Quality 5/5Difficulty 4/5
Great class on algebraic topology. Professor Sam goes fast, but I learned a lot as a result. He also typesetted his own notes, which were very clear and great.Rate My Professors ↗
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STEVEN SAM
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Quality 5/5Difficulty 4/5
Sam is a wonderful professor, and I had wonderful TA for this class (it was Fall 2023)Rate My Professors ↗
Quality 4/5Difficulty 5/5
Well, he is definitely a talented person, but sometimes he explains things too fast so his students may not understand things well before jumping into the next topic. But he gives rather easy homework and exams, and shout out to his TA Suhas, very helpful teaching assistance, explain things well and guide me through homework.Rate My Professors ↗
Quality 1/5Difficulty 5/5
Avoid him at all costRate My Professors ↗
Quality 2/5Difficulty 5/5
Avoid taking undergrad classes with him if you can, he goes through topics too fast without explaining the algorithms behind the topic.Rate My Professors ↗
Quality 1/5Difficulty 5/5
worst math professor ever! his lectures are hard to understand, as i asked many of my classmates, they all could hardly understand his lecture. It seemed he is teaching to himself in the class, and i learnt all it by myself. His homework and exam are extremely difficult, often average to fail though he cut the total degree from 120 to 80.Rate My Professors ↗
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Classes with STEVEN SAM
MATH 990
Reading and Research
1–3 creditsMATH 990 offers independent reading and research opportunities across all areas of Mathematics.
No offering record · Spring 2019
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Recorded teaching history
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| Term | Course | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Spring 2019 | MATH 990 | Reading and Research |
| Fall 2018 | MATH 990 | Reading and Research |
| Spring 2018 | MATH 376 | Topics in Multi-variable Calculus and Differential Equations |
| Spring 2018 | MATH 990 | Reading and Research |
| Fall 2017 | MATH 847 | Topics in Algebra |
| Spring 2017 | MATH 490 | Undergraduate Seminar |
| Spring 2017 | MATH 740 | Enumerative Combinatorics/symmetric Functions |
| Fall 2016 | MATH 222 | Calculus and Analytic Geometry 2 |
| Fall 2016 | MATH 990 | Reading and Research |
| Spring 2016 | MATH 742 | Abstract Algebra |
| Spring 2016 | MATH 746 | Topics in Ring Theory |
| Fall 2015 | COMPSCI/MATH/STAT 475 | Introduction to Combinatorics |
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