Santa Claus with a lisp. Cute and funny old man but horrible lecturer. Hard to follow the problems he does in class, go to CLAS with Jesse. Difficult class but not impossible to pas/get an A in.

I did not take any calculus in high school,this is my first quarter at UCSB.Akemann is not teaching anything like everyone said,he only reviews what you learn in the homework.I taught myself for the whole quarter using the text and got a A+(perfect score on the final).Little advice for u guys:u dont learn to do in calculus,u learn to prove calculus

He failed 60% of the class. His lectures are useless and boring. His tests are insanly difficult...if you can help it, aviod him at ALL COSTS!

terrible man, never go to office hours. will make you feel uncomfortable. he needs to retire. also a bad lecturer, will learn nothing from him. avoid at all costs. ALL COSTS!

Extremely hard grading rubric. Insane tests. 60% of class got a C- or lower.

Previous comment about fail rate was no exaggeration. MORE THAN half the class, between 50-60%, failed his 3A course. That alone ought to tell you the whole story.

Terrible. Does not help during office hours, lectures were incomprehensible, his writing was illegible. Avoid at all cost!

Teaches straight out of the book. Chooses the hardest problems he can to put on the test. Terrible.

Teaches straight out of the book. Chooses the hardest problems he can to put on the test. Terrible.

Prof. Akemann was the worst teacher I have had at UCSB. My TA didnt speak english, and he refused to teach the material. He would only go over homework problems in class, and it got to the point where my CLAS instructor cancelled CLAS because he didn't know what the teacher was covering. his final review was just "know everything."

Avoid. Tests are insane. No credit for the homework.

Avoid. Especially if math isn't your area of expertise. Lecture was pointless and felt like review to me (I had taken calculus before) then I'd show up to the tests and they were ridiculously hard.

the class is really hard, his tests were way harder than the homework, and your grade is whatever you get on the final which for many people wasn't good enough to pass the class. he's hard to understand in lecture and his handwriting is horrible. take math with a diff professor...

he's not a good teacher for you, especially if you haven't taken calculus before. you pretty much have to teach yourself, the final was super hard, so are midterms, and your final is basically your whole grade. going to lecture is pointless. and you get no credit for your hw

Terrible professor, not able to teach students who have not taken calculus before. Lectures not helpful, pointless. CLAS is the only thing that helps with this class. Tests are ridiculously hard, midterms don't really count. Final is basically entire grade.

Very difficult. Lectures not helpful. Prepare to study most, if not all, of it on your own. Midterms/finals are unforgiving, but there is a slight curve.

Very Hard Class! Go to lecture, i am in no way interested in calculus and he didnt change my view much... no more take home midterms and his exams are ridiculously hard.. good luck

hard, lectures are pointless. requires full self teachings! but the curve helps a lot

Definitely a gnarly dude who knows his stuff. Take a CLAS section though. Equates math to foodstuffs.

I rarelt understand what he is talking about and he makes a subject I learned before, and found easy, really difficult.

the teacher is ridiculous. he doesnt know how to teach and there is no curve and midterms really dont count. i failed all the finals and got an A on final so my grade was an A. i taught myself everything i knew. no CLAS, but i'm sure it would help. goodluck for those who choose to take him.

in response to the person second below me: it's nice to know that one person got a good grade. switch to a math major.

Horrible, like everyone else said. What he teaches in lecture is not connected well at all with the material present on the tests. Doing homework from the book doesn't help at all. His tests are ridiculously hard for being a social science major. You pretty much have to have an inherent talent for math to succeed in this class. AVOID

While I'm sure Akemann is a brilliant professor, he is entirely incapable of teaching non-math students about basic calculus. If math isn't your strong suit, don't take this class with Akemann. He allows hardly any partial credit and you are not evaluated on your understanding of the material, rather your ability to not make a small mistake. Crazy.