bad teacher

He's a terrible teacher and then refuses to curve. If you go to lecture you won't learn anything. He failed 50% of the engineering majors in the class. I would never take another class from him.

He's a nice guy but I was rarely able to pick up what I needed from lecture. I don't think his teaching met the needs of those who have never taken calculus before. I recommend CLAS and office hours.

If you take him, use your book. It helps a LOT, along with CLAS. But I took him for Math 3A and managed to pass. But now I am in 3C, and I am completely unprepared for this class. I seriously wish I hadn't taken my first calculus class with him.

This class was ridiculously hard. Many people failed. His curve barely helps. I would avoid at all costs. During lecture, students would constantly interrupt him to point out all his mistakes, so I ended up leaving campb hall more confused. Take CLAS for sure

TERRIBLE

he's terrible.

This guy commonly spent lectures talking about random things that have nothing to do with math. when he does talk about math, he spends the majority of time talking about how NOT to do problems. Also made 30% of the final something he said he wouldnt test on.

Easy class, got A pluses on midterms and final through out the courses. Fair tests and no homework required. Textbook is extremely recommended. Don't know why people keep sucking at math and blaming the teacher for their bad grades. Stop partying and spend a few hours on reading the text a week.

I always did well in my math classes. Until I had Akemann.

terrible waste of tuition money. i need a refund.

This class is easy so long as you FOLLOW THE TEXTBOOK...hell thats all I did and I ended up with an A+

Santa Claus with a lisp. Cute and funny old man but horrible lecturer. Hard to follow the problems he does in class, go to CLAS with Jesse. Difficult class but not impossible to pas/get an A in.

I did not take any calculus in high school,this is my first quarter at UCSB.Akemann is not teaching anything like everyone said,he only reviews what you learn in the homework.I taught myself for the whole quarter using the text and got a A+(perfect score on the final).Little advice for u guys:u dont learn to do in calculus,u learn to prove calculus

He failed 60% of the class. His lectures are useless and boring. His tests are insanly difficult...if you can help it, aviod him at ALL COSTS!

terrible man, never go to office hours. will make you feel uncomfortable. he needs to retire. also a bad lecturer, will learn nothing from him. avoid at all costs. ALL COSTS!

Extremely hard grading rubric. Insane tests. 60% of class got a C- or lower.

Horrible, failed a very large percentage of the students, most unfair tests u can imagine, with no curve! what ever you do don't take AKemann. There was even an article on the nexus because he failed so many people.

Previous comment about fail rate was no exaggeration. MORE THAN half the class, between 50-60%, failed his 3A course. That alone ought to tell you the whole story.

Terrible. Does not help during office hours, lectures were incomprehensible, his writing was illegible. Avoid at all cost!

Teaches straight out of the book. Chooses the hardest problems he can to put on the test. Terrible.

Teaches straight out of the book. Chooses the hardest problems he can to put on the test. Terrible.

Prof. Akemann was the worst teacher I have had at UCSB. My TA didnt speak english, and he refused to teach the material. He would only go over homework problems in class, and it got to the point where my CLAS instructor cancelled CLAS because he didn't know what the teacher was covering. his final review was just "know everything."

Avoid. Tests are insane. No credit for the homework.