Neal Koblitz - University of Washington, Seattle, WA

Professor: Neal Koblitz

Department: Mathematics

College: University of Washington, Seattle, WA

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: MATH308
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

While the exams were actually okay once you got the hang of how he grabs topics for the exam, they made up a massive portion of your grade. Further, his lectures really tended to put me to sleep. His grading criteria is based on whether or not you get the correct answer throughout, i.e. if you missed a negative in part 1, you lost nearly all points

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: MATH308
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Koblitz is a lunatic. He didn't make a syllabus or website so going to class was a must. He focuses very much on the applications of the material for his tests, which is based entirely off of his in class examples and discussion questions. Averages were very low because he did a pretty poor job explaining the concepts. Very logical thinker.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: MATH308
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

308 with Koblitz is the way to go. Two of my roommates took 308 at the same time as I, all with different teachers, and they really struggled with the proof-based tests. Koblitz just cares that you can solve it. If you go to lecture, it is very clear what Koblitz is excited about (what he will put on the tests), so the exams are predictable.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: MATH308
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Brilliant guy. Doesn't know how to teach. Goes on long tangents during class. But when he is showing you something useful, he barely gives you enough time to write down what he's done. Also, his grading style is super harsh and inconsistent. Average for the first and second midterms was 65% and 48% respectively. Would not recommend

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: MATH308
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

this class was 2ez

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: MATH124
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Dr. Koblitz doesn't mess around, especially with humor or making lectures interesting. He is one of the more challenging 124 profs and you will receive quiz and midterm 1 scores that you are not fond of but the learning curve is high. He will answer any questions promptly with enough of a proof to clear things up. He knows what he is doing.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: MATH308
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

He did not even make a website for his class. made students use the general math website for UW. steer clear.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: GEN162
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Sometimes the content of the class goes irrelevant with the content that I intended to learn

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: GEN162
• Grade Received: D+
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Literally some old bum that was on some other stuff literally just talked all the time, horrible explaining, not that much help, gave horrible quizzes and homework that many struggled with

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: MATH124
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

He's actually a really great professor, I would take him again, everyone who complains just didn't try and are petty leaving mean comments, this is a math class you have to put in effort.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: MATH124
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

I attended Professor Koblitz's office hours and it was really helpful. His review lectures are basically what he put in the exams. There are weekly quizzes and they have the big impact on your grades. He does not allow calculators for his exams except the final, which means you know you did your math wrong if you don't get nice, simplified answers.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: MATH124
• Grade Received: D+
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Professor Koblitz gives hard tests and quizzes, which are weekly. He is not very helpful after class, and seemed to help STAR students more than others. I do not recommend taking his class unless you are one of these students. He is inconsistent in grading tests in my opinion, and too smart to "dumb down" lectures for his freshman students.

Rating # 13

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

Best Math professor I ever had. Lecture is clear and give enough examples. Really nice during both office hour and lecture time. Quickly explain and solve problems student gave. A lot of quiz, but will not destroy your grade.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: MATH125
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

He is tough grader and he probably is the have weekly quiz. However he makes sense so it is worthy to go to lectures.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: MATH124
• Grade Received: F
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

His teachings are as old as he is, AVOID this class, take loveless a way better professor and this dude Neal doesn't show any passion in his teachings

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: MATH124
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

This Class was fire. Easisest 4.0 of my life. Just study hard on the practice midterms, finals, etc. Biggest tip: learn to parse scrubs and all classes are cake.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: MATH124
• Grade Received: WD
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Never take his class. Never !

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: MATH124
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

AVOID AT ALL COSTS, HE DOESNT KNOW HOW TO TEACH, None of the things we learned in class or on any of his reviews was on the tests, he just assumes everyone has a master's in mathematics so he makes easy problems 100 times more complicated than they should be, and shows no passion in his teachings

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: MATH124
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Doesn't give partial credit at all..... FOR A MATH CLASS

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: MATH124
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Monotone, doesn't show passion in his teaching, you will most likely fall asleep in his class, he just does the work and does say anything or explain why he does it, just talks