Koffi is a nice man. However, this was one of the most difficult classes I have ever taken. The material is tough to understand because he explains what he’s about to do, and then solves problems without explaining them step by step. This made it very difficult to understand mathematical concepts that are crucial for the class. In many cases, I would find myself attending lecture and then being lost halfway through the homework. That’s the other issue with the Professor. He assigns many practice problems to help with the basics of what he is teaching, but assigns others that are proof based and almost impossible to solve. He expects his students to understand these problems and ask for help during office hours if they struggle. However, every time I went to discuss the problems with him he would solve them without explaining any of his steps or reasoning. With his exams based off many of these difficult problems, I spent hours and hours working on the tests only to land up with bad grades. The main problem is thus a lack of clarity when lecturing, a massive and unnecessary homework course-load, and difficult and almost impossible exams that are much more difficult than anything done during class. Until these problems are fixed I cannot, in good conscience, recommend Koffi as a professor.

He's a very kind professor and is very helpful, but unfortunately, he isnt really clear or consice with his teaching. His ideas are choppy and all over the place and I could barely follow through with his accent and low-quality microphone ( I took him during the quarantine btw). He holds extra office hours every now and then, but i'd have to rewind the lecture videos every 5 min to fully understand what he's explaining.

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.

Assigns unreasonably long problem sets and is not a clear lecturer at all. I ended up more confused from his lectures as opposed to reading the textbook. His tests are fair though as his review sessions prepare you well.

Pros:
- Very easy exams (almost the exact same format as previous exams, which makes them easy to study for)
- Funny, no B.S. personality that becomes endearing once you get to know him
- Cares about his students and will only put material he covers in lectures on his exams

Cons:
- Very long, weekly problem sets (time-consuming but they are effective in raising your proficiency)
- Accent takes effort to get used to
- "Flowing script" handwriting makes it difficult to read what he's writing on the chalkboard. If he's writing on his iPad for Zoom, expect to be able to read like 50% of his stuff lmao.
- Frustrating to work with over email; you need to visit him in his office to get stuff done (more in the notes section below)
- His method for teaching can often be unclear or unintuitive (more in the notes section below)

Notes:
- I've taken multivariable calculus before in high school but needed to take it again in college because I took it at high school and didn't get college credit for the course. So, I was okay with Koffi's sometimes-unclear lectures since they were kind of like a puzzle for me to work through his logic/reasoning to re-learn material I had already learned before. However, this could become quite frustrating if it's your first time learning, so keep that in mind.
- I was one of several students who received an incorrect grade as my final grade, and the process to get it fixed was extremely stressful. It ultimately took about a month AFTER winter break (he told us specifically not to contact him over the break), an email chain in which he left me on delivered or replied very passive-agressively half the time, AND an in-person visit before everything got fixed. While I would've considered taking his class again before, that experience has lowered his rating from me by a solid star and I do not want to deal with that again.
- If you read Koffi's Bruinwalk review, you'll notice they are split 50-50 between people who love him and people who hate him. I admit I am among those who like him better. This is highly dependent on how open you are to adjusting to Koffi's accent and personality as well as teaching style. In other words, if you take his class with rigid expectations on what a math lecture should be like, you might be disappointed. But if you are looking to (re)learn multivariable calculus with an open mind, you might enjoy taking Koffi's class. I certainly did (until the incorrect final grade fiasco).
- Also the Bruinwalk reviews that say his final was uncharacteristically difficult compared to his midterms are not true from my experience. Very similar, if not identical format; just longer.

Koffi's an approachable professor who explains most concepts well and always pauses to take questions. The midterms were both fair but the final was quite harder than both of them. The weekly homework is absurd. Sometimes, there can be as many as 40 problems in a weekly HW assignment. Thirteen HW assignments for the whole quarter. Make sure to attend the review sessions and do the practice tests he posts to Canvas prior to each midterm and ESPECIALLY before the final.

If you want a good grade, take him. Both the midterms and final were fairly easy. You would get similar or even the same questions as in previous years, and I recommend watching the review session videos. Quizzes are mostly conceptual, but he lets you keep the highest grade. To be honest, the homework is kind of useless. There are about 20 questions from the textbook each week.

Generally, if you are passionate about math and want to learn something from it, I wouldn’t really recommend him. But if you just need a good grade, then take him. He’s a nice and funny person as well.