3.7

Zoran Miskovic

Mathematics - University of Waterloo

3.7
Quality
3.0
Difficulty
33%
Would Retake
85
Reviews
3.7
Quality
3.0
Difficulty
3.9
Helpful
3.5
Clarity

33%

Would Retake

85

Reviews

Rating Distribution
Official

5

37

4

26

3

6

2

8

1

8

What Students Say

i assume he is a great scientist but an awful teacher

MATH217 - 1.0 rating

Overall great guy but try to sit near the front to hear him

MATH119 - 4.0 rating
Class Info

Online Classes

100%

Attendance Mandatory

9%

Textbook Required

67%

Grade Predictor

Your expected effort level

LowHigh

Predicted Grade

A-

62% confidence
Based on 4 grades
Most common grades:
Not sure yet (3)
Not_Sure_Yet (2)
A+ (2)
Grade Distribution
A(3)B(0)C(0)D(0)F(0)A-/B+(1)
Based on 9 reported grades
Not sure yet: 3
Not_Sure_Yet: 2
A+: 2
A: 1
Common Tags
Caring (3)
Respected (2)
Tough grader (2)
LOTS OF HOMEWORK (1)
Hilarious (1)
LECTURE HEAVY (1)
ACCESSIBLE OUTSIDE CLASS (1)
Tough Grader (1)
Rating Trend

Declining

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Ratings by Course

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MAT117B

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PHYS365

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MATH117A

5.0

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117B119

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AMATH353

5.0

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5.0

AMATH251

4.5

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4.0

MATH227P

4.0

Reviews (85)
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MATH119
Jun 19, 2001

No Comments

5.0
3.0
MATH119
Jun 20, 2001

Great Prof

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3.0
MAT119
Jun 20, 2001

this guy is hilarious. but nevertheless great.

5.0
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MATH119
Jun 20, 2001

Great Prof, very helpful.

5.0
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MATH119
Jun 20, 2001

The guy's pure jokes...funny accent, reminds me of a wrestler; excellent prof!

4.0
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MATH119
Jun 20, 2001

Hey man, Zorro rules. he kicks...

3.0
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MATH119
Jun 20, 2001

Damn, he must have improved since he taught 119 in summer 2000.

4.0
3.0
MATH119
Jun 20, 2001

funny prof, cares about his students.

5.0
1.0
MATH119
Grade: Not_Sure_Yet
Jun 20, 2001

funny

5.0
2.0
MATH119
Jun 20, 2001

best prof so far.. cares immensely about students

4.0
2.0
MATH119
Jun 21, 2001

i don't care what he says, he MUST be a chess master

5.0
3.0
MATH119
Jun 22, 2001

It's a squirrel, it's a heart, no it's a dummy variable!

5.0
1.0
MATH119
Jun 23, 2001

Great prof. Really cares about his students!

4.0
2.0
MATH119
Jun 29, 2001

No Comments

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4.0
MATH119
Grade: A+
Jul 4, 2001

Not helpful, moody, rude, not professional !

1.0
4.0
MATH119
Jul 10, 2001

famous for continuously saying "What do u want me to do, spoon feed u guys?"

4.0
3.0
MATH237
Jul 10, 2001

Tries very hard. His bad jokes are funny

5.0
3.0
MATH119
Jul 17, 2001

ONLY PROF WHO CARES ABOUT HIS STUDENTS

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4.0
MATH119
Aug 22, 2001

Keep your fingers away from the cage, kids.

3.0
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MATH237
Aug 27, 2001

bleh - if only he had more OH to help those less skilled

4.0
2.0
MATH117
Oct 4, 2001

tries to go fast, but i can't understand his words!

4.0
2.0
MATH117B
Oct 28, 2001

Co(g)ito Ergo Sum!

3.0
4.0
MATH119
Oct 28, 2001

No Comments

5.0
3.0
MAT117B
Oct 29, 2001

Really cares for his students. Yells when he says LIMIT!

5.0
3.0
MATH117B
Oct 29, 2001

A bit hard to understand, but really caring about students...

5.0
2.0
MATH117B
Nov 22, 2001

Very helpful - come to tutorial. Really cares about his students.

5.0
2.0
MATH117B
Nov 23, 2001

Nice guy. Really knows his calculus and I think I will too by finals.

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MATH119
Nov 25, 2001

enjoys calc a little too much..... "HIGH SCHOOL!"

5.0
4.0
PHYS365
Dec 6, 2001

Insightful, helpful, brilliant, actually cares about his students. Bravo.

5.0
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MATH237
Dec 26, 2001

Smart, funny. Really helpful. Excellent lectures! He is cool!

4.0
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MATH117B
Jan 25, 2002

ZORRO! Remember: 1 = unity and Limit = Leeemit. Provided many help sessions.

5.0
3.0
MATH119
Feb 4, 2002

pretty good explanations. excellent board notes.

5.0
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MAT117B
Feb 4, 2002

No Comments

5.0
3.0
MATH119
Feb 6, 2002

Zoran is one of the best Calculus prof I've ever met!

5.0
2.0
MATH119
Feb 6, 2002

Knows his stuff, and puts in a lot of extra time to help us.

5.0
2.0
MAT119
Grade: A
Feb 6, 2002

No Comments

5.0
1.0
MATH117B
Feb 22, 2002

No Comments

5.0
5.0
MATH119
Mar 5, 2002

Funny & entertaining, likes to "focus" too much

4.0
2.0
MATH119
Mar 6, 2002

can be rude but also very helpful

5.0
2.0
MATH117A
Mar 21, 2002

Wasn't my course or prof. Went to his lectures though and did great!

4.0
2.0
MATH117B
Apr 6, 2002

"Find the leemit as x approaches" . Funny guy and quite helpful

5.0
2.0
117B119
Apr 7, 2002

The coolest prof i've had. Hilarious.

5.0
3.0
MATH119
Apr 20, 2002

Super nice!! Loves teaching the subject. He really cares too.

5.0
2.0
MATH119
Apr 21, 2002

He is the best Calc prof after Tenti. Pretty cool! 1 of my favs

5.0
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MATH119
May 27, 2002

'though it may not be obvious at first, Zoran has 'mad' teaching skills!

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119
Jun 18, 2002

clear, concise

4.0
4.0
MATH119
Jun 26, 2002

No Comments

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MATH119
Jul 6, 2002

awesome

4.0
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MATH119
Jul 28, 2002

No Comments

3.0
3.0
MATH119
Jul 28, 2002

No Comments

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3.0
MATH119
Jul 30, 2002

Legend on campus. Sneaky, but nice nice nice. Just ask for help. Don't whistle!!

4.0
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MATH119
Aug 5, 2002

you'll probably appreciate him more after the course is over... decent guy

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SYDE112
Sep 5, 2002

cool guy

4.0
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MATH119
Dec 31, 2002

enthusiastic, willing to help. But what has kissing to do with limits? pi h

5.0
4.0
MATH119
Mar 17, 2003

he totally spoke at my level. he covered the material in the depth needed.

5.0
1.0
MATH119
Jul 20, 2003

Best prof I had this term.

4.0
3.0
MATH117B
Aug 3, 2003

KNOWS his Calculus, and his lectures are never dull.

2.0
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MATH119
Aug 15, 2003

He liked our class, so it was easy, and he was sort of funny, but definitely not an exceptional educator

5.0
2.0
MATH119
Jun 16, 2004

very awesome guy, good lectures, well explained material (stop talking in class and you'll hear him) and very helpful outside of class, fair exam

4.0
2.0
MATH119
Sep 9, 2004

Excellent

5.0
4.0
MATH227P
Grade: Not_Sure_Yet
Oct 27, 2004

The guy cares about his classes, which is damn rare. Also can drink pretty much anyone under the table.

2.0
4.0
AM473
Apr 12, 2005

He seldom prepares for the lectures and is quite disorganized

5.0
1.0
HOME100
Oct 14, 2005

zoran is one of those misunderstood geniuses. he knows everything there is to know about math... his daughter is pretty sexy too... kind of looks like him. -duca

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MATH217
Dec 14, 2005

absolutely useless lectures. this person has no idea how to taech engineers - but the nerds from math might love him though. i assume he is a great scientist but an awful teacher. his answer to the question makes the question even more confusing. he focuses on useless theory which you never apply on exam. midterm reflects assignments closely.

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AM373
May 24, 2006

Zoran is a great prof for Quantum. He knows the material like the back of his hand. His lectures are well organized and motivated. He was really helpful outside of class, too. Overall a great experience. I would absolutely recommend this prof.

4.0
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MATH217
May 15, 2008

Good initially, then when the hard stuff hit everything became somewhat incomprehensible. He is very good at giving applied examples, which is fantastic coz you see a use for what you are learning.

3.0
3.0
AMATH373
Apr 1, 2012

Zoran has many qualities of a great professor, but there are areas in which he needs improvement. He doesn't motivate material, nor does he make the problems feel physical/real. To me, this course is simply applied calculus and linear algebra. Despite getting high assignment and midterm marks, I have little understanding of quantum mechanics.

2.0
5.0
AMATH251
Dec 20, 2012

Very long and difficult assignments, midterm was easy but the final was incredibly hard. Very hard to follow / keep up with him in lectures, he goes fast.

2.0
4.0
AMATH251
Dec 21, 2012

A nice and reasonable man. But his teaching was so confusing. He usually starts his lecture from nowhere without explaining what is going to do and why.

3.0
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AMATH251
Dec 22, 2012

Zoran's lectures are generally very difficult to follow, with no clear outline as to the topic or point. Our assignments were stupidly long and much too difficult. His exams were definitely challenging but not impossible. Would reccomend getting a solid textbook if you have him. Incredibly nice guy, though, so office hours were useful too.

4.0
4.0
AMATH251
Jan 7, 2013

Difficult assignments, very easy midterm, pretty hard final. Lectures were hard to follow (went to maybe a fifth of them though). Nice guy. Learned a lot from the course, though.

4.0
4.0
MATH119
Grade: Not sure yet
Mar 17, 2015

He's not the clearest guy in the world.

2.0
5.0
AMATH353
Jun 10, 2015

I don't know why but I do not follow his lectures at all, even if I try to review every lecture after I got home. I am always so lost and have no idea what he's talking about. :(

2.0
3.0
AM777
Grade: Not sure yet
Mar 11, 2016

his accent is confusing. his lecture is confusing. very little help when it goes to the project!

4.0
2.0
AMATH777
Grade: Not sure yet
Apr 7, 2016

Zoran is a really nice guy, but his lectures jump all over the place. One minute, it's stochastic processes. The next, it's physics, physics, engineering, physics, more stochastic processes, stuff about dust particles... There's no cohesiveness. Engineering students might like it because of his penchant for physical motivation, but I didn't.

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AM777
Apr 11, 2016

Dr. Miskovic is a really good professor. He does have a strong accent, but it is not bad at all. I enjoyed my classes with him. He is a nice guy, he cares about his students and he provides them with help for the project. With a physics background, I enjoyed his stochastic class.

1.0
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MAT119
Apr 13, 2017
Wouldn't take again

His lectures are very confusing. Tends to be unorganized and his accent makes it more difficult to follow.

LOTS OF HOMEWORK
4.0
4.0
MATH119
Jul 28, 2017
Would take again

Zoran was funny and engaging but quiet and hard to hear at times. Overall great guy but try to sit near the front to hear him.

Hilarious
Caring
LECTURE HEAVY
4.0
3.0
AMATH777
Apr 17, 2018
Would take again

Zoran Miskovic and a great professor are like Brownian motion - Nowhere differentiable (with probability 1 a.s.)

Respected
ACCESSIBLE OUTSIDE CLASS
Caring
1.0
5.0
AMATH250
Sep 6, 2018
Wouldn't take again

4th year student who took this course with him and received my lowest mark in university. His final exam was harder than the assignment questions.

Tough Grader
1.0
5.0
MATH217
Apr 15, 2019
Wouldn't take again

He is one of the worst professors the university of waterloo has to offer. Very disorganized, lectures are essentially useless as you learn nothing from attending. Accent very thick. Midterm and final were brutal. Assignments do not reflect lectures whatsoever. Horrible teacher, but a pretty nice guy

Test heavy
Tough grader
1.0
3.0
MATH217
Apr 29, 2019
Wouldn't take again

Not sure what happened with him and our class but he was very passive aggressive - openly mentioned a few times how he was surprised our class didn't know how to graph hyperbolas. Also has a particular aggressive tone when asking for his help after class. Our class had a mutual dislike with him. Don't know what happened.

Lots of homework
5.0
3.0
AMATH231
Jun 5, 2020
Would take again

First time AMath231 is offered online due to COVID-19 I guess. The recorded lectures are pretty clear and concise (although the written notes sometimes could be hard to read) and very logical explanation by Prof Miskovic. The assignments are pretty easy if you understand the lectures content well.

Respected
Inspirational
Amazing lectures
1.0
4.0
AMATH373
Grade: A+
Apr 27, 2022

Zoran is clearly unfit to teach Amath 373, he didn't release any grades until the final stretch of the course. He didn't provide any help, did not say what the final was on, nor was the final fair at all. 4 of the questions were not from the course in any way. Take quantum physics 2 not this course. Although I got a good grade, I learned nothing.

Tough grader
Graded by few things
2.0
3.0
AMATH231
Grade: B+
Nov 10, 2023

Professor Zoran's lectures were very hard to follow. I often resorted to self-studying from his online notes - which his handwriting made a bit challenging - or from the textbook. I will say though that he's very caring, if the class collectively asks for an extra day on the assignment he'll grant it. His tests were relatively easy if you study,

Caring
Class Info

Online Classes

100%

Attendance Mandatory

9%

Textbook Required

67%

Grade Predictor

Your expected effort level

LowHigh

Predicted Grade

A-

62% confidence
Based on 4 grades
Most common grades:
Not sure yet (3)
Not_Sure_Yet (2)
A+ (2)
Grade Distribution
A(3)B(0)C(0)D(0)F(0)A-/B+(1)
Based on 9 reported grades
Not sure yet: 3
Not_Sure_Yet: 2
A+: 2
A: 1
Common Tags
Caring (3)
Respected (2)
Tough grader (2)
LOTS OF HOMEWORK (1)
Hilarious (1)
LECTURE HEAVY (1)
ACCESSIBLE OUTSIDE CLASS (1)
Tough Grader (1)
Rating Trend

Declining

-1.27 avg change
Apr
Sep
Apr
Jun
Apr
Nov
Last 6 months
Ratings by Course

119

5.0

(1)

MAT117B

5.0

(2)

PHYS365

5.0

(1)

MATH117A

5.0

(1)

117B119

5.0

(1)
+18 more courses
Difficulty by Course

AMATH353

5.0

AMATH250

5.0

AMATH251

4.5

PHYS365

4.0

MATH227P

4.0

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