MATH 32B
Calculus of Several Variables
Description: Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Enforced requisites: courses 31B and 32A, with grades of C- or better. Introduction to integral calculus of several variables, line and surface integrals. P/NP or letter grading.
Units: 4.0
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If taking Math 32B which is the hardest lower division math course, AVOID HIM AT ALL COST. Before the final I was so stressed out and began studying for it one week before it. And when I say study, I mean endless days in the library with only the book and notes and paper. Just when I thought I probably understood everything, he blew my mind with the hardest final I have ever had cuz I had no idea how to do 90% of it. DONT TAKE HIM FOR 32B unless you are an absolute genius.
If taking Math 32B which is the hardest lower division math course, AVOID HIM AT ALL COST. Before the final I was so stressed out and began studying for it one week before it. And when I say study, I mean endless days in the library with only the book and notes and paper. Just when I thought I probably understood everything, he blew my mind with the hardest final I have ever had cuz I had no idea how to do 90% of it. DONT TAKE HIM FOR 32B unless you are an absolute genius.
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Fall 2023 - I simply could not learn from this professor. He was definitely nice and considerate , but I found it super hard to understand what he was saying and it was just hard to follow. Granted this is definitely the hardest lower div math by far, but still doable. You just had to constantly practice. Actually do the homework it is worth the time investment. Please do good on Midterm 1 because midterm 2 gets way harder. And oh my the content after the midterm 2 just got exponentially harder and the final was brutal. It was the only math class I've seen where 90%+ of the class used all 3 hours. Just do a lot of practice finals and use his study guide and you'll be fine.
Fall 2023 - I simply could not learn from this professor. He was definitely nice and considerate , but I found it super hard to understand what he was saying and it was just hard to follow. Granted this is definitely the hardest lower div math by far, but still doable. You just had to constantly practice. Actually do the homework it is worth the time investment. Please do good on Midterm 1 because midterm 2 gets way harder. And oh my the content after the midterm 2 just got exponentially harder and the final was brutal. It was the only math class I've seen where 90%+ of the class used all 3 hours. Just do a lot of practice finals and use his study guide and you'll be fine.
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Winter 2021 - Enakoutsa...was not good. he genuinely does not know math. Besides spending his lecture purely reading from the textbook and just rewriting all of the information, he is constantly making basic and fundamental mistakes that students must correct him on, other wise he just assumes his answer is right and rolls along. He writes everything out in literal caligraphy and you can only grasp about 30% of what he's actually saying so you are much better off just skipping lectures and reading the frickin book because it will just give you a headache. His homeworks are also PAINFULLY LONG and he consistently assigns the last. problem. of the chapter. Which we ALL know is the hardest and weirdest problem that ends up taking literally an hour. Sorry, ranting, this class is a pain but it has the redeeming quality of having relatively easy tests and finals, probably because he doesn't really know how to form questions on material other than the basics but no complaints on that part.
Winter 2021 - Enakoutsa...was not good. he genuinely does not know math. Besides spending his lecture purely reading from the textbook and just rewriting all of the information, he is constantly making basic and fundamental mistakes that students must correct him on, other wise he just assumes his answer is right and rolls along. He writes everything out in literal caligraphy and you can only grasp about 30% of what he's actually saying so you are much better off just skipping lectures and reading the frickin book because it will just give you a headache. His homeworks are also PAINFULLY LONG and he consistently assigns the last. problem. of the chapter. Which we ALL know is the hardest and weirdest problem that ends up taking literally an hour. Sorry, ranting, this class is a pain but it has the redeeming quality of having relatively easy tests and finals, probably because he doesn't really know how to form questions on material other than the basics but no complaints on that part.
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Winter 2021 - Professor Forlano made me feel a lot better about my math skills after fall quarter. He explained things pretty clearly and really really aligned with what the textbook was teaching, so anything I wasn't super clear on I could look and find a similar problem in the textbook with a written out explanation. He talks pretty slow, but he has a cool British or Australian accent so it's understandable even at 1.5x speed. His midterms were the first that I felt like would've made sense to give in an in-person setting. They weren't insanely hard like the other exams that professors made for 24 hour midterms, but it still tested the material so it was great. He also provides a lot of practice problems, but we only have to turn in about five specific questions each week. The workload is really light compared to other professors. 10/10 would recommend.
Winter 2021 - Professor Forlano made me feel a lot better about my math skills after fall quarter. He explained things pretty clearly and really really aligned with what the textbook was teaching, so anything I wasn't super clear on I could look and find a similar problem in the textbook with a written out explanation. He talks pretty slow, but he has a cool British or Australian accent so it's understandable even at 1.5x speed. His midterms were the first that I felt like would've made sense to give in an in-person setting. They weren't insanely hard like the other exams that professors made for 24 hour midterms, but it still tested the material so it was great. He also provides a lot of practice problems, but we only have to turn in about five specific questions each week. The workload is really light compared to other professors. 10/10 would recommend.
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Let me start by saying that his accent is awesome. Unfortunately, that's about the best thing I can say about him. Because of the accent, it took me to realize that he's a sub par lecturer who just copies his notes on the board without ever taking time to explain. If you want to write down everything he puts on the board you will be writing nearly nonstop for the entire fifty minute lecture. Midterms aren't too bad, but the final in 32b wasn't cumulative which was really disappointing since everything difficult in the class is covered in the last three weeks. If you have no other options, my advice is to take him and never attend his lectures, you will get nothing from them.
Let me start by saying that his accent is awesome. Unfortunately, that's about the best thing I can say about him. Because of the accent, it took me to realize that he's a sub par lecturer who just copies his notes on the board without ever taking time to explain. If you want to write down everything he puts on the board you will be writing nearly nonstop for the entire fifty minute lecture. Midterms aren't too bad, but the final in 32b wasn't cumulative which was really disappointing since everything difficult in the class is covered in the last three weeks. If you have no other options, my advice is to take him and never attend his lectures, you will get nothing from them.
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Fall 2020 - Y'all I'm going to be wildly honest. 1. I am not good at math (was openly the worst in my high school, luv that). 2. I did not attend lecture. 3. I did not attend discussion. Oleg Gleizer is AMAZING. He's so nice, funny, and he's one of those professors where you can tell that he's truly passionate about what he's teaching. If you get the chance, I really recommend attending lecture. He often goes completely off topic, and I know that bothers some students. However: he always remembers that this is a class, and it's unfair to constantly give us random tidbits and test us on different material. So, he often includes the fun little examples from lectures on his tests and quizzes. Having barely ever attended lecture, and having never attended discussion, I was able to get close to 100 on all three exams just by looking at examples in his notes and in the textbook. I highly recommend taking this class with Gleizer, because his tests are so fair. Find the question on the test, look at his notes, look at the textbook, look at similar homework problems and find their solutions. You got this.
Fall 2020 - Y'all I'm going to be wildly honest. 1. I am not good at math (was openly the worst in my high school, luv that). 2. I did not attend lecture. 3. I did not attend discussion. Oleg Gleizer is AMAZING. He's so nice, funny, and he's one of those professors where you can tell that he's truly passionate about what he's teaching. If you get the chance, I really recommend attending lecture. He often goes completely off topic, and I know that bothers some students. However: he always remembers that this is a class, and it's unfair to constantly give us random tidbits and test us on different material. So, he often includes the fun little examples from lectures on his tests and quizzes. Having barely ever attended lecture, and having never attended discussion, I was able to get close to 100 on all three exams just by looking at examples in his notes and in the textbook. I highly recommend taking this class with Gleizer, because his tests are so fair. Find the question on the test, look at his notes, look at the textbook, look at similar homework problems and find their solutions. You got this.
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