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Roohollah Ebrahimian MATH600 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 12/21/2024	Since so many undergrads take this class, I suppose it's worth writing a review on here. Lectures are a bit dry, but the material is well-presented and we keep a good pace. He's an extremely fair professor, and will happily answer questions and such. He clearly enjoyed teaching this class (he mostly teaches undergrad courses, but in my opinion he's also well-suited to teach graduate courses like MATH600, idk about something more specialized). Cutoffs were 6 points per gradation, i.e. 100-94 A+, 94-88 A, etc. Generously curved the final exam because it was hard lol. Learned a lot of algebra!
Thomas Haines MATH600 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 12/25/2007	He wants to push students towards state-of-the-art mathematics. Fastest course I've ever taken. I believe it's his opinion that understanding 20%+ of the lecture is doing a good job, and the details are really an individual responsibility to fill in at home. He proves powerful theorems with really general hypotheses (no warm-up theorems) and most of the course is a stream of corollaries -- this approach is very efficient, but also tends to make things seem unmotivated. Tests are at the level of the qualifying exams. but are never unreasonable -- but if you haven't had the equivalent of 403/405 or have forgotten the material, you will probably die. In case it's relevant, he doesn't come across as a very nice person, but I'm glad to have had him as an instructor.