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His lectures are not great and honestly you have to teach yourself everything. The exams were also extremely difficult because of how they are graded. The material itself is not bad and is honestly fun, but the lectures are not worth going to.Rate My Professors ↗
Lectures are optional, but not recorded, instead filled out notes are posted. Lectures are somewhat useful, but can become droning and boring. Concepts are challenging, but Prof Rodriguez doesn't make the calls more challenging than it already is.Rate My Professors ↗
Teaches entirely in proofs, everything you will learn in terms of problem solving is gonna have to come from outside sources unless you can fully take in everything from lecture perfectly. Lecture drones on and he overloads you with abstract information while very rarely providing examples. Fine person, wasnt rude at all, just not a great teacher.Rate My Professors ↗
Reads off the slides but doesn't explain. If you don't want to learn and want a bad gpa then sign up for himRate My Professors ↗
He never even introduced himself at the first class, he just started teaching math. "Teaching" is a generous term, as he would read from pages of fill in the blank notes and then proceed to confuse himself. He refused to answer questions during lectures and was blatantly rude in conversation. AVOID AVOID AVOID!!Rate My Professors ↗
He was unclear during lectures and explained concepts in a complicated manner. He not one of those teachers that is going to make you have that "a-ha" moment (which I feel is especially important with mathematics). Unfortunately, I had to spend a lot of time learning concepts outside of class because most lectures would fly over my head.Rate My Professors ↗
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MATH 790 is a graduate thesis course where students work on a Master's thesis under faculty supervision.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
No recorded grade history
MATH 890 is a pre-dissertator research course involving reading and research in all areas of mathematics.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
No recorded grade history
MATH 941 is a graduate-level seminar covering selected topics in Algebra.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=2 letter grades).
historical GPA · grades
Spring 2022–Spring 2026 · limited sampleMATH 990 offers independent reading and research opportunities across all areas of Mathematics.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
No recorded grade history
Teaching history may be incomplete. Course pages contain course-specific feedback and citations.
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