Stopped going to lecture after week 2 because I couldn't understand a word he said. Has a thick accent, mumbles, and his handwriting is illegible. The only good thing about this class was the TAs and the slides they posted bc all the slides from the prof were entirely unhelpful. Tests were super easy but you won't actually learn anything.
easy a, i've never seen easier math tests before
Honestly not too bad. His handwriting kind of sucks, but if you show up to every lecture you can get a pretty good idea of what's going on. Graded by 2 midterms (with one score dropped) and a final, which ended up being a copy paste of said midterms. Just show up to every lecture and it's a pretty easy class.
Bad handwriting and didnt test on a lot of ODE topics. MCQ only tests
Tests are all multiple choice because they don't want to hand grade anything. The final contained the exact same questions as the midterms, which does make them easier, but does not at all test actual knowledge.
I mean he's alright
Exams are challenging bc its all MCQs (10 for two midterms and 20 for final) and have lots of questions that need one page of scratch work to get the answer. The professor is nice but has a heavy accent and incomprehensible handwriting, so it's hard to follow during lectures, which means you have to put in a lot of work for this class to do well.
two midterms, one is dropped but answers only made available for midterm 2 and not 1. final is worth 50%. lectures are uploaded from around covid times so they're not the same as ones in class. not sure how i did in the class but before the final, had a ~85%. scared final dropped me down very low. you're going to have to teach yourself everything.
Drops the lowest hw, 2 midterms but lowest one dropped, but final was worth 50%. A little hard to understand the material without the TA's help. Have to do lots of studying on your own but 4B doesn't have hard topics so it is manageable. his uploaded lectures are not the exact same as the ones he goes over in class, they're just for reference.
Lectures could be explained better but as a STEM student I was able to figure it out with not too much trouble. I had an unconvential experience with this course and Professor Ceniceros was flexible with me in accomodating after having to take a leave of absence with the university.
I took Calc AB in high school, and understood the topics. The first half of the course was review, but I got confused even on topics I already knew because he skips steps. He obviously understands the material, but doesn't seem to understand that students may not. The first two midterms were much simpler in comparison to the final.
Honestly for calculus, I would recommend taking him. His midterms and finals are very simple integrals that you can solve. The final was a bit hard but does curve up the class which helps a lot. His lectures were sometimes confusing but honestly he is a very good professor. Just study hard and go to CLAS or your TA if you need help. His OH help too
bad lecturer. a little bit of a language barrier as well. tries to be funny and draw really good graphs but it just wastes class time. not many resources to help you learn aside from a confusing textbook. he isn't rude or anything just a mid prof.
Class average on the final was a 50 something and was worth 40% of our grade. Terrible lecturer and the midterms were misleadingly easy compared to the evil evil final.
Ceniceros was a great teacher. Clearly very knowledgeable about the material. Lectures moved a bit quickly but it was never unmanageable. Midterms and final had simple questions and the class never got too challenging overall.
Professor Ceniceros is a fun and smart guy but can't teach. His lectures are fast and he rarely takes questions. I learned about half of the material of my own. The easy midterms and mildly difficult final make getting an A in his class not that hard.
The midterms were really easy and the final was more difficult. The homework isn't too bad. He goes through the examples really fast, so you won't have the chance to take notes or understand fully during lecture. Personally, I had to relearn everything outside of class because I couldn't understand the content fast enough during lecture.
midterm, homework very doable and easy. final not too bad, just a lot of studying outside of class since lecture tends to move really fast
He tried to be funny in class and final wasnt that bad just had some stuff (2Qs) that were on rlly new stuff we just learned. Hw is literally ez bc you can try until its right and the midterms werent too bad just be sure to study and maybe study off the textbook😜gave lots of examples in lecture
Professor Ceniceros is funny and knows how to lighten the mood in class. I wouldn't recommend writing notes while he goes over them in class because he tends to go quickly at times. I received a 71% only because I didn't study, and on the next midterm, I received an 83%. The final was easy as well the only difficult part was the last two problems.
He often skipped a lot of the material, expecting the students to know. The two midterms were EXTREMELY easy, but the final was a bit more difficult but not too bad. Homework was about 10 questions every week, which were medium-difficultly. It's fine to use AI because problems like those won't appear on the midterms.
Ceniceros is a decent person, but not the best professor. There just isn't enough time to learn all of calc 2 in 10 weeks. He also skips a lot of steps while lecturing. Both midterms (4 questions) were pretty easy, compared to the homework and practice problems. The final was a bit more difficult with 5 questions with 3 parts to each question.
Content was very easy although professor isn't good at teaching the content from what I've seen. Arc Length, Euler's method, Parametric Equations & Polar Coordinates, and vector-valued functions were not in his 3B curriculum with more emphasis on series & sequences and integration techniques. Midterms were easy final was of average difficulty.
He's nice and makes a lot of jokes (some are pretty funny) but not a great teacher because he moves super fast and doesn't explain concepts very well. He kinda seems to assume that all of his students are math geniuses. You'll mostly have to teach yourself, and while the midterms are easy the final is really hard.