Wayyy to fast with a bad attitude and te textbook is absolutely vital. This really is a self teaching class, you wont be able to do well by just goign to class

this was the worst teacher i have ever had. if i had not taken the class in high school, i would have failed. many suprises on tests.

worst math teacher ever! Math is the kind of subject where u need a good teacher or you'll fail....she's terrible...she goes way too fast when teaching...her tests are impossible its nothing like what we do in class.

Horrible experience!! Do anything you can to NOT have this teacher! Ditto everything that has already been said. Save yourself the agrivation. She didnt know anything unless it was written in her notes, and hated answering questions... went fast to avoid them. Run fast!!! Hurry!

I had to drop this course after only the 2nd day of going! She moves way too fast. I am so bad at math. I was just like screw this and dropped it. I'll find something else to fill my math requirement..her class is ridiculous.

Horrible teacher I got a D in her precalc class and A's in clac one and calc 2. this shows that my skills were fine to get an A in her class. She doesn't teach and makes her tests as hard as possible. She is the worst I have ever had!!!!!!!!!!

I actually had her for Math my freshman year of high school in Williamsville also. She hasn't changed. Boring and unattentive, with hard tests and no help.

I hate this teacher, she is the worst teacher ever. I participated in class and got 100 on all my homework. My test weren't bad but she gave me a horrible grade!! DO NOT TAKE HER !! You will regret.

She is the worst professor I've ever had. She copies everything out of the book, she moves way to fast, and has no interest in the class. She gives 50 questions for homework, yet only grades a few. And she doesn't prepare you for the tests at all. And she barely showed up to her office hours. You will regret taking her.

If you did not take AP Calculus do not bother with her, she expects you to learn things that would normally take about a week in two days.

If you plan on taking this professor I hope you like taking weekly quizzes and biweekly exams. She gives an exam at the end of the chapter which is beyond annoying. Also, she was barely on time for any of the lectures and when taking an exam she did not give extra time if she came late. Hws are online and so is the final. Enjoy all 150 questions.

don't ever take this class. She's a horrible teacher speeds through the lecture and then acts like any question you may have is crazy. doesn't care whether class understands or not as long as like 3 people get it then she give a crazy amount of homework and tests overall just horrible

Its unfortunate i only get 350 characters to rant because i could go all day. If you try and take this class without a prior knowledge of calc there is a 100% you rip your hair out. Her lectures are read word for word out of the text book with 0 clarification of any of it. Expect at least 2 hours of HW a day and bi weekly tests. Shes the worst

It's insane how I forced myself to write this review just because this teacher was so bad. Good person but terrible teacher. Writes on screen in class and is hard to read as well as messy. Weekly quizzes and tests often. Can't explain any problems thoroughly and if you're new to calc, this will be your nightmare. Crazy amount of hw give as well..

She just doesn't know how to teach. The worst professor I've ever had.

She is one of the worst professors Ive ever had. Her exams are super hard and she is such a tough grader. There are quizzes every week in recitation which gets so annoying. Only good parts about her class is that homework+attendance is worth 27% and the online final is the homework questions so its easy to get the answers from the homeworks.

Awful Professor, dont take her, you'll regret it

do yourself a favor and avoid! You have homework due twice a week evey single week; and a quiz every single week and 5 exams! A class that shouldn't be that hard is made impossible. Her notes arent bad but good luck leeping up with them as she hand writes all of it and moves on as she writes.

I am not the best in math but I try. I'm the type of student who needs a good math professor to do well in math. In prof. Hockadays calc 1 class I found it impossible to understand calculus and her office hours were useless. She also seems not to care much about student. I retook semester after and got an A with a much better professor.

She is a bad professor. She does not teach everything that is on the exam and she writes really fast and will not slow down even when she is asked. She gives an online final which is a 150 questions but it took me and my friends 20 hours and everyone has different numbers and the questions are in a different order. If you get her switch out.

Shouldve listened to the warnings I got from this website and from peers. HORRIBLE teacher. If youre naturally good at math you might do well, but for someone who needs good notes and things explained properly this class is not for you. Shes very unapproachable and makes you feel dumb if you dont understand. AVOID AT ALL COSTS.

worst of the worst. you need 96% for A, and 150 questions online final can take you up to 25 hrs if you spend 10 min on each question. It was basically redone all your home works for the semester within the final week. Maybe she didn't realize we do have other finals. Please go take another class.

I ignored the warnings on here and regretting it. I thought she was decent until her 150 question online final during finals week, which took me probably 20 hours overall, and did not result in a good grade. I probably have more work in this class than my other 5 combined and I am a science major. Ridiculous amount of work for a 100 level class.

Okay I think she wasn't a great teacher but there is a way to do well in her class. The finals are all old homework questions and you can pull up the homeworks while the final is open and request new numbers until you get the ones that match the one you have on the final. Also do all the hws. I failed every test but 1 and still got a B bc of this

Professor Hockaday was a poor professor. She did very little to help students and seemed like she cared very little. There were no review sheets provided, though it is a very condensed class because we are in "college." Do not expect to do well if you are bad at math or don't want to spend hours doing homework. Do not take online with her like I.

Had to retake her class because she was a horrible teacher and gave NO review sheets. She says we are adults which I understand but my other classes that were level 500 had review sheets. Her definition of a review sheet was just every chapter title that we learned. She done give a S... about her students, almost as if she wants you to fail.

If you get this teacher after having a high school calc1 class, you will have a really hard time.

She goes a million miles an hour in her lectures. Her defense to her failing students is that if they did their homework it'd be fine... except if we knew how to do it, there's too much homework, on average 2-3 assignments a week each 10-15 long answer questions, almost never multiple choice, sometimes multiple parts.

Awful teacher, don't take her class or do, youll suffer on tests and homework. You get very little out of her mandatory classes

I honestly thought people were being mean at first. I went in and she seemed so nice, but do not let that fool you, she is a terrible teacher. The homework is hard, the lectures are boring, no review, no help, nothing. She sucks. stay away at all costs. she gives tests that are extremely hard, extremely often, and provides no chance for improvement

Calc2 was honestly v difficult but would not recommend it w/ her. Nice lady-baked us cookies even though we all failed, but tests were unreasonably difficult. Lots of homework, all handwritten notes, and you basically have to teach yourself everything because she goes T O O F A S T. And I mean learning the main material of an exam the day before.

Her tests were ridiculously difficult and her lectures were too fast. Also, she was very rude when you needed help

I don't recommend anyone taking her. Shes a horrible professor.

Hockaday is arrogant and condescending. She tends to be rude and disrespectful to students when asking for help. I needed help more because I made terrible mistake taking Calc I and CalcII at the same time with her. Tests are impossible, and graded upon perfection. She took full points of for getting write answer but not showing steps correctly.

DO NOT take her class. She is a horrible professor. Calculus is not that fun especially taking class with her

One of the worst professors I've ever had. She flies through her material for the day and grades heavily on tests/quizzes and gives tons of homework.

She accuses people of cheating every exam do not take . Will backfire greatly.

Do NOT bother to take a class w/ her unless youre great @ calc. She is extremely passive aggressive, skips steps while going over lecture & then gets irritated when asked to explain + her tests are terrible. No extra credit or curve. Exams are a big chunk of grade so if you flunk them... Goodluck.

I would NOT recommend her to anyone. Shes rude & exams are NOTHING like practice. She accuses anyone and everyone of cheating for no reason. No words can describe how much this class just sucked. Just save your time and wait for another professors class to open up.

Grades depend mainly on the few tests you take. Passive aggressive towards students with questions.

This was the most difficult class I took this semester, quizzes did not match lecture, exams did and homework was its own thing. Very disorganized and my only non A for the semester, not enough opportunities for extra credit. Calculus not a fun subject to begin with, do not take it with her.

Took an online class with her, very short and somewhat passive aggressive with students when they ask questions, works very fast (often making mistakes) or with premade notes which isnt helpful for teaching students concepts. Easily one of the worse professors Ive had in any college class.

Take another teacher if possible. In many cases you will leave the class confused. NO extra credit as homework is considered extra credit. The textbook was not helpful at all. One good thing is homework's have unlimited tries, but is not helpful for learning as she leaves out equations on the homework that appears on your quiz.

One of the most difficult classes ever! She beats around the bush and is not very clear. Shes pretty passive aggressive, the grading isnt fair and theres no curve. Your grade heavily depends on the weekly quizzes. And theres quizzes and exams on the same day. The homework and lectures are nothing like the quizzes or exams. Just dont do it!

Not good at actually teaching, just does a bunch of problems for an hour and a half straight without actually explaining. Quizzes every week worth 20 points each, multiple homework assignments each week (each with multiple questions, some questions with multiple parts), grade is based HEAVILY on exams. Some homeworks are on things she didnt go over

Awful!!! Take the class with someone else, she is terrible

Take a class with another professor if possible

If you're thinking about taking a calculus class for the first time, I'd suggest avoiding her. She mainly goes through notes on her iPad without explaining the concepts clearly. If you have other choices for instructors, I'd recommend checking them out instead of going to her class.

Starts lectures with practice problems that she has not taught yet. She then walks around the room and occasionally gets mad if you don't know how to do them yet. I've emailed her many times about important questions and she never once answered. Literally just such an anxiety inducing professor.

worst professor at UB. she does not know how to teach at all. she makes concepts more confusing and just assumes you know your stuff. her TAs are really bad too. homeworks are nice but she does NOT prepare you for the exams at ALL. pacing during lectures is criminal - if you do not have a sharp mind you will not understand anything. please avoid.

Terrible professor.

She does not teach, she just does problems and expect us to follow along. She never fully explains what she is doing, its like she purposely makes things incomprehensible. I would not have passed if I relied on her alone. The homework often does not match what we are taught in class. I was late on 5 hw assignments because the due dates werent given

She doesn't record lectures and it honestly feels like she skims through the lessons and expects you to understand what she's saying. I'm already bad at math, and having her as a teacher made me feel even worse. I even got called out once for trying to take a photo of the board with my phone. And I also remember got ignored after raising my hand.