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Mikhail Hlushchanka
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Winter 2020 - I took this class during the quarter coronavirus took finals online and we had a take home final. Everyone cheated and got very high scores so the professors solution was to curve everyone down. This meant our scores for midterms were essentially useless so since they are worth so little. This professor has poor judgement and ruins the grades for students who have studied hard all quarter and reward the cheaters.
Winter 2020 - I took this class during the quarter coronavirus took finals online and we had a take home final. Everyone cheated and got very high scores so the professors solution was to curve everyone down. This meant our scores for midterms were essentially useless so since they are worth so little. This professor has poor judgement and ruins the grades for students who have studied hard all quarter and reward the cheaters.
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Spring 2020 - Every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, I would wait with excitement to hear Prof. Hlushchanka's intro to every lecture: "'ellao evrybdy and welcome to the wrld of differenshul equashuns." Okay, jokes aside, this course as a whole isn't that difficult as a whole, especially considering I took Math 32B the quarter before this one. Prof. Hlushchanka (whose name I definitely misspelled at least once and I never really knew how to pronounce, sorry prof!) explains things very clearly and plainly with very little room for misinterpretation. He understands how to present the material in a way that helps the students learn. He's also just genuinely a nice guy. He was very accommodating to my needs as a student. For context, this was during the COVID-19 quarantine, when we were doing everything remotely. Some of you may also remember that many online classes during this time were prone to "Zoom bombing," where random people would invade meetings to spew racial slurs and abusive language for the sake of internet trolling. We were the constant victim of that for the first two weeks of the course. In response, Prof. Hlushchanka took an hour out of his busy schedule to redo the lecture and bent over backward to make sure the lectures were safe and had adequate security to prevent that from happening. He also sent out emails apologizing to the students who felt threatened and that he would take suggestions on how to improve the security of the meetings, which was a pretty heartwarming move on his part. Great professor, would take again. :)
Spring 2020 - Every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, I would wait with excitement to hear Prof. Hlushchanka's intro to every lecture: "'ellao evrybdy and welcome to the wrld of differenshul equashuns." Okay, jokes aside, this course as a whole isn't that difficult as a whole, especially considering I took Math 32B the quarter before this one. Prof. Hlushchanka (whose name I definitely misspelled at least once and I never really knew how to pronounce, sorry prof!) explains things very clearly and plainly with very little room for misinterpretation. He understands how to present the material in a way that helps the students learn. He's also just genuinely a nice guy. He was very accommodating to my needs as a student. For context, this was during the COVID-19 quarantine, when we were doing everything remotely. Some of you may also remember that many online classes during this time were prone to "Zoom bombing," where random people would invade meetings to spew racial slurs and abusive language for the sake of internet trolling. We were the constant victim of that for the first two weeks of the course. In response, Prof. Hlushchanka took an hour out of his busy schedule to redo the lecture and bent over backward to make sure the lectures were safe and had adequate security to prevent that from happening. He also sent out emails apologizing to the students who felt threatened and that he would take suggestions on how to improve the security of the meetings, which was a pretty heartwarming move on his part. Great professor, would take again. :)
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Fall 2018 - I had him for 115A in fall 18 and 170B in winter 19. One warning: he goes VERY fast. He barely gives you enough time to write notes, then expects you to have digested it quickly enough to ask thoughtful questions (which almost no one has). One time he got mad because he said the notes are online and we should be paying more attention in the moment instead of writing. He wants to be engaged but may get lowkey irritated if you ask a dumb question. He definitely has an accent (Belarus) , but after a couple weeks you can get past it and understand him pretty well. His homeworks are usually due on fridays, and the homeworks are generally difficult, so make sure to put some time in. He likes to include bonus extra credit hw problems. The midterms are toughish but not as tough as the weekly lecture and homework (he's a somewhat generous grader actually). Cheat sheet allowed. One thing for sure though, is that i feel like i learn a LOT more in his classes than i do with the other adjunct professors ive had so far. He really makes sure that you understand the subject. And despite his intimidating eastern european energy, he really does want to help you and he is very nice (but blunt) in office hours. For that reason, I would take him again.
Fall 2018 - I had him for 115A in fall 18 and 170B in winter 19. One warning: he goes VERY fast. He barely gives you enough time to write notes, then expects you to have digested it quickly enough to ask thoughtful questions (which almost no one has). One time he got mad because he said the notes are online and we should be paying more attention in the moment instead of writing. He wants to be engaged but may get lowkey irritated if you ask a dumb question. He definitely has an accent (Belarus) , but after a couple weeks you can get past it and understand him pretty well. His homeworks are usually due on fridays, and the homeworks are generally difficult, so make sure to put some time in. He likes to include bonus extra credit hw problems. The midterms are toughish but not as tough as the weekly lecture and homework (he's a somewhat generous grader actually). Cheat sheet allowed. One thing for sure though, is that i feel like i learn a LOT more in his classes than i do with the other adjunct professors ive had so far. He really makes sure that you understand the subject. And despite his intimidating eastern european energy, he really does want to help you and he is very nice (but blunt) in office hours. For that reason, I would take him again.
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