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Okay as a prof, rather harsh on grading. Since he isn't a stellar teacher and grades hard, take someone else if you can.
If you write down the notes he writes on the board, you'll have no problems - that's exactly what his tests are based off of. Show up to class and pay attention and you'll do fine. Also, do the homework it's pretty much free points although he does dock off points here and there.
Way too harsh on grading. The only C in my entire college career... Take someone else if you can!
He explains everything very well. If you follow his notes, you will understand most of the material. He allows you to have notes for exam (that what makes it easy) He is very fair on grading, it is based on points, homework is important too, it worth about 20% of a grade. Most of the time he doesn't give a lot of homework, it is reasonable.
Very good professor. If you come to class, take notes, and study them, you will get an A. Harsh on grading, true, but he is also extremely fair. He takes extra time and care to make sure the subject is well understood by everyone, and even takes time out side of class to help!! He is extremely interested in seeing his students do well.
very boring but a good teacher.... he called me a miscreant cause i never paid attention in class.... but i was it just didnt look like it cause i was resting my eyes.
Really hard to understand. He teaches too fast and tests are differnt from hw and notes. Avoid at all costs. You have to learn everything on your own.
A very funny guy. Professor Hauser's practice mid-terms are like the mid-terms. Math 1 in general is boring, but he was a good person to take it with.
i get confuse sometimes with his lectures, but it's nothing to fear. His practice tests are very similar to the tests. Just make sure you understand what is on the practice tests. I have taken better professors, but he's not a bad lecturer either.
This is one of the worst teachers I have ever had. Does not care if people understand what is happening in the class only that he gets through the book. He expects you to go to office hours then he is not even there. Never reviews the test that are on nothing you learned about in notes or homework. never ever take this terrible professor
Horrible professor. Does his best to explain but it's not a very good job. Any attempt at a sketch is haphazard and not thought out. Today he showed up with his shirt on inside out. How do you expect this awful professor to teach calc3 to 30 people if he can't even put on a shirt...
sac state should be ashamed to have prof. hauser on their faculty. he is horrible at explaining concepts and is extremely unorganized. reading the book and doing the hw problems is more beneficial than listening to his lecture.
Great professor. He had to cover a lot of material but he did it well. Has a very funny subtle humor to him and is extremely helpful and available. He understands what someone means in a question very well to and has a strong ability to explain the material in a relatable way.
At first since I totally bombed the first exam I thought he was a horrible teacher! And the thing I disliked the most was that he decided to use WebAssign for his hw this semester and it just wasnt working for me because I wasn't working as hard, with it being multiple choice and all. But all you need to do is get a group and you'll be fine!
Easy! Do the homework and read the book and you will do fine. I rarely went to class and got an A. Tests are basic and straightforward.
I took this course back in 2009, and I learned a lot. The material is not easy, it takes a lot of discipline to learn it well. Go to his office hours he is very helpful. Go to class and pay attention, he is a great professor and explains things well. You have to work for your grade.
It's a hard subject. I totally failed my first two exams but I passed the class because of the third and final exam. So, don't give up in this class because even I can pass it! Group study helps a lot!!!
Not recommended!
Dr. Hauser is actually a fairly decent professor. He is very helpful if you go to office hours and is approachable. My only concern was his tests. theyre very hard. but manageable if you study. decent professor.
Super funny guy, very chill, and knows what he's talking about. His tests are straight forward and he uses web assign for hwk. Although web assign is expensive, it is super helpful!! His lectures notes are quite organized. I would definitely recommend him.
Hauser is a really nice professor. I though his lectures were pretty easy to follow, but he's very approachable if there's ever any confusion. Really nice guy, you can tell he wants his students to pass. I'd recommend him.
Teacher kinda of assumes students already know material by te way he teaches, hw website was only way i learned anything, cumalitive final is just ridiculous not reccommended.
Just... don't take him in the early morning. He makes Calc 1 a bit more cryptic than it sounds.
Here is the breakdown: 3 exams worth 20% of ur grade. 4th exam worth 30%. (10% is homework, but he gives you full 10% if you did more than 70% of all assignments). Gives out study guides...Those are the key to success. Examples in lectures will be on the exam. Straightforward. DON'T procrastinate. The 4th exam is cumulative. Good luck...
Really great professor. Offers extra credit or curves if the class does poorly on a test. Would definitely take him again.
Solid prof. He will challenge you. Do well on the hw and you will do well on exams.
Great teacher, probably one of the best i've had. He explains very clearly of course math 31 isnt easy. I studied quite a lot and he does expect you to know some things like your trig identities, similar triangles etc., but those are things you should know anyways. I would highly recommend his class to anyone.
Overall, Professor Hauser is okay. There are a total of 3 exams and a cumulative final. Homeworks were online and easy. He will give you full credit if you do most of them. His notes are easy to follow. Do not procrastinate and you will be fine. Good luck.
I took him for DE. It was the first time he had taught the class in 19 years. Homework only a few problems for each lesson, but he actually graded the homework based on correctness. No study guide for tests, but test questions were reasonable for the material. Lectures could be dull, most class time spent deriving formulas.
Probably not the best to take at 8am. His graphing needs a lot of work and rushes through each section. Homework is due right after the section is taught. Good luck, you're going to need a lot of it.
Explains concepts in a very backwards and wordy way making it hard to understand. We started the first day of school with a lecture which isn't bad except that we begun the entire class at chapter four. I had no previous knowledge of statistics and have been lost since the class started, it'll be a miracle if I get a passing grade with his teaching
Professor hauser is an okay professor. I've had better and I've had worse. The material is tough which makes it easy to think he is to blame but thats not the case. Study hard, do every assignment and you grade will reflect your effort. In Calc 3 he curved a little at the end of the class so if you have a mid-low 60% you will probably still pass
If your not good in stats i recommend ! Clear . Let everyone in that crashed . lectures are easy to follow & not a lot of writing . 3 exams 1 final . get the ti 89 . He gives practice problems similar to exam ! must study . need mathlab
Hauser is a very nice person, but confusing when it comes to teaching. There are 3 midterms and a cum. final. I hope he gives a generous curve at the end.
His teaching is kind of like reading a textbook. Boring and hard to understand. Unless you learn from that style, he would be a good prof for you. He's a really nice and helpful teacher but he just makes the concepts seem harder than they should be.
Calc is not easy. Revisit your alg2 beforehand. Lectures are irrelevant if you don't read ahead or have some basic knowledge. Use youtube. He's a generous grader but tests are tough. Reach out to him, he'll know you and pay off. Office hrs are very helpful. Study midterms as your cumulative final are based on them. It's easier than the midterms.
Professor Hauser was always prepared for class. He did not blaze through stuff, in my opinion, he has perfected the "digestible pace" for calculus III. The tests are mostly about whether or not you have practiced. So do your homework. Taking notes is a good idea, but mostly, study the homework.
Very easy-going and laid back professor. Paces the class very nicely and patiently explains everything step by step. Tests are incredibly straight forward and resembles class lecture notes/homework. Does lots of examples and an overall great professor.
This class was taken during Summer course - which is quite fast pace. Judging from my abilities, I took Math 31 previous from this class. He seems to lecture well, the only problem is that he depends his homework on WebAssign, which I hated. He also makes you depend on yourself to know previous formulas that you learned. He will skip a lot of steps
This professor is terrible.I have seen his given past exams from years back and now he seems less nice. He basically failed 70% of the class because his tests are way too difficult. He won't give you study guides. He just tells you to study everything but it is so much stuff, he can come up with anything you weren't expecting. IDK about the 30%
Very vague on how grades will be weighted until the final. Impossible to pass without doing homework, but grade is weighted most heavily by midterms and finals. Doesn't curve. Often teaches things differently from the homework and then put things on the midterms covered neither in class nor on the homework. Would avoid if possible.
He's a good teacher but if you struggle in math I suggest you do a lot of practice. His lectures are easy to follow but tests were hard. He doesn't give study guides but usually gives formulas for the tests. Make sure you do the homework it helps a lot.
Professor Hauser is an interesting person. His personality tends to grow onto you through out the semester. There are 3 midterms and 1 final(cumulative ). On the 2nd midterm a flashcard in allowed. One 8X11 is allowed on final. Homework is online, and the questions can be resubmitted continuously till you get it right. Have to put time in to pass.
I enjoyed Professor Hauser's lectures. He was very organized and wrote out notes in an organized fashion and went at a comfortable pace. There was a lot of homework and handouts but all of it helps to learn the material. This was my first ever course in stats but feel I was given a good foundation. Also, cheat sheets are very generous to allow.
Thoroughly enjoyed his class even though I hate stats and early mornings. Prof Hauser is a great teacher with a very likable personality. The homework took a while but he always gave about 3-7 days to finish it if not more and it's helpful that its online as you have unlimited retries and immediate feedback. Go to hours if you need help!!!
I took math 45 with Hauser about 3 years ago. Great teacher who is talanted at explaining complicated topics in a way that makes sense. His lectures flow very well and are easy to follow. His course has good structure. Hes fair with grading and very approachable. You learn a lot from his class.
Dont take this professor. He is a very difficult grader and doesnt teach you properly. His exams literally have nothing to do with the lectures and he grades them like his life depends on it. I dont understand teachers who teach with an intention for their students to fail. Him being a nice guy doesnt take away from the fact he's incompetent.
First time taking stats and this class has been extremely demanding and requires PLENTY of time for self-study/practice in order to do well. 3 midterms/1 final that weigh 20/30% respectively while HW is 10%. Exam questions tend to be easier than HW q's. Hauser does not provide reviews so it is crucial to have a grasp on all the material covered.
doesn't give you a study guide for the exams, basically every midterm covers a chapter (you realize how much stuff is an a chapter? a lot). Very tough grader and his lectures are not helpful at all. Awful, would avoid at all costs.
Very Good Professor!
Good at explaining
Took him over the summer, there was a lot of homework online that was due everyday we had class. He was overall an easy going professor and his lectures were helpful and he explain in an easy way I could understand.
Boring lectures. I honestly did not learn much from this class even though I passed with a good grade. You'll end up having to teach yourself a lot of the concepts.
Professor Hauser is great at explaining the topics and truly enjoys what he teaches. The tests were reasonable and he explains exactly what should be expected from you. There is homework but they correlated well with his lectures and each assignment didn't include too many questions. I would recommend this professor t anyone who is fearful of math.
Took Professor Hauser for both STAT 50 and MATH 32. He is a great professor who teaches well and gives good feedback. Exams contain questions based on what is covered during class and is graded fairly. Would highly recommend him!
Not good. Every lecture is jam packed with topics unnecessarily, giving extremely little time to review topics (if you do, you fall behind), only 1 day lecture break given before an exam. No study guides. Exams are grueling 20 or more 5 minute problems forced into a 60 minute limit. Tough grader, unhelpful, doesn't care. Avoid at all costs.
I thought my grade was fine for several months (B-) until he added the weights, and my grade suddenly tanked from the exam scores to a D-. I even asked about my grade months ago and never received a response. Exams are at 8am and have 2 hours worth of problems, but he only gives us 1 hour to complete them. Avoid this guy.
Doesn't let students complete them in advance, which defeats the purpose of an online class. Lectures were a snooze-fest. Exams are 2 hours worth of problems crunched into a 1-hour timeframe. The exams heavily dent your grade and it wasn't until he added the weights that he started telling people to drop 11 weeks in because half the class had F's.
Had a 91% in the class, even after the exams. After he added the grade weights 2 weeks before the end of the semester, I got dropped down to a 74%. The book and online resources were more helpful than his lectures. Exams and HW have too many problems. The final was awful. He also ghosts you on emails when asking for help. Avoid him.
His lectures r boring regurgitation of his barely useful textbook. He grades harsh on exams, no partial credit. 2 weeks before the semester ended, he changed the grade weighting without notifying students. Exams have so much problems & we get so little time. Homework also has so much questions. At least 65%-79% is a C in his class. Don't take him.
I heard a lot of students from my class failed after he changed the grade weights 2 weeks before the semester ended. He never gave us enough time to actually finish exams, which count for 50% of the final grade. HW counts for 20% and the final is 30%. He also has NO study guides and is slow to respond to emails. Look for another professor.
Please change your professor if you have him! Tough grader. Hard exams. Unorganized lectures. HW helped more than the lectures themselves. Most of the students had no idea what was going on. In one of the exams both his classes did so poorly, it comes to show that it isn't the students who are the problem. Honestly, I did not learn much. AVOID!
Probably the worst professor I have ever had. Does not teach properly, the class average on the first two exams was below 60%. Gives no study guides and does not even specify what sections to study. All homework is automatically generated and graded for him. Expect to basically teach yourself statistics.
I was in his class when he changed the grade weights right before the end of the semester. Instead of a justification, he just emailed half his roster to drop the class because they were now failing (due to his AWFUL exams). Real nice... Do NOT take this guy if you don't want to be kept in the dark about your final grade.
Lectures are super boring. The exams are too long unless you have every topic and scenario memorized like the back of your hand. He also grades exams way too harshly for an intro class. Exams make up the bulk of your final grade. Unless you're fine with self-studying or have confidence in your proficiency of Calc 1 and stats, take someone else.
HW seems comprehensible but when exams come, this guy turns the tables on us and gives us much harder problems. There's usually 3-4 assignments due every week and he doesn't do review, which makes studying for exams even more stressful. He is extremely harsh when it comes to grading exams. If you're not a math person, take someone else.
Tends to ignore emails and other communication from his students. He really doesn't care if you pass or fail, and he always seems like he's half-asleep during his lectures. He doesn't help in any capacity with exam preparation. His exams are hardly similar to the homework. Avoid this guy if you're not confident in your math skills.
He deliberately makes the exams 10 times harder than the homework. He's one of those math professors who has the same routine of writing an example and practice problems up on the board with a very vague explanation and skips steps. You're probably better off self-studying. I wish I could drop him, but it's too late in the semester to do so.
Best two words to describe his class: self studying. That's all you'll be doing since his lectures are utter garbage. He does no review for exams and he takes forever to email back. Martin will either tank your GPA or make you work a lot harder for a good grade in his class. This is an intro class, yet he treats it like an upper division class.
This guy is probably the worst pick for Intro to Stats. Average exam grades were around 40-60% because he packs exams with way too many problems. Despite all of this, he doesn't offer grading curves or partial credit, and he doesn't do extra credit. He's quite literally the worst professor for Stat50. AVOID HIM!
The homework is all done online, but exams make up the bulk of your grade. Exams are criminally long, almost like he wants us to fail. I honestly believe it. We tried asking him for grading curves and partial credit, but he refused. This is an INTRO class. I can't imagine how awful he must be in his upper division classes. What a waste of time.
I had never taken a stats class before, and it was tough to familiarize myself with the subject in the beginning. I put in extra time on lecture notes & YouTube tutorials (no time for office hours)- ended with a good grade. The exam questions are taken either from homework or lecture notes. Homework takes anywhere from 15-90 min.
Harder than it should be for intro class IMO. HW takes a while and there is usually 2 HW per week, sometimes 1. If you can do the HW without cheating you will be OK for the tests. 1st test is easiest so study hard to get near 100 so you have room to do bad on other 2 tests. They will not be as easy. Took 8am class, he seems more energetic then.
Professor Hauser is a fair teacher. He provides plenty of examples and is more than willing to answer questions. I would definitely say its a tough course, but I was not too interested in the subject, so it was a bit difficult to focus. Listen to lectures and study to pass. Not an easy A, but hard to fail, unless you just don't try at all.
Pros: He's knowledgeable about the subject. Good examples and decent lecturer. Answers questions. Cons: Tests are tough and doesn't do review or provide a practice exam. Has a tendency to include questions that only popped up once on hw. So expect everything and anything on the exam. I would pick someone else, but if you pick him, study hw a lot.
Avoid this guy if you can! He likes hiding your actual final grade on Canvas by waiting 2-3 weeks before the end of the semester to add in grade weights. Exams are brutal and sadly make up most of your grade. Make sure to get all the HW points you can, because he doesn't curve exams or give extra credit. His class structure sets you up to fail.
I took him in my summer class. He is a good professor, but you must work hard to pass his course. He explains the stuff well but quizzes the topic that we covered. I prefer not to take his class on summer its difficult to get A but you can if you ready to give 20-30 hours per week.
Bickers about low exam scores, then proceeds to do nothing to help as he moseys on to the final. Notes were not allowed on ANY exam, claiming "I did it that way, you can do it too." Is a Physics teacher, so he throws in work (Physics) in a math focused class (thats MATH26B) Only saving grace are test corrections & retakes because it was that bad.
- he says attendance is mandatory but he didn't take attendance every/most class - allowed retakes on test and is very "forgiving" on test - homework is due the day after class and was easy -very approachable and wants to help students ! -didnt put grades into canvas in a timely manner but if you do well on test your good!
Doesnt lecture well & gets annoyed at questions. He adds in physics material like spring constants & decay problems. 3 exams and 1 final that make up 85% of your grade. No review before any exams. Exams are harder than in class problems or homework. Extremely tough grader with no feed back and no structure to his grading.
The grading scale in this class is made up of HW, 3 midterms, and a final split 20/50/30. There is a lot of HW and the midterms have too many questions for 50 minutes knowing how difficult the class is. He also doesn't add the grade weights until the 11th-13th weeks. Overall, the class is difficult but if you can do the HW you should be okay.
Avoid this guy at all costs! His lectures were poor and not explained nearly as well as the textbook. Forget about his "notes" and focus on sections correlating to the section being learned in class. To pass the class, utilize the textbook for everything. I eventually stopped attending class and focused only on practice problems.
Not the best teacher at explaining the material. There were times where he would just outright say "You guys can figure this out on your own" when presented a problem we haven't seen or done yet.
Professor Hauser is clear about his expectations and explains topics well. The class had good pacing. He is very nice and made himself available outside of his usual office hours when I had a question. Exams are fair and not too challenging compared to the homework.
Very kind person. He wants his students to succeed. Honestly, the exam questions are easier than the homework. So, if you want to do well in his exams, study mainly the concepts and don't study too much of the homework. His exams test surface level concepts. My biggest complaint is that he doesn't drop an exam but he does round grades up.
Mumbles during lectures, when you ask a question and don't understand after his first explanation, he gets very frustrated. Exams are worth 90% of your grade with no equation sheet, no curves, no partial credit. Sometimes takes marks off questions that were correct, if steps had been skipped. Teaches based on textbook, expects you to study textbook
Mumbles during lectures and gets frustrated if you ask for clarification. Exams are 90% of your grade with no equation sheet, curve, or partial credit. Marks off for skipped steps, even if answers are correct. Relies heavily on the textbook for teaching and expects you to study it independently.
Lectures could get a little complicated sometimes when I wasn't keeping track of the terminology or notation, but if you actually do the homework (instead of just copying from ChatGPT/Chegg) then the concepts will become clear. If you fully understand the homework problems, you'll understand the exam questions.
Nice man and explains well. Lots of homework but tests off of them. It is important to read the textbook as well.
Great prof! Helps outside of class. 3 exams and a final that make up 90% of the grade. if you study the hw and class problems, you're pretty much set. the final is cumulative, but if you study the exams and stuff that was covered after exam 3 you're good. hw you can check ur answer. cheat sheet for exam 3 and final (equation sheet for exam 2 too)❤️
Great professor! The material itself can be challenging but his lectures are great and he is available outside of class to answer any questions you may have. The only downside would be that exams are worth 90% of your grade but they aren't bad and reasonable. He allows cheat sheets on the last exam and the final. Overall, great guy!
Honest review: always keep track of due dates and exam dates as if you don't study the homework, you won't do well for your exams. 90 % of your grade is exams, if you fail one, you must do at least 80% on the rest. Overall, It's all on you, no study guide provided. Study ahead: you won't have enough time to study when it's the exam day. Good luck.
On his 30th year teaching, not a bad guy, but just really old school teacher. Tests are hard, and you are pretty much coinflipping your grade. I get there is only 50 minutes per class, but lectures can be confusing and its honestly not worth your time to attend. No curving, no anything, what you see is what you get. Avoid.
Prof gets treated unfairly on here. Great lectures. Subject matter is boring, not his fault. Pay attention in class and take notes. Do all the hw (unlimited attempts to get 100%). For tests, just review the hw. He literally will use hw questions with different numbers. Very clear grading criteria. For test 3 and final, make a good cheat sheet.
He's old school, so 3 tests and a final. HW is only 10%, really only there to prep for exams. I couldn't really pay attention to his lectures. He's good at explaining during his office hours, I would recommend going to them. HW is harder than the exams, if you can do the HW without looking up everything then you can do the tests.
Dont email, go office hours. Go lectures for exam dates and paper handouts. Study homework. Overall list how I made it through. Oh lastly, think above and beyond the homework question, like concept and stuff.
This is the kind of guy that should be a congressman, not a calculus professor. Talks fast/stutters, making material hard to follow. Two harshly graded quizzes daily. Focuses on less relevant topics vs. exam material. Upsides include good availability after class and allows make-up quizzes for absences or low scores. Overall don't take this guy.
Hw quiz was directly modeled off of the hw- lecture quizzes resembled the problems solved in class. Exam questions were also modeled off the hw and lectures. He allowed for up to 3 retakes for each quiz and lowered the cutoff for an A to an 88 for summer. If you did the hw and asked questions, it's incredibly easy to get an A.
His teaching style may not be for you but as long as you go to class and do the homework you will definitely pass this class. His tests are pretty much a 1:1 reflection of the homework and are very easy. Fair bit of homework about 4-5 hours a week depending on how fast you are. I wish all teaches made tests like him. Super lenient grader too.
Professor Martin isn't the most engaging prof at 8:30am but the material can be tough to engage students with. You're only graded on five tests and allows for NO NOTES. That being said, the tests are reasonably short and on the easy side. Don't just raise your hand, shout out the question or comment before he hurries on. Good teacher anyhow.
Class Info
Online Classes
100%
Attendance Mandatory
33%
Textbook Required
44%
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STAT01
5.0
(1)CALC3
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(3)MATH32
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STAT50
4.1
87862
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CALC3
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STATS1
4.0
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