CENICEROS H

Hector Ceniceros

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MATH 3B
24 / 50 Enrolled
Calculus with Applications, Second Course
Hector Ceniceros 3.3
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14:00 PM - 15:15 PM
MATH 104A
48 / 65 Enrolled
Introduction Into Numerical Analysis
Hector Ceniceros 3.3
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12:30 PM - 13:45 PM
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MATH 260J Ceniceros H Fall 2023 Total: 9
MATH 104C Ceniceros H Summer 2023 Total: 24
MATH 104A Ceniceros H Summer 2023 Total: 32
MATH 122B Ceniceros H Spring 2023 Total: 39
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MATH3B . Ceniceros H 2 Months Ago

Professor Ceniceros is genuinely a really nice guy - he gives very much uncle/grandpa vibes. However, he is completely inaccessible by email and will basically never respond. The class is weighted very unfairly and the final is worth 40% and our class average was below a 55%. Do not take if you are a bad test taker.

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MATH3B . Ceniceros H 3 Months Ago

Left the lecture hall understanding less. 2 midterms worth 20%. Final worth 40% and is cumulative. Not worth your time or brain power. Better off waiting for a better professor.

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MATH3B . Ceniceros H 3 Months Ago

Professor Ceniceros is a nice person, but I would NEVER take his class again. Lectures are awful, homework is hard with no explanations, and midterms were misleadingly easy in comparison to the final that seemed to be written by the devil himself. I would routinely leave the lecture hall basically shellshocked. Do what you will with this info.

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MATH104A . Ceniceros H 10 Months Ago

Took this course in the summer. Checks attendance every now and then (~10% of grade)Hard material but his lectures were fun to attend for me, as long as you learned the concepts it was fine. HW does require coding knowledge, he doesn't teach you to code but is helpful in OH. 2 exams that were ~4-5 questions with T/F and curved a lot at the end.

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MATH104C . Ceniceros H 2 Years Ago

Prof. Ceniceros knows his stuff about numerical analysis. I truly learned a lot from him and he is quite funny in class just to make lecture not boring. Numerical analysis is really hard b/c the content is huge, but he encourages students to go to his office hour and it is been very helpful.

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MATH104A . Ceniceros H 2 Years Ago

Not a good teacher. Not a good teacher. He rewrite the note on board and there is no practice for the exams.

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MATH104C . Ceniceros H 2 Years Ago

He might be passionate about numerical analysis ... but he's not a good teacher. It's sad the lecture recordings were from over a year ago.

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MATH104B . Ceniceros H 3 Years Ago

No difference in listening to his recorded lecture from just reading his notes yourself, which are equally unclear. The recorded videos seem meaningless since he just transcribes his notes again and reads them verbatim. Not a good teacher.

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MATH3B . Ceniceros H 3 Years Ago

Since I took this online due to COVID, all his lectures were recorded and super unhelpful. The first week or two weren't bad since it was mostly review, but after that I had to stop listening to his lectures and watched organic chem tutor instead. 5 "tests" (5 questions) and you have a lot of time so they were not too hard. Just doesn't teach well.

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MATH3B . Ceniceros H 3 Years Ago

Prof. Ceniceros can be unclear his lecture videos; the material is more glossed over and there doesn't feel like a lot of structure. I often was lost during lectures and had to review later. To be fair, his quizzes were very generous with a few questions and a large time window.

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MATH3B . Ceniceros H 3 Years Ago

He's a nice guy, but lectures do not make sense. TAs did a better job of teaching than him, but his exams weren't that bad or homework. Plus he drops your lowest exam which is a huge plus. Most of the time I self-taught with the textbook and did practice problems.

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MATH3B . Ceniceros H 3 Years Ago

This professor is the best! I would retake him if he thought MATH4A. His exams are easy and right to the point. He's kind and reminds you when you have an exam coming up. He always welcomes you to the office hours for more questions on how to solve a math equation you couldn't get in the exam. I would recommend 100% for the online course. HMWexam

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