Reviews of professor Joe Lauer

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
A phenomenal professor and a great person. Super accessible in office hours and very human and understanding about student needs. Ive taken three classes with him and theyve all been great.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
He's pretty chill, which I actually appreciate in a math instructor. Honestly impressed he's a math guy because he carries himself like a literal average Joe (lmao) but he knows his stuff! At times he can go a little too in detail about the background of a concept but you just gotta let Joe be Joe, he'll eventually get to the point. Solid guy :)

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Sweet person, great teacher! Clear lectures in class, very helpful and understanding during office hours. I think he's great either way if you just want a chiller class or you are really interested in math.  Would love to take another class with him!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Very accessible outside class. Fair grader. Go to office hours if you want to do well!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Mastery grading was tough for me to understand and perfect, so I'm not entirely sure if it was helpful or not. Joe was extremely kind, and the amount of group work that was provided was very helpful. Very Canadian.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Lauer teaches multi in an easily understandable way. He has tons of office hours (but go to in person, they are less crowded), and always is willing to explain concepts again. He uses the mastery system so you have multiple attempts to master a topic, and he grades fairly. Sometimes has incorrect answers on the homework answers so you have to ask.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Really appreciated the group work time during class - helped a lot with processing the material we learned from the lecture. His lectures/notes are clear and easy to follow, and he has so many office hours and resources to take advantage of! Occasionally some unexpected stuff on exams, so make sure you study absolutely everything.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Professor Lauer is amazing!! Uses mastery system and is a tough but fair grader. Office hours are very helpful. Super nice too. Techniques are a little confusing at times, but overall fairly understandable.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I had Joe for 225 (combinatorics). It was a very hard class but Joe had lots of office hours and was easily accessible outside class. I thought he was a good lecturer and graded fairly.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Kind to students and accessible outside of class, but his mastery grading system makes it easy to pass but hard to do anything more than that. His material is difficult and so are his explanations of said material.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Great person, but not great at teaching. Not many examples. If any, its really fast. He wont write down the process of how to get the answer and skips steps that he assumes you already know how to do. I learn by examples and I could not understand the material taught by him. I had to teach myself. It is mastery grading, so that is a plus.