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Richard Wentworth MATH436 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/15/2024	During lecture, he will sometimes assume you know more than you do, so make sure to ask for clarification! He's very willing to answer questions and will try to make sure you understand why the answer is what it is. This semester, he experimented with having quizzes instead of exams, with the lowest score dropped. I thought these were mostly fair, but the time pressure was unfortunate if there was a proof that you didn't see the solution to immediately. We had low averages, but the cutoffs were adjusted pretty generously. Differential geometry is a hard subject, so expect to put in a lot of work with any professor. If you know what you're getting into, then Wentworth is solid.
Yaxiong Liu MATH436 Expecting an A fiftyseven 01/17/2024	Liu makes it abundantly clear that his main goal in teaching the class is for you to learn the content - and structures the class in a way which really reduces stress. The homeworks are either weekly or biweekly, but was willing to give extensions. The exams themselves were also very doable and he adjusted the final exam after the results of the first. The curve itself was also very lenient. Additionally, he put up notes online for each of the classes, alongside generally following the textbook very closely - which meant review or catching up was very easy and was a huge help.
Terence Long MATH436 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/23/2021	Lecture was straight from the book and not very inspiring which was disappointing since his PhD thesis was in differential geometry.
Terence Long MATH436 Expecting an A Anonymous 03/16/2020	Dr. Long is a very nice professor. His grading is clear.
Terence Long MATH436 Expecting an A Anonymous 03/02/2020	It is enough to say that Dr. Long is one of the best professors in the Math Department.
Terence Long MATH436 Expecting an A Anonymous 01/13/2020	Dr. Long is a funny, intelligent and easy guy.

Richard Wentworth
MATH436

Expecting an A
Anonymous
12/15/2024

During lecture, he will sometimes assume you know more than you do, so make sure to ask for clarification! He's very willing to answer questions and will try to make sure you understand why the answer is what it is. This semester, he experimented with having quizzes instead of exams, with the lowest score dropped. I thought these were mostly fair, but the time pressure was unfortunate if there was a proof that you didn't see the solution to immediately. We had low averages, but the cutoffs were adjusted pretty generously. Differential geometry is a hard subject, so expect to put in a lot of work with any professor. If you know what you're getting into, then Wentworth is solid.

Yaxiong Liu
MATH436

Expecting an A
fiftyseven
01/17/2024

Liu makes it abundantly clear that his main goal in teaching the class is for you to learn the content - and structures the class in a way which really reduces stress. The homeworks are either weekly or biweekly, but was willing to give extensions. The exams themselves were also very doable and he adjusted the final exam after the results of the first. The curve itself was also very lenient. Additionally, he put up notes online for each of the classes, alongside generally following the textbook very closely - which meant review or catching up was very easy and was a huge help.

Terence Long
MATH436

Expecting an A
Anonymous
12/23/2021

Lecture was straight from the book and not very inspiring which was disappointing since his PhD thesis was in differential geometry.

Terence Long
MATH436

Expecting an A
Anonymous
03/16/2020

Dr. Long is a very nice professor. His grading is clear.

Terence Long
MATH436

Expecting an A
Anonymous
03/02/2020

It is enough to say that Dr. Long is one of the best professors in the Math Department.

Terence Long
MATH436

Expecting an A
Anonymous
01/13/2020

Dr. Long is a funny, intelligent and easy guy.

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