Barry Goluboff - Pennsylvania State University - Abington, Abington, PA

Professor: Barry Goluboff

Department: Engineering

College: Pennsylvania State University - Abington, Abington, PA

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: CALC140
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Not good if you don't know calc already. Very lecture heavy. Doesn't help if you go to office hours. Just sit in class and listen to his lectures, and then find the tests to be completely different.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: MATH140
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

If you already know calc then its for you

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: MATH140
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

He is a nice guy and wants his students to succeed but he is an awful professor. He is not clear in his lectures what-so-ever. If you ask a question, he'll probably just make you more confused. He is such a tough grader on exams and rarely gives partial credit.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: MATH140
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

highly not recommended to take his class.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: MATH140
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

This guy can not teach! He sits in front of the board and lectures you thinking you know the material before he goes over it in class. Calc in High School is def RECOMMENDED if you want to pass this class. Just be prepared to learn on your own cause his ways only make the material more challenging. Also only 4 tests the whole year is kinda unfair.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: MATH140
• Grade Received: WD
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Took This Professor freshman year and it was changed my perspective on college. IF your gonna take him I hope you are good learning from the Internet because the professor only talks to the board in class. I would avoid this class if possible

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: MATH140
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

He is clearly proficient in Calculus but his teaching style is very pedestrian, vague and leaves the student with more questions than the questions he is trying to solve on the board. ATTEND ALL lectures, DO ALL Web assign problems, GO OVER the material on a daily basis. 3 Exams and a Final. Exam has 5-7 questions. Web assign counts as one exam

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: MATH140
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Im someone who is good at math. Whenever they would introduce a new topic I would get it quickly and tend to get bored. So it means something when even I was lost from the very first day in this class. He'll race through the materials showing plenty of examples but only a 1 or 2 vague sentence definition, he expects you to know calculus beforehand.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: MATH110
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Avoid at ALL COSTS!!! He does not even treat you like human. He treats you like a machine who can catch up with everything he says. HE CARES ABOUT NOBODY!!!!!!

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: MATH110
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

He skims through material as if it is some kind of race to get done as fast as he can. He never explains why or how something happens and just goes from there, He does not care about others and does not know to exploit his intellect. He has HORRIBLE handwriting and needs improvement. it is so inane that he calls students by their last names!!!!

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: MATH140
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

He's a good professor. Just make sure to ALWAYS go to his office hours anytime you feel u missed something which u would notice on the web assign. Its hard to hear him in the back btw. Sit in the front.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: MATH140
• Grade Received: WD
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

He gives three tests over the whole semester and each test is only 4 to 5 questions. Who gives only 4 to 5 questions on a test? That's more like a quiz and it makes it hard to get a good grade unless you absolutely know what your doing. Even with partial credit I got some low scores on the tests because of them only being 4 to 5 questions.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: CALC140
• Grade Received: WD
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Mr. Goluboff is not a good teacher. Not for me anyways. He goes over way more than necessary and that makes it harder to understand most of the lessons. He basically knows what he's doing, but can't teach it to others. If you've already taken a calc. class in high school then it might be easier for you. However, if you've never had calc. avoid him

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: MATH110
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Just like the previous review I also took AP Calc in high school. He does know the material. Lectures are long and boring, test reviews are pretty much the same as the exam. Very tough grader when it comes to exams. Grade consists of 3 exams, a final and online homework, all are weighted equally. Be prepared to work a lot if you want to do well.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: MATH110
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

This may go against what the other reviews state, but as a student who took AP calc in High School, he knows his stuff. It is college and he doesn't conduct a classic lecture. The only thing that jams students up at time is the exams. I had onebadexam, but Aced the final. He should have taken into consideration the improvement

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: MATH110
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

He faces the board and talks for 50 mins straight. Writes in cursive and is little to no help outside and inside of class.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: MATH140
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

You will need to teach yourself by reading a book or using YouTube.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: MATH140
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

He talks way too fast, and i didn't even understand anything. I never skipped class and I still didn't even know what was going on.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: MATH140
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

He is the worst teacher i ever had! He seems to think everyone knows what they are doing, but most people in the class are lost. He is not that helpful and just stands in front of the chalkboard and mumbles to himself. Would never take him again!

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: MATH140
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

I took this class because I needed the credit and an understanding of the course. I already took calculus in high school, so I knew what I was doing-if I didn't I would have been lost. He talks to the chalk board and drones on about the history of math functions. Very long and unhelpful. Would not take him again.