Professor Enakoutsa overall seems like a nice guy, he'd make jokes in class and always thanked us for coming to lectures and is definitely passionate about math. Unfortunately I did not understand anything when I went to lecture. I really struggled to follow, not just that he had an accent (I could mostly understand him in that sense) but the math explanations were unclear and I would get lost on problems that were much simpler than he made it seem. Most people stop coming to lecture after one week and self study. Many students said if you go to his review sessions he goes over everything you need to know for exams and found the exams easy. I went to every review session and studied at least a week for every exam and I still failed EVERY EXAM. I think I would have performed a lot better with another professor but honestly just happy to have passed the class. The only thing that saved me was that it was curved at the end. If you have experience with concepts of multivariable calculus I think it is probably a much more doable class, it was just my first time learning these things.

Also his handwriting is so hard to read T^T

the reviews of koffi for 32A are extremely black and white- no nuance. there are people screeching that he is a demon and other people saying he's great. i would say in reality, he is in the middle. I do agree with the people that say the overwhelmingly positive reviews are fake, but I do not agree with the people saying he is a demon. Baseline for me was that koffi was a confusing lecturer, but he was very caring about his students so you can still do well in the class.

First, the grading scheme was 10% homework, 5% Quizzes, 30 % best midterm grade, 55% final exam or 10% homework, 5% Quizzes, 22.5% midterm 1, 22.5% midterm 2, 40% final exam, whichever would benefit you most. I also believe the grade boundaries are 93% is an A unless he decides to change it. Homework was a PITA and very long, but the proofs were usually not graded.

Koffi's lecturing style was very confusing. He could introduce topics okay, but I would always get very lost. He goes very very fast because he tries to cover every single section of the chapters assigned in calc 32A. No triaging of what is most important to learn, he just teaches it all. That means he teaches things so fast that an entire concept would go straight over your head. Also, sometimes he teaches a concept in a way only a math major would understand. I would be terribly confused until I went to discussion, when my TA would reexplain it in an 100% times easier way. Also to anyone complaining about his accent: I swear it's not that bad, you will get used to it quickly. I think anyone so fed up over it has never heard an African accent before.

The exams were very fair, and never asked anything out of the scope of the class. They might ask stuff out of the scope of koffi's lectures (which were confusing) but they never asked anything out of the realm of the textbook. I agree with all the other reviews saying that you must attend the review sessions! Koffi goes over unreleased problems that are very similar to the test, so if you know how to do those you will be well-prepared for the exams. For me, I am not a math major and this is my last math class. I did well in the class by going to lecture to hear announcements, teaching myself the content 100% through the textbook, going to midterm review sessions and completely grinding whatever he gave us, and then going to every. single. discussion section and grinding what the TA gave us.

One more thing- Koffi really does care about the students and content. He loves math very much, and is the most passionate teacher (does not help him be more coherent though). He also took two of the hardest 32A topics off the final and made them homework only in response to the protests. He also made a homework assignment extra credit and added extra credit to the exam. In each class after the strikes, he would echo how he felt for everyone who was affected by conflict and he seemed really genuine.

TLDR: lecture confusing, everything else fine enough

Lectures were not helpful, but tests were extremely manageable, many often scoring 100s.

Professor Enakoutsa cares deeply about his students, he wants to make sure his students understand the material but at the same time moves very quickly through material (understandably so, there's a lot). There are quizzes every Friday which can get pretty daunting on top of the great amount of homework assigned which was often a week or two behind the material we were learning in class. He's a very entertaining lecturer and is very invested in what he's teaching often leading to him teaching topics that aren't pertinent to the class though I appreciate the detail for future classes.

he’s like so passionate about teaching that he’s terrible at teaching. his accent wasn’t terrible tbh, but his handwriting does get hard to read. i think what’s worse is koffi’s attitude. he’s not even passive aggressive at this point, just aggressive to the point even my ta calls him out in front of the class and the prof calling him unprofessional and rude. i had colin as my ta and he was amazing shoutout to him. after the first two classes i stopped paying attention to him during lecture and only attended to hear announcements. you will survive just going by the textbook, i survived because my friend goes to ucsd and was taking the same class and he sent me his teachers clean simple notes. his homework is ridiculous and i found no benefit in it when it came to actually applying the math. he assigns the hardest questions that will never be utilized in the midterms or finals. i definitely got complacent towards the end of the quarter but that’s just me, but overall this class is easy, but with the price of having to deal with the ridiculousness of the professor. also you can probably find him using his burner accounts on reddit attacking students who say his handwriting and teaching is bad.

Kofi is very silly. His lectures aren't very helpful and the textbook is just better but he can be funny. He definitely cares about his students and wants everyone to be engaged. There's weekly homework assignments and quizzes. I think the most for a homework was maybe 20 questions. The tests aren't bad at all. He does plenty of review sessions and gives practice exams. He's very nice but definitely a character.

Class isn't hard and I will prob do well in the end - but the professor is BEYOND unbearable and extremely EGOTISTICAL. Basically, you have to teach everything yourself. He says his handwriting is beautiful, but in reality, they look like literal Egyptian hieroglyphics. You have to take minutes to decipher what he is writing. The professor doesn't know how to take constructive criticism at all. He dismisses student concerns and feedback with a condescending attitude. His lectures are disorganized, making it difficult to follow along or take coherent notes. The course materials are poorly structured, and assignments are often ambiguous, requiring additional effort to understand the requirements. Overall, the teaching approach is ineffective, and the learning experience is frustrating, just adding unnecessary stress.

TLDR: PLEASEEEE STAY AWAYYYY

I have never felt so angry and unsatisfied at a professor before. Professor Enakoutsa is a terrible professor and has no regard for his student's success in any manner. While he does host plenty of reviews for exams, it does not help that you can barely understand him or read his handwriting. This isn't to say his accent is bad, I've had professors in the past with strong accents (ex. Kusenko, Zhang, etc) but it does not help that he's literally yelling at you the content and introduces new topics DURING THE REVIEW SESSION. Like I swear I have never seen these concepts in class and I got to every lecture. Additionally, he was allegedly caught posting a comment on Campuswire about how good his handwriting us under an anonymous account which is unheard of, stating initially "I am very sorry to read this thing about my handwriting. Please note that I have a beautiful handwriting. So you spend 10 weeks in my class and it is only now that you can not read my handwriting?" and responding to himself anonymously saying "Do not let these student discourage you Professor, I think your handwriting is the MOST BEAUTIFUL I have seen and I think it's a comedy that these student only asks for accommodations now in week 10." He is also rude to students, responding in a Campuswire post, "What I don't understand are all these inquiries: late homework, partial credit, etc. After all these they are still being not respectful. I just can not wrap my head around all these? What kind of students I lecture?" To someone asking about homework being graded during the TA strike. I find this response very unprofessional as yes, it can be frustrating to get a lot of questions about homework and grades but that does not justify the professor calling a student not respectful. I just find all these to lead to me to say he is not the most helpful, honest, or kind professor.

Despite this, I do have some pros. His exams are VERY similar to the practice exams he gives. He also hosts plenty of review sessions to help. His exams are very fair, if you have been doing the homework and attending lecture (or at minimum watch the review sessions) you will be fine! He is very strict on no curves though (learned this when the average for midterm 2 was a 70%), but that being said there are 2 grading schemes, one of which lets one midterm be dropped so I understand why.

That being said, Koffi does have his pros, but the cons outweigh all the good qualities he possess and I would not take any lecture with him in the future.

Would comment these good reviews are likely bought. Expects respect from students when he does nothing to earn them students' respect - has zero patience in teaching: yelling in class for people to be quiet (can't seem to tolerate the smallest bit of conversation especially when people are trying to figure out his confusing teaching); becomes easily flustered or agitated when students ask for clarifications to questions he vaguely answered or downright repeated his original explanation that no one understands. You can't understand half of his lectures because a) he is just parroting the textbook which is at times unclear and b) his voice and illegible handwriting. There is no reason you can't take another class in place of Koffi. He has certainly made my quarter more painful than it needs to be.

In the dire circumstance that you have to take Koffi, I hope the info below helps:

Extremely unclear lectures - I would say reading the textbook is much, much more efficient and comprehensive. Koffi religiously follows the textbook - almost every practice example and diagram he gives in class is exactly textbook examples so reading the textbook would basically be a transcript of his lessons. However, he has terrible pacing. Easy concepts are repeated for half of the lecture while hard concepts are glossed over. His passion lies in proofs and spend much time in class proving formulas in comparison to explaining concepts. There are no proofs of formulas in exams, so for many proofs are a complete waste of time.

Heavy workload: He claims to assign homework on Fridays and would be due on Sundays, when in reality he sometimes assigns additional content (in compensation for his lack of teaching in class) at weird intervals and is due at odd times (e.g. 5:12 PM on Friday). Average homework takes 2-3 hours if there are challenging proof questions (which there often are). Many times a single question can take an entire sheet of reasoning. There is no late penalty but you would have to ask your TA to help you submit it.

Useful discussion sessions: his TAs are much more qualified to teach than the professor himself. Attend discussion sessions:)

Midterms are relatively easy given you really study the material on your own and make sure you have a firm grasp on the content. His review sessions held over zoom are helpful (especially for midterm 1); but the second midterm was much more difficult than the first.

Does not have recordings or Zoom. Does not permit cheat sheets or calculators. Does not curve (when the class average for midterm 2 was 70; Koffi claimed "70 is a good average" which is a C-).

He's funny and a nice guy, but you can't understand anything he says. He just says "are you with me" every 5 minutes, when nobody is with him. He's tests are easy though you just memorize the old ones. Take his class, skip lecture and watch professor leonard, memorize the previous tests and its a free a