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Kyung Koh BIOE241 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 01/30/2024	If it weren't for the participation points in lecture, I would honestly skip. He just reads and does the examples from the already posted slideshows. No one pays attention in class. To study for the midterm and final (open note), just spend like one day to go through all of the slideshows and you will be fine. The project was pretty easy with the extra credit opportunities. The only thing that was annoying was that there were no clear rubrics and feedbacks for his exams and the project. But ask questions if you're confused.
Kyung Koh BIOE241 Expecting an A- Anonymous 05/16/2023	Dr. Koh is very nice and was very understanding when I couldn't attend lectures due to personal reasons. However, his teaching style is not helpful. Reads off of the slides and sometimes literally rewrites exact things on the slides onto the whiteboard then points at it and goes "like that..." Attendance is "mandatory" in the sense he will give out a couple pop quizzes throughout the semester if he notices people aren't attending lecture. He also has participation assignments every now and then. I honestly skipped 50% or more of the lectures and skipped a quiz and still had an A+. When I did attend lectures, I would tune in and out and slides are posted before hand so I didn't need to pay close attention. Final project is how he drops your grade when he realized our midterm scores were too high, but I found the topic (designing a prosthetic) enjoyable at least. Homework can be challenging because they are slightly convoluted, so start early but TAs can help and I emailed him a few times for help and he answered. Midterm used to be take home, open note, and all-day, but this semester he made it in lecture 50 minutes. Still open note, but the time crunch was insane. Somehow got a 50/50 on the midterm even though I know I didn't get the first problem right but I'm not gonna complain because either my TA was awesome or he added a tiny grade bump. I also never went to discussion because all of the discussion content is posted too. Unfortunately, he added a final exam and while it is open note/internet, he expects us to be able to do differential equations and linear algebra even though neither of those are prereqs for the course. Also, if you take this prof make sure you have a good computer with good storage because he is going to have you download every single possible add-on to MATLAB on the first day when you only need like 3 and he has lots of materials you need to download for assignments. Not a big deal, but something to think about if your computer doesn't handle that well! Wish he would be a bit more understanding about how realistic it is for students to gain mastery of difficult mathematical concepts in just a couple of classes. My tip would be get the assignment done early, keep all of your work and practice accessible for exams, and work with your classmates. Also consider taking an Intro to Matlab course if you have zero coding experience because it is intimidating at first! Overall, he's really nice and I appreciate that he seems knowledgeable and wants to help students out, he's just not great at the execution of his goals.
Kyung Koh BIOE241 Expecting an A Anonymous 03/15/2023	Dr. Koh is a nice person overall. However, that is the only positive I can say about this class. For starters, I do not think I learnt a single thing from one of his lectures. The only things I learnt through this course were through looking at the slides afterwards. If you were to ever come to lecture, you would see that NOT A SINGLE PERSON would be paying attention to what he was saying. People were doing other HWs and finding any way to distract themselves from the actual lecture. Then came the homework for this class. They would take a long time and would be much harder than the examples that he provided in class. I had the best TA for this class and he would essentially spend 3 hours (including before and after discussion) to answer people's HW questions. He would also be very fair in grading our HWs. I believe the average in the class was "too high" for Dr. Koh by the time it came to the final project, so he graded it quite harshly. He also expected us to know a lot of Linear Algebra, which as many people mentioned is not a prequisite for this course. I
Kyung Koh BIOE241 Expecting an A Anonymous 01/28/2023	Dr. Koh is a nice guy. He will help you if you go to officer hours. However, his office is in a restricted area of AJC, so you need to let him know ahead of time. I learned nothing from his lectures. He is difficult to understand and just reads off the slides. I completed the homework assignments by going back through the lecture slides. I also had the best TA ever. He explained concepts I did not understand and gave hints as to how to complete the homework. The midterm was open note and he had officer hours to help students. I had over 100% in the course until the final project. I swear he realized he needed to create a grade distribution and then failed everyone on the final project. Differential equations and linear algebra are not prerequisites for this course, but he expects you to have mastery of the subjects for the final.
Kyung Koh BIOE241 Expecting an A- Anonymous 12/26/2022	Here is a complete, and hopefully detailed review about his professor. 1. This class is all Matlab. I did have previous Matlab experience from Math 241 and I took Intro to Matlab course as well, so I had a brief background about the program. It does take a bit of time to get the hang of using the program but once you do its fine. Although this class is full Matlab, they really do go to the understanding of basic stuff of Matlab (literally understanding the interface of Matlab, doing basic code such as for loops and assigning variables to stuff). So even if you don't have that great of a background its okay because they start off SUPER basic level. 2. Although some people did not like the him as much, I did not mind the professor. He does read off the slides but the slides are SUPER important and have a lot of the answers to the questions of the hw. He does make sense but I can see where people didn't like him because sometimes he would go on tangents that were low key unrelated. 3. Homeworks can sometimes be really easy but sometimes they were SUPER hard. But don't worry the TA's were super clutch and I literally owe my TA everything. He was super helpful and so nice and didn't make you feel embarrassed for not knowing. He patiently explained everything so def go to discussion if you don't know how to do hw. Otherwise skip bc sometimes its not needed if you already finished the hw. There's a lot of resources online about certain parts of Matlab and make friends in the class so you can help each other on the hw bc it is allowed! 4. Mid term was nice because we had the whole day to do it and it was open note obviously. You could also ask the professor for help but sometimes his answers were very vague and not helpful. But you have to be super persistent and he will give hints. Final was a project which is hard a little bit. You have a group and literally got a decent grade bc of them. Just make sure to have a really good group and you will be fine. Don't put it to the last min bc you'll be studying for finals and doing that project will take you A LONG TIME! Also, he kinda graded the final harshly compared to the other exam and hw. 5. I cant speak for him for other classes he teaches but hes not a bad professor for BIOE 241. Its not a hard class if you put time and effort. Go to office hours and ask TA for help and you will be good to go. Hope this helps :)
Kyung Koh BIOE241 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/23/2022	The grading was lenient if not only because it was done by the amazing TAs. I had a great TA so I learned everything from him, the professor was of no help and his lectures were absolutely pointless. He just wants to do work in his lab and would probably not be teaching this class if he could help it. Stinks for the bioe kids that he's the only professor for this class but try to make friends in your class and do homework with them. This guy is of no use,
Kyung Koh BIOE241 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 12/15/2022	The only thing that really helped me in this class was the TA and working with classmates. Dr. Koh himself doesn't really teach well, and when asked questions his answers usually add in more confusion. The only reason I was able to understand what was going on and actually completing the homework assignments was once again, the TA. I would've skipped the lectures but he started giving pop quizzes whenever he realized a couple of people were missing in class. That being said, the class overall is easy: an online midterm and a final group project were are only major grades throughout the semester, you just have to deal with the fact that you won't learn much from the professor himself.
Kyung Koh BIOE241 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/13/2022	Easy professor: take-home midterm, no final (just final project), very few quizzes. Awful teacher: you will never have any idea what this man is talking about. Good Luck.
Kyung Koh BIOE241 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 12/03/2022	The guy is great when you get to know him, but man he cannot teach. Nobody takes this class seriously -- half the time, majority of the students are on their phones/laptops not giving a damn about the course. The weekly homework is insanely hard -- going to the TA office hours for help on the homework is a MUST; otherwise, there is no surviving the course. The TAs in this class are for real the goat. I would not survive without them. With all of that being said, the one midterm is extremely fair. But other than that, good luck if you take his class.
Kyung Koh BIOE241 Expecting an A Anonymous 11/14/2022	*Mid semester review: Dr. Koh's lectures are not exciting and if you look away for 30 seconds you can be lost, but it doesn't matter because the slides are posted and that is all you need to succeed based on lecture. The rest of the class is working with your peers to try and figure out the homework because he allows you to work together. My TA was soooo helpful and nice. He does not curve but I have an A+ right now and I have never used Matlab before. The first 2 weeks are the scariest because wrapping your head around how to work MATLAB for the first time is tough, but I promise it gets better. He occasionally has pop quizzes in class but they are not hard. Overall, this class isn't fun but compared to other classes, it isn't bad at all because the grading is so lenient.
Hubert Montas BIOE241 Expecting an A Anonymous 02/17/2021	love this guy
Lan Ma BIOE241 Expecting an A Anonymous 06/08/2020	Great teacher and posts all her notes on Canvas. She is very helpful during office hours and all of the exams and quizzes are open notes.
Hubert Montas BIOE241 Expecting an A pat 11/14/2011	If you don't walk out of his class without having laughed your ass off, and 1 or 2 funny things to say, you have no soul whatsoever. I can't stress enough how hysterical this guy's mannerisms become after awhile. I didn't learn anything, but it was the easiest A I've ever had. It was worth it to go to class just to listen to his ridiculous and bizarre references to things that had absolutely nothing to do with the class. He is my capstone adviser now. . . not sure if that was a good idea, but I bet it will be hilarious nonetheless.
Hubert Montas BIOE241 Anonymous 05/19/2011	What a unique professor - this guy might be one of the craziest people I've ever met. He makes terrible jokes, and will randomly bust out into creepy laughter. However, BIOE241 is a decent course. I came into the course with zero programming experience, and have come out learning a lot. The course is divided into two halves - C, and then MATLAB. The class is "easy", but you still have to put work into it. All of the lecture notes are online, which are important to read. The tests were open note/internet (NOT open people) and were easy if you came to lecture, did the homework, and read the online notes. Every once in a while there would be some really challenging problem on the homework, but otherwise it was not bad.
Hubert Montas BIOE241 Expecting an A zhangsta 12/17/2010	hahaha funny guy and really approachable too. if you've taken C before, this class will be easy. if you havent, then the class will suck balls at least until you get to MATLAB. exams were open book, open notes, and open internet.
Hubert Montas BIOE241 Expecting an A gundamwing4132 05/01/2008	Very funny and seemingly high on life all the time. Montas was VERY helpful for homework and any other help you could ask for. HW and projects were fair, easy if you had help from him or the TA.
Hubert Montas BIOE241 Expecting an A- scroofoo 10/23/2007	Went to lecture only about 4 times. Montas tends to ramble/mumble about MATLAB, C, the moon, or whatever else is on his mind that day. He has a quirky sense of humor if you get it (I didn't). Lectures are posted online. There is a weekly homework assignment, midterm/final, and a project. Midterm and final are open-internet/notes so they aren't really a problem. If you already have had exposure to C and MATLAB, then this class isn't worth attending. If you haven't, use your class time to read through Montas' notes instead of listening to him-you'll learn more.

Kyung Koh
BIOE241

Expecting an A+
Anonymous
01/30/2024

If it weren't for the participation points in lecture, I would honestly skip. He just reads and does the examples from the already posted slideshows. No one pays attention in class. To study for the midterm and final (open note), just spend like one day to go through all of the slideshows and you will be fine. The project was pretty easy with the extra credit opportunities. The only thing that was annoying was that there were no clear rubrics and feedbacks for his exams and the project. But ask questions if you're confused.

Kyung Koh
BIOE241

Expecting an A-
Anonymous
05/16/2023

Dr. Koh is very nice and was very understanding when I couldn't attend lectures due to personal reasons. However, his teaching style is not helpful. Reads off of the slides and sometimes literally rewrites exact things on the slides onto the whiteboard then points at it and goes "like that..." Attendance is "mandatory" in the sense he will give out a couple pop quizzes throughout the semester if he notices people aren't attending lecture. He also has participation assignments every now and then. I honestly skipped 50% or more of the lectures and skipped a quiz and still had an A+. When I did attend lectures, I would tune in and out and slides are posted before hand so I didn't need to pay close attention. Final project is how he drops your grade when he realized our midterm scores were too high, but I found the topic (designing a prosthetic) enjoyable at least. Homework can be challenging because they are slightly convoluted, so start early but TAs can help and I emailed him a few times for help and he answered. Midterm used to be take home, open note, and all-day, but this semester he made it in lecture 50 minutes. Still open note, but the time crunch was insane. Somehow got a 50/50 on the midterm even though I know I didn't get the first problem right but I'm not gonna complain because either my TA was awesome or he added a tiny grade bump. I also never went to discussion because all of the discussion content is posted too. Unfortunately, he added a final exam and while it is open note/internet, he expects us to be able to do differential equations and linear algebra even though neither of those are prereqs for the course. Also, if you take this prof make sure you have a good computer with good storage because he is going to have you download every single possible add-on to MATLAB on the first day when you only need like 3 and he has lots of materials you need to download for assignments. Not a big deal, but something to think about if your computer doesn't handle that well! Wish he would be a bit more understanding about how realistic it is for students to gain mastery of difficult mathematical concepts in just a couple of classes. My tip would be get the assignment done early, keep all of your work and practice accessible for exams, and work with your classmates. Also consider taking an Intro to Matlab course if you have zero coding experience because it is intimidating at first! Overall, he's really nice and I appreciate that he seems knowledgeable and wants to help students out, he's just not great at the execution of his goals.

Kyung Koh
BIOE241

Expecting an A
Anonymous
03/15/2023

Dr. Koh is a nice person overall. However, that is the only positive I can say about this class. For starters, I do not think I learnt a single thing from one of his lectures. The only things I learnt through this course were through looking at the slides afterwards. If you were to ever come to lecture, you would see that NOT A SINGLE PERSON would be paying attention to what he was saying. People were doing other HWs and finding any way to distract themselves from the actual lecture. Then came the homework for this class. They would take a long time and would be much harder than the examples that he provided in class. I had the best TA for this class and he would essentially spend 3 hours (including before and after discussion) to answer people's HW questions. He would also be very fair in grading our HWs. I believe the average in the class was "too high" for Dr. Koh by the time it came to the final project, so he graded it quite harshly. He also expected us to know a lot of Linear Algebra, which as many people mentioned is not a prequisite for this course. I

Kyung Koh
BIOE241

Expecting an A
Anonymous
01/28/2023

Dr. Koh is a nice guy. He will help you if you go to officer hours. However, his office is in a restricted area of AJC, so you need to let him know ahead of time. I learned nothing from his lectures. He is difficult to understand and just reads off the slides. I completed the homework assignments by going back through the lecture slides. I also had the best TA ever. He explained concepts I did not understand and gave hints as to how to complete the homework. The midterm was open note and he had officer hours to help students. I had over 100% in the course until the final project. I swear he realized he needed to create a grade distribution and then failed everyone on the final project. Differential equations and linear algebra are not prerequisites for this course, but he expects you to have mastery of the subjects for the final.

Kyung Koh
BIOE241

Expecting an A-
Anonymous
12/26/2022

Here is a complete, and hopefully detailed review about his professor. 1. This class is all Matlab. I did have previous Matlab experience from Math 241 and I took Intro to Matlab course as well, so I had a brief background about the program. It does take a bit of time to get the hang of using the program but once you do its fine. Although this class is full Matlab, they really do go to the understanding of basic stuff of Matlab (literally understanding the interface of Matlab, doing basic code such as for loops and assigning variables to stuff). So even if you don't have that great of a background its okay because they start off SUPER basic level. 2. Although some people did not like the him as much, I did not mind the professor. He does read off the slides but the slides are SUPER important and have a lot of the answers to the questions of the hw. He does make sense but I can see where people didn't like him because sometimes he would go on tangents that were low key unrelated. 3. Homeworks can sometimes be really easy but sometimes they were SUPER hard. But don't worry the TA's were super clutch and I literally owe my TA everything. He was super helpful and so nice and didn't make you feel embarrassed for not knowing. He patiently explained everything so def go to discussion if you don't know how to do hw. Otherwise skip bc sometimes its not needed if you already finished the hw. There's a lot of resources online about certain parts of Matlab and make friends in the class so you can help each other on the hw bc it is allowed! 4. Mid term was nice because we had the whole day to do it and it was open note obviously. You could also ask the professor for help but sometimes his answers were very vague and not helpful. But you have to be super persistent and he will give hints. Final was a project which is hard a little bit. You have a group and literally got a decent grade bc of them. Just make sure to have a really good group and you will be fine. Don't put it to the last min bc you'll be studying for finals and doing that project will take you A LONG TIME! Also, he kinda graded the final harshly compared to the other exam and hw. 5. I cant speak for him for other classes he teaches but hes not a bad professor for BIOE 241. Its not a hard class if you put time and effort. Go to office hours and ask TA for help and you will be good to go. Hope this helps :)

Kyung Koh
BIOE241

Expecting an A
Anonymous
12/23/2022

The grading was lenient if not only because it was done by the amazing TAs. I had a great TA so I learned everything from him, the professor was of no help and his lectures were absolutely pointless. He just wants to do work in his lab and would probably not be teaching this class if he could help it. Stinks for the bioe kids that he's the only professor for this class but try to make friends in your class and do homework with them. This guy is of no use,

Kyung Koh
BIOE241

Expecting an A+
Anonymous
12/15/2022

The only thing that really helped me in this class was the TA and working with classmates. Dr. Koh himself doesn't really teach well, and when asked questions his answers usually add in more confusion. The only reason I was able to understand what was going on and actually completing the homework assignments was once again, the TA. I would've skipped the lectures but he started giving pop quizzes whenever he realized a couple of people were missing in class. That being said, the class overall is easy: an online midterm and a final group project were are only major grades throughout the semester, you just have to deal with the fact that you won't learn much from the professor himself.

Kyung Koh
BIOE241

Expecting an A
Anonymous
12/13/2022

Easy professor: take-home midterm, no final (just final project), very few quizzes. Awful teacher: you will never have any idea what this man is talking about. Good Luck.

Kyung Koh
BIOE241

Expecting an A+
Anonymous
12/03/2022

The guy is great when you get to know him, but man he cannot teach. Nobody takes this class seriously -- half the time, majority of the students are on their phones/laptops not giving a damn about the course. The weekly homework is insanely hard -- going to the TA office hours for help on the homework is a MUST; otherwise, there is no surviving the course. The TAs in this class are for real the goat. I would not survive without them. With all of that being said, the one midterm is extremely fair. But other than that, good luck if you take his class.

Kyung Koh
BIOE241

Expecting an A
Anonymous
11/14/2022

*Mid semester review: Dr. Koh's lectures are not exciting and if you look away for 30 seconds you can be lost, but it doesn't matter because the slides are posted and that is all you need to succeed based on lecture. The rest of the class is working with your peers to try and figure out the homework because he allows you to work together. My TA was soooo helpful and nice. He does not curve but I have an A+ right now and I have never used Matlab before. The first 2 weeks are the scariest because wrapping your head around how to work MATLAB for the first time is tough, but I promise it gets better. He occasionally has pop quizzes in class but they are not hard. Overall, this class isn't fun but compared to other classes, it isn't bad at all because the grading is so lenient.

Hubert Montas
BIOE241

Expecting an A
Anonymous
02/17/2021

love this guy

Lan Ma
BIOE241

Expecting an A
Anonymous
06/08/2020

Great teacher and posts all her notes on Canvas. She is very helpful during office hours and all of the exams and quizzes are open notes.

Hubert Montas
BIOE241

Expecting an A
pat
11/14/2011

If you don't walk out of his class without having laughed your ass off, and 1 or 2 funny things to say, you have no soul whatsoever. I can't stress enough how hysterical this guy's mannerisms become after awhile. I didn't learn anything, but it was the easiest A I've ever had. It was worth it to go to class just to listen to his ridiculous and bizarre references to things that had absolutely nothing to do with the class. He is my capstone adviser now. . . not sure if that was a good idea, but I bet it will be hilarious nonetheless.

Hubert Montas
BIOE241

Anonymous
05/19/2011

What a unique professor - this guy might be one of the craziest people I've ever met. He makes terrible jokes, and will randomly bust out into creepy laughter. However, BIOE241 is a decent course. I came into the course with zero programming experience, and have come out learning a lot. The course is divided into two halves - C, and then MATLAB. The class is "easy", but you still have to put work into it. All of the lecture notes are online, which are important to read. The tests were open note/internet (NOT open people) and were easy if you came to lecture, did the homework, and read the online notes. Every once in a while there would be some really challenging problem on the homework, but otherwise it was not bad.

Hubert Montas
BIOE241

Expecting an A
zhangsta
12/17/2010

hahaha funny guy and really approachable too. if you've taken C before, this class will be easy. if you havent, then the class will suck balls at least until you get to MATLAB. exams were open book, open notes, and open internet.

Hubert Montas
BIOE241

Expecting an A
gundamwing4132
05/01/2008

Very funny and seemingly high on life all the time. Montas was VERY helpful for homework and any other help you could ask for. HW and projects were fair, easy if you had help from him or the TA.

Hubert Montas
BIOE241

Expecting an A-
scroofoo
10/23/2007

Went to lecture only about 4 times. Montas tends to ramble/mumble about MATLAB, C, the moon, or whatever else is on his mind that day. He has a quirky sense of humor if you get it (I didn't). Lectures are posted online. There is a weekly homework assignment, midterm/final, and a project. Midterm and final are open-internet/notes so they aren't really a problem. If you already have had exposure to C and MATLAB, then this class isn't worth attending. If you haven't, use your class time to read through Montas' notes instead of listening to him-you'll learn more.

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