Enakoutsa is a very nice professor and truly wants every student to succeed. This is his first quarter here and he had a rough start with the pacing and had to post additional videos which I was not a fan of, but he quickly adapted and was more efficient. The homework amount was very reasonable, and going through slader for problems I did not know how to do helped a lot. He was not required to explain the conceptual part of the math, but when he did I didn't follow what he was saying very well.
The material for 32A is computational, and he does a good job at going through examples and answering questions and I would most definitely choose him again for this class if I were to go back, but for a non computational math class such as 32B I would be hesitant to choose him. His tests are very reasonable and GO TO THE REVIEW SESSIONS. He goes over exactly what you need to know and I found them very helpful.

Koffi is a very kind and approachable professor who is passionate about teaching. However, this was his first quarter at UCLA, and I think he had a difficult time adjusting to the pace of the quarter system having previously taught only on the semester system. At the beginning of the course, he spent a lot of time on concepts that didn't really need that much elaboration, resulting in him not finishing on time and assigning hours of prerecorded lectures for us to watch. He realized this wasn't a sustainable approach, though, and stopped doing this, seemingly learning to manage instructional time better in the coming weeks. Homework was challenging and long, and it's very easy to lose points, so I highly suggest comparing answers with classmates or verifying them online. He gave two midterms and a final, all of which were pretty fair, as well as timed quizzes which counted as 10% of your midterm grade.

He is very approachable during office hours and also hosted a few optional test review sessions. He doesn't always explain things in the clearest way during lectures, so office hours are very helpful if you didn't understand the material that well. Lastly, he does have a thick accent, but I don't really think it made him hard to understand. Some of my criticisms of Koffi are a result of his transition to the quarter system rather than his actual teaching ability, so keep that in mind. I'm sure that he will improve over time.

Prof. Enakoutsa is a very nice person and does seem to care about his students. Unfortunately, it's hard to understand his lectures sometimes due to his accent and choppy mic. Sometimes he tries drawing diagrams during lectures, but, to be expected, it's hard to draw clear 3D diagrams, so you're better off looking at the book's diagrams. The prof almost never strays from the book's material, so when his lectures become hard to understand, just read the corresponding chapter in the book. Sometimes, the tests had vague/unclear questions, but Prof was pretty responsive and made sure to not include those types of questions on the final. I wouldn't actively try to take his class again because I feel the learning was a bit slow, but if I end up with him again, I wouldn't mind.

Professor Enakoutsa is truly outstanding. His knowledge and passion for his subject matter are evident in his lectures, which are engaging and thought-provoking. He has a genuine interest in his students' success and goes above and beyond to ensure they understand the material. Professor Enakoutsa's dedication to his field is inspiring and makes him an asset to any academic institution. I highly recommend taking a course with him.

I could not understand him or read his handwriting. I recommend reading the textbook instead of attending class.

Koffi is the best Math Professor in UCLA. For every student who takes M32A, you would definitely regret if you choose another professor. His lecture is very engaging. His handwriting is very clear. Particularly, for challenging questions, he will divide it into simple questions and solve step by step. His exam and quiz are very easy, and review session is very useful. In terms of assignments, he will not give any assignments in the first three weeks, and his assignments are not a lot.

Professor Enakoutsa is hard to understand and so is his writing. During class, he simply works through problems as if he is just doing them on his own, using shortcuts and tricks that a student learning the material for the first time would not know. Lectures are more watching and copying down whatever he has on the board and not fully understanding it rather than him actually teaching the concepts. As this is my second time taking this same course with him, I figured out better ways to learn and study on my own because his lectures are not very helpful. When asked a question, he oftentimes gets irritated and spends more time expressing why he does not like the question than just answering it. He does not seem to be on the same page as his TAs and the lack of communication between them made it difficult to get productive feedback. A lot of questions do not even get addressed; he set up a Campuswire which he said he responds to better than email, but he does not answer most of the questions on there and I have sent him multiple emails that he has not responded to as well. As this is an online course for summer, at the beginning of the course majority of the class was blocked from joining the Zoom and when students brought it up to him he would just say to talk to IT. He would even call out students who asked questions by saying “It’s apparent you have not been logging into class” even though they were having trouble accessing IT. He has argued with his students AND TAs on Campuswire and even copy and pasted a students’ evaluation of him and sent it in an email to the whole class calling the students’ criticism “crazy”. At the end of this course, there were no grades entered in BruinLearn at all and as students repeatedly asked in CampusWire when our grades would be released, the professor ignored them all. Finally, two weeks after the course ended, I emailed Professor Enakoutsa about the release of grades and if we would be able to see our score from the final to which he replied “Waouh! So you have not seen your letter grade in your grade report. The session was over two weeks ago.” Not only was the professor’s response rude, but he also did not answer my question and when I asked again he said the grades cannot stay public forever, however our grades were never made public as far as I know and if they were, he never told the class they were available. Also, he says the grades cannot stay public forever, but our midterm grade and my grade from the final I took with him during spring quarter are still available which strengthens my claim that these final grades were never released. I was finally able to view my final class grade on my grade report on MyUCLA, but I was never able to see what I got wrong on my final or even what my final score was and I never saw the breakdown of my grade, only the overall class grade at the end of the course which is very concerning because going into the final I had an A- but ended the course with a C+. Professor Enakoutsa has not stayed on track with the course plan he posted at the beginning of the course which is fine but he does not mention what section he is in from day to day because it does not match where he predicted we would be. The homework load is also very heavy with three assignments per week with about 25-40 questions in each assignment. Considering this is a condensed summer course, having separate assignments with so many questions took hours to complete every week. The grading for the homework is also very random as some questions are worth one point and others are worth twenty points so every assignment adds up to 100 points. The homework is graded for correctness and it always seems the questions you get wrong are worth the most points.

Upon first meeting Professor Enakoutsa during our first Math 32A lecture, I found him to be interesting and an entertaining teacher.-- He seemed funny and I was optimistic about learning multivariable calculus from someone with such a passionate personality. It was the next class meeting, however, where seats previously filled became vacant, that I realized I may have made a mistake in choosing this professor....

Nevertheless, I stuck it out the remainder of the quarter, dedicating a great amount of my own time and energy to Math 32A outside of lectures and discussions; I began to "speak his language" (that is, better decipher the material through his French accent) and was able to gain a relatively high confidence in the subjects we were learning. Seriously, I could detail each and every chapter in the textbook and describe succinctly the ins-and-outs of vector functions, directional derivatives, and parametric equations.

Apparently, all of this effort proved meaningless when I received my final grade, (which I will not share because, frankly, I'm embarrassed) which was the lowest grade I have EVER received in any class I've taken. EVER.

I reached out to Professor Enakoutsa to communicate my concern, to which I received NO REPLY. Unfortunately, this was as I had expected as I sent him several emails DURING THE QUARTER regarding homework and test material which met the same fate.

I tried very hard to look past the less-than-flattering reviews I had seen for Professor Enakoutsa and allow myself to develop my own opinion on him, but I am saddened to say that they are all true... the negative ones, at least-- DO NOT be fooled by the rare sprinkling of overly positive reviews left by "real students" on this website or the Reddit forums; They have been angrily crafted by the terribly fragile ego belonging to none other than Professor Enakoutsa (But if you're looking for a laugh, go search up this name on Reddit, you won't be sorry lol ;)). In fact, as I write this, I am bracing myself for a bitter response from one of his anonymous accounts, which is ridiculous and sad.

Long story short: Avoid Professor Enakoutsa... SERIOUSLY! The material was interesting. The class was unorganized. The assessments were fine. The homeworks were long. Professor Enakoutsa was the worst I have encountered at UCLA.

if you have any commitments that make you miss class he will be horrible about it. i had work during his class once a week, and enrolled late, and he was cold, unforgiving, and actively pointed out and made fun of students leaving early to go to their jobs. it’s really not fair towards working students, and it’s kind of odd how he acts like they don’t deserve to be in his class because they have to work to be able to afford to be there in the first place. his class material is fine, he is understandable and a good teacher but has an extremely questionable attitude towards students who have priorities other than him.

DO NOT TAKE KOFI. He only teaches from the textbook which makes going to class not worth it, but even if you do go, his handwriting is illegible. He has been rude to students, posted his own poor reviews in order to talk down on students, and his tests have many errors which are not corrected until you are taking them. I loved math so much and even competed for four years in math but I do not wish to take another math class because of the professor.