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).

Horrible lectures. Horrible. Terrible. Youtube and textbook are how you learn. He posts midterm and final review sessions that are VERY similar to the actual exams, so study and know those well. If you do that, you'll probably do well in this class, and that's that. Homework sucks. It really sucks. 20 problems a week on average, consisting of challenge problems that take forever to figure out. To counteract this, all HW's are due after finals week if you get behind. Overall, easy but not fun or rewarding, and I might be screwed for 32B because of him.

I had the pleasure to take Prof. Koffi's class -- a very nice and bright Professor!

I enrolled into Koffi's class seeing all the positive reviews on Bruinwalk. I only went to one lecture the whole quarter, not only because I couldn't understand what he was saying due to his accent (which isn't his fault), but also his handwriting from his notes are impossible to decipher. That said, I only relied on Professor Leonard on Youtube, even if his lectures took forever to watch. I would occasionally join his zoom lectures to see what he was covering, yet majority of the time he would go on random tangents every time, which is why he was so behind on content. He would call all his students lazy, scoff at us for being young & not knowing anything. I would never take Koffi's class again for three main reasons. The first being that for both midterm 2 and the final, many of the questions covered material he crammed literally 2-3 days before the exam. It honestly is a first having a professor holding lecture during finals week. To be honest, I walked into the final thinking I would have to retake the class because it was so incredibly stressful. The second reason I would never take him is the weekly homework assignments that had 20-40 questions. I usually like homework in math classes, as it's super beneficial for practice. However, he gives questions IMPOSSIBLE to figure out on your own. While others have said it took them 2-5 hours, it took me so much longer. While he extends them to the end of the quarter, I ended up turning them all in at the end because some questions I just couldn't do. Just so you know, he assigned HW #9 on Thursday of Wk 10 and assigned HW #10 on Saturday of Wk 10 (after the quarter ended, lol). During spring break, I spent so much time finishing up my homework. The main reason I would never take him again is that he's just not a great lecturer. I spent so much time out of class teaching myself or learning through YouTube, which often led me to be behind on other classes. He reads off his notes, which are illegible, and often he skips important steps to learn the material. If you have no choice but to take him, I highly recommend not going to class as it's a waste of time and teach yourself. The textbook is great, but Professor Leonard is even better.

Professor Kofi is an exceptional calculus instructor. His expertise in the subject matter is truly impressive, and he has a talent for making complex concepts easy to understand. His lectures are engaging and interactive, and he creates a welcoming environment for students to ask questions and participate in discussions. He also provides clear and detailed feedback on assignments, helping students to improve their understanding and skills. Overall, Professor Kofi's class is a great learning experience and I highly recommend him as an instructor for anyone interested in calculus.

I have never taken a class with students feeling so divided over the quality of a professor. People often joked about how all the positive bruinwalk reviews of Koffi are him with a bunch of fake accounts, and... Koffi is the exact kind of man who would do that. He is by far the worst professor I have had the misfortune of taking at UCLA, and truly should not be teaching. You will learn more if you skip class, don't even try reading his lecture notes (which are years old and all in cursive) and just read the textbook like its the religious text of your choice.
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This brings up another issue: this class was so incredibly unorganized. Since week 1, Koffi was constantly 3-6 lectures behind schedule. The problem was that discussion sections didn’t take this into account, so the TA’s were always ahead of schedule. We were learning about TNB frames in section without even knowing cross product in lecture. Weekly homework also covered material from 1-2 weeks ago, which just completely threw off my groove. When I asked Koffi if he could post the upcoming homework earlier, he refused and responded with a rude email.
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We all know Koffi is a poor lecturer. And if that was the only thing bad about him, he wouldn't be that bad. He actively fostered an unhealthy learning environment, taking the time out of each lecture to call the students on zoom lazy (literally for minutes on end). Now, I always attended lecture in person, but the fact that he wasted our time when he was already 2 weeks behind was… frustrating. He also went on tirades during office hours and review sessions about literally anything other than math. Oh, he also accidentally posted his response to being rejected from a job he applied for in the zoom chat. So that shows you where his priorities lay. Not with the students.
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His midterms are slightly challenging, but nothing unexpected. The final was significantly more difficult, with lots of conceptual material asking you to prove whether conditions are true/false. This is content that he never mentioned in review sessions, and explicitly said he would not be including on the final. Though the homework (taken directly from the book) always included the challenge questions at the end of each chapter. Homework assignments took very long (because they had lots of challenge questions).
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Koffi crammed a weeks worth of lecture material into the weekend before finals week, and assigned 2 or 3 weeks worth of homework during finals week. And held lecture during finals week. He also held virtual lecture on a federal holiday. This man expects you to treat this class like it is the only class you are taking.
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Whenever I asked him a question or emailed him, he was extremely combative and outright rude. I’m not exaggerating when I say I felt like Koffi was low-key being a bully. I was having a conversation with him via email regarding grades, and after initially addressing him in the first email with “Dear Professor Enakoutsa, I hope this email finds you well…” I followed standard email etiquette and in my second email to him in the chain, continued the conversation without readdressing him again. Well, he did NOT like that and said: “Hi: Have you forgotten the format of the email? Koffi E”. All because I did not begin every email with “Dear Professor Enakoutsa”… I felt like he was just enjoying his power trip, which is such a shame.
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Overall, Professor Koffi Enakoutsa (as that is how he likes to be addressed) near single-handedly made me change majors. Professors in the math department don’t need to try and make math enjoyable, but they shouldn’t actively make the process of learning math dreadful. And that is where Enakoutsa fails.