Yeor Hafouta

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Yeor Hafouta MATH120 Expecting an A Anonymous 08/16/2023	Yeor is very difficult to understand in class. However, he is very forgiving when it comes to homework assignments. During MATH120, he extended some hw deadlines for weeks. you could basically turn in homework whenever you wanted to. The homework itself seemed very difficult on the surface, but the program we used to submit homework gave numerous hints, so it was really easy to mimic the hints and figure it out. The only issue with the homework is that a lot of it wouldn't be things that were brought up in class in detail. Exams were mind-numbingly easy, and loads of "half-credit." Because the exams were only about 3 questions, it was hard to get a whole question wrong. Overall, Yeor really tried in his lectures, doing really well connecting concepts to real-world examples. At the end of the class, Yeor allowed us to decide how we wanted our grade to be distributed, which when your grade will be heavily weighted on exams, is an extremely easy A.
Yeor Hafouta Expecting an A Anonymous 06/08/2023	A lot of homework, but easy midterms.
Yeor Hafouta Expecting an A Anonymous 06/07/2023	Easy midterms. Lots of hwk but they were 50% of the final grade. Teaching could be better, but together with the book I could understand.
Yeor Hafouta MATH120 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 05/16/2023	I rarely showed up to class bc I learned Calc from high school. Yeor is really bad at teaching. Knowledgeable about Calc yes, but cannot teach for the life of him. So many people in my class struggled bc of this. If you know Calc already, it doesn’t matter and you don’t really have to go to class at all. I retaught myself the math through the homeworks he assigned and if you do know Calc already, it does take a bit of time but not like full days to do it. If you don’t know Calc or at least some of it, I’d suggest not taking this class
Yeor Hafouta MATH120 Expecting an A Anonymous 05/16/2023	The other review could not have said it better. Not only is his weekly HW load incredibly inappropriate for a 120 calc class, it does not even help one prepare for the course final. I had to rely on review material from the other 120 professor to prepare for the final, which is luckily shared by all 120 classes regardless of professor. Half of the HW problems would be excessive, obscure formulaic based problems with 20+ steps that were both useless for the class and took hours to do. He was not receptive to student feedback on his hw, which really ruined the process of learning in this class. Since he is not returning to UMD, ill be making a review on rate my professor as well.
Yeor Hafouta MATH120 Expecting a B+ Anonymous 05/15/2023	At first, I can admit I did not like Professor Hafouta, but the more I attended lectures, I can say that he really isn't all that bad. I did not walk out of this class learning nothing. Although his two "midterms" were not the best and only 4 questions, I ultimately passed this class with a B+ (and I am by no means great at math). If you ever need assistance, he is attentive, and going to the discussions definitely helps. The main criticism that I have is the Pearson homework assignments that we had weekly. They definitely required a lot of time to complete. Other than that, if you have to take him, he's honestly not the worst professor.
Yeor Hafouta MATH120 Expecting a C- Anonymous 04/21/2023	Old fashioned. Will teach by using a chalk and a blackboard and will write small so unless you sit in the very front of the class you'll get very lost easily. Not to mention, he goes very fast. His workload is atrocious. His estimated time of work per week is 3 hours, but in reality, students spend around 2-3 hours a DAY totaling up to at least 12 hours a week just to finish assignments. He WILL make you pay 75$ for a Pearson code, and he doesn't drop the lowest quizzes and exams nor curves.