Reviews of professor Zeb Bowden

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Lectures can get boring (since it is math) but he does a great job at keeping your attention and explaining the material. Takes attendance via a 1 question quiz at the end of class. Homework is not graded but necessary to learn the material. Tests make up a majority of the grade but are open note. Do the homework, ask Q's and you'll do great.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
He has quizzes that are just if you watch lectures and hw. Dont need book really but he says you should get it. Tests arent bad if you know how do hw and hes a nice guy and tries to help in what ever way he can .

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Read so many good things about him but overall his class was meh. In most cases you have to keep doing extra book questions just to understand what you're supposed to do. He helps with the HW but I wouldn't retake this class with him.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
He is a great teacher and the workload was manageable. Exams were taken online at home and open note

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Optional homework and optional class attendance. Doing the homework is important, however, as the test is heavily based on the problems he assigns. Very forgiving grading scale (no B-'s or A-'s). Best math teacher I've ever had in terms of explaining things clearly. Highly recommend.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Professor Bowden's exams are fairly difficult and the homework was very essential to passing. He is very open to helping and is a good professor and knows his stuff. I would recommend him for this course.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Professor Bowden is always really energetic and excited to teach the class. His lectures are easy to follow. Homework and attendance are optional but recommended, and homework answers are posted on canvas. He has daily quizzes usually each class but they are super easy. He is accommodating and always available. He's a really good professor!

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Engaging professor and is accessible for help. Quizzes are attendance-based and are open-notes, open-book, typically based on lectures or homework problems. Clear grading criteria, but may be stressful as grades is based on a 100-point system, with bulk of them being from your tests and quizzes. Mistakes made on quizzes are hard to recover from.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Zeb is amazing. He will go out of his way to make sure you understand something if you are unsure. The material is v dry and I had to take it at 8am with some difficult classes directly after it so I just wasn't able to put much time into it. He came through at the end and automatically siced me with a full B even though I get a 79 in the course.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Bowden is a very generous professor and offered lots of extra credit opportunities. Watch the lectures, pay attention and follow the work, and do the homework problems in the textbook and you're solid to get a good grade on the exam. The class is based on a 100 points, and you only need a 90 to get an A and he offers the chance to get 105 points.