To be honest I hated the guy until the final. Lectures primarily consisted of him waffling and you were better off reading the textbook. They were funny though. I got a D- on the midterm (which he curved to a C-). Then he gave an extremely easy final worth 50% of the course grade and I ended up with an A after the final curve. Peak cinema. 10/10
Horribly disorganized, bad handwriting, weird tangents, constantly corrects himself so you have to rewrite notes, and switches between going too slow and too fast. His phone went off 20 times during the final exam and he did not silence it. If you are forced to take a class with him, grading is reasonable and you do get a cheat sheet on exams.
Actually pretty chill and kind. As has been said he provides some good notes. He's flexible with students. I don't understand why there's so many bad reviews. Complaints about his "loudness" or otherwise are just because of his accent. Ye is one of the few prof in the dept to be highly accomplished, but yet not be overly demanding with his students
The syllabus was just homework midterm final, no course description, no professor email, nothing. Lectures are arguably worse than reading the book on your own. Ye goes incredibly slow through class and doesn't explain any ideas or do any examples. Personally, I just take notes from the textbook instead. Avoid taking his class if you can.
Course material is straight forward. Always presents example proofs and often shows different ones than from the textbook to let you see the multiple ways to approach things. Lecture is sometimes silly when he spends the whole time on one big proof but typically the concept demonstrated is essential. Tests on the basics, nothing tricky.
He's a terrible professor He has office hour but seldom there at office. The tests are out of wall. He cancelled our weekly homework because there is no grader. Then he adds the percentage of homework to the final. He sometimes speaks Chinese in class. He always skip the questions that asked in class even makes me think he doesn't know the answer.
The worst teacher I have ever had! AVOID AT ALL COSTS! He has made it clear he prioritizes his research and grad work over our course. Spends as little time on our class as possible. We were unable to get a grader for our homework and he refuses to provide solutions. No way of knowing where you stand in the class. TERRIBLE PROFESSOR!!
I rebuke this professor man!
Literally so disorganized and no clear syllabus. While math is usually a strong area for me, I would sit in his lectures and not understand a single thing. DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS unless you know how to learn on ur own
Horrible at teaching, the tests did not reflect what he taught in class.
zero structure in lecture or section. almost no communication with students or TAs. 20+ questions of hw each week that are nothing like the exam. no information on dates/how many midterms until 1 week before. no study materials. luckily, TAs are very nice and give a lot of partial credit, which is the only reason this class was passable.
He knows a lot about math but just really is impossible to learn from. He has the sloppiest handwriting I have ever seen from a teacher or professor. I learned everything from CLAS. With that said the tests were grade rather generously so it isn't too difficult to do well if you spend time outside of lecture learning.
Rick Ye makes sure you have no idea what's going on in this class. I could not understand him or read his handwriting, not that it would've helped since his lectures are all over the place. No practice tests were provided for midterm/final. HIGHLY recommend to wait a quarter and take it with another professor. TAs very unhelpful and final is 53%...
run. keep running.
The professor may be good at research, but his teaching is VERY POOR. Lectures are hard to follow, and the notes are unclear. It feels like there's little coordination with the TAs. Overall, it's very difficult to learn in this class due to the way the material is presented.
horrible, please never take.
Can barely read what he is writing, and doesn't teach in a manner that someone who has no clue what is going on could understand. Changes due dates all the time so nothing is really ever set in stone, you get only a weeks notice for the midterm, and the syllabus is never set in stone. Overall a terrible professor, don't take him.
awful. iIlegible writing. Will not answer your emails. Does not tell you when exams will be until 1 to 2 weeks prior. No syllabus more like a notes page that gets edited frequently. Does not tell you the weight of exams for your grade instead gives you a range and decides at the end. Do not take this professor.
The worst professor I have ever had. His lectures are a mess, writing is illegible, he struggles significantly with technology, and his tests are extremely hard and unfair. The TA's are the only reason this class is passable. Avoid him as a professor if you can.
lectures make no sense, severe lack of good example problems that would be similar to ones on midterm/final. the Class is doable if you're good at learning math solely on your own.
Just lazy and nobody knows whats going on in the class not even the TA's
Professor Ye does not know how to teach at all. The midterm was nothing like homework or lecture notes. Reading the book does not help either, and the whole class percentage is basically midterm and final. Homework every week, min 15 questions and do not serve for NOTHING. i wish I had dropped before the deadline with the W.
I have no idea what is going on, I cant read his hieroglyphics.
Does NOT explain anything, talks to himself in lecture, and hopes you figure it out.
