Reviews of professor James Toney

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Professor Toney has been a very helpful teacher for my learning. Very clear and often replies to emails very fast. This class is a lot of work, but thanks to all the resources and help provided it is not too hard to do well.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
He goes through his lectures very fast which does not help very much when trying to actually program for assignments very much. In this class, I tended to find TAs much more helpful than Toney. He's not a bad professor, just nothing outstanding from my personal experience.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
His lectures were difficult to follow because he just read from a PowerPoint instead of actually teaching.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Dr. Toney is a great teacher. He can be a bit stale in his lectures, but if you pay attention they really, really help. He was always available through email to answer questions. His class improved my Matlab skills immensely.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Very knowledgeable and provides clear presentations with lots of in-class examples. Assignments can be hard and take a long time to figure out, but he is more than willing to answer questions and help you through it, so start them early. A tough, but very caring and fair professor.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
James Toney is a clear lecturer and very precise with the requirements for assignments and class work

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Organized class structure. But have fun clicking through 4 tabs to actually see the whole assignment instructions and rubric. Relatively easy to get a good grade (but large courseload). Lectures are not particularly helpful with the assignments. Somewhat cold with students and unhelpful with team problems. The TA's saved this class.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Dr. Toney's lectures were really useful in completing all of the assignments. Projects and exams were straightforward as long as all of the exercises and applications were completed and understood. Communication of details at the end of the semester was somewhat weak.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Had him 1181 and 1182 (online for 2020-2021 school year). He made concepts easy to understand and was a clear lecturer. He was available outside of class. Toney is a great guy just 1181/82 are so workload heavy its annoying. He made the class easy and the material was not too difficult.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Lectures can be boring, just showing examples, but they were easy to follow and the notes were posted online so found that I didn't need the lectures. His class is laid back but will take a lot of time out of your week doing the assignments.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
He's the best. Super chill and nice. His class is relatively easy, noted that you do the work. MATLAB is MATLAB, regardless of who teaches it. Having said that, he is so great and I would highly recommend his class