Birge Huisgen-Zimmerman - University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA

Professor: Birge Huisgen-Zimmerman

Department: Mathematics

College: University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: MATH8
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

She really is an excellent teacher who really wants to help you understand the material. She sometimes goes too fast, but she asks the class frequently if she is, and then will slow down or explain again. The midtermsfinal are homework problems, but grading is kind of on the harsh side. HW is optional but you should still do it.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: MATH8
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Birge is the best math professor I've had so far. She makes the class easy to understand and her class structure helps you get a good grade. No study guide or cheat sheet though so learning the material is still essential.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: MATH111A
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Best professor I have ever had in UCSB so far. She is extremely smart and helpful.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: MATHCS120
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Birge is awesome. Super nice and considerate. At least in the CCS math classes, she will always listen to the students and the way they want the class to run. Very knowledgeable. Also she brings tea to class for every one and hands out dark chocolate. Great professor!

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: MATH108A
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Clearly brilliant teacher. She does not explain things perfectly. When a student asks a question she simply goes over the proof again verbatim. Despite this she is a good teacher; however, she could take a moment to make sure that she understands the question fully. I would take a class with her again.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: MATH108A
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

she's a really good teacher who explains everything really well and is extremely helpful in office hours.That said this class is very hard in general so just know what your getting into

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: MATH108A
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

She's honestly one of the best teachers I've every had. Extremely helpful! Wants her students to succeed. You'll have to do the homework to get the information, but it's totally worth it. Take her. Her tests are VERY similar to homework, often the same problems. Makes upper division math a little less scary

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: MATH103
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

i took birge's class sophmore year and it was the first upper division math I took. She inspired me to continue in my math career, and even gave the whole class money to go study together and buy coffee. shes such a wonderful person and is so willing to help. my favorite teacher in college. class was difficult but if you work hard its fun

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: MATH237
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

She's very kind and dedicated. Don't be afraid that it's too hard, and if you have a question feel free to ask her!

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: MATH117
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

math 117 was hard with birge. A lot of people dropped and a couple people didn't even show up to the final. None of the practice final problems were the same as the actual final problems.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: MATH117
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

This is one of the best teachers I've ever had in any subject. Good at teaching formal proofs, also makes a lot of helpful intuitive pictures, gives good advice about how to approach the work in her course. Available to students. Exam questions are within reach if you've done HW. Grading policy lets you bomb one midterm without any problem. Great.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: MATH34A
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

No Comments

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: MATH220C
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

oscilating from "fairest friend of all students" to "business-person" to "vamp queen", annoying agressive TA with his girlfriend as "the class first lady". I'm going to study 220c myself.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: MATH220C
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

She is very nice, and has an endearing sincerity about wanting people to understand the material. She's way smart, though, and so she keeps steamrolling ahead at lightning speed. If you alert her to this, she'll apologize and slow down, but she can't help speeding up again. I enjoyed her lectures, but was unable to keep up and dropped the class.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: MATH34A
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

She really explains things well. He accent is a little hard to understand, but she gets the job done. I actually enjoyed math with her. CLAS helps a lot though.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: MATH34
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

No Comments

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: MATH34A
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

"I am not down-putting anyone." Easy, and with her CHOICE OF THREE GRADING SYSTEMS (including one where the final counts for 80% of your grade), it's almost impossible to fail her class. Just do the homework.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: MATH34B
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

"are you alongside?" i think that the only part of this class that is somewhat amusing is anticipating her ridiculous outfits. i.e. the gold pants, belt, shawl, and umbrella when it's 94 degrees outside. we had substitutes for three weeks this quarter... are we in third grade again?

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: MATH34B
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

SUPER EASY. All the problems are from either the HW, practice midterms/finals, etc. Just get help from CLAS if you feel like you need it. It's helpful. I promise you'll ace it with no problem.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: MATH34A
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Study the examples she goes over during lecture and the questions on the quizes. They'll most likely be on the midterms and final.