Reviews of professor Garner Cochran

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
I learned nothing and I retained nothing.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Never would take again. Awful awful awful class. Made multiple students cry.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Sweet man... really he is, but as a professor just don't take the class. Crazy impossible grading scale. I've made 60s and friends have made 100s and we had the same answers. His system makes NO sense.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Really nice guy who is always ready to help his students. Would definitely recommend!

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
easy work, if a bit boring.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I'm fairly good at math, but nothing makes sense in this class at all. The grading system is complete garbage. He's so nice though.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
I love Dr Cochran he deserves the world. This is by far one of the best math classes I've ever taken. He puts in so much effort to make a hands-on activity every day to help students better understand math concepts. Homework is very manageable (I'm normally pretty slow) and lectures are engaging. Take this class if you've ever struggled with math.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
A person who cares about his students. I have not taken any of his other classes like the people on here from MAT145 and MAT300, but Nature of Math (105) was instructed well and Dr. Cochran is willing to set aside time to work with you even in the busiest of days. He is a newER professor, but is executing at a strong effort.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Avoid,! Avoid! Avoid! Cochran is needlessly nit-picky when grading assignments, grading criteria is convoluted and students are not able to see their overall course grade in the class. He takes points off of assignments with reason, despite showing adequate work and getting a correct answer. His class is not worth the hassle and confusion.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
His grading system is very convoluted and hard to understand and doesn't allow for you to see your own course grade. He doesn't have tests, instead, he has weekly "Skills Exhibitions". His grading is very arbitrary, and I would regularly have more than 1/2 of my grade reduced despite getting the rights answer and showing sufficient work.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
TAKE LITERALLY ANYONE ELSE... that's all I have to say.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
I LOVED this class. Cochran is such a sweet professor, & you can tell that he loves what he's teaching. Material is taught hands-on in class which is SO helpful, and if you still don't understand, you can schedule office hours. Lots of quizzes, but they're helpful towards the exams because he gives great, in depth feedback. I 100% rec this class!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS, he assigns work on topics that haven't been taught yet and he makes it extremely easy to fall behind as a result. he doesn't tell you your grade and the grading structure is convoluted and the grading criteria is arbitrary. AVOID AVOID AVOID