Took this course in the Fall 2019. Easily got 100 for all exams. It's true that the professor wasn't fully devoted to the course, but I don't understand why so many people complain about the difficulty.Rate My Professors ↗
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SHAOMING GUO
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Quality 4/5Difficulty 1/5
Quality 1/5Difficulty 4/5
Poor explainer, not enthusiatic about teaching.Rate My Professors ↗
Quality 1/5Difficulty 1/5
Thank you Shaoming!Rate My Professors ↗
Quality 1/5Difficulty 5/5
Lectures are irrelevant to assignments, which are in turn irrelevant to exams. Ridiculous.Rate My Professors ↗
Quality 1/5Difficulty 5/5
This is for Math 376. Shaoming appears to be an enthusiastic and knowledgeable instructor, but he cares little about his students. He comes to the lecture barely prepared and makes the simplest proof verbose and confusing. He rarely replies to emails. No exam review problems. Brutal class.Rate My Professors ↗
Quality 1/5Difficulty 5/5
Really the worst in the math department. They shouldn't have let him teach.Rate My Professors ↗
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Classes with SHAOMING GUO
No teaching recorded in Fall 2026.
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Recorded teaching history
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| Term | Course | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Spring 2024 | MATH 828 | Advanced Topics in Harmonic Analysis |
| Fall 2023 | MATH 921 | Seminar in Analysis |
| Fall 2023 | MATH/STAT 431 | Introduction to the Theory of Probability |
| Spring 2023 | MATH 376 | Topics in Multi-variable Calculus and Differential Equations |
| Spring 2023 | MATH 921 | Seminar in Analysis |
| Fall 2022 | MATH 921 | Seminar in Analysis |
| Spring 2022 | MATH 990 | Reading and Research |
| Fall 2021 | MATH 721 | A First Course in Real Analysis |
| Fall 2021 | MATH 990 | Reading and Research |
| Fall 2020 | MATH 467 | Introduction to Number Theory |
| Fall 2020 | MATH 827 | Fourier Analysis |
| Fall 2020 | MATH 921 | Seminar in Analysis |
| Fall 2019 | MATH 721 | A First Course in Real Analysis |
| Fall 2019 | MATH 921 | Seminar in Analysis |
| Fall 2019 | MATH/STAT 431 | Introduction to the Theory of Probability |
| Spring 2019 | MATH 522 | Analysis II |
| Spring 2019 | MATH 828 | Advanced Topics in Harmonic Analysis |
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