TL,DR: Difficult lecture delivery, lengthy assignments (graded on completion though), bust easy/straightforward tests. Would recommend!!! :) He's very nice

Three things.

𝗢𝗻𝗲: Enakoutsa had written out his notes for the entire course already on his iPad in thick, calligraphy-brush marks, and his lectures simply comprised of him commentating on his drawings and calculations while circling things with the laser pointer. It was very difficult to follow and keep up with the pace since everything was already written out. His thick French accent can also be hard to understand sometimes. Most of our lectures were on Zoom, and he streams them on YouTube too so you can pause when needed.

𝗧𝘄𝗼: His homework assignments 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜. They often include the last few questions of the chapter, which are the hardest to do. However, homework is pretty much graded based on completion so as long as you show some work or attempt at all the problems, you should be fine. Also FYI: discussion worksheets do not need to be completed 100%. He only wants you to submit the work you can do in 1 discussion time frame.

𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗲: His tests are wonderful. Very straightforward, clear, and simple. He tells you what questions to expect, and as long as you attend his review sessions and understand the general idea then you will be fine (One of the questions on the final was from his final review session!). No trick questions; ~4 questions per test. Definitely recommend this professor if you want easy tests.

Overall, I had a good experience with Koffi primarily because of the easiness of the tests. Despite the difficult lecture method and lengthy assignments, the tests made it worth. Koffi is also very kind and is always willing to help, often hosting additional office hours before exams. Definitely recommend!

Grading Scale:
discussion wksts: 5%
homework: 10%
midterms: 22.5% each (or 30% of best)
final: 40% (or 55%)
*better of the two options is chosen

Textbook:
Textbooks are only used for homework problems, but can be useful for practice or going over lessons, as lectures are often based off of them.
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Exams:
Go to the review sessions. They tell you everything you need for the midterms. The final was much harder than the midterms, so do not put as much trust into the review sessions.

Grading:
The tests (I think) are graded by TAs but regrades are graded by Koffi. He is very stubborn and will more than likely not change any grades, even if you try to explain yourself.

Homework & Discussion Worksheets
For homework, he assigns a ton of problems but only grades 3-5 per assignment, and they are usually one of the first ones. Do not stress too much on the harder proofs at the end; they are never graded. There will be due dates for homework and discussion worksheets, but he gives you up until the end of the quarter to turn them in for full credit. Just email him to open up the submissions. Discussion worksheets are just problems from the textbook, and they do not have to be completed—a submission of what you finished within discussion gives you full credit.

Lectures:
Lectures are pre-recorded so that students can watch them before class. The classes themselves are also recorded. Koffi has an accent, but as long as you sit in the front or have your volume up on zoom, it is not too much of an issue. I found watching the lectures beforehand and following along with the textbook helpful to understanding the in class lectures. Koffi encourages questions which is nice, though he rarely understands the questions being asked. He oftentimes answers questions before people are done asking or just answers questions that he hears/wants to hear instead of the ones being asked. He can also be stubborn/blinded to corrections and it can be a little frustrating.

Professor:
Overall, Koffi is a very kind and funny professor. However, he spends a lot of class time with shady rants about students who go to the online lectures instead of in person (though he tries his best to express his understanding of the pandemic and it’s effects on learning). As said earlier, he is also stubborn with regrades and difficult with questions. Despite all that, he is a genuinely caring professor who wants his students to pass.

TAs:
I had Steven Troung as my TA. He’s a great TA! He’s been working with Koffi for a while now and is a great teacher. I had the Tuesday discussion which meant the worksheets oftentimes had material from lectures we haven’t had yet. However, Steven was great in giving mini lessons so that we could get them done. If you want these mini lessons that are easy to follow before going to the more heavy lectures, I recommend getting a Tuesday discussion. If you want to be able to do the worksheets after the lectures, choose Thursday.

Koffi is very intelligent and caring, but so intelligent sometimes it is hard to understand what he is saying. COVID online classes were easier because they were recorded and you could rewind. Multivariable Cal is hard but koffi made it very easy. He genuinely cares about students and multi. Will take him again if I have to.

DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS. This class is an absolute joke.
Koffi uses slides from other previous professors (only hiding the other instructor's name while using the slides in class). The slides can be found here: https://sites.math.rutgers.edu/~sc2518/170S. This is almost certainly ACADEMIC PLAGIARISM...To a worse extent, he never explains clearly what is he doing in the class, and not exaggeratingly, half of his math computations are purely wrong (once he wrote 60/4=12 and left that on the board without noticing).
He is an incompetent teacher who only knows reading off the slides (not even his own slides) and it is likely that he doesn't even know about the course materials himself. Lecture pace was also awfully designed--we lagged an entire chapter at the end of the quarter compared to the other class.
Some comments say that he is nice as a person--it's not the way I perceive--my final exam was graded by Professor himself and two of the questions were graded wrongly. I respectfully tried to ask for regrade but he only responded me with Gen-AI texts (even not deleting ReGex expressions) and rejecting my points without taking a closer look.
If you have no choice but to take this class with him, get prepared for self-learning and unreasonable gradings.

It was pretty chill, but he assigns basically the entire textbook for homework. Apart from insanely long homework assignments, it was good.

This is probably the worst class I have ever taken at UCLA. He is extremely unprofessional and not a good instructor. I attempted to go to his office hours (he doesn't really advertise these (lol) so you have to ask him about it) and he was seriously bothered that I went and asked for help XD. Go to one of his lectures in the quarter prior to when you are taking him and you'll understand what I mean immediately. im sure he is very qualified as he has a position here but he is seriously not a good professor in my opinion.

The grade distribution seems enticing but it isn't like that anymore for him and you wont learn a thing, unless it is a class like 170E where you can use the textbook. Take someone else.

Would definitely not recommend to a friend. The professor made this class more difficult than it needed to be for a summer class.
10% of the grade is from the homework, which is not bad for a math class, but HW is assigned for each new topic. Since the class is shortened into 6 weeks, HW is assigned EVERY lecture since a new topic is coveredd. With lectures being 3 times a week, this is 3 sets of HW EVERY week. And EVERY HW set contains about 20 problems each. So EVERY week its about 60 homework problems, meaning that you'll do about 360 problems for just 10% of your grade, or 36 problems is equal to just 1% of your grade. And the homework is graded based on completion + randomly selected problems for correctness.
Next, 5% of your grade is quizzes. This is fair as these are meant to be low-stakes and allow students to assess their knowledge in the class. However, there was some skepticism on one of the quizzes, and it was canceled and later rescheduled. It was claimed that higher scores after the quiz's deadline were due to cheating (getting answers from others). I didn't think this was reasonable to cancel the quiz scores based on a claim.
The midterms and finals make up the rest of your grade and are pretty heavy on the grading scale. It's a math class, so it's to be expected. There are two grading schemes in case you did better than the final or midterm. It was asked for each exam that each student have their face, hands, and paper to write their answers on to be viewable on their camera to "prevent cheating". He does give a study guide for the exams, but I didn't find them helpful. The point distribution for the exams was not reasonable, as he believed "partial credit is not deserved," and believed in getting the correct answers only. Oh, and the professor is the only one who grades the exams, not the TAs (who just hold discussions), so best of luck with the grading requests. One student did send a request, and he said something along the lines of "I gave you extra points and it still wasn't enough. Maybe you should grade the exam," mmmm, not very professional.
TLDR, don't take this professor if you have to over the summer. It's doable, but it's not fair. Don't take it from me, he even said, "If you don't like the class, then just drop it," so I would listen to him.

I understand why many others find his lectures and handwriting hard to follow, and I totally agree with that part. However, I believe a relatively high homework workload actually helped me a lot in preparation for exams, since he basically filters problems that he wants you to know with homework. He also offers plenty of office hours and gives the review session which directly relates to exam questions.

Gives an absurd amount amount of required homework (30+ hours per week) on top of lectures and discussions. the class its self isn't that difficult and the only redeeming thing about this professor is he has very organized and easy to follow slide when learning the topic. despite there being no attendance requirement, I found lecture recordings to be pretty useless because his hand writing is fairly illegible and unfortunately I cant really understand anything his saying due to his accent.

This class was dismal. He invoked and revoked a new attendance policy, first making it recorded, then not recorded, then recorded again. He had a bad management system for taking the midterm and the final, and it was really hard to navigate the mistakes he made on the exam, he wasn't very accommodating. Below is the final email he sent to us:

Dear Students,

I wanted to let you know that your final letter grades have been posted and should be available to you this afternoon.

After reviewing some of the comments on Campuswire (which I set up to facilitate questions about homework and course materials), I noticed that several remarks were quite critical. Some even questioned my teaching approach and claimed that the course was disorganized, with announcements about tests being made at the last minute. However, many announcements were shared during live lectures, and if you were not attending them regularly, you may have missed important updates.

As you continue your academic journey, I would like to offer a few pieces of advice:

Choosing Courses: If you found the structure of this class challenging, I recommend avoiding my courses in the future, as I don’t plan to change the number of homework assignments or the overall structure.

Handwriting Style: Regarding the comments on my handwriting, it varies due to the way I was taught from an early age. While some may find it unconventional, others have appreciated its uniqueness. I have a total of 7 handwritings.

Accent and Communication: I am originally from Africa, and while I work diligently to communicate clearly, my accent is part of my identity and is not something I can change. I encourage students to embrace the diversity of their professors, as this is part of the enriching university experience.

Lastly, if you have any concerns regarding your posted grades, I expect all communication to be respectful and polite. At this time, I will not tolerate any form of disrespectful behavior.

Thank you for your understanding.

Best regards,
Koffi Enakoutsa