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As someone who took 32A with Prof. Spaas and felt that super easy, 32B was definitely more difficult for me and I had to put in more effort studying, especially in the second half of the quarter. The first half is pretty easy, mainly doing triple integrals, but the second half and second midterm was more confusing. Professor Enakousta is super nice and does a bunch of review sessions outside of class, but if you want to do well in the class you should go to them since some of them include material not covered in lectures. The homework is pretty heavy and time-consuming, especially towards the last 3 weeks of the quarter, but it's way harder than the actual exam content. Koffi is also (in my opinion) pretty lenient with grading as I felt like I didn't do well on midterm 2 and ended up with an 83. My only complaint is that my discussion section with the TA Patrick H. felt like a waste of time and I didn't learn much from it.
Koffi Enakoutsa is an amazing professor. He was really engaging and held review sessions before every quiz and test. We did fall behind in pacing because he likes to do a lot of practice problems, but the practice was still helpful. My TA was also great, which definitely helped. He's very lenient and ultimately wants students to succeed. Because of this, he was willing to extend homework due dates, drop quizzes, and curve difficult questions on the exams. At first, I struggled with his cursive, but it wasn't bad. In all, Math 32B with Koffi was great.
Professor Enakoutsa is very caring about his students. That being said, the class is not easy, but he tries his best to make sure that students understanding all of the course material. He is also a very funny professor, is passionate about his work, and loves speaking with students to get to know them.
The grading distribution is as follows: 20% Homework, 25% Midterm 1, 25% Midterm 2, and 30% Final. The homework consisted of 20-30 problems from the textbook, and he graded 3 problems at random for accuracy and the rest for completion. The homework load increased throughout the quarter, but it was generally okay. The 2 midterms were available for 24 hours and were designed as 1-hour exams, but they took much longer for me. However, the problems were very straightforward and similar to the examples he gives during class and the homework problems he assigns. They were pretty doable, but make sure to show all of your work (ie. graphing, explaining steps/conditions, etc.) to get full (or partial) credit. Similar to the midterms, the final was available for 24 hours and was also very straightforward for the most part, covering each topic we learned in class. There were also 4 quizzes administered through Gradescope. They were available for 24 hours, but we had only 30 minutes to complete them once we started, and they consisted of 3-5 multiple choice questions. They were usually plug-and-chug kinds of problems, but some of them were a little more conceptual. The highest quiz out of the first two were worth 10% of Midterm 1's weight (2.5% of total grade), and the highest quiz out of the last two were worth 10% of Midterm 2's weight (2.5% of total grade), so the grading scheme became 20% HW, 5% Quizzes, 22.5% Midterm 1, 22.5% Midterm 2, and 30% Final, but this may be different for future classes.
The one thing I didn't exactly like about his class was the extra sessions, where he would go over new class material (as if we were having another lecture section) or review for the quizzes/exams. We were always behind on lectures/chapters, so he compensated with extra lectures either in the evening on a weekday or in the afternoon-ish on a weekend. The reviews were generally helpful, but the extra sessions overall consumed a lot of time outside of class.
I took 32A and 32B with him and all I can say is he is a great professor. Very caring of his students and he wants us all to succeed. He’s very approachable and extremely lenient on homework. The average on tests are high 80s to low 90s. I could have gotten an A in this class, but I choked on the final. The content is definitely tougher than 32A, but still somewhat easy to pickup if you read the book and practice a bit. He gives a doable amount of homework each week which takes a few hours, but he’s very helpful and always available to answer questions. He teaches at a comfortable pace; however, the downside to that is we have to cram a lot of material in the last two weeks of class. Other than that, Koffi is one of my favorite professors so far and I would definitely take another math class with him if I had the opportunity.
Engaging, effective lectures with reasonable tests. Enakoutsa is one of those professors who genuinely wants to see you succeed and will spend as long as necessary on any question you may have during lecture. He organizes so many review sessions and office hours and honestly, he's just a great character overall. I always felt welcome in his class and there's really very little reason to not take a class with him. I will say that sometimes he was a bit hard to understand on account of both his accent and his microphone being a bit weird but the vast majority of his lectures were very clear. Homework is about what you'd expect from any other math class but Enakoutsa, being the legend he is, allows you to turn in homework late, as late and as many times as you want (just don't abuse it - he doesn't want to see all the hw turned in the day of the final lmao).
Overall a fantastic, engaging professor and you would be lucky to be in his class.
As someone who took 32A with Prof. Spaas and felt that super easy, 32B was definitely more difficult for me and I had to put in more effort studying, especially in the second half of the quarter. The first half is pretty easy, mainly doing triple integrals, but the second half and second midterm was more confusing. Professor Enakousta is super nice and does a bunch of review sessions outside of class, but if you want to do well in the class you should go to them since some of them include material not covered in lectures. The homework is pretty heavy and time-consuming, especially towards the last 3 weeks of the quarter, but it's way harder than the actual exam content. Koffi is also (in my opinion) pretty lenient with grading as I felt like I didn't do well on midterm 2 and ended up with an 83. My only complaint is that my discussion section with the TA Patrick H. felt like a waste of time and I didn't learn much from it.
Koffi Enakoutsa is an amazing professor. He was really engaging and held review sessions before every quiz and test. We did fall behind in pacing because he likes to do a lot of practice problems, but the practice was still helpful. My TA was also great, which definitely helped. He's very lenient and ultimately wants students to succeed. Because of this, he was willing to extend homework due dates, drop quizzes, and curve difficult questions on the exams. At first, I struggled with his cursive, but it wasn't bad. In all, Math 32B with Koffi was great.
Professor Enakoutsa is very caring about his students. That being said, the class is not easy, but he tries his best to make sure that students understanding all of the course material. He is also a very funny professor, is passionate about his work, and loves speaking with students to get to know them.
The grading distribution is as follows: 20% Homework, 25% Midterm 1, 25% Midterm 2, and 30% Final. The homework consisted of 20-30 problems from the textbook, and he graded 3 problems at random for accuracy and the rest for completion. The homework load increased throughout the quarter, but it was generally okay. The 2 midterms were available for 24 hours and were designed as 1-hour exams, but they took much longer for me. However, the problems were very straightforward and similar to the examples he gives during class and the homework problems he assigns. They were pretty doable, but make sure to show all of your work (ie. graphing, explaining steps/conditions, etc.) to get full (or partial) credit. Similar to the midterms, the final was available for 24 hours and was also very straightforward for the most part, covering each topic we learned in class. There were also 4 quizzes administered through Gradescope. They were available for 24 hours, but we had only 30 minutes to complete them once we started, and they consisted of 3-5 multiple choice questions. They were usually plug-and-chug kinds of problems, but some of them were a little more conceptual. The highest quiz out of the first two were worth 10% of Midterm 1's weight (2.5% of total grade), and the highest quiz out of the last two were worth 10% of Midterm 2's weight (2.5% of total grade), so the grading scheme became 20% HW, 5% Quizzes, 22.5% Midterm 1, 22.5% Midterm 2, and 30% Final, but this may be different for future classes.
The one thing I didn't exactly like about his class was the extra sessions, where he would go over new class material (as if we were having another lecture section) or review for the quizzes/exams. We were always behind on lectures/chapters, so he compensated with extra lectures either in the evening on a weekday or in the afternoon-ish on a weekend. The reviews were generally helpful, but the extra sessions overall consumed a lot of time outside of class.
I took 32A and 32B with him and all I can say is he is a great professor. Very caring of his students and he wants us all to succeed. He’s very approachable and extremely lenient on homework. The average on tests are high 80s to low 90s. I could have gotten an A in this class, but I choked on the final. The content is definitely tougher than 32A, but still somewhat easy to pickup if you read the book and practice a bit. He gives a doable amount of homework each week which takes a few hours, but he’s very helpful and always available to answer questions. He teaches at a comfortable pace; however, the downside to that is we have to cram a lot of material in the last two weeks of class. Other than that, Koffi is one of my favorite professors so far and I would definitely take another math class with him if I had the opportunity.
Engaging, effective lectures with reasonable tests. Enakoutsa is one of those professors who genuinely wants to see you succeed and will spend as long as necessary on any question you may have during lecture. He organizes so many review sessions and office hours and honestly, he's just a great character overall. I always felt welcome in his class and there's really very little reason to not take a class with him. I will say that sometimes he was a bit hard to understand on account of both his accent and his microphone being a bit weird but the vast majority of his lectures were very clear. Homework is about what you'd expect from any other math class but Enakoutsa, being the legend he is, allows you to turn in homework late, as late and as many times as you want (just don't abuse it - he doesn't want to see all the hw turned in the day of the final lmao).
Overall a fantastic, engaging professor and you would be lucky to be in his class.
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