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Sana Jahedi MATH141H Expecting an A Anonymous 02/19/2024	Very good professor on the whole. Very willing to answer questions and made a point to provide intuitive proofs for any major theorems/formulas that came up in class. All lecture notes were uploaded to the class website, although the lectures themselves weren't recorded. For each exam there was practice material analogous to what would be on the exam, and quizzes and exams were graded fairly (arithmetic errors incurred minor deductions). I strongly recommend if you want a professor who concentrates more on student understanding than rote proficiency with the tools of calculus.
Sean Gruber MATH141H Expecting a C+ Anonymous 12/15/2023	Dr. G is probably the best educator I have ever had in my life. He truly cares for his students and always is asking the class if they have any questions. Since I was in an honors class, the class size was very small which made it much easier to ask questions and work with people. He does multiple group quizzes which help boost your grade. He is a very understanding guy., so if there are any personal conflicts with assignments, he is very accommodating and open to figure something out. Regarding the classwork itself though, it is a HARD class. Calc 2 here is a very hard class in general since you're introduced into the topics very quickly and with advanced examples. If I didn't have Dr. G as a Professor I would definitely be failing the class. As long as you dedicate A LOT of time to studying, you should score decently on the exams and quizzes. Many other people in this class had high A's and some B's, but I struggle with math so the quizzes and exams were harder in my opinion. If you aren't the strongest math person, I would recommend a regular 141 class just because Dr. G doesn't curve tests. Overall, if Dr. G is an option for any of your classes, TAKE HIM 100%. Genuinely such a great person and would definetly take one of his classes again.
Sean Gruber MATH141H Expecting an A+ Anonymous 12/10/2023	Dr. G is one of the best math teachers I have ever had! He genuinely cares that his students do well in class and is willing to spend time in and out of class to ensure this. His teaching style is very active and involves a lot of discussion with other students to understand the intuition behind concepts, a strategy that significantly improves a student's understanding of a topic. He is also incredible at explaining things and will gladly spend time diving deep into a topic. I absolutely recommend taking Dr. G's class!
Wiseley Wong MATH141H Expecting an F Anonymous 05/28/2023	I think Wiseley Wong is a decent professor. I failed the class, but it was definitely my fault and not his. He's good at lecturing and isn't too boring, I'd say he's your standard math professor.
Shiferaw Berhanu MATH141H Expecting an A Anonymous 05/13/2023	I'm not sure why there are negative reviews here for Prof. Berhanu. I had the pleasure of taking him for MATH140H and MATH141H. He is an excellent professor whose exams are very reasonable. Like any other class, if you put the time into practice and understanding the concepts, it should not be difficult to do well. Professor Berhanu himself is kind, willing to answer questions and explain things, and is very accommodating. Both of his calculus courses were very short of being "impossible to pass".
James Conway MATH141H Expecting an A Anonymous 05/10/2023	Professor Conway's class, despite being an honors level course, was one of the best classes I've ever taken. Professor Conway is very kind and totally willing to explain things again if students don't understand something. He is also very helpful in office hours if you go. He does go kind of fast in class so you might end up writing stuff down without having time to understand it so I recommend reading over your notes after class and making sure there isn't anything you need him to explain in office hours. Aside from that, he is a great professor and I would totally recommend him.
Shiferaw Berhanu MATH141H Expecting an A Anonymous 05/01/2023	I had Professor Berhanu for MATH140H and for 141H and he was excellent for both. His grading is strict but fair. His expectations of his students are very high, but not unreasonably so. The class moves quickly, but that is to be expected of an honors class. Professor Berhanu is always available during office hours and does his best to get to know his students and make sure they succeed. If you're not willing to work hard on the material outside of class time, don't waste your time or his. If you take one of his courses expect a challenge, but expect to learn a lot.
Hussain Ibdah MATH141H Expecting a C Anonymous 01/10/2022	Dr. Ibdah is a great guy and a decent professor. You can tell he genuinely cares about his students and wants them to succeed. He made himself extremely available to students, essentially offering anytime office hours as long as the student emailed in advance. Dr. Ibdah gave much harder exams than other professors, but is a lot more lenient with his grading, giving a good amount of partial credit, which was fair in my opinion. Dr. Ibdah's lectures are fast-paced and sometimes hard to follow if you get lost. He is happy to answer your questions but sometimes the answer will get you lost as well. I would recommend reading the textbook section he is about to cover before the lectures. I found this to be very helpful, I wish I hadn't just started doing this in the last two weeks of the course. However, I still enjoyed this class and I'm glad to have had Dr. Ibdah as a professor, and I found his class to be beneficial and feel like I learned a lot, despite getting a C in the class.
Jonathan Rosenberg MATH141H Expecting a B Anonymous 12/19/2021	Wow. This was the worst teacher I’ve ever had. He really tries to teach the material but wastes 90% of class time proving theorems that you really don’t need to know. He often gave us homework’s on things we hadn’t learn yet and only changed the due date after o pointed this out ti him and the assignment was due. In other words, If you left the question blank and dIdnt use all your cengage attempts. He also loved to give us pop quizzes the second after learning new material, so If your the kind of person who only fully grasp the material that night after reviewing your notes, you cannot do well in this class. You would expect the honors section to do better than the regular section, but any section of 141 with Rosenberg is doomed from the start.
Mestiyage Gunatilleka MATH141H Expecting an A+ Anonymous 12/22/2020	I took this course in Fall 2019 Pros: + Okay at explaining concepts. + He teaches based on the textbook, so it's a good resource to learn from. + Quizzes are open note and you can ask him for help, so they're not too bad. + Tests are fair. Cons: - Could be better at lecturing - Homeworks can often feel very and unnecessarily hard compared to assessments, which can be frustrating. They can take a long time to finish.
Yijing Wu MATH141H Expecting an A Anonymous 12/15/2020	She explains the course material very well and is really understanding and helpful. For example, if you're having issues with hw problems, you can email her and she will respond quickly. She does go over some topics pretty fast but not in a way that makes it incomprehensible.
Huanchen Bao MATH141H Expecting a C Anonymous 11/02/2020	I would not recommend taking the honors version of math141 if you can avoid it. Dr. Bao was a brand new professor when I took him for math141H, and so I give him credit for trying to adjust to his new teaching role. However, he was not very good at explaining and his exams were really tough. Half way through the semester he stopped giving students partial credit on their work and that was my downfall. He curved really generously though because I should've failed his class and instead ended with a C. He's a really nice guy and I could tell he was trying, but overall would not want to have him again.
Yijing Wu MATH141H Expecting an A- Anonymous 03/25/2020	She has an accent which is a little hard to understand at first and she sometimes skips steps which make it difficult to follow and she moves very quickly, but once you understand her teaching style, it it not too bad.
Xiumin Du MATH141H Expecting an A Anonymous 06/04/2019	The best Calc teacher in UMD. Most of her Calc I students took Calc II with her.
Justin Wyss-Gallifent MATH141H Expecting an A Anonymous 10/24/2009	Justin is by far the best teacher in the math department. He covers everything you need to know in depth and focuses on things that each class is having trouble with. He takes it personally if his class does poorly on his exams and really puts in the effort to make sure they don't. That being said, his exams aren't easy but aren't impossible either. If you do the work and go to class you will do fine.
Justin Wyss-Gallifent MATH141H Expecting a B+ Anonymous 12/10/2008	This teacher is really awesome. His notes are really great and organized so I have a sweet notebook for review. If you have to take Calc 2, Justin is the best teacher to objectively help you understand the material and prepare for the tests. I'm taking my final on monday and I'm nervous about it but I feel like Justin made me more prepared than any other teacher could have.