Very thick accent and makes it difficult to understand what is going on during the lecture because he skips and jumps from slide to slide. His lectures are not that helpful. I would really reccomend taking clas and studying from the book and doing the homework. Tests are very similair to practice. Overall pretty easy class.
It's so hard to understand what he's saying because of his accent. But the lecture notes are pretty clearly and the tests are easy. I recommend to take his class, if you can accommodate his accent, you will find it's very easy to understand the course content. BTW, textbooks and lecture notes are really helpful. You should learn sth by yourself.
His accent is thick and extremely hard to understand. He doesn't explain anything he teaches, just reads off his presentation. I quit going to lecture about a week after the midterm because it was bogus. On the bright side, you can cram the entire quarter's worth of material into a cheat sheet for the final. Taught myself all the material I missed.
The final is tomorrow, and we still haven't received our grades for the second midterm. Thick accent and lectures are incredibly dull. Honestly not even worth going to lecture.
"Is aluminum an element?" Also, midterms grades will be posted two days before the final. Silver lining is the fact that you're allowed a one page front-back cheat sheet for all exams. Cram the entire quarter's worth of material in that sheet and you're golden. No curve.
Labutin, formally known as Labooty, is a Russian exchange student who knows math yet can't communicate it to his student. Common spoken words are "umm" and "obviously". No Labutin - this is not obvious when you make it seem like rocket science. Tests are very basic, which is good because you will not learn a thing without Kahn Academy and CLAS.
Professor is very nice and I love his lecture
He is near impossible to understand and his lectures don't cover anything on the homework or on the midterms.
His lectures are confusing and disorganized; he also has an accent. His midterms are easy and similar to his practice ones. His final is slightly difficult, but is also similar to his practice one. He seems willing to help.
Warning: do not take math 3A with Labutin if you are not already an expert at calculus. His homework at first is relevant to subject material but later becomes increasingly hard and irrelevant to final material. Class attendance is usually low due to his disorganization and lack of clarity during lectures. Most use CLAS to understand material
A little hard to understand, and I would appreciate some more organization to his lectures. Overall, good professor who aims to help you understand the big picture, which then helps you understand how the little pieces and concepts fit together. Take-home exams. Very likable guy.
Labutin is a very confusing teacher, don't recommend if math is challenging to you. If math comes easy to you take this class u can learn from CLAS or Math Lab in SRB and don't have to attend lecture. I aced first two midterms, final is 50% of grade and way more difficult than other exams.
Stopped going to lecture halfway through the quarter. I walked into lecture understanding the material and walked out confused. Section was a joke. I took CLAS, but I didn't really need it. Never taken calc before but the tests were EXTREMELY easy.
He is not a good lecturer, but he lets you use a full page of notes for the midterms and final. Homework was not very important and if you learn the information you will be fine.
His lectures are not that interesting but if you actually paid attention you could learn a lot.Sections aren't helpful at all. Exams are easy.
Confusing and not helpful... the class was pretty easy initially. One take home final, and one in class... then we got to the final. A little over half of the class failed the final. He also doesn't curve; avoid him if you can.
Do not take this class if you don't have any prior knowledge of calculus, or if you're not very good at it. Very confusing lecturer whose homework problems poorly correlate with those on the tests. FInal was extremely difficult. Be prepared to teach yourself in this class because you won't be getting a lot of help!
Labutin's class overall isnt very difficult and with some effort you can easily pass. 2 Midterms(very easy) 1 Final (Difficult) practice exams were posted online for all exams and were almost identical to exams. Hw is done online, book inst needed at all. I suggest signing up for CLAS at least until you get used to his accent (love the accent btw)
No point going to lectures, go to CLAS instead. Sections were also very helpful. Take home midterm and second midterm were fairly easy. Final was very hard. Don't even bother buying the textbook, he never uses it.
Good teacher but could be deemed as confusing because of his accent. 2 midterms were easy but the final was pretty hard. Join CLAS! That is what saved my grade.
Easy midterms, easy lectures. Final was brutally difficult.
Smart guy, bad teacher. He knows he is confusing so he makes tests extremely easy.
Midterm and quizzes are fairly easy. He's difficult to understand in lecture, and his notes are very unorganized. Sometimes he'll make the material seem harder and more complicated than it really is. Lots of people used Khan Academy and Youtube videos to learn the material instead of lectures. If you don't know any calculus, I would not recommend.
He's confusing but the tests are easy. Only take this class if you have a solid base in math. Go to lectures it may seem useless but it will help.