Enakoutsa is probably a great guy, however, he is unintelligible due to his thick accent. If you want a math teacher to actually teach you, find another class. However, if you can teach yourself, the textbook is great, and the tests are manageable. VERY IMPORTANT: Enakoutsa does not like to write new exams, so when given old exam material, memorize it, and you'll ace the exams.

Lectures aren't recorded, though he just follows the textbook so if you miss a lecture you can just take notes on the chapters.

Tests are very similar to practice exams, final is slightly harder but the 3 hours is more than enough time if you know you stuff.

One annoying thing is that the homework is always behind on what we're learning, as in we'll be doing homework on stuff we learned like 2 weeks ago so it's not going to help us on our upcoming tests or quizzes.

I think as a class it's pretty easy but just make sure you don't make silly mistakes and touch up on some trig identities from BC and you should be fine.

To preface this, it is true that professors with accents tend to be given lower ratings by students, which is not entirely fair. Professor Enakoutsa was perfectly intelligible, and this review is not based on his speaking ability. However, his handwriting is quite difficult to read, and everything on screen during lectures is his handwritten notes.
This is not an issue as soon as you realize that EVERYTHING in those notes and in the slides provided on Bruinlearn are ripped word for word from the textbook, and that following along in the textbook will provide you exactly the same educational experience as the lectures.
If you are taking this class, buy the textbook. Read the textbook. If something from lecture is confusing, it's printed clearly in the textbook. Don't bother with anything else.
Otherwise, the homework load was generally manageable, although it was noticeably lagging behind the class, which was itself lagging behind the pace outlined in the syllabus. Despite this, the professor commented that our class is the first time he's managed to finish the course material on time. My TA, Venkat, was excellent, and was a great resource for clarifying things from the lecture.
Midterm and final were both alright, one question each on four topics, sometimes with sub-questions.

useless stuck-up unaccommodating professor

Clever and very accommodating Professor!

such a terrible class. terrible lecturer. he would go off on rando tangents and we fell so far behind. he didn't really teach math with examples and plenty of clarification. he often glazed over topics and i didn't understand a thing he said. he also cared way too much about whther people were paying attention to him. he once stopped the lecture to wait for someone to put their phone away. huh!? this is college, not middle school bruh. avoid this professor plz

I had the pleasure of attending lectures by Professor Enakoutsa, and I must say that I was thoroughly impressed. His lectures were engaging, informative, and thought-provoking. He has a talent for explaining complex concepts in a clear and concise manner, making them accessible to students of all levels. Additionally, he encourages critical thinking and creates a supportive learning environment. Overall, I highly recommend Professor Enakoutsa's lectures to anyone seeking an exceptional learning experience.

Overall I would say that Mr Enakoutsa is a very passionate and sweet professor who wants his students to participate, learn, and be passionate. I think he teaches pretty well — he is not the clearest math professor at UCLA but he makes up for it by being interactive with students during lecture. There were multiple times when he would ask the class a question and no one would know how to answer. From this, he would realise that no one understood him the first time and so he repeated the concept so that we would actually understand.

But, I would say that there are a few flaws with the way the quarter panned out, especially in the homework workload. The homework load was reasonable, but the Professor's requirement that everything had to be coded in Latex was not. By week 6-7, we were doing complex integral work that took easily an additional 2-3 hours each week just to code into Latex, which I didn't think the Professor had considered when assigning the homework, and definitely added unneeded stress. Secondly, in week 6-7, the professor had not completed teaching what was required on the homework before it was due. He did extend the deadline, but obviously this is not a preferable situation. Lastly, his midterm weighed 40% which I flunked while studying for 131A the same week LOL. To compensate for this, he made all homeworks after week 7 optional and offered an extra credit option.

My point here is that taking Math 42 with Prof. Enakoutsa is probably going to be a little less structured than the regular math class, but overall he is reasonable and sensitive to students' needs, and will accommodate you if you communicate with him. He might make a mistake (we're human and Math 42 is a difficult class to structure), but he is sure to make up for it. But I wouldn't recommend taking this class with other difficult math classes (Math 131A and above) because the unpredictability might cause extra stress given an already large workload. But if Math 42 is the class you are focusing most of your attention on, you'll probably have a great time (the course content is pretty interesting after week 4).

First off, I have to say the reviews on this site on are grossly inflated because Koffi keeps spamming overwhelmingly positive reviews. It’s actually hilarious how easy it is to pick out which reviews he wrote, and just the fact that he has spent so much time writing probably almost half these reviews that totally don’t sound like him praising himself.
But anyways, this class isn’t the worst class ever, but it’s definitely something you should try to avoid. I picked him coming in as a freshman because I was fooled by the reviews, so don’t make that mistake. The homeworks took extremely long and weren’t really what the exams tested anyways, and just seemed unnecessarily difficult for actual learning of introductory multi variable calculus. Lectures weren’t great either because it is difficult to read his handwriting, and he skips many steps when explaining, so overall pretty hard to follow most of the time. Also the pacing will be far behind the other 32A lectures that are concurrent, and he will rush way too fast at the end in an attempt to catch up. Kinda defeats the entire purpose of the class because you barely cover the topics near the end of the class and then are expected to know how to do them. The midterms were very easy, but the final was definitely a curveball and not consistent in difficulty at all.
Overall, I think the cons outweigh the “pros” that the other “reviews” have given. Perhaps, the guy should focus on addressing the valid criticisms of his teaching instead of posting more fake reviews lol.

Overall, this class is conceptually not too difficult if you know your math. Doesn't diverge from the textbook and exam questions are not too bad. Lots of homework, which is useful to do if done actively, besides the unnecessarily difficult challenge problems at the end of most sections. Professor was clear if you can understand his illegible handwriting or accent (not too bad IMO), but textbook is clearer. Not the worst but if you are not a math person, find a good lecturer. Not recorded to increase attendance (don't go if you know the concepts).