i took math 3c with tassy in the fall (2014), and got a B+ (which is pretty good considering im god awful at math) in comparison to other professors who taught 3c he's pretty straight forward. he has an accent so be warned that youre going to have a hard time understanding him. he just does examples in lecturer, which can sometimes be hard to follow cuz. he also likes spending time on proofs, even though he'll never ask you to prove anything. but his 2 midterms and final ask pretty straight forward questions that you would understand if you understand the weekly hw that is assigned.

the key to sucess in this class is to get a good TA. i hope a horrible TA, and just stopped going to that discussion and found another TA who was way better. the concepts in the class get pretty tricky and quickly move from probability into calculus by the second midterm. so just be warned. i saw what some other math 3c professors were asking of their students and some of it was way out there compared to what Tassy was teaching, which is only the basics. so if youre gonna take math 3c take it with tassy

I took his class this fall and he's very fair in terms of the difficulty of midterms and finals (Very comprehensive and not out of the blue). Study his notes and do the homework and really don't stress out too much about this class.

I think his curve is very generous in terms of getting B's I didn't perform well on the final and THE MIDTERMS and only did somewhat well on the hw and I got a B-. However, I do believe from listening to others getting in the A range is very tough. You must be meticulous with every point. Maybe this is true for all upper division math classes?

The professor cares about your learning a lot. In office hours, he doesn't mind answering any question you have and he tries to elaborate to teach you what you need to know. His notes are also very thought out and he doesn't go too quickly at all in comparison to some other professors. I recommend him a lot! (Just be careful if you're trying to get an A)

Martin is a nice professor overall. His classes basically follow the materials of the textbook and there isn't anything that's really out of my expectation. Assignments are from the exercises on the book. Mid-terms and the final are very doable wih a difficulty level below his assignments but a bit above practice exams. He wasn't available for two weeks but had managed to let the TA host helpful review sessions. My suggestion for acing his 115A is just understand every theorem he covered and try to reproduce them on your own. And don't copy the answers when doing the homework. That's it!

Spring 2015 grade distribution:
10% homework
25% midterm 1
25% midterm 2
40% final
OR
10% homework
35% best midterm
55% final

Professor Tassy:
First off, Tassy is gorgeous, both with short hair and long hair. He's also French. (Try to find a video of him on YouTube of him purring.) But with that out of the way, his accent wasn't too strong, but his writing can be a bit difficult to read sometimes. He would write n with two arches and m with three arches, and he would sometimes cross his t way off of the stem. As long as you follow along, you should be fine. He was relatively good at teaching, for me personally. But unfortunately, a lot of my classmates didn't feel the same. He did a lot of proofs that didn't really offer anything towards understanding the content, and it took up a lot of class time where he could have done more examples. And he was the first professor after three quarters here that no one clapped after his last lecture ended. I thought that was pretty sad.

TA:
"Anakin" Yui was my TA, and I didn't really like him. He was very shy and a little quiet. He wouldn't really answer questions that well. And almost every time after discussion, he'd email us and tell us he made a mistake. So I stopped going. I didn't feel he was very helpful.

Homework grade: 100/108 92.59%
There were 9 12-point homeworks due every Friday. There were relatively few problems, maybe 10 per homework. They came out of the book, and many of them were odd numbers, so if you had the solution manual, you should be solid.

Midterm 1 grade: 42/50 84%
He sent out a practice midterm and solutions. (I had to correct him on some of the solutions he sent out.) The midterm was 5 problems with multiple parts, each problem worth 10 points. I didn't feel like it was relatively challenging.

Midterm 2 grade: 37/50 74%
He also sent out a practice midterm with solutions. (I also had to correct him on some solutions.) This midterm was not cumulative. This midterm was similarly formatted, 5 problems with multiple parts, 10 points for each problem. This midterm was slightly more difficult.

Final grade: 39/100 39%
My goodness I did bad on this exam. He really rushed the end of the course, which contained the most difficult stuff, so there wasn't a lot of time to grasp these concepts. I know a lot of other people struggled with them. The final was 10 problems with multiple parts, 10 points per problem. I left a lot of questions incomplete and blank. This is by far my worst exam.

Overall grade: B-
Thank the lord this class was curved, that's all I have to say.

I don't recommend this class.

The tests are difficult, and it's hard to get an A. I felt like I understood everything in class and most of the homework, but then completely struggled with the harder homework questions and tests. The weekly homework is also pretty hard; solutions to the textbook problems are online, and almost all his weekly quizzes are the problems he writes himself. He's very helpful during office hours.

I took the class in Fall 2015.

Professor Tassy is a good instructor overall. Though he has a little bit accent, he is still able to deliver clear lectures and answer questions. He is helpful in his office hours and willing to explain HW problems.

HWs were very difficult, and they took me hours to complete. The textbook did not help a lot since its information is too general and there are very few basic questions to practice. Though I understood the formula and how to use them, I felt frustrated when I could not interpret the conditions in a given context and transform them into the formula I’ve learned.

The first midterm was super easy with an average of 45/50. The second one was a lot harder, and most of students did not finish the exam. The final was more computational than conceptual. He tested many tricks that he mentioned.

Overall it’s fair enough. It could be better with further improvement.

Martin is a great professor that teaches concepts very clearly. He is abstract when he needs to be, but he always cushions hard topics with many examples. His quizzes are more of a preparation tool than anything else (I failed 4 of them), but he rewards for improvement. I got a D+ on the first test (average was 57%) and an A on the Final Exam (average was 67%) and even with the bad quiz grades, he game me an A. I didn't listen to him at the beginning of the course, but once I finally started focusing on the definitions like he said, I did much better.

Tassy is has a French accent so sometimes when he talks it is a bit unclear and he tends to rush through material without giving sufficient explanation for the students to do the problems. Probability is a lot more difficult that students expect and should be studied seriously and carefully. Tassy's exams are fair although the homework that he assigns can be pretty difficult and challenging. You can expect to spend many hours doing the homework, so it's best you start working in teams with some friends in class otherwise you may never complete them in time when you get stuck on a question. One good thing is that he only has 1 midterm, so that's really good for those of you who are taking multiple classes because you have less exams to take. Overall, he's not a bad professor!

Professor Tassy gives clear lectures and provides plenty of examples to make sure we understand the theory. The weekly quizzes aren't really anything to stress about because they come straight from the homework. We had one midterm and it was pretty easy (median was a 37/50). The final was tougher with a 58/90 median. I got an A with a 45/50, 72/90 and mostly hundreds on HW grades. He gives plenty of resources to study from, and although I never attended office hours I heard he is very helpful. It really isn't a hard class as long as you make sure to understand the HW problems, which will take some time.