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MATH124 . Birnir B 15 Years Ago

simply the best

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MATH34B . Birnir B 17 Years Ago

Does he know any math at all? this guy is a shame, he doesn't even get the examples right; comes totally umprepared and disorganized. Avoid him at all cost.

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MATH34B . Birnir B 17 Years Ago

He is very passionate about the subject but he gets a lot of the problems he does in class wrong.. Students must correct him, which is pretty embarassing. Easy A if you study with the TA and CLAS teacher. The good thing about his ditsiness is that he misgraded the whole classes tests wrong and we all got 5 extra points because of his miscounting!

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MATH34B . Birnir B 17 Years Ago

VERY unclear in his lectures, to the point where its futile to go. he is a really nice mand if you go and talk to him, but he really just isnt the best of teachers. the tests were really easy. webwork isnt even mandatory, which is nice. overall, not a horrible class, just one which is somewhat of a "filler" class.

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MATH34B . Birnir B 17 Years Ago

Cool guy but very unclear. The class had no idea what he was talking about. Then the test was pretty easy. Confusing but easy class.

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MATH34B . Birnir B 17 Years Ago

Dont take this class. The other 34B teacher is 100x easier. He doesnt allow note cards, doesnt give practice tests, and doesnt allow calculators. TAKE THE OTHER TEACHERS CLASS. dont make the same mistake i did. Test averages were 75% in my class and 98% in the other

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MATH124A . Birnir B 17 Years Ago

Nice guy but not a good course. Tries to teach to very wide audience: fin math, physics, engineering etc. Ends up with little structure/point of everything. Introduces deep mathematics but fails to provide proofs let alone why he mentioned it (WORST hand waver I've ever encountered). Everyone is confused and relies on each other rather than Birnir.

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MATH119 . Birnir B 18 Years Ago

This guy stares into a sea of desperate faces every lecture -- faces desperate to understand something, anything! But without remorse he continues to talk to himself about differential equations..

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MATH124AB . Birnir B 18 Years Ago

My favorite math professor here at UCSB. Very helpful at Office Hours, sincerely nice, friendly, laid-back, and doesn't let you get nervous about the tests. He is so easy in grading, but you still end up learning so much.

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MATH122A . Birnir B 19 Years Ago

He is super good. Very smart, laidback, and always willing to help. very cool and easy easy easy.

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MATH5C . Birnir B 19 Years Ago

He is a good professor. He teaches his own method for diferential equations but it is a good method. LEARN IT! It is weird at first but it saves paper work and time. It makes the final super easy. Nice guy. Cool accent. Oh, do the HW by the due date, he has a weird policy; dont fall behind. Well taught class. Would have him again.

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MATH5C . Birnir B 19 Years Ago

Very unclear!

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MATH5C . Birnir B 19 Years Ago

Worst math professor ever had. His teachings do not match the text. He gives out lots of homework problems, and some are not even helpful. I've always been getting A in my math class, but he made me changed the grade option to P/NP!

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MATH124A . Birnir B 19 Years Ago

He is the easiest math professor at this school. He gives out practice midterms and finals which are very similar to the actual test

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