MATH430 | PlanetTerp

Information	Review
Myeong Jae Jeon MATH430 Anonymous 02/21/2023	Awful TA without helping, grading by feeling. Keep away from this person
Terence Long MATH430 Expecting an A Anonymous 03/09/2022	He was an amazing teacher, all the content is from the book but he explains it in a very understandable way. Homework consistency is good and exams are very fair.
Karin Melnick MATH430 Expecting a B+ Anonymous 01/30/2022	Lectures were taught quite nicely, and I was able to follow everything (although hyperbolic geometry did get somewhat hazy at times). This is definitely one of the more doable upper level math classes, and I appreciated the diversity of assignments/teaching: some written homework, Geometer's Sketchpad, down-to-earth videos highlighting math concepts, and in-class proofs that we'd do. She's a nice person, and she helped make the class content feel substantial.
Rodrigo Trevino MATH430 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 12/03/2021	He is a great proferssor. He cares a bout the class. He explains very good. One of the best professor that I have ever had. If you want to take his class, take it. I dont know why he has this average rating in Planet Terp. I think it is because MATH 246 is a course that everyone has to take. Therefore, many students that do not like MATH take it. And, obviously some of the students blame the professor when in reality they do not study hard like should be.
Rodrigo Trevino MATH430 Expecting an A- Anonymous 03/24/2021	The reviews of his 246 confuse me, because I feel like he's the exact opposite of what's described. You can tell he cares a lot about the class. On top, he's very responsive and passionate about helping students. Lectures are clear and entertaining. Exams and homework are fair and graded quickly (we have a good grader too!). The text used really sucks but I can live with that. Overall the course is organized and enjoyable. Highly recommend.
William Goldman MATH430 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 06/12/2020	Mr. Goldman is a very good professor for geometry-related math courses. His tests are straightforward.
William Goldman MATH430 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 06/11/2020	Mr. Goldman is a very good professor for upper-level math courses. His assignments are straightforward.
William Goldman MATH430 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 06/08/2020	Dr. Goldman is a nice professor. His assignments are straightforward.
William Goldman MATH430 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 06/04/2020	Really good professor. The assignments are not hard to do.
William Goldman MATH430 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 05/15/2020	Dr. Goldman is very cool! His assignments are straightforward.
Karin Melnick MATH430 Expecting an A- zaqu413 12/24/2011	First off I must say that people must account for the class she is teaching when thinking about taking her class. I took the upper level geometry course with her and she would occasionally complain about how bad her calc students were. She seemed to like us a lot more. Lecture: Was a little dry, but she gave good examples and explained things very well, things get a little strange when we get to non-Euclidean stuff which is weird. Homework: Was hard. About 85% of the homework problems she made up, which were often pretty hard, if she assigned work from the book it was often pretty easy. There were also three computer projects with Geometer's Sketchpad which were somewhat difficult. Office Hours: Very helpful, in the beginning most people didn't know how to write a proof so she would more or less just do it for us. Tests/Quizzes: Quizzes were fairly easy, just basic test to make sure you are keeping up with the material. The midterm was pretty easy too, the Final was a little harder because it had some crazy hyperbolic stuff. The layout of the midterm and final were something like this: 1) Some true false (no justification) 2) fill-in-the-blank proof 3) Do it yourself proofs 4) Some computational stuff or short answer Grades: 25% = 12 Homeworks assigned on Friday due the next Friday (drop 2) 10% = 3 Geometer's Sketchpad projects 35% = Final 20% = One midterm 10% = 4 In class worksheets and 4 quizzes (lowest dropped) Again this review should only be applied to her upper level classes.
Frances Gulick MATH430 Expecting a b Anonymous 05/02/2008	STAY AWAY... she is a terrible instructor. he lectures are absolutely pointless and you will not follow anything she says because nothing is interactive... her homework is easy to do but she is so tough on grading it that your grade will go down from the homework and it doesn't help you at all. her tests are too long, and she is again a very tough grader... I am usually an A math student and it comes natural to me, but she was just so tough on grading and did no teaching...
Frances Gulick MATH430 Expecting an A jeffreyb 01/27/2008	Her tests are unreasonably difficult and often do not reflect the material taught. Homework is assigned almost every class and she always ran 5 minutes over. Didn't learn much, but I wasn't really interested in the class.

Myeong Jae Jeon
MATH430

Anonymous
02/21/2023

Awful TA without helping, grading by feeling. Keep away from this person

Terence Long
MATH430

Expecting an A
Anonymous
03/09/2022

He was an amazing teacher, all the content is from the book but he explains it in a very understandable way. Homework consistency is good and exams are very fair.

Karin Melnick
MATH430

Expecting a B+
Anonymous
01/30/2022

Lectures were taught quite nicely, and I was able to follow everything (although hyperbolic geometry did get somewhat hazy at times). This is definitely one of the more doable upper level math classes, and I appreciated the diversity of assignments/teaching: some written homework, Geometer's Sketchpad, down-to-earth videos highlighting math concepts, and in-class proofs that we'd do. She's a nice person, and she helped make the class content feel substantial.

Rodrigo Trevino
MATH430

Expecting an A+
Anonymous
12/03/2021

He is a great proferssor. He cares a bout the class. He explains very good. One of the best professor that I have ever had. If you want to take his class, take it. I dont know why he has this average rating in Planet Terp. I think it is because MATH 246 is a course that everyone has to take. Therefore, many students that do not like MATH take it. And, obviously some of the students blame the professor when in reality they do not study hard like should be.

Rodrigo Trevino
MATH430

Expecting an A-
Anonymous
03/24/2021

The reviews of his 246 confuse me, because I feel like he's the exact opposite of what's described. You can tell he cares a lot about the class. On top, he's very responsive and passionate about helping students. Lectures are clear and entertaining. Exams and homework are fair and graded quickly (we have a good grader too!). The text used really sucks but I can live with that. Overall the course is organized and enjoyable. Highly recommend.

William Goldman
MATH430

Expecting an A+
Anonymous
06/12/2020

Mr. Goldman is a very good professor for geometry-related math courses. His tests are straightforward.

William Goldman
MATH430

Expecting an A+
Anonymous
06/11/2020

Mr. Goldman is a very good professor for upper-level math courses. His assignments are straightforward.

William Goldman
MATH430

Expecting an A+
Anonymous
06/08/2020

Dr. Goldman is a nice professor. His assignments are straightforward.

William Goldman
MATH430

Expecting an A+
Anonymous
06/04/2020

Really good professor. The assignments are not hard to do.

William Goldman
MATH430

Expecting an A+
Anonymous
05/15/2020

Dr. Goldman is very cool! His assignments are straightforward.

Karin Melnick
MATH430

Expecting an A-
zaqu413
12/24/2011

First off I must say that people must account for the class she is teaching when thinking about taking her class. I took the upper level geometry course with her and she would occasionally complain about how bad her calc students were. She seemed to like us a lot more. Lecture: Was a little dry, but she gave good examples and explained things very well, things get a little strange when we get to non-Euclidean stuff which is weird. Homework: Was hard. About 85% of the homework problems she made up, which were often pretty hard, if she assigned work from the book it was often pretty easy. There were also three computer projects with Geometer's Sketchpad which were somewhat difficult. Office Hours: Very helpful, in the beginning most people didn't know how to write a proof so she would more or less just do it for us. Tests/Quizzes: Quizzes were fairly easy, just basic test to make sure you are keeping up with the material. The midterm was pretty easy too, the Final was a little harder because it had some crazy hyperbolic stuff. The layout of the midterm and final were something like this: 1) Some true false (no justification) 2) fill-in-the-blank proof 3) Do it yourself proofs 4) Some computational stuff or short answer Grades: 25% = 12 Homeworks assigned on Friday due the next Friday (drop 2) 10% = 3 Geometer's Sketchpad projects 35% = Final 20% = One midterm 10% = 4 In class worksheets and 4 quizzes (lowest dropped) Again this review should only be applied to her upper level classes.

Frances Gulick
MATH430

Expecting a b
Anonymous
05/02/2008

STAY AWAY... she is a terrible instructor. he lectures are absolutely pointless and you will not follow anything she says because nothing is interactive... her homework is easy to do but she is so tough on grading it that your grade will go down from the homework and it doesn't help you at all. her tests are too long, and she is again a very tough grader... I am usually an A math student and it comes natural to me, but she was just so tough on grading and did no teaching...

Frances Gulick
MATH430

Expecting an A
jeffreyb
01/27/2008

Her tests are unreasonably difficult and often do not reflect the material taught. Homework is assigned almost every class and she always ran 5 minutes over. Didn't learn much, but I wasn't really interested in the class.

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