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Caglar Uyanik

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Raw average: 4.86/5 from 29 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 234
Quality 5/5Difficulty 3/5
Fall 2025. He often snuck hints on what would be on the final. We had two midterms and a final (each being worth ~30% of your grade). There were weekly quizzes in discussions, but you could drop two of your worst quiz grades. He doesn't post lectures online (which sucks), but he's an amazing lecturer. He posts past exams, which were very helpful.
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MATH 234
Quality 3/5Difficulty 5/5
He explains concepts well but often makes little mistakes during lecture that sometimes go uncorrected which confuse the class at times. If you talk to him after class and pay attention to lectures you will know questions on the upcoming test. He seems like a cool guy, calc 3 was just really hard for me.
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MATH 234
Quality 5/5Difficulty 1/5
Amazing professor! Taught very well and always encouraged students to ask questions.
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MATH 234
Quality 5/5Difficulty 3/5
This guy was just amazing. Calc 3 is a very hard class, but he made it easier. Everything was explained well, and if you really pay attention, he'll hint at what's on the test.
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MATH 234
Quality 5/5Difficulty 2/5
This lass is exam heavy but if you just pay attention to lectures and attend discussions it's easy to get an A. Doing really well in one exam can help a lot (it did in my case where I had 96 and 89 in midterms and 88 in final but overall was 92 which is borderline A) and first exam is really easy.
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MATH 234
Quality 5/5Difficulty 1/5
Professor Uyanik is very knowledgeable and has a great sense of humor. You will find this course easy if you attend the lectures and discussion sections. The only thing I regret about this course is not going to his office hours (partially because of the free chocolate I heard he gives out, haha).
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Classes with Caglar Uyanik

Covers topological spaces, connectedness, compactness, separation axioms, and metric spaces.

Offering recorded · Fall 2026

historical GPA · grades

Spring 2022–Spring 2026

A graduate seminar covering selected topics in Topology.

Offering recorded · Fall 2026

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2026: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=14 letter grades).

historical GPA · grades

Spring 2022–Spring 2026 · limited sample

Recorded teaching history

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TermCourseTitle
Fall 2026MATH 390Undergraduate Research with Madison Experimental Mathematics Lab
Fall 2026MATH 551Point-set Topology
Fall 2026MATH 951Seminar in Topology
Fall 2026MATH 990Reading and Research

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