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BOGUK KIM

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Raw average: 1.23/5 from 13 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

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MATH 213
Quality 1/5Difficulty 5/5
Horrible. Went into every exam thinking I was well prepared, came out of every exam wanting to cry. Exams are impossible and do not relate to homework or lecture. He is very hard to understand and the TAs are useless.
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MATH 213
Quality 1/5Difficulty 5/5
one of the bad professors. I used to love math, and got an A in 211, but this guy just ruined it for me. Exams were so hard i wanted to cry. Went to office hours, was useless. Textbook used only for hw, not worth buying.
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CALC213 · course not matched
Quality 1/5Difficulty 5/5
WORST professor i have ever had. Class was pointless and wrote so much on the board it couldn't be read. this was the lowest grade i have ever received in a class in college. the homework was unrelated to the exams. Exam 1 was impossible the second was not bad and the final was impossible.
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MATH 213
Quality 2/5Difficulty 4/5
Writes non-stop on the board and never stops for questions in lecture. First exam was impossible, second exam was fair, and final was impossible. You can know how to do everything in the book and still feel like you failed. Poor comminucation between TAs and professor also, frustrating.
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MATH 213
Quality 1/5Difficulty 2/5
lectures are dreadful. he cannot explain a single thing. mumbles under his breathe about what he's doing on the board. he's extremely intelligent but cant teach worth anything.
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Classes with BOGUK KIM

Survey of Calculus 2 covers first order differential equations, multivariable calculus, constrained optimization, sequences, series, approximation, and probability with business and social science applications.

No offering record · Spring 2010

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historical GPA · grades

Fall 2006–Spring 2010

Covers Sturm-Liouville theory, Fourier series, and methods for solving linear second-order partial differential equations including separation of variables and Green's functions.

No offering record · Spring 2010

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historical GPA · grades

Fall 2006–Spring 2010

Recorded teaching history

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TermCourseTitle
Spring 2010MATH 213Survey of Calculus 2
Spring 2010MATH 322Applied Mathematical Analysis 2: Partial Differential Equations
Fall 2009MATH 319Techniques in Ordinary Differential Equations
Fall 2009MATH 322Applied Mathematical Analysis 2: Partial Differential Equations

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