Professor
Martin Gallauer Alves De Souza
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Spring 2018 - Before the quarter even started, we get an email from him saying that he won't be around for the first month or so. Is teaching such a low priority for some professors that they won't even bother being around for half the quarter? He has two different substitutes who both do a better job of teaching and explaining the material than him. He's not a particularly effective professor, and he has a weird way of explaining and wording things; his English isn't fantastic. More on that later. His midterms were pretty easy, and the practice midterms he supplied were very similar to the actual midterms. They had one or two conceptual questions that were doable. However, his final was absolutely awful. The practice final had no relevance to what was actually tested, and it was more than half conceptual questions. This was especially frustrating because he phrases his questions in a way that made absolutely no sense at all, asking some questions that I don't think even a genius could decipher. Am I only writing this because I'm frustrated with how I did with the final? Maybe. But, I always say him as unapproachable, cared little for his students, and also he just spoke very quietly in a large lecture hall (we used to be in La Kretz and he used no mic). Overall, just avoid this guy. The math department already sucks but don't make it any worse than it needs to be.
Spring 2018 - Before the quarter even started, we get an email from him saying that he won't be around for the first month or so. Is teaching such a low priority for some professors that they won't even bother being around for half the quarter? He has two different substitutes who both do a better job of teaching and explaining the material than him. He's not a particularly effective professor, and he has a weird way of explaining and wording things; his English isn't fantastic. More on that later. His midterms were pretty easy, and the practice midterms he supplied were very similar to the actual midterms. They had one or two conceptual questions that were doable. However, his final was absolutely awful. The practice final had no relevance to what was actually tested, and it was more than half conceptual questions. This was especially frustrating because he phrases his questions in a way that made absolutely no sense at all, asking some questions that I don't think even a genius could decipher. Am I only writing this because I'm frustrated with how I did with the final? Maybe. But, I always say him as unapproachable, cared little for his students, and also he just spoke very quietly in a large lecture hall (we used to be in La Kretz and he used no mic). Overall, just avoid this guy. The math department already sucks but don't make it any worse than it needs to be.
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Winter 2016 - AVOID. This is already a tough class and the professor makes it impossible. Unless you are seriously considering a masters in math, do not take this professor. I usually overlook comments that say how tough a professor is and I end up doing just fine. It will not be the case with this professor. A class average of 20% on a final is ridiculous.
Winter 2016 - AVOID. This is already a tough class and the professor makes it impossible. Unless you are seriously considering a masters in math, do not take this professor. I usually overlook comments that say how tough a professor is and I end up doing just fine. It will not be the case with this professor. A class average of 20% on a final is ridiculous.
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