PROFESSOR BENNOUN IS AN AMAZING TEACHER!!!! He did not have any reviews prior to enrolling in his class so I felt very nervous in taking his class because I thought he was going to be a bad prof. This was COMPLETELY FALSE. He is an amazing, caring, and funny guy. You can tell he really wants his students to succeed because he would push back homework assignments and labs to ensure we had enough time to study for our tests. I would definitely take his class again because he is just an overall amazing and funny professor. Also, attend his social hours, he talks about some pretty interesting stuff that is not math related.

This class was very manageable and an easy A (because of the built in extra credit and because the worst HW/labs were dropped). However, I hated the textbook for this class (it didn't explain things in depth/ didn't explain answers to problems). It's also basically impossible to find information about the course content online because it is very niche (you can't just look up a youtube video to help you understand the content like a normal calculus class). The labs were the worst part of this class because I had no background in coding and my TA didn't explain things well (I had to figure out a lot on my own). That being said, a lot of the content was very interesting and applicable to a career in the life sciences. We studied the spread of disease, population dynamics, and much more. Professor Bennoun was a fine lecturer and obviously cares a lot about his students. I wouldn't say he's the best professor ever, but he definitely put a lot of effort into the class. He put people in collaborative lab groups which helped a lot (especially during this virtual quarter). I believe this was his first quarter teaching this class, so I bet his lectures will improve in future quarters. Overall, I enjoyed this class a fair amount and would recommend for anyone studying the life sciences.

Do not ever use the Cornell Rate my Professor reviews of Dr.Bennoun. Those reviews make you question if they were even talking about the right professor. He was by far the most helpful professor throughout distance learning and he makes sure his students understand the material and can succeed in the class. He gives a decent amount of homework but nothing ridiculous and he drops some of the lower grades in the class. Bennoun truly was a godsend during this pandemic and I hope more professors can be like him.

Bennuon is the coolest guy, he's very sweet and you can tell he cares about his students. I was worried about going into the class having taken 0 calculus but it ended up being fine (although it would've helped). Getting an A is very manageable if you put in a bit of work. Lectures were pretty engaging. The coding labs were kind of annoying once they got harder at the end but again, still manageable. Overall it was an interesting class and Bennuon is a great professor.

When signing up for classes this Fall, I picked Bennoun as a coin toss. I'm going to say that being one of his students was an enjoyable experience. He tries to be extremely accommodating for his students, and he has given multiple homework extensions this quarter.
The weekly quizzes match with the content taught in the lectures, so if you pay attention in lecture or just take a look at his annotated slides, which he uploads after class, you're set on the quizzes. His office hours have been pretty useful, and he always stays a couple minutes after lecture if there are any questions. Also, clicker questions aren't a problem, and if you miss lecture, you can just answer them as a quiz online.
His exams match up exactly with what is taught in class, and the practice exams he provides also line up with the midterms so I never once felt like I was going to get a problem I've never seen before.
The homework for the class is a mixed bag. The wording for some of the problems in the textbook is a pain, but it's not a massive issue. If you stop by at a TA office hour or the professor's, they'll be more than happy to help.
The labs were a mixed bag for me, but the TA's and LA's were a great help for me.
Overall, I'd recommend this professor to people interested in the LS series.

I honestly would recommend everyone to take this class!!!

This course was fast pace but easy to understand because of how much help the professor offers. The professor is such a nice and genuine person. If you are taking this course, I really recommend you take it with him!

Professor Bennoun was incredibly helpful. Although we learned all of the material online, it was well complemented by all of the textbook readings. He was super helpful during office hours and so so kind! He would never get defensive or impatient with our confusion, which is a wonderful feature. Very good professor! Would recommend this class!

Dr. Bennoun is a stellar professor who not only teaches math well, but also tries to teach it in a way that is engaging and promotes active learning for retention and complete understanding of the material. He uses clicker questions that really helped me with comprehension while he lectured and he had open office hours whether it was him or his TA's at a wide variety of days and times so virtually all of his students could have a time to receive help. There is a coding component to this class that isn't easy but the TA's are helpful and you can walk away learning a really useful skill for the life sciences! So happy I took this class and had the pleasure of having this professor. He is awesome! Take this class!

*took the class online (live)*
Let me lead with I LOVE BENNOUN.
He answers every single question and stays overtime to explain things, and clearly cares about the student understanding his lectures.
He is a pretty good lecturer, and often stops through explaining to motivate us and give us examples of people who did succeed and tell us that they are just like us. He is a very sweet person.
I took Calc AB in high school, and let me tell you, it did not help much in this class.
This math isn't as much math as it is understanding how to model equations. We did some basic differentiation and integration and riemann sums, but that's about it.
The homework assignments are pretty tough imo, but once the term is over if you look back at them, you'll be able to solve them easily.
We had weekly quizzes online which were really easy, you had 2 attempts for those.
As part of this class, we do coding (python). It's really fun, but it's all on the TA and the watching the videos assigned to know how to do it. Sometimes it was really hard (coming from me, who never did any coding before), but most times it made sense (until week 8).
I thought I didn't like the content as I was studying it, but going into the final I felt so prepared and happy with the knowledge I gained-- the stuff really is interesting if you like bio/math.
The professor will provide an online version of the textbook for free, but you need to buy an iclicker subscription (~$16 for 6 months).
I 100% recommend LS30A with Bennoun if you're on the pre-health route. It won't be a super easy class, but it's not crazy hard either. A's can be a little challenging, but there is absolutely no question about passing-- there is no way to fail this class.
This is my only A+ course fall 2021.