Jorge A Encinas - Pasadena City College, Pasadena, CA

Professor: Jorge A Encinas

Department: Mathematics

College: Pasadena City College, Pasadena, CA

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: 5B
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Clear explanations and goes to the point. Explained theorems and proofs. Tests are a bit hard unless you review the class work and test outlines. Hes on leave this semester.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: 5B
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Math 5B. You have to read the book before going to class! Otherwise, you might fall behind. During his lecture, he solves a few questions as classwork, and he usually doesn't prove theorems. HW is on Webassign. Total 5 tests 1 final. The good thing about his class is that he gives sample test for each exam, so the exams are not too difficult.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: STAT50
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Encinas tries to make things interesting. Lots of formulas and lots of self reviewing using personal time at home.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: M131
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

He gets the job done with good explanations and clear examples. Online HW is time consuming. Ugh

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: STATS50
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

I have a 3.82 GPA as a bio major. But I'm struggling to keep an A in this class. He doesn't know how to teach this topic. Even if you were to receive a 100% on all homework assignments and Quizzes, you would need to average a 87-88% on exams to receive an A (highly unlikely seeing he doesn't give extra credit or round according to the highest exam.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: STAT50
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Took this class at a university before and bummed, now it's easier because explanations are thorough. Stats is a bit hard but you get in what you put in. Gave extra credit points on first test.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: STATS50
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

TERRIBLE at teaching stats. Not bad at teaching other topics such as algebra, but when it comes to stats he literally gives us the wrong equations. Does in class examples wrong, and flat out doesn't know the topic. It is as if we correct and teach him. DON'T take this professor for stats. Im 3/23 with an a, not including half the class that dropped

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: CALC5B
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Good explanations but a lot new concepts Lots of homework too. This is my second time taking this class and the classwork helps a lot more than just lectures. Hes very helpful with answering question

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: MATH131
• Grade Received: C+
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Hes an alright professor. Hell go over problems to help you understand them. He provides the textbook for free online. He gives practice tests as study guides before the actual tests. However, get ready to do lots of homework online, and make sure to check online often for any upcoming due dates.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: 7A
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

He has patience, but he has a lot of homework. He gave us the practice test before the test.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: STAT50
• Grade Received: WD
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

If you are slow in learning math and expect a teacher to teach you right, look elsewhere because he goes super quick throughout his lectures and he doesn't know what he's doing. If you are familiar with Statistics and have to retake the course again, then be my guest... take him. He teaches the class as if you already know what to do.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: 5B
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Did a good job explaining and breaking down difficult theorems Tests has stuff from class and final test was no surprise A lot of home work Maybe for student decent in math -

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: STAT50
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

i was expecting to get a high C but I got a B. Some sleepless nights reviewing class work were needed for most tests. He was a lenient grader. This class took a good chunk of my time though

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: STAT50
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Encinas seems like a great guy, and a great professor for his other math classes. However, he clearly has no idea what he's doing in Statistics. He teaches directly from the book, and will occasionally give out wrong info(formulas, answers, etc.). I would say if you're going to need STAT 50 anytime soon, look elsewhere for your own good.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: M131
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

good teacher, class is not to hard, also not easy

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: 7A
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Okay, Yes! It's A LOF OF HW, and you will probably end up doing hw at least 3 hours a day including weekends, but what do you expect? This is college. Professor Encinas is really caring, and will do whatever is in his power to help you pass the class. He even gives practice tests which are so helpful. I will take 7B with him.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: 5A
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Good explanations and examples. Homework online and questions from book done in class. I have had some bad professors for calculus and he is clear.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: M131
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

He is a tough professor. He makes you participate in class. He goes over the classwork pretty quickly. It's already the end of the 3rd week and were already on the 4th chapter.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: 5B
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

He is the best calc professor i had so far. As long as you practice his classwork, online homework and textbook problems , the test will be super easy. If you dont get his lecture, there are videos on the online homework that shows step by step on how to do a problem. His test problems are easy , not challenging at all.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: MATH125
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

After taking Math125 several times, I sort of lost hope. But I tried again and Mr. Encinas teaching methods made everything clearer. Although he is very fast paced, if you go to class on time, ask questions, and do your homework you should be fine! (Btw he passed me with a B) awesome!