Reviews of professor Matthew Beesley

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Prof. Beesley was a great teacher to have and the class had a perfect balance of difficulty. He has a great sense of humor and interacts with students regularly while keeping a positive attitude. The only downside with this class is that there is a TON of homework (which may be nice for some, as there is a lot of material to learn).

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I have taken 2 different stats classes this year. Professor Beesley by far is one of the best professor for the topic. Even though it was live stream he had great lectures and was always asking if we had questions. The classes were live streamed but also recorded. Don't listen to these wahoos complain. Take a course from Beesley.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
This professor will go out of his way to make learning the material harder then it needs to be. He will not help you if you have questions or need help. He talks down to students and comes across like he's so high on his high horse that he can't even speak to peasants like us. Save yourself the trauma and don't take anything from this professor.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
One chapter in, he gave up teaching the class and left us to pre-recorded lectures. Incredibly fast talker, annoying voice, inconsistently skips steps in lectures, doesn't always explain things because "you should know that all ready". Doesn't always give examples of how to solve problems in hw. Requires reading textbook now, won't explain textbook

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
He really loves math, so I learned a lot in his class. Attendance is not required, however, you turn in your homework on paper, so you have to be in class to get the credit for the homework. He gave a review before every test with very similar questions or the exact same questions, it was very helpful. I highly recommend taking his class.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
He is an awesome teacher. I pretty sure I got at least a B+ and this is after getting an E last semester. 5 exams plus a final. There is quite a bit of homework but makes it easier to understand material. He is good with communication as well. This was online because of Covid. If you are nervous about math TAKE HIS CLASS!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Since this was an online class, I didn't have a tone of interaction with this professor. When I did email questions, he responded pretty quickly. I asked a few times for more examples, and he sent me some videos that he recorded. His explanations are super clear, but most of the learning happens in aleks.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Teacher will accuse you of cheating and fail you for it. Doesn't provide good lectures if you're taking online. I would not recommend this professor.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
His online trig class is pretty straight forward. It is hard but that's not really his fault as trig is just hard. I'd recommend working ahead a few days so that if you do need to ask him about something he'll have time to respond before the assignment is late. DO NOT BUY THE TEXTBOOK. I bought it and used it a total of 0 times.