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Karel Casteels

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Caring Accessible outside class Amazing lectures Inspirational Lots of homework Hilarious Respected Graded by few things Clear grading criteria Gives good feedback Lecture heavy Tough grader EXTRA CREDIT Tests? Not many Would take again Test heavy
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MATH CS 108A
13 / 20 Enrolled
Advanced Linear Algebra I
Karel Casteels 4.3
T R
11:00 AM - 12:50 PM
100.0% A
MATH 132A
45 / 45 Full
Optimization
Karel Casteels 4.3
M W F
11:00 AM - 11:50 AM
44.9% A
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MATH 137A Casteels K L Spring 2024 Total: 68
MATH CS 120FC Casteels K L Spring 2024 Total: 11
MATH 132A Casteels K L Winter 2024 Total: 57
MATH CS 120FV Casteels K L Winter 2024 Total: 17
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MATHCS120 . Casteels K L 2 Months Ago

This prof would constantly forget to post important things on canvas which can be really annoying when you're trying really hard to get a good grade in the class. Homework is really hard and it just doesn't seem like he gaf. Somewhat funny but makes everything more complicated than they need to be

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MATH117 . Casteels K L 3 Months Ago

He's the one

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MATH117 . Casteels K L 3 Months Ago

He is GOAT

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MATHCS120 . Casteels K L 5 Months Ago

The game theory class taken with Karel is really fun, the concepts are explained in a way that's easier to understand, and he's also accessible during office hour (a lot of OH). Though sometimes he would forget to post some important stuff (like homework on gradescope, or lecture notes he promised), but the class is really good.

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MATH137A . Casteels K L 1 Year, 5 Months Ago

Very engaging lecturer, great sense of humor. Extremely timely with email repsonses. Grading was homework, 2 midterms, and a final. Holds a lot of office hours. Homework can be tough but he'll help you in OH. Midterms generally easier than homework. Also just a nice guy

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MATH137A . Casteels K L 1 Year, 5 Months Ago

HW 25%, 2 midterms 15% each, 1 final 45%; He's very funny and genuinely helps so much in office hours. Favorite math class at UCSB thus far and only class I ever went to that I waNTed to go to because the course content is fun (he makes it fun). Homework was light (5ish problems per week) and if they're hard, mathlab helps so much.

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MATH3A . Casteels K L 1 Year, 6 Months Ago

Very nice professor. Lectures were straightforward, exams were very reasonable difficulty. Very manageable class if you study effectively.

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MATH3A . Casteels K L 1 Year, 7 Months Ago

One of the best math professors I have ever had. Made all the material easily accessible and genuinely wanted students to succeed. Would absolutely recommend.

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MATH116 . Casteels K L 1 Year, 8 Months Ago

The best math professor ever. Lectures are interesting and he posted recordings for most topics from previous years. Grading on exams are super generous. Super helpful in office hours. Respond to emails very fast. Overall great class and great professor. By the way the TA Arthur is amazing too!

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MATH3A . Casteels K L 1 Year, 10 Months Ago

Kasteels doesn't make the assessments and content harder than it should be As long as you stay on top of the homework the course will be a breeze. He puts very simple questions on the exam and is very generous in giving partial credits even if you don't get the question right. Plus he's a sexy hot DILF. Who wouldn't want a daddy as their prof?

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MATH3A . Casteels K L 1 Year, 11 Months Ago

It seemed like he did not care much about the class and it was clear that he did not want to teach this lower division class. He spent little effort explaining the topic and had no curve at the end of the quarter.

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MATH3A . Casteels K L 1 Year, 11 Months Ago

Large class so Prof Casteels wasn't super attentive to individual students but that's what you get in a large lecture hall. HW every week, not too bad if you don't leave it till Sunday night. 2 midterms and a final; go to the lectures so you know what to study for. I failed AP Calc AB in HS over Covid and MATH 3A was far easier for me to learn.

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