He just made simple concepts even more confusing. I did not understand his class, and felt I learned far more studying myself or with friends.

Disorganized, confusing notes, made easy concepts beyond confusing. Glad I took Calculus in Grade 12 or I'd be lost. He seems like a bright and nice man, but cannot teach to save his life.

SWITCH OUT OF HIS CLASS unless you can learn from the textbook or are ready to spend lots of time at math help. His notes make no sense; he also can't make coherent sentences most of the time. Budney knows what he is doing, He just cannot teach it. I went in knowing the majority of the concepts, but he confused me on topics I already knew about.

If you have already taken calculus in high school, then you have a chance at surviving this course. If not, switch out of his class. Even if you HAVE, switch out of his class. The examples he chooses are unnecessarily complicated, making it difficult to learn new concepts. WOULD NOT RECOMMEND.

He doesn't know how to teach and I think a lot of people would agree with me. I dropped out of his class within the first two weeks in panic. My advice would be not to take his class unless there is absolutely no other options.

If you don't have a calculus background, switch out; his lectures will confuse the hell out of you. Even if you took calculus in high school, he really makes what you thought you knew turn into mush. The 1st year textbook is your best friend. Use it. He is probably more suited for higher level maths and should stay away from 1st year math.

I HATE this course because of the professor.

Not a bad guy, but worst professor I've had so far. He flies through lectures, is easily confused by students questions, and does not prepare you for midterms. Will not take a class with him again.

It seemed like he was mentally absent from the class even when he was right in front of us. He was poor at feedback, marked me wrong a couple times when I was clearly right, and didn't give good explanations as to why. He often didn't respond to e-mails at all. He was also boring.

Lectures are all proofs of thms, which is fine except that all assignment and exam material is computational for this course. He refuses to provide assignment solutions, and claims the exams would include material similar to the homework but gives you totally different questions. Grading is really harsh with few part marks for anything

He has difficulty changing his explanation if the students don't understand him. His grading is beyond hard as he seems oposed to part marks. As for teaching style he lacks in the ability to make the material engaging, his explainations are over zealous and distracting from the material.

worst prof I've had so far. I hardly ever bother showing up to class anymore because the textbook teaches me more than his lectures ever will.. His lectures consist of extremely confusing questions on the board that he comes up with on the spot. Sometimes he doesn't even know the solutions to his own questions. He's a nice guy, but bad prof. 2/10.

Worst prof I had in first year. His lectures and notes for A FIRST YEAR CALCULUS CLASS were incomprehensible. He would explain things by using theoretical concepts and math beyond most student's understanding. I took the same course in high school and even then I had no idea what was going on. My tutorial TA is the only reason I passed.

Ryan Budney is honestly an extremely nice guy. You can tell he is VERY smart and knows his stuff, but his lectures are hard to follow, concepts being taught are a little scattered and is gone through really quickly without somehow anything to help you grasp the material being written down. Math 211 is definitely a hard topic to teach though.

Can't explain himself out of a paper bag

Unfortunately, Budney doesn't seem to care for his students understanding of the topic for Linear Algebra. Budney is resentful if students attend his office hours, and doesn't avail himself for communication over e-mail either. Budney does understand the material on a deep level, but cannot bring himself to explain concepts simply. Illegible notes.

Most profs ask fundamental/rhetorical questions to test class understanding and/or engage the class. Dr. Budney asks questions to the class because he actually needs help with the topics he's teaching. This is just one example amongst many of how Dr. Budney is an inadequate professor.

The worst professor that I have ever had.

Do whatever it takes to avoid this prof. He is awful and couldn’t teach a fish to swim. He gets confused every other proof and cannot answer questions in office hours.

Awful. Lectures jumbled, go into ridiculous detail about high level material while skimming over important topics. Provided notes and examples useless for doing assignments, better explanations found online for every topic. Dismissive of students, hard to get in contact with, wouldn't answer simple questions over email. Avoid if at all possible.

Budney knows the material, but he shouldn't be teaching it. You can't tell if you should be writing down what he says or if he's just rambling. There was no feedback on homework and he went radio silent after the last class, giving us no prep for the final exam and didn't grade the last assignment for almost 3 weeks after it was due. Skip this one.

Shows up to lectures unprepared, it seems like he looks at the textbook section and thinks to himself "oh i know this" and rambles about it for an hour. He spends 15 minutes on an example before realizing it won't work then spends another 15 minutes trying to correct it. Also can't do basic arithmetic so relies on students to catch his mistakes.

Rambly, unclear. Definitely makes the material more confusing and goes on weird tangents. He kind of treated this class like a game, he said "I haven't looked at this stuff in a while so it's kind of fun to try prove and see where I can get on intuition" or something along those lines. Waste of our time in my opinion. I want a professor who cares.

Budney is very smart but cannot explain concepts. He breezes past the basics and hyperfocuses on difficult parts of the course. He often gets elementary calculations wrong, and relies on students to find/correct mistakes. He is a very funny guy, and for more advanced math he would be a much better fit. However, if you don't love Calc- steer clear.

Most of the lectures focused on a proof to an equation or one complicated problem as an example. He constantly goes on tangents and messes up simple equations. The students caught most of his mistakes, and the class afterwards consisted of him redoing the entire problem to fix his mistake. Would not take.

Avoid

Homeboy does anything but talk about math, and when he does he CANNOT teach.

Constant random tangents in class. Extremely hard to know whether what he is saying is useful or not. Learned entire course content through pre-class quizzes and lectures instead of actually going to class.

He has an interesting perspective on mathematics, but he is an absolutely horrifically horrendous instructor. Furthermore, his notes are a complete mess, his explanations are jumbled and nonsensical, and he loves to go off on random tangents. DO NOT take a class with him if you can avoid it.

Budney is the worst teacher I've had at UVic. His lectures are hard to follow because he's as confused about the content as the students, and he constantly goes on tangents. His lecture notes are almost incoherent and his recommended textbooks do not cover substantial portions of class content. At least the final was all homework questions

He was confusing and chaotic during lectures and did not prepare well before class. I had to learn most of the content from peers and online.

He seems nice, but tends to ramble. This makes it very hard to actually listen, understand, and take in the information while also writing down the notes. He is also very monotone, making it difficult to pay attention.

This course is described as a first year calculus course for those who have already taken calculus in high school, however if you use the tools you've already learnt when doing homework you will be docked marks. Also, tutorials are basically other lectures instead of offering additional practice. Prof himself tends to stray off topic.

In the unfortunate event that one finds oneself enrolled in Ryan Budney's course, prepare for an experience that transcends the boundaries of tedium and inefficiency. Not only are his lectures ILLEGEABLE and extremely hard to follow, he marks as if he teaches well. Switch out of this class.

Yeah he really is that bad. Got so good at math that he forgot how to explain the basics. If you've taken Calc before, this class should be all review and you won't need to go. He looks like Gale from Breaking Bad. The only redeeming quality is when he laughs at his own jokes because he has the funniest-sounding laugh which gets me laughing too.

pretty bad

Wow! This guy is a sweetheart but lecturing and course organization are NOT his talents. Luckily this was an accessible intro course, because both his train of thought and his handwriting were difficult to follow and there were 0 resources on brightspace to help. No midterms. 55% final. Assignment due times always different!

Lectures are bad. He doesn't seem to show up having any sort of plan, and tries to prove things on the fly but gets lost or makes mistakes and ends up staring at the board in silence. Just as confused as the rest of us. This class has no midterms, 55% final, absolutely no info going into the exam, taught the material to myself with the text book.

Dr. Budney, while being very kind, unfortunately, does not know how to teach. The lectures were disorganized and extremely hard to follow.Dr. Budney showed up to class unprepared and without a lesson plan. The midterms felt completely unrelated to course material which left me and my peers confused and discouraged.

Budney was very confused in a lot of lectures. Lecture content was just proving theorems, and wasn't super helpful for assignments. He sent out zero information about the 55% final and did not respond to email inquiries. Only plus was his grading on the assignments was quite generous. Class average was 64%.

After two weeks i stopped showing up to the lectures cuz literally watching youtube videos was more informative. I got lucky cuz my high school calc teacher was awesome so i didn't have a problem missing lecs but for anyone who isn't confident prior to taking this course, STEER CLEAR of this dude. Calc 1 is too simple for him to teach effectively.

Dr. Budney is terrible at teaching. I have gone to lectures of his on topics I already knew and still left confused. His teaching is blisteringly fast and full of random tangents, and as a result his lectures are bordering on useless for learning anything. Despite this, he grades as though he's the best teacher on campus. Stay away at all costs

Ryan has dry lectures that are hard to follow, and often goes on tangents that take up most of a class and do not contribute to learning. The final exam was purely homework questions, but he graded much more harshly than the assignment grader, so the average grade in the course dropped about 20% after the final. Office hours are unhelpful. Avoid!

Ryan doesn't make any sense in class, he himself gets lost and confused. If this class wasn't mandatory for me I would have 100% avoided taking it. The marking in this class is super unfair with a final exam worth 55% which is just exact assignment questions just marked WAY more harshly. Was doing so good in this class until the final exam.

Ive never met a man I hate as much as Ryan Budney. I also have reason to believe he is a criminal.

He sold old tests with solutions through his grad students to line his pockets with cash preying on the anxiety filled students. As most people here have pointed out his head is to far in the clouds to teach effectively, constantly going though proofs that just confuse you. Oh yeah and he talked about his divorce before a test, very awkward. AVOID.

I left his lectures more confused then when I came in. Spends the time doing unescssary confusing proofs without actually teaching. When he does examples he does them really quickly without explaining anything. I started going to a different profs lecture and it was much better.

Really lovely man. Lectures were all over the place and not worth going. Much easier to teach yourself.

Did not explain anything. Notes were difficult to follow and no work was explained.

The only reason I succeeded in this course was because I did well in calc 12 and I had notes and my workbook to refer to. The lectures are impossible to follow because he goes on tangents about previous student taking down meth labs. Because a different prof makes the homework for this course it is crucial to attend a different profs office hours.

doesnt know how to teach the content. lectures were all over the place and insanely hard to follow.