Reviews of professor Douglas Cook

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
The worst class I've ever taken at BYU, he doesn't teach the material in class and gives an insane amount of homework for us to figure out ourselves. I am convinced he doesn't understand the material himself I went to him for help on a project and he told me to look it up on Wikipedia or youtube because he couldn't explain it himself.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Hes a good man. I got behind when I had covid and he let me catch up at my own pace. My issue is that his final exam was not representative of the work done in this course. Simply put, we learned how to code math. The final had no code and was nothing like our quizzes. The avg. on the final was a 66%, which he didnt curve. Ill leave it at that

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I was going through health problems and Dr. Cook was 100% understandable and helped me catch up in his class. He is not perfect but its clear that he cares for his students.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Absolutely worthless as a teacher. Avoid at all costs.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
This is 2 classes in one (numerical methods and coding) and I didn't learn much about either as a result. Dr. Cook is smart but does not spend class time teaching. The final was impossible lol. Not super difficult content, but avoid Dr. Cook if you can because it is not structured well. Nice guy, frustrating class tho. Skipped most classes.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Dr. Cook is caring, that's for sure. Some of the coding homework is pretty tough, but the TAs know it well and can always help. If you do your part in studying and putting in the time outside of class (maybe 2-5 hours), you can get the grade you want.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
He never tells you what he expects you to actually get out of his lectures. This makes taking his tests ridiculous because that's when you actually learn what he expected you to learn and understand. His preHW quizzes don't do crap to help you. They only cover the easiest parts of the topics while the tests delve into them and sometimes beyond.