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I took classes with this professor, and is extremely difficult to understand... He goes off on interesting tangents in class and I got most of my practice by solving practices online. I highly recommend using the Steenbock Library's collection of old math 221 exams to help you study. Most of the exams follow the same structure as these exams.Rate My Professors ↗
Lectures are very disorganized and her notes are difficult to read. Her tangents will take up a lot of time and are extremely distracting and irrelevant to the content. I do not recommend.Rate My Professors ↗
Professor Kent is not a good lecturer, I would not recommend taking Calc 1 with her. Her lecture notes are very messy and hard to follow.Rate My Professors ↗
I would only tell people I hate to take a class with this professor. She does not explain well during lectures. I've asked people around me in lectures and discussions, and they haven't understood what was going on either. I ended up dropping the class and had to retake it next semester.Rate My Professors ↗
Would you like to go to a math lecture and come out more confused than you were before? This professor is your guy!! Seriously, this professor did not explain anything and just solved problems that had nothing to do with the curriculumRate My Professors ↗
Bad lecturer, made numerous mistakes throughout the year, frankly nearly every lecture. The TAs or students in some cases had to help in correcting many issuesRate My Professors ↗
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MATH 340 introduces linear algebra: matrices, vector spaces, transformations, eigenvalues, and orthogonality.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
Past student reviews · Autumn Kent
Autumn Kent taught MATH 340 with exams that were straightforward and focused on applications rather than proofs. She explicitly told students what problems to expect, though one student found the lectures dry and lacking intuitive instruction on abstract concepts. That same student reported hard midterms and no homework solutions, making it difficult to get an A, while others noted the material was manageable.
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Fall 2022–Spring 2026Reading and research in all areas of Mathematics.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
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