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Completely unhelpful. Worst professor I've ever had.

Most lazy prof ever, didn't learn a thing, didn't even get back all tests and assignments

worst professor i have ever had, he never looked at the class, he basically read off the computer screen the entire time looking at the floor, i taught myself the material while i slept

Not a good experience

I'm sure outside the classroom he is a nice guy. Nothing personal but this is the dullest class I have ever taken, and he does nothing to change that. Going to class is actually less beneficial than not going and reading the 2000 slide on your own. But its open book, best 4 out of 6, and a 60% final. Low stress class don't freak out about it.

OMG. horrible. slides are impossible to follow + 4000 slides. if you print you destroy a whole forest. boring boring inconsistent lectures. doesn't respond to emails AT ALL, huge crowd at the end of class - have to wait an hour to ask a question that he can't even answer. has had serious typos on tests. best to stay home and try to teach yourself.

Unappealing, dull class, but REALLY REALLY EASY!! Probably the highest mark I've gotten and will ever get in university

Most disorganized and vague professor I've ever had. He doesn't tell you what he wants on assignments and his slides are in no logical order. Had to teach myself from other online resources/enroll friends help because his slides were of little/no help when doing assignments.

Confusing, hard to understand his notes because each lecture has 100 and some slides. But tests are pretty easy and you may think you did bad on the final but you will get a great mark in the end because of the curve

Get a textbook regardless of what he says. His lectures are often short, but you do not learn anything. He repeats himself multiple times throughout a lecture. Be prepared to teach yourself this entire class. Good Luck.

Don't take a class with Laverty unless you want to teach yourself the entire thing. He literally just reads off of his confusing slides and doesn't explain anything, which is terrible because stats includes tons of symbols. I would NEVER take another class with him again.

Terrible prof! Don't bother going to class; you'll to teach everything to yourself anyway. Does not explain how to do anything and mumbles over his words so he ends up confusing himself as well as the entire class.

This is the worst prof I've had out of 5 years of uni. People who gives this prof more than a 1 probably didn't come to class and are just happy because they got an easy A. Laverty is lazy, confusing, doesn't respond to email, reuses the same MC exams every year, didn't show up on the last day of class. I would never take another class with him.

Knows his stuff but I didn't go to a single lecture and missed absolutely nothing. Taught myself the whole corse and stressed over the 60% final which is very unfair. He literally helped with nothing and didn't respond to an email I sent from the first week of class. Do not recommend if you can't teach yourself well. Open book tests though.

The Worst prof ever I have had. Very difficult to access this prof; sent few emails and no responses. Prof comes to lecture and basically reads ppt slides. Attendance is not useful at all. Prof gives instruction how to do computer assignment randomly, in the middle of lecture kinda thing; if one misses this instruction, one might be in agony.

Everything is open book but lectures are pointless but for when he randomly will explained the online assignments at any given lecture. Get ready to spend time at the math help center because he doesnt explain anything in class. Be prepared for him not to respond to emails... ever. AND he will curve marks down, even if you desire a higher mark

He doesn't respond to any emails. in Webex meetings he just goes over and reads the slides, he doesn't offer to help explain for people who don't know.

first year of univserity and man was i ever hit by a truck with Laverty. already know he will go down in my history books of one of the worst profs ill ever have. try to avoid him at all costs

Lectures were unnecessary as he reads directly off of the slides and goes through the material quickly. Do all of the tests and practice assignments as many of those questions are word-for-word on the final. You can do well in the class without actually learning anything. Read the textbook if you have questions because he doesn't answer emails.

In the online lectures he read directly off the slides which weren't very helpful. He doesn't answer emails or the chat in WebEx and only responds if you ask a question out loud. I did not learn much from the lectures and mostly taught myself from the practice assignments.

His lectures are absolutely terrible, he reads right off the slides, and is monotone the entire time. He never answers emails and does not explain anything well at all. This class youll end up teaching yourself. Exams are open book... which is the only thing that saves you in this class. Profs get Fs too....

The only thing I liked about this class was he tests every 2 weeks, opposed to quizzes/midterms. Laverty is a nice guy and he tries, but this class is not worth the time, the lectures are not good, and they're dry; finished lecture material a month early. Good luck getting in contact w/ him, he doesn't answer emails and doesn't have office hours.

Guys lectures are brutal, tests are extremely easy. Says he won't curve down but does. Lots of complaints about final exam that he disregarded as people not doing well. If you want to actually learn something, or have a chance of getting higher than a 90, don't take this class.

Professor Laverty's class was not difficult in terms of course work, exams, assignments, etc. However, Professor Laverty does not answer emails so if you have a question ask him during lectures. My mark dropped 10% after the final and I thought I did good on it... Anyways I would not recommend his class.

AVOID AT ALL COSTS. Often times does not show up to his own lectures with no excuse, says he will go over the missed material but never does. Doesn't post marks when he says he will, says he will post lecture recordings but posts 3 and then stops. Literally the worst prof I've ever had. A prof for an online class who doesn't respond to emails.

Unapproachable instructor. Don't try to send him emails, he won't answer anyone for sure. Super unorganized in online class. Get ready to read and study by yourself. Such a bad experience of taking his class.

I hate this guy. Unapproachable instructor. Don't try to send him emails, he won't answer anyone for sure. Super unorganized in online class. Get ready to read and study by yourself. Such a bad experience of taking his class.

The most disqualified course and instructor in USask

Extremely, unbelievably disorganized. Doesn't respond to emails, doesn't answer questions on the discussion board. Bad enough in person, but for an online class it's unacceptable. Tons of material doesn't even work (404's) and the "syllabus" (if you can call it that) is just a list of assignments (none of which work or are linked correctly).

Super disorganized and never respond to any emails. Ready to study on your own.

You won't take anything from this guy. You won't have a good grade too. Super unqualified instructor of U of S

Worst professor i've ever had, he was just reading off the powerpoint and going to class was basically useless. He flew through 100 slides of information in 30 minutes. It does not seem like he wanted to be there.

he's old, no offence. He just reads off the slide's and it being a math class its really hard to understand when someone is just reading information to you. Overall I had to drop the class because I was teaching myself the content more often then I needed to.

Horrible proffesor. He just reads the slides and doesn't explain anything. does NOT answer emails or questions.

Amadioha will locate this man. The professor couldn't be reached outside of class. He said at the start of the semester there would be 6 exams and 4 hand-in assignments. He forgot about the hand-in assignments so by the end of the term the exams that were worth 30% were now worth 50% AFTER we had written them and weren't allowed re-writes.

Would never respond to his emails and just read his slides which were unhelpful. He never explained any topics that we had trouble with and has kind of hard to understand in class. Just be ready to teach yourself the class

If you want to learn anything, avoid this professor at all costs. He is an older gentlemen who is trying his best to adapt to the online world, and is not adapting well. Expect short notice cancellations, extremely poorly paced coursework and low-quality lectures. This class was insultingly easy, with open-book, 8+ hour, multiple choice tests.

Disorganized and has difficulty with technology. Better learn by yourself from the textbook and also seek the help of your previous Stats profs if possible.

As a first-year student in Stat 103, this course should have been relatively easy, given its description as an elementary probability course however, that is not the case. You have to do 100% of the work outside of the class, so be prepared for that. He also does not answer questions well, nor does he really teach in class. Would not recommend him.

This prof is genuinely one of the worst profs i've ever had... he looks like the old guy from up and is about as coherent and useful as watching the movie in chinese with french subtitles. his syllabus was a whopping 1 page and the only thing correct on it was his name. our marks didnt come in from the whole term until dec.2...

Struggled to type, upload documents, etc. and lectures often started ~10 min. late because of it. The lectures were unhelpful as he would simply read formulas and such off his lecture slides, non-stop. One pro was that most of the exams were online, but I did disliked that they weren't graded until the end of the semester. It was rough. :(

There is no point in showing up to his classes because he starts late every single lecture due to reoccurring technical difficulties + he posts his slides that he reads off of. On every one of his term tests, including the final, there were format issues, effecting your ability answer. You teach yourself. He didn't even post one of my grades.

Good luck lol. This class felt like a joke, I think I went to maybee 5 lectures give or take. He teaches NOTHING, the chalkboard might as well be decor, class starts late and ends early, never had a lab, i mean EVER. all sorts of issues w test, & marks, and unless u see him in class, ur never reaching him by email, EVERYTHING was open book tho so…