Teaching
One of my proudest achievements from my time at LSU is having been awarded the David Oxley Graduate Student Teaching Award. This is the highest honor awarded by the Department to graduate students for teaching.
For each of the following courses, I served as sole Instructor of Record. I was completely responsible for my course and my students, meaning I prepared the syllabi, delivered every lecture, wrote and graded every exam, and assigned final grades.
Fall 2024: Calculus I, Louisiana State University
Spring 2024: Calculus I, Louisiana State University
Spring 2019: Trigonometry, McNeese State University
Fall 2018: Trigonometry, McNeese State University
For the following course, I served as Instructor of Record within the Roadmap to Redesign (R2R) program at LSU. This is a hybrid learning model instituted for lower-level math classes similar to what exists at many larger universities around the country; students attend lectures from their instructors, but complete all homework, quizzes, and exams online. Students are also required to spend a certain number of hours per week in the LSU MathLab, a large computer lab where they can complete their assignments and get help from the tutors working there. The duties involved in teaching this course include delivering the lectures, tutoring in the LSU MathLab, and assigning final grades.
Fall 2023: College Algebra with Co-Req, Louisiana State University
Course Evaluations
Listed below are complete collections of my students' comments on the course evaluation forms for each of the courses I taught. These forms are completely anonymous and are not shared with me until after final grades have been submitted. In the interest of avoiding cherry-picking, I have not edited or removed any evaluations. Any prospective employers can be furnished official copies upon request.
Spring 2024 - Calculus I, Louisiana State University (19 comments)
he made the info easy to understand
He is by far the best professor I have had at LSU so far! He truly helps everyone to fully understand things and if people do not understand he will spend time going over it to help them.
I absolutely loved Brittian Qualls as an instructor. Extremely personable, extremely good energy, and very good at communicating even the weirdest concepts of calculus to me in a way where I could understand, and I am infamously bad at math. He is definitely ready to teach a class, and it was extremely impressive how absolutely amazing he was with the time management of the class, considering it was a 2.5 hour lecture. He always had a plan, stuck to it, got things done on time without being a drone reading notes, and did it all effectively.
My professor was a well respected teacher who cared a lot about his students grades. I wouldn’t change anything. Going to his office hours really helped me i wish i would’ve went in the beginning of the year. his teaching is understandable and gives a lot of help
I LOVED THIS CLASS!!! I am not a math person, I'm not terrible at it but it definitely requires a lot more effort than other courses I've taken. Britt was an amazing teacher, his teaching strategy was perfect. You can tell he really cares for his students and wants them to do well. I attended his office hours regularly and always left feeling heard and understood much better. I loved his approach to teaching the concepts and his the way that he could break down a problem for us. He really sets you up for success if you do your part. I have no critiques, Britt is an amazing professor and I wish I could take him for Calc 2.
The worksheets, examples, and practice tests that were provided were really nice and helped me understand what we were learning. The 2 and a half hour classes were kind of brutal but we were able to get through one or two lessons a day so i was able to retain the info pretty well.
Great professor. Questions were welcomed, instructions were clear and fairly easy to follow. Very understanding! I would just add for there to possibly be more practice problems done in class to prepare for homework problems and exams.
I genuinely wouldn’t change anything about Britt’s teaching style. I think he’s one of the best Math teachers I’ve encountered since being at LSU. I appreciated the handouts & his willingness to spend time helping every student that had an issue. He was also willing to shift his office hours to whatever benefited his students.
Britt is the best professor that I have taken. He is very smart, nice and careful. He welcomes and helps a lot in office hours. The classes were long (2.5 hours) but I was enjoy it.
Britt is amazing he teaches in a way that breaks down concepts so well! He is by far the best teacher I've had so far at LSU. I'm beyond impressed and I was so glad to take his class.
Brittian showed us that he truly wasn't an obstacle that we had to overcome but was someone who was there to support us. Throughout the semester, he was always easily accessible outside of class, whether it was through email, zoom, or office hours. He adjusted his office hours by adding a day to it in order to meet our availability and so we were able to ask any questions we had. Brittian also had zoom appointments that we could schedule as long as we emailed him. He also responds to emails in a timely manner, adding on to the point of how he is easily accessible outside of class time. Overall, I would say he is a great instructor and definitely was my best Math instructor at LSU to this date.
Amazing lectures. Made a three hour class feel like one hour. He had great note structures and did a great job at providing practice tests and quizzes and homework designated to help us progress in learnings and memorizing calculus concepts. He explained the unit circle and trigonometry concepts simpler and quicker than 3 months of trig. Great teacher overall he deserves to teach for decades!!
I liked that he was very engage with the students. I believe if we paired up in groups , test averages would’ve been better. I believe that he gave us a the right amount of lecture to then try it out in our own.
This was one of my favorite classes. I had no prior knowledge of calculus before this class, but this professor did a great job of integrating calc preparation into the lessons. His biggest concern in the class was making sure we could do the calculus. Some professors don't seem to care if you pass or fail, but not this instructor. He made sure to prepare us and give us every possible resource available so we could succeed. I loved his teaching style and the way he made sure we watched him work examples, gave us worksheets to do in class, homework, and a practice test. He gave bonus opportunities to those willing to work for them. Overall, an amazing professor, one of the best I've had.
I don't even know where to start. First off, I've never struggled in math in my life, but it's college and this class has given me the most trouble. One thing I noticed was he was quick to remember our names which in a class of 50+ and twice a week at the beginning of the semester it makes you feel seen when you feel seen. Mr. Brittian has been 100% straight up with us about the difficulty of the class through the syllabus tho. I sit in the back do my work and leave, but he has made the class worthwhile with his witty jokes, happy and energetic energy even though our class is right after I get off work 7am–4pm and class is 4:30–7pm. He so well educated on the topic and if you have a question, he will stop what he's doing and explain/demonstrate via examples without making you feel dumb for asking. I truly think though this was his first class, I'd definitely recommend his class. NGL I always felt bad no one really answered his questions besides a few, but every time I'd answer I was wrong lol, so I just chilled and took notes. –Adrianna Hooks
He was kind of funny I guess.
The professor actually cared about our grades and wanted to help us learn. He was always offering extra help during office hours and was a very good teacher.
you are a veery good instructor while being in grad school although I didn't really like how you gave worksheets immediately after learning new material I need time to process what I just learned then be able to work it. other than that you are doing great and should continue to grow!!
Britt is the best. This is the first math course I haven't had to completely teach myself from scratch. He genuinely cares about the success of his students and wants to make sure we all have the opportunity to do our best. Even though the class being 2.5 hours and in the evenings wasn't the most convenient or ideal, he did his best to still make it fun and engaging. I never thought I would say this about a math class, but I am actually going to miss it.
Spring 2019 - Trigonometry, McNeese State University (2 comments)
Brittian is an amazing teacher! By far one of the best math teachers I’ve had to date.
He made learning the subject fairly easy to understand which really helped out.
Fall 2018 - Trigonometry, McNeese State University (11 comments)
A strong point is the 5% mark increase if you complete your homework. It help me learn more and it helps my grade which motivates me to do it. No weak points.
A very good instructor. He explains the material so that we could understand and if we don’t he’ll go over the material so everyone understands.
Brit is a great teacher and i would recommend him to anyone especially those that struggle with math.
Great teacher, learned a lot for him! Hw’s One on the best professors’ around, he helps with anything you have confusion on make you understand it ! Highly recommend this fellow to whatever math he is available for
Make him permanent teacher. He is really made to be teacher. He teaches so well that any student who is having much trouble in math can do best. #Thankyou_Mcneese
By far my favorite class!!!!! he is an amizing teacher!!! always look forward to going to this classs!!!
Great teacher. Does an amazing job at explaining what the problems are making sure everyone understands. I would recommend him to all students.
He is always available to help me with whatever I need in the math tutor center. No weak points.
If you ever need help on math or anything this guy can help he pays attention to your questions and he answers them with no hesitation and with a well response that way I can understand what I do now. He’s so helpful I really like this class
I Highly recommend this professor to anyone who may not have that much interest in math because this professor really does do a great job at keeping you engaged and interested.
One word explains him he is best.