but his teaching methods were very frustrating for me as a math major. Every lecture, he would play dumb while doing the math and simply direct questions to the class for each step of every problem. He would be a much better teacher if he just taught the material in a more straightforward manner.

Gives MC exams where if you get a question wrong you get 0 points, if you get a question right, you get half points, and if you get a question right and show all your work and it makes sense, then you get full points. Probably the worst professor ever.

I am not going to take this professor again. His lecture is easy but the exams are hard. And also he is a tough grader. I don't recommend his classes.

TERRIBLE. homework EXCESSIVE. Doesn't respect students. Gives vague answers. Ignores questions. He always sounds unsure of the content he's teaching. Never emphasizes what is important. Assigns LONG DAILY readings. Daily QUIZZES on said readings. THEN NEVER mentions the text content in class. Hard tests. His "teaching" style made me hate stats.

I took him for summer 2020 and he is one of the hardest professors I have ever had. Daily readings, daily quizzes, extremely vague questions on exams and takes off points if not answered to "completion." I honestly really liked statistics before this class. I don't think he even understands what he's teaching. Good guy but a terrible professor.

Possibly the worst professor/teacher I've had in my life. Not a bad guy but I really would recommend avoiding taking his classes if you want to preserve your mental health

Nibert is not a bad guy, he's just bad at teaching. There is no practice problem or anything before the exams. He would teach the basic stuff about the materials and then test on the deeper levels. If you want to take this class from him, take your own notes from the textbook and copy his examples in class.

You'll probably have to read the textbook yourself. Some professors can't teach but their exams make sense. Nibert can't teach and his exams don't make sense. He would test on things that are not extremely hard but are things that he didn't really talk about in class so you won't see it coming. Just avoid his class if possible

Nibert uses a lot of his class time talking about things that are inconsequential to know for any of the graded assignments. His tests don't cover the lectures in far more depth than he goes into. You would assume that the textbook would cover it then, but you would be horribly mistaken. The textbook is a very general outline of the topics.

The lectures are completely useless other than to identify the topics. He grades the whole course based on 3-4 tests, where the final is weighted more than a quarter of the grade. Homework counts but is worth a negligent amount. He doesn't teach, his homeworks do not help for exams, therefore you will be blindsided in the exams.

It felt like a high school class. He would walk to the back of the room to see what we were doing on our computers. Although attendance isn't "mandatory," there are in class assignments (so it basically is mandatory). He is decent at explaining things but he is pretty full of himself. I like math and I hated this class because of the teacher.

This class is a nightmare. Lectures cover the most basic of topics, while homework's are incredibly extensive and the tests are even more extensive. Content on the exam might not even be examples we have even touched on or acknowledged in class. He is a really nice guy but dear god is this class difficult. THE FIRST EXAM AVERAGE WAS A 70

Tests are a lot different from homework and class problems which makes it hard to study because students are not given any other material to review. He is a nice guy but he does not adequately prepare you for tests, not to mention there is a time crunch for most of the exams.

Prof Nibert is a nice guy. However he teaches very basic concepts and examples that wont prepare you for the exams which are very difficult and very specific. (Our last exam class avg was barely a 60). Prepare to teach yourself and practice tons of difficult problems from the textbook because the class wont. You can expect to get tested on them.

Dr. Nibert is a nice guy, this semester he made it a point to talk about political activism. However, in line with what other people have said, he is an awful professor. He refuses to give any hint as to what will be on the exam, saying that we should "feel comfortable with all of the content". Avoid him, even though he's a nice guy.

We only had a total of 4 HWs in this class so barely any practice. We asked Professor Nibert for additional practice problems but he never posted any. All of his exams were super hard but the final was the hardest of them all because we didn't have enough practice to prepare us for this level of difficulty.

No, no, no. The hate for Nibert is warranted. Nibert shows only basic problems for lectures and tests us on things we haven't seen in lecture and homework. Skip this professor.

He gives overly simplified lectures that don't actually teach you anything. The result is homework and exam problems that feel way too difficult, so most of your time is spent reading the textbook and teaching yourself the material. I've had classes where I've had to teach myself before, but man this one was especially brutal. Avoid avoid avoid.

Very few homework and super hard tests. The textbook is of no help. He's nice a guy but I wouldn't recommend taking a class with him.

DO NOT TAKE. Does not care about his students and DOES NOT FOLLOW HIS OWN SYLLABUS. Spent whole semester talking about how this is a hard semester asking for good review. Then gives a super hard final copied from SOA exam. Syllabus said we got 1 HW drop but he refuses to do it. Does not disclose grading bounds and assign whatever he wants to us.

Talked about useless things every class, gave very few homework assignments but very hard midterms. He did the least amount of work possible, gave a really hard final, and managed to mess up our final grade and refused to fix his mistake. Don't take him if you want to live a long happy life, he'll bring you more stress than actual knowledge.

I took this guy over the summer, it was a 5 week class, he give us 5 exams in total. We also have quiz every workday, due before the class. The workload is insane and his exam is nothing like the homework and his lecture is irrelevant to his exam.

Don't recommend him. He did the math without any explanations and he tested on explanations heavily. Even though you copy explanations from the textbook, you still cannot get all the points. Lectures are easy but not enough for you to study for the exams. He did not give feedback on Hw. I had a question wrong and I still get 10/10.

You'd better get ready to study on your own. A good way to get A in his class is to study as a group.

AVOID. He doesn't work problems in class, gave very few homeworks and an extremely hard final which is worth more than a quarter of the grade. The last homework was assigned mid-October. By far the worst math professor I've taken at UT coming from a senior math major. Don't take his class and buy a CA subscription for STAM, you'll actually learn.

He is not good at teaching at all. You should be prepared for self-study. He will not help you get ready for STAM exam. His study content is outdated. He teaches way to easy and tests you super hard without letting you know the detail of grading ahead of time. You do not know what he is expecting from you.

Lectures were easy to understand, but HW and Exams are really hard, and something unexpected would pop up. Exams were never given enough time and harsh grader. You would be graded by tiny things and lose many points. Avoid this professor if you can. Really hard to get an A.

Rambles all class, you have to teach yourself from the textbook. Homework & exams are nothing like class. On exams he will ask you to solve a problem and even if you do it correctly you will fail if you don't write the textbook definitions/formulas before starting the problem (he never indicates this requirement). Will not accept regrade requests.

Avoid if you can. He gave a lot of trick questions on exams. You'll be super careful little details for his class

His applied stats class is just a repeat of the pre rec (stats) with a silly survey project added. Has a 0 tolerance policy for technical issues and all the test are online so good luck. Grades harshly for small mistakes. Was clearly wrong in how he graded my project but refuses to admit it.

Professor Nibert is the worst professor. He clearly does not care about his students or their success. He rambles on about irrelevant topics for most of the time. He is also very condescending.I have never felt so stressed for an exam in my life. If I had to choose one professor who had the most negative impact on my college career it would be him.

DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS! by the end of the semester, I was so exhausted and frustrated in the class because Nibert has a very "big picture" type of way of teaching but the exam does not. The exam is hard and the rubric is hard and eventhough the lectures are online, I ended up teaching myself some really tough concepts

Do NOT take this fella. Homework is unnecessarily long and lectures are super boring. Insanely sassy guy and does not make asking questions easy. The class is just a review of intro stats with some R coding. He grades very roughly. Definitely some superiority complex ongoing in the background as well.

This class is so unbelievably boring and pretty useless. It is a basic stats class. Literally 1 to 1 review of AP stats so no clue why the credit doesn't transfer. Really picky grader and takes off marks for absolutely no reason. The class is low key easy, but overall wouldn't take it again because its utterly useless.

Lectures are useless and teaching style is boring and patronizing. Says attendance isn't required but randomly decides to do in person participation and doesn't do them consistently, then makes it 10% of your final grade. Exams are graded harshly, he takes off lots of points on a whim for fully correct answers. DO NOT TAKE ANY CLASS WITH HIM.

Makes very easy content into a tedious time-consuming class. Useless lectures & very patronizing and unlikable, but has attendance assignments on random days in person (but doesn't do them consistently enough to actually gauge your attendance), assigns unnecessarily long hw assignments, & takes off points on correct exam answers. hated this class

Will duck, weave, and dodge any attempt at clear definitive communication. Will contradict the textbook and notes on his exams and will hear no argument. There are no grade cutoffs, grades are given in comparison to peers, so theoretically you could get a 99 and a B. Easy but long homeworks. Coin-flip ambiguous tests. Polite but devoid of empathy.

Very patronizing and assigns 10% of final grade to participation but gives the quizzes on random days and does not do them frequently enough to actually allow you to make up absences. All of your learning is from the textbook and the homeworks are tedious. Pushed back an exam scheduled for the week to the weekend (friday to sunday) with no notice.

I thought his lectures were really bad, and they seemed like they were prepared on the spot. He grades ridiculously hard for no reason, and he gives really bad feedback. His tests are also hard, and they are nothing like what he discusses in class. He comes off as condescending a lot of times as well. Avoid this professor if you can!

Exam grading is actually the most arbitrary out of all classes I've taken. Does not communicate about exams, grading, or attendance. Seems like the entire class is organized arbitrarily. Some topics are also sensitive - adds content and questions about controversial social topics that seem out of scope for the class. Would not take again.

This was most horrible math class I've ever taken; do not recommend taking a class with him. He somehow made very easy topics (pretty much just ap stats) into a struggle with repetitive long hw assignments, oddly harsh exam grading, and random attendance quizzes (not distributed evenly at all). He also is just patronizing and not flexible at all

Sorry he's just not a good professor. He makes his class so incredibly tedious, grades his tests with random criteria. His lectures are straight up useless, you have to just read the book. AND THE CLASS CONTENT ISN'T EVEN HARD! There is simply no point is making his student's lives this difficult for what is just an AP stats course. Would not take.

Ended with an 88, but gave me a B instead of B+. When another student and I both asked how he gave out letter grades, he ghosted us. Exams were graded super harshly-would take off points for not including stuff that were never asked for in the question, or given any expectations about in class. Content is easy overall, but dont take if u want an A.