Haofei Fan
Department of Mathematics
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3.8
Overall Rating
Based on 18 Users
Easiness 4.7 / 5 How easy the class is, 1 being extremely difficult and 5 being easy peasy.
Clarity 2.9 / 5 How clear the class is, 1 being extremely unclear and 5 being very clear.
Workload 3.8 / 5 How much workload the class is, 1 being extremely heavy and 5 being extremely light.
Helpfulness 3.3 / 5 How helpful the class is, 1 being not helpful at all and 5 being extremely helpful.

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  • Needs Textbook
  • Useful Textbooks
  • Tolerates Tardiness
  • Appropriately Priced Materials
GRADE DISTRIBUTIONS
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28.7%
19.1%
9.6%
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Grade distributions are collected using data from the UCLA Registrar’s Office.

42.3%
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28.2%
21.2%
14.1%
7.1%
0.0%
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A
A-
B+
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C
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Grade distributions are collected using data from the UCLA Registrar’s Office.

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Quarter: Winter 2020
Grade: A+
March 30, 2020

The lectures were confusing and made very little sense. He focused a ton on proofs and theory that never came up on exams (as the exams were purely computational). The material itself is relatively easy, but it could have been explained in a much better way. However, the textbook does a great job at explaining so you can get by just teaching yourself. Also, discussion sections are a must- that's when the TAs go over a bunch of practice problems and explain the material in a much more clear way. Dr. Fan definitely made up for his teaching though with how easy his tests were. He gives you every type of problem that will be on the test, and releases past midterms and finals as practice. They're very straightforward, so if you can do the homework, you can do the tests no problem. Also, Dr. Fan tries his best to be helpful during office hours. He definitely cares and makes an effort for his students if you reach out to him.

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Quarter: Winter 2020
Grade: NR
Feb. 24, 2020

If you're the type of person that doesn't really pay attention anyway this guy is great. The homework is always useful/super relevant for the tests and reasonable. If you're looking for a professor that clearly explains the subject, find someone else. He's definitely a nice guy and is super smart but for me (and everyone else I know in the class), the textbook is much easier to learn from. But at the end of the day the tests are super reasonable and he doesn't try to trick you so I'd definitely recommend taking him if you're okay with terrible lectures.

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Quarter: Winter 2019
Grade: A
Jan. 7, 2020

Fan always posts his notes on CCLE. His notes are very organized and handwriting is clean. Workload is a little bit heavy but okay. Easy exams. Xuan ta, xuan ta, xuan ta!!!

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Quarter: Fall 2019
Grade: A
Jan. 6, 2020

It's a pretty easy class. I barely read the textbook but followed all the lectures. Sit in the front rows if you could. All the exams are easy. Highly recommend him.

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Quarter: Fall 2019
Grade: A
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Dec. 24, 2019

His lectures are terrible (half of the time he was just mumbling to himself, and aside from that the class was cramped and if you couldn't get a front row seat you couldn't see shit), but the midterms were dead easy (the median on the second midterm was a 98%) and the final wasn't bad either. I mostly relied on the textbook and my TA, because the lectures were impossible to follow. I wouldn't recommend taking him if you have a choice, but if you do take him, learn from the textbook and you'll do fine.

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Quarter: Fall 2019
Grade: A
Dec. 23, 2019

Fan was a good guy and gave easy homework and fairs exams. He even told the class every type of problem that would be on the final.

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Quarter: Winter 2020
Grade: A+
March 30, 2020

The lectures were confusing and made very little sense. He focused a ton on proofs and theory that never came up on exams (as the exams were purely computational). The material itself is relatively easy, but it could have been explained in a much better way. However, the textbook does a great job at explaining so you can get by just teaching yourself. Also, discussion sections are a must- that's when the TAs go over a bunch of practice problems and explain the material in a much more clear way. Dr. Fan definitely made up for his teaching though with how easy his tests were. He gives you every type of problem that will be on the test, and releases past midterms and finals as practice. They're very straightforward, so if you can do the homework, you can do the tests no problem. Also, Dr. Fan tries his best to be helpful during office hours. He definitely cares and makes an effort for his students if you reach out to him.

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Quarter: Winter 2020
Grade: NR
Feb. 24, 2020

If you're the type of person that doesn't really pay attention anyway this guy is great. The homework is always useful/super relevant for the tests and reasonable. If you're looking for a professor that clearly explains the subject, find someone else. He's definitely a nice guy and is super smart but for me (and everyone else I know in the class), the textbook is much easier to learn from. But at the end of the day the tests are super reasonable and he doesn't try to trick you so I'd definitely recommend taking him if you're okay with terrible lectures.

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Quarter: Winter 2019
Grade: A
Jan. 7, 2020

Fan always posts his notes on CCLE. His notes are very organized and handwriting is clean. Workload is a little bit heavy but okay. Easy exams. Xuan ta, xuan ta, xuan ta!!!

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Quarter: Fall 2019
Grade: A
Jan. 6, 2020

It's a pretty easy class. I barely read the textbook but followed all the lectures. Sit in the front rows if you could. All the exams are easy. Highly recommend him.

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Quarter: Fall 2019
Grade: A
Dec. 24, 2019

His lectures are terrible (half of the time he was just mumbling to himself, and aside from that the class was cramped and if you couldn't get a front row seat you couldn't see shit), but the midterms were dead easy (the median on the second midterm was a 98%) and the final wasn't bad either. I mostly relied on the textbook and my TA, because the lectures were impossible to follow. I wouldn't recommend taking him if you have a choice, but if you do take him, learn from the textbook and you'll do fine.

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Quarter: Fall 2019
Grade: A
Dec. 23, 2019

Fan was a good guy and gave easy homework and fairs exams. He even told the class every type of problem that would be on the final.

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3.8
Overall Rating
Based on 18 Users
Easiness 4.7 / 5 How easy the class is, 1 being extremely difficult and 5 being easy peasy.
Clarity 2.9 / 5 How clear the class is, 1 being extremely unclear and 5 being very clear.
Workload 3.8 / 5 How much workload the class is, 1 being extremely heavy and 5 being extremely light.
Helpfulness 3.3 / 5 How helpful the class is, 1 being not helpful at all and 5 being extremely helpful.

TOP TAGS

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  • Tolerates Tardiness
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