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If you have a class with this professor, DROP NOW. He constantly makes mistakes on the board, explains things that are irrelevant to the class expects you to know random info for the exams. I dropped this class b/c I was failing and took again w/ a different professor and received an A.Rate My Professors ↗
I went and met with this professor, and as a person he was very nice and interested in my struggles and progress as a student. However, as a teacher, the way the class was taught didn't make sense, he was hard to understand, and was self proclaimed to be falling "deeper and deeper into his senescence". Also, my TA barely spoke english.Rate My Professors ↗
This guy makes you prove a lot of theorems. He also put on the midterm i just took something that nobody knew what to do with. The secant concavity theorem. He gave a list of proofs he said might appear on the exam the week before the midterm, but this was not one of them. I had to leave the page blank.Rate My Professors ↗
Didn't understand a thing from lecture.Rate My Professors ↗
hands down worst professor i've ever had. extremely unorganized, unhelpful, and does not know how to teach what he is supposed to be teaching. the board is a mess when he writes on it, and he constantly erases notes because students always find errors in his work. avoid if possible, if not, be prepared to learn yourself.Rate My Professors ↗
THIS GUY CAN'T TEACH (and he admits it too)! Must learn the material on your own...and he misses appointments. I am very lucky to have a good TA; otherwise I would have flunk this class already. If you need this material own the road, AVOID AT ALL COST....Rate My Professors ↗
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MATH 990 offers independent reading and research opportunities across all areas of Mathematics.
No offering record · Spring 2014
No recorded grade history
Distinct courses recorded per term
Explore courses taught by this instructor →| Term | Course | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Spring 2014 | MATH 990 | Reading and Research |
| Spring 2012 | MATH 990 | Reading and Research |
| Fall 2011 | MATH 221 | Calculus and Analytic Geometry 1 |
| Spring 2010 | MATH 521 | Analysis I |
| Spring 2010 | MATH 951 | Seminar in Topology |
| Spring 2009 | MATH 320 | Linear Algebra and Differential Equations |
| Fall 2008 | MATH 112 | College Algebra |
| Spring 2008 | MATH 112 | College Algebra |
| Spring 2008 | MATH 990 | Reading and Research |
| Fall 2007 | MATH 990 | Reading and Research |
| Spring 2007 | MATH 222 | Calculus and Analytic Geometry 2 |
| Spring 2007 | MATH 990 | Reading and Research |
| Fall 2006 | MATH 141 | Quantitative Reasoning and Problem Solving |
| Fall 2006 | MATH 221 | Calculus and Analytic Geometry 1 |
Teaching history may be incomplete. Course pages contain course-specific feedback and citations.
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