MATH 108A
SUNG B O
Benjamin Sung
2.0
32 reviews

32
2.0
MATH108A . Sung B O A Month Ago

Extremely clear lecturer writes nice and large on the board, goes at the right speed, enunciates well. Will actually take time to understand your question before answering it. He could dedicate more time to the class organization, but overall if you're comfortable with reading the book and trying to follow along in lecture, you'll be fine.

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MATH108A . Sung B O 5 Months Ago

While the lectures had no organization to them, the practice exams were very similar to the real ones. Even though I did not understand half the material, I was still able to get a decent grade.

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MATH108A . Sung B O 10 Months Ago

Clearly does not care about the class, refuses to post anything on canvas, super late on posting practice exams, no communication with TA, and will NEVER respond to your emails. Lectures are pretty much useless, so you're better off reading the textbook. 40% average for the midterm, but curves the class at the end which is his only positive.

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Math3A . Sung B O A Month Ago

Somehow managed to get an A because of the curve (average is a B+). If your actually want to learn the material, don't take him. I never went to lecture. Practice exams and final were nothing like the real ones. Horrible professor. On the first day of class he said we should just chatgpt the homework and that we don't even need to do to go to class

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Math3A . Sung B O A Month Ago

He wasn't as bad as what other people said about him. He responded to my emails throughout the course and was understanding when I couldn't make the midterm, I did it in office hours instead the following week. Allowed unlimited notes for final and midterm, practice midterm and final were also practically the same for the tests.

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Math3A . Sung B O A Month Ago

The midterm study guide was nothing like the exam. Midterm was super hard and the final was even harder. I took AP Calc AB in high school and still barely got an A only because I managed to do really well on the midterm. Also just skip lectures and self study because you won't learn anything from them.

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Math3A . Sung B O A Month Ago

don't take it

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Math3A . Sung B O A Month Ago

He makes no sense in lecture, and I have learned nothing from him. The midterm is way harder than study guide. I learn most stuff from the CLAS then the lecture.

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Math3A . Sung B O A Month Ago

He makes no sense in lecture, and I have learned nothing from him. However, the class is curved, so since the average on the midterm was a 54%, getting a B range grade is attainable.

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MATH6A . Sung B O A Month Ago

This class made no sense. Other than for lectures the professor is completely not accessible. He never responded to any of my emails and his lectures were some of the worst I've ever listened to. However, he allowed us unlimited notes for both exams and the questions were quite literally the same as the practice midterm. It's an easy grade.

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MATH6A . Sung B O 4 Months Ago

Da Goat somehow got 100% on the midterm

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MATH8 . Sung B O 10 Months Ago

The teacher taught me nothing. If you want to learn anything, don't take his class. He talked about cardinality of sets and bijections from the natural numbers on day 1 without introducing sets and logic. I feel bad for the math majors who have to use this as a starting point for math. Hard topics compared to content, easy if you already know it.

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math4b . Sung B O 1 Year, 6 Months Ago

Just not a good teacher. He barely explains anything during lecture, jumping into advanced concepts out of nowhere while writing from a paper he prepared beforehand, and his homeworks have nothing to do with lecture 90% of the time. You'd be better off skipping lecture and self studying.

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math4b . Sung B O 1 Year, 8 Months Ago

i have to say that sung is not a good profession when teaching, but he is not a bad grader. He gives curves to ensure most people gets an A or B+, and almost all of the questions on exams were given in practice exams. If you do all the homework and take the exams seriously, A won't be hard.

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math4b . Sung B O 1 Year, 9 Months Ago

don't do it

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math4b . Sung B O 1 Year, 10 Months Ago

Literally just a textbook, honestly got confused by some of his own questions. Tests were fair and were similar to practice exams. Clearly loved doing physics in math.

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math4b . Sung B O 1 Year, 11 Months Ago

This professor literally skipped the first chapter and went straight into advanced concepts on the first day. He's completely uninterested in teaching too. Everyone was lost during lectures, and my friends who continued to crash the class learnt everything by self studying and never attended lecture. Just don't take math if Sung is ur only choice.

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math4b . Sung B O 2 Years Ago

He just writes and reads through the examples in the textbook during lectures. So it's like leading you to read the textbook during lecture times. The exams are pretty fair. They're similar to the practice ones; everything was covered during the class and homework. You will get an A if you know each question on the practice exam.

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math4b . Sung B O 2 Years Ago

Overall a very poor teacher. Clearly not interested in teaching, which is fine but it spilled into him having little effort into his lectures. He very poorly communicated with the TA as well, leading to almost useless sections that added to more confusion on the content in the class. Homework was also incredibly difficult, and diverged from lecture

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math4b . Sung B O 2 Years Ago

This guy doesn't know how to teach. Paul's Online Math Note is significantly more helpful and efficient.

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math4b . Sung B O 2 Years Ago

i love physics so much after this class (please tell someone that he needs to actually care about the class i think i lost half my lifespan)

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math4b . Sung B O 2 Years Ago

There has gotta be some kind of lecture workshop they can put new professors through so this doesn't happen. Class felt incredibly unorganized, even by UCSB standards. Sung seems like a nice guy but your true professor will be named Paul and his lectures are found on Paul's Online Math Notes. Good luck.

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math4b . Sung B O 2 Years Ago

He has bad lectures where he mumbles and writes notes without explaining. Even when asked to explain, he answers questions the answers are vague and full of advanced math terms which makes it difficult to understand without knowing the topics. Also, the homework is often very difficult and requires much more work than examples found in lecture

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math4b . Sung B O 2 Years Ago

Choose this prof when you want to fail the class.

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