Reviews of professor Joseph McDonald

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
He is a really great professor out of the whole math department at UNLV. He does everything he can to help us pass the class. Go to class especially on review days for the tests because he goes over the study guide he posts online; it helps a lot.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
He tends to load on homework for the entire section in a day and it'll be due that day. His lectures are not organized, constantly talks off topic. Does not respond to emails. Rude. condescending. Prepare to learn everything by yourself, because he is no help. Don't take him, you'll avoid a lot of torture.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
In person he was okay, he goes off topic a lot but explains topics decently. When our class moved online he was uninvolved. Teaching yourself became the norm, He would complain rather than teach during our rare once a week lectures on zoom that he often wouldn't show up to. The final included topics we barely covered as he lectured so little.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Get ready to teach yourself

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
The lectures during Josephs class were very fast paced. He went on his own time and it was very difficult to follow. No slides or powerpoints were posted. Exams are 20% of you're grade. Going to class everyday was a waste of time, I learned more at the tutoring center then I did from Joseph. 1/5 Rating

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
You would think that professors would be easier on their students and work with them more during this pandemic right? Not at all. He is as confusing as ever and is impossible to have a conversation with or get in contact with him. Honestly it is better to not even try.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
One of the worst professors at UNLV. His lecture is random problems from the textbook. If you answer a question on the test a different way than he taught it than it is wrong. He will randomly change homework due dates. Always insulted the class and was the biggest waste of time to show up every day because I didnt learn anything.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
The guy will assign you with so much homework he doesn't cover in class that you will end up doing homework around eight hours a day and still not get it all done. He makes excuses in class how he doesn't have enough time to teach like all the other professors do, yet he has plenty of time to rant how nobody is coming to class. Doesn't teach at all

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Imagine a teacher that rambles, does math in front of you without explaining anything, and says it's easy. Imagine a teacher that gives you a test of material he didn't cover and the material he did cover he never covered the baby steps on so you do not fully understand it anyway. Imagine the homework teaching you to do things he marks you for doin

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Math is difficult, let's be real. Mcdonald made it easy to pass the class with a B. The final comes from the math department, so you ain't passing that. Make sure you have a high grade before the final, so there is cushion for your grade.