Chuck is a nice guy, but he really is not trying to pass anyone. He wants you to be able to do the hard problems, so he is going to test you on the hard problems. He is willing to help outside of class. Be warned, he as online midterms and those are annoying as heck. Also do the homework because every test question comes from there.

Unless you'v prepared beforehand or are willing to self-study, then prepare to suffer a bit. Talks about his own family, dog, and life a lot in the middle of lectures. Tells funny stories, and is a great person to meet outside of class. Your grade can't be lower than your final.

Excellent teacher. Very caring about his students. For everyone that complains, all you need to do is go to his office hours and tell him what you are struggling in and how he can help you. Very friendly. Great class.

I needed this class for my major. He assigns a lot of homework each week. He posts the lecture slides online so few people actually go to class but the thing that helps about going to class is that you get to hear him explain the problems. The hardest homework problems are put on the midterms and final. CLAS tutor helped a lot for this class.

I am shocked that I even passed this class (barely). He makes corny jokes &he is condescending when he talks about math &chooses the hardest questions. He knows what he is talking about but he has absolutely no idea how to communicate it clearly with his students. Lecture &office hours were absolutely useless. Avoid taking him at all costs.

I thought Chuck was hilarious. He does go off topic some, but you can tell he wants his students to do well. Honestly if you go to class and pay attention, you will get an A. HW is 40% of the grade, but whatever you get on your final you can't get a lower grade than that. I barely did any hw, and got an A in the class that way.

if you can find old test GET THEM. exact copy for midterms. hw answers all from book but book is horrible for help. use the external links for help. this class was horrible. avoid if you can at all cost. i went to lecture, section, clas and still got a C-. TAs grading UNFAIR dont leave section with exams if you want to argue grade.

Akemann often got distracted during lectures,and the classes aren't mandatory to go to so I found myself skipping some lectures in the middle of the quarter.However,don't be deceived by the easier first midterm, that's a weeding out process for students so they can drop the class if they score low.Take this class if you have prior calc experience

You need to work hard for this class, people who complain about him just didn't go to class and didn't do the homework because it wasn't mandatory. As long as you do all the homework and go to lecture and work hard you will get an A.

Horrible professor. Barely passed the class with a C. His examples in lecture were easy but his tests had examples 50x harder

Textbook is useless unless you want the answers for the homework. Never went to lecture or section, learned mostly everything by doing the homework and using yahoo answers. Use the Internet correctly and you will be fine. It is VERY easy to get behind though, so make sure to do the homework and understand how to do the problems correctly

I didnt learn anything hes funny but not good at explaining the material

bad professor. horrible handwriting. bad way to start my day. 8am class that I hated going to. he would talk more about his knee, wheelchair, and family then he would about math. I stopped going to lecture cuz he would post the slides. learned everything off of youtube before the final.

Avoid this professor at all costs. Calculus is not an easy subject, but he makes it 100 times worse than it already it. His lectures make no sense, you can barely hear him, and the textbook is ridiculous.

No one said Calculus was easy, you obviously have to work at it. Make sure you do all the homework and practice those problems. He posted the lectures online a day ahead which is dumb, because it made it seem like he was trying to get kids to not attend lecture. The textbook is ridiculous and sometimes tends to make the work seem harder than it is.

Definitely not an easy A. Take it P/NP if you are taking it for the GE unless you are really good at math. Horrible professor. Miserable 8am class. Avoid at all costs.

Do not take this class. He only clicks through lectures. Doesn't really explain and when he does, it is very hard to see because he writes sloppy. And the reviews and study guides are way easier or almost nothing like the midterms and finals. They mostly consist of word problems, which he doesn't even go over as much he should.

All he does is read the powerpoint slides, which aren't even his. His handwriting is also very sloppy. Best lecture he ever gave was when he gave us a link to some external website that helped explain math. Only thing I found great were his grading policies. Curved grades + partial credit on problems.

Good teacher

Had I taken calculus in high school this would have been easier. But this guy's quirks makes the class seem harder than it is. He stumbles over his words, makes simple mistakes cuz he can't read his own writing, & is useless in office hours. Oh, and you might have heard about his curve policy & fail rate. Retook and got a an A-. Better than an F.

Failed over 50% of the class.

worst professor i've ever had. EXTREMELY inappropriate in office hours, yells at you if you don't understand, and does not even TRY to help you comprehend the material. Not to mention his lectures are useless and try as he may, his jokes still aren't funny. DO NOT TAKE HIM.

I failed the first midterm so I signed up for CLAS. It's a must with him as a teacher. You can barely read his writing on the overhead and he skips a bunch of steps that you need to see so during lecture you're pretty much lost. I would NOT recommend him. I retook this class with another professor and got an A+... no joke!

His lectures are useless. His homework is ok, but the tests tend to be unrelated to the homework and the lectures. Avoid if possible.