Professor
Dylan Butson
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Fall 2025 - Do not take Math 70 with professor Butson. His exams are simple, but his personality, as well as his teaching methodology was very undesirable. His constant condescending attitude towards students when prompted questions or comments is absurd and his tardiness and lack of care, in general, should be enough to worry if your tuition money is going into a worthwhile class. The topics covered in this class, given a standard/beginner background in calculus or probability, should be simple and quite interesting, to be frank, so if there are other math professors to choose from, I would avoid the headache that comes with taking Butson. He would describe himself as a 'sarcastic' person but I'm sure he just says that to make an excuse for whatever backhanded comment he makes to the class. Also, he curves by percentage, so there is a chance that you may be curved downward, even if you score well in his exams.
Fall 2025 - Do not take Math 70 with professor Butson. His exams are simple, but his personality, as well as his teaching methodology was very undesirable. His constant condescending attitude towards students when prompted questions or comments is absurd and his tardiness and lack of care, in general, should be enough to worry if your tuition money is going into a worthwhile class. The topics covered in this class, given a standard/beginner background in calculus or probability, should be simple and quite interesting, to be frank, so if there are other math professors to choose from, I would avoid the headache that comes with taking Butson. He would describe himself as a 'sarcastic' person but I'm sure he just says that to make an excuse for whatever backhanded comment he makes to the class. Also, he curves by percentage, so there is a chance that you may be curved downward, even if you score well in his exams.
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Spring 2025 - Butson was an interesting prof. The class was definitely harder than I expected, especially the second midterm and parts of the final. His grading isn't generous, and his problems are very different from homework and textbook problems, and require you to think critically about the material (think AIME, Mathcounts). His lectures were mostly slides and whiteboard based, not recorded, and didn't provide too much practice material. He loves calling things trivial and using "apriori" to explain things, and would explain things in OH and after class (although sometimes reluctantly). He is mostly a chill guy (slept through one of the classes, often funny in class), but not a great teacher. Overall, expect to do a decent amount of self-studying unless you have strong mathematical intuition.
Spring 2025 - Butson was an interesting prof. The class was definitely harder than I expected, especially the second midterm and parts of the final. His grading isn't generous, and his problems are very different from homework and textbook problems, and require you to think critically about the material (think AIME, Mathcounts). His lectures were mostly slides and whiteboard based, not recorded, and didn't provide too much practice material. He loves calling things trivial and using "apriori" to explain things, and would explain things in OH and after class (although sometimes reluctantly). He is mostly a chill guy (slept through one of the classes, often funny in class), but not a great teacher. Overall, expect to do a decent amount of self-studying unless you have strong mathematical intuition.
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