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FABIAN WALEFFE

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Raw average: 2.43/5 from 116 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 321
Quality 1/5Difficulty 5/5
I am going to graduate school to pursue a phD in math. I got a C in Fabian's class. And he likes to pretend like all his students are the problem. Oh no Fabian, you are the problem. A bunch of math, physics, and aerospace majors did not get a C in your class because they are not trying. This class is impossible.
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MATH 321
Quality 1/5Difficulty 5/5
I wonder why a bunch of math, physics, and aerospace engineering majors all get a C in this class..... is it because the students don't try very hard? Or because Fabian makes the exams impossible bc he gets joy out of everyone saying his class is hard...
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MAT321 · course not matched
Quality 1/5Difficulty 5/5
20 drawings: the best way to master complex analysis in less than two weeks with no book, 2025, Chernobyl. Pig Latin from a regurgitated math book. Eaten by a Yak and bought a flea market in Siberia. 10 random problems that have no relevant content. No TA took his class.
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MATH 321
Quality 1/5Difficulty 5/5
I see Fabio's comment. HIS WIFE Leslie Smith is another department chair. All his relatives with the last name Waleffe brag they got a 4.0 in his AMEP program. HE IS SHOWN WRITING HIS OWN REVIEW BELOW. He left UW Madison and was professor at Brown University when his son attended. Grade distribution is bimodal from him cheating the class.
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Classes with FABIAN WALEFFE

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Spring 2026ME 890Phd Research and Thesis
Fall 2025MATH 321Applied Mathematical Analysis 1: Vector and Complex Calculus
Spring 2025MATH 321Applied Mathematical Analysis 1: Vector and Complex Calculus
Fall 2024MATH 320Linear Algebra and Differential Equations
Fall 2024MATH 321Applied Mathematical Analysis 1: Vector and Complex Calculus
Fall 2023MATH 321Applied Mathematical Analysis 1: Vector and Complex Calculus
Spring 2023MATH 320Linear Algebra and Differential Equations
Spring 2023ME 601Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
Fall 2022MATH 321Applied Mathematical Analysis 1: Vector and Complex Calculus
Spring 2022MATH 320Linear Algebra and Differential Equations
Fall 2021MATH 321Applied Mathematical Analysis 1: Vector and Complex Calculus
Fall 2020MATH 320Linear Algebra and Differential Equations
Spring 2020MATH 320Linear Algebra and Differential Equations
Spring 2020MATH 321Applied Mathematical Analysis 1: Vector and Complex Calculus
Fall 2019MATH 322Applied Mathematical Analysis 2: Partial Differential Equations
Spring 2018MATH 321Applied Mathematical Analysis 1: Vector and Complex Calculus
Fall 2017MATH 321Applied Mathematical Analysis 1: Vector and Complex Calculus
Fall 2016MATH 321Applied Mathematical Analysis 1: Vector and Complex Calculus
Fall 2016MATH 801Topics in Applied Mathematics
Fall 2015MATH 321Applied Mathematical Analysis 1: Vector and Complex Calculus
Fall 2014MATH 321Applied Mathematical Analysis 1: Vector and Complex Calculus
Fall 2013MATH 321Applied Mathematical Analysis 1: Vector and Complex Calculus
Fall 2013MATH 990Reading and Research
Spring 2013MATH 320Linear Algebra and Differential Equations
Spring 2013MATH 990Reading and Research
Fall 2012MATH 321Applied Mathematical Analysis 1: Vector and Complex Calculus
Fall 2012MATH 990Reading and Research
Fall 2011EMA 700Theory of Elasticity
Fall 2011MATH 321Applied Mathematical Analysis 1: Vector and Complex Calculus
Fall 2011MATH 699Directed Study
Spring 2011MATH 321Applied Mathematical Analysis 1: Vector and Complex Calculus
Spring 2011MATH 801Topics in Applied Mathematics
Fall 2010MATH 321Applied Mathematical Analysis 1: Vector and Complex Calculus
Spring 2010MATH 321Applied Mathematical Analysis 1: Vector and Complex Calculus
Fall 2009EMA 700Theory of Elasticity
Fall 2009MATH 321Applied Mathematical Analysis 1: Vector and Complex Calculus
Spring 2009MATH 321Applied Mathematical Analysis 1: Vector and Complex Calculus
Spring 2009MATH 704Methods of Applied Mathematics-2
Fall 2008MATH 321Applied Mathematical Analysis 1: Vector and Complex Calculus
Spring 2008MATH 321Applied Mathematical Analysis 1: Vector and Complex Calculus
Fall 2007MATH 321Applied Mathematical Analysis 1: Vector and Complex Calculus
Spring 2007MATH 321Applied Mathematical Analysis 1: Vector and Complex Calculus
Spring 2007MATH 990Reading and Research
Fall 2006MATH 321Applied Mathematical Analysis 1: Vector and Complex Calculus

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