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Attendance is measured using TopHat (full credit for attending at least half the classes). He's a pretty good lecturer, focusing on the most important topics and leaving time for questions. If you attend class, scoring well on the exams isn't too hard.", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1781624", "quality_rating": 4, "difficulty_rating": 3 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:06:27.124670+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTM5MjE0MjY5", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:1781624", "instructor_name": "Sebastien Roch", "course_label": "MATH535", "course_id": "MATH 535", "course_uid": "course_85a2851be919e3db46f0fbc1", "review_date": "2024-04-19 22:18:16 +0000 UTC", "comment": "I don't understand these reviews, Sebastien is amazing at teaching. He has a deep understanding of the material, gives easy exams, helpful outside of class. 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Super \"rigorous\" and quite confusing, and so could possibly make the topic complicated to a level that is not appropriate for this level of class.", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1781624", "quality_rating": 1, "difficulty_rating": 5 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:06:27.124670+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTM2ODU3OTU0", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:1781624", "instructor_name": "Sebastien Roch", "course_label": "MATH535", "course_id": "MATH 535", "course_uid": "course_85a2851be919e3db46f0fbc1", "review_date": "2022-11-17 21:32:53 +0000 UTC", "comment": "He is not good at teaching but he is very willing to help and his lecture notes are very good for self-learning. So it's okay to take class with him if you are a good self-learner.", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1781624", "quality_rating": 3, "difficulty_rating": 2 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:06:27.124670+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTM2ODI4NDY0", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:1781624", "instructor_name": "Sebastien Roch", "course_label": "MATH535", "course_id": "MATH 535", "course_uid": "course_85a2851be919e3db46f0fbc1", "review_date": "2022-11-14 18:43:13 +0000 UTC", "comment": "I don't know what Prof. Roch is talking about, he can introduce a hundred theorems with little to no explanations, let alone give examples. HW is also challenging, you should take care yourself and learn by yourself.", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1781624", "quality_rating": 1, "difficulty_rating": 4 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:06:27.124670+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTI3NjExMzU5", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:1781624", "instructor_name": "Sebastien Roch", "course_label": "MATH632", "course_id": "ISYE/MATH/OTM/STAT 632", "course_uid": "course_c602622d732dbbc9aceeeddf", "review_date": "2016-12-23 12:29:47 +0000 UTC", "comment": "Math 632 is a hard course as it. Although Roch taught the class clearly he sometimes went fast. The lectures are proof heavy while the homeworks and tests are not. There are no solutions to homeoworks posted except for the quiz questions based on the homeowork. The exams are intended to be very difficult and require you to think beyond homework.", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1781624", "quality_rating": 3, "difficulty_rating": 5 } ] ``` ### total 12 ### page 1 ### courses | course\_uid | course\_id | | -------------------------------- | ---------------------- | | course\_c602622d732dbbc9aceeeddf | ISYE/MATH/OTM/STAT 632 | | course\_6c15cc3b45a4c19a3ad6a2cd | MATH 213 | | course\_85a2851be919e3db46f0fbc1 | MATH 535 | | course\_b533f0f6b5fef2c11c4fa06c | MATH/STAT 733 | ### matched true ## social Image false