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.

This class is not to bad if you actually pay attention and learn how to do the problems. Labutin is not the easiest teacher to understand because of his accent, however he knows that and therefore makes his tests rather easy. The final was also easy because we went over similar questions in class right before too. Did I mention he is hot.

Perfectly good professor. Take home midterms and final,got an A+ and barely studied.

He's a nice guy and seems to be available to help often. Gives 2 take home midterms which aren't too bad, and a final. He teaches really conceptually

Upshot: Easy math class with a professor that explains math conceptually.

lectures were boring but if you copied down everything exactly as he did, and looked over them after afterwards, they'll make sense. it's a hard class and he doesn't help much, but the notes, CLAS, and doing the HW will save you. the midterms are take home.

He was OK. Section was better than lecture. There was no homework, which I think caused a lot of people to just assume they knew the material when they in fact did not.

Go to CLAS. I do recommend going to lectures, cause they become test materials. He sucks at explaining tho

i never went to lecture and the take home midterms were very simple. not a very good lecturer because he goes too fast, finds the hardest way to do problems, but the midterms are really easy. i got an A for only going to class for 4 weeks out of the whole quarter.

Not a good lecture, I never went to class and never went read the book and got a B+. If you took AP Calculus in High School (and did well) this class will be easy... however if you never took calculus before STAY AWAY from this guy cuz his lecture is terrible. Two take home midterms which are easy never collect hw and fair final

Sometimes hard to understand through his accent, but he sounds like Borat, lol. As far as Integrals go, he is a horrible teacher. Goes in circles, makes errors constantly; If I hadn't taken Calc already, I would have failed. He once wrote a formula, then said he would clarify, but just re-wrote and boxed the formula. Easy tests IF you know material

He is impossible to understand. Constantly makes mistakes while doing problems. The two mideterms were take home exams. Basically have to teach your self for this class. Class is very difficult if you have never taken calc in high school. Worst teacher i have ever had.

Very difficult to understand. If you haven't taken calc in HS its going to be kinda hard!!!. He basically goes in circles when teaching, very unclear, scribbles everywhere, makes TONS of mistakes on the board, will spend about 15 minutes doing one problem then realizes he did it wrong... but EASY FINAL if you study

Professor was very helpful and approachable during class and at office hours. Both midterms and final were very fair and clear. Overall, the class was quite enjoyable and interesting, being that the professor explained the importance and usefulness of every theorem and equation we learned. Definitely recommend this professor!

He has an accent, but he is not hard to understand. it also helps that he is extremely hot. decided to be a math major after his class.

Lectures are COMPLETELY useless. You honestly can't understand anything he is doing and very hard to follow. I never once used my textbook, and homeworks are optional - you don't need to do them to do well in the class. Just go to your discussion section and you'll be fine. Midterms were take-home so I got a very good grade on both.

Easy A+. I got 0 for midterm (take home, but I "cheated" by using the book), but ended up getting A+, because of the policy that your overall grade can't be lower than your final exam grade. He does lots of examples in class, so write them down and you'll see the same problems on final.

I got an A+ in his Math 3A class. I did all the homework (even though they weren't collected), and I went to CLAS with Jesse. I also made sure that my formula sheet had everything in it. Do what I did, and you'll do fine.