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SEAN PAUL

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Raw average: 1.73/5 from 242 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 4/5
Disorganized teaching and old-fashioned personality. It seems as though, after decades of teaching, there have only been a handful of students he could truly get along with, and he constantly brings them up repeatedly. He looks down on any student who does not meet those standards.
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MATH 321
Quality 1/5Difficulty 4/5
Don't be misled by his outward enthusiasm. In reality, he seems to enjoy the attention more than genuinely caring about students, and he shows very little sympathy toward those who struggle.
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MATH 765
Quality 1/5Difficulty 3/5
I should have trusted his RMP reviews and avoided taking his class. He seems to believe that whenever students struggle, it always entirely the students' own fault. I feel sorry for him.
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MATH 321
Quality 1/5Difficulty 5/5
Final Exam was twice as long as previous exams, much more difficult, written in a new language, and we had the same amount of time. He says we have to do the exam on separate pages we dont even turn in and just transfer the answers over? no room to do the questions on the same page. just a total display of complete and utter incompetence.
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MATH 321
Quality 1/5Difficulty 5/5
There has never been anything fair about this. Says all singularities will be simple poles on the exam and then its double pole. Says complex integral will be one of 33ish from our problem set/his own list, also a lie. Doesn't use any of the notation from the book we do the problems from so the exam is quite literally a different language.
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Classes with SEAN PAUL

Covers vector analysis including Green, Gauss, and Stokes theorems, and complex analysis including the residue theorem.

No offering record · Spring 2026

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historical GPA · grades

Fall 2021–Spring 2026

Recorded teaching history

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TermCourseTitle
Spring 2026MATH 321Applied Mathematical Analysis 1: Vector and Complex Calculus
Fall 2025MATH 521Analysis I
Spring 2025MATH 765Differential Geometry
Spring 2024MATH 340Elementary Matrix and Linear Algebra
Fall 2023MATH 234Calculus--functions of Several Variables
Spring 2023MATH 561Differential Geometry
Fall 2022MATH 765Differential Geometry
Spring 2022MATH 551Point-set Topology
Spring 2022MATH 761Differentiable Manifolds
Fall 2020MATH 551Point-set Topology
Spring 2020MATH 222Calculus and Analytic Geometry 2
Spring 2020MATH 990Reading and Research
Fall 2019MATH 865Advanced Topics in Geometry
Fall 2019MATH 990Reading and Research
Spring 2019MATH 761Differentiable Manifolds
Spring 2019MATH 765Differential Geometry
Spring 2019MATH 951Seminar in Topology
Spring 2019MATH 990Reading and Research
Fall 2018MATH 234Calculus--functions of Several Variables
Fall 2018MATH 951Seminar in Topology
Spring 2018MATH 561Differential Geometry
Spring 2018MATH 765Differential Geometry
Spring 2018MATH 990Reading and Research
Fall 2017MATH 234Calculus--functions of Several Variables
Spring 2017MATH 865Advanced Topics in Geometry
Fall 2016MATH 234Calculus--functions of Several Variables
Spring 2016MATH 765Differential Geometry
Spring 2016MATH 990Reading and Research
Fall 2015MATH 681Senior Honors Thesis
Fall 2015MATH 990Reading and Research
Spring 2015MATH 551Point-set Topology
Spring 2015MATH 865Advanced Topics in Geometry
Fall 2014MATH 221Calculus and Analytic Geometry 1
Fall 2014MATH 990Reading and Research
Spring 2014MATH 340Elementary Matrix and Linear Algebra
Spring 2014MATH 551Point-set Topology
Spring 2014MATH 990Reading and Research
Fall 2013MATH 761Differentiable Manifolds
Spring 2012MATH 765Differential Geometry
Spring 2011MATH 340Elementary Matrix and Linear Algebra
Spring 2011MATH 561Differential Geometry
Fall 2010MATH 865Advanced Topics in Geometry
Spring 2010MATH 765Differential Geometry
Spring 2010MATH 990Reading and Research
Fall 2009MATH 541Modern Algebra 1
Fall 2009MATH 990Reading and Research
Spring 2009MATH 551Point-set Topology
Fall 2008MATH 112College Algebra
Fall 2008MATH 375Topics in Multi-variable Calculus and Linear Algebra
Spring 2008MATH 222Calculus and Analytic Geometry 2
Spring 2008MATH 765Differential Geometry
Fall 2007MATH 221Calculus and Analytic Geometry 1
Spring 2007MATH 561Differential Geometry
Spring 2007MATH 951Seminar in Topology
Fall 2006MATH 865Advanced Topics in Geometry

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