Baruch Cahlon - Oakland University, Rochester, MI

Professor: Baruch Cahlon

Department: Mathematics

College: Oakland University, Rochester, MI

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: MTH1221
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Very nice but hard to understand at times. He also constantly wrote the wrong number down while teaching and had to be corrected by a student. There is homework every night which is graded by a random grader who had a weird grading system. All in all the class is pretty easy if you show up every day, do the homework well and do good on 2 exams.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: MATH118
• Grade Received: D+
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Good professor i would've got a better grade if i was actually good at math. Strong accent so I zoned out a lot

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: MTH1121
• Grade Received: C
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

I had enrolled in his class and attended all SI sessions and was completely lost. I had to learn the majority of the material on my own; although I did receive some help from the SI. Everyone was confused. He is a generally kind professor but an awful teacher. Plenty of other great professors to take a pre-calc with.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: MAT1221
• Grade Received: B-
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Cahlon is quiet, hard to understand, and makes frequent mistakes in his lectures. Doing the homework is a good way to learn the material so I did most of the learning for this class on my own. I would be completely lost if it weren't for Khan Academy and the SI instruction after class. Not a good prof if you struggle with math.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: MTH122
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Never take this professor! He does not explain anything and he grades to fail you!

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: MATH154
• Grade Received: D+
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Professor Calhon is a nice a professor, but he is a horrible at teaching the material, his lectures don't help you the subject, really lengthy hw that doesn't encourage students to learn the material, and his writing is horrible. His exams are very hard and he grades harshly. I don't recommend taking him.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: MTH155
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

The worst math teacher I have ever had. Went from 100% in Calc 1 to 70% with this man. He doesn't take the time to explain things, basically plagiarizes the book's proofs for "lectures", and when he lectures he talks to the board.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: MTH118
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Just don't take him, avoid his class at all costs

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: MTH275
• Grade Received: INC
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Lectures are weak, tries to engage with students and fails because he does it maybe three times in a 90 minute lecture. Rambles on with proofs, get's his own examples wrong, writes problems down wrong. Flat out skipped some stuff. Cannot manage his time whatsoever. I'd advising self-learning out of the book.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: MTH275
• Grade Received: F
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Be Me About to take final exam Not totally confident, but hopefully Exam gets passed out I open the exam to find questions asking for complete proofs of theories But wait there is more 40 percent of the exam is 'finish the definition problems' I fill out every proof, definition, and problem I ended up with 31 percent DO NOT TAKE.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: MTH275
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Cahlon is an extremely bad professor. This is the first time I've seen someone turn their back the whole time and not understand how to run class or answer questions. Bottom line don't take him. It also doesn't help that linear algebra is abstract as it is and he doesn't at least let us use our books on exams when he doesn't explain anything well.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: MTH275
• Grade Received: F
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Reads right from the book. Grade is only based on exams. Exam questions all require proofs, almost verbatim from the book . When I went to office hours to dispute a typo that changed the problems meaning his exact words were, "In math English doesn't matter". Well sure, it doesn't matter if you don't include word problems on exams. Which he did.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: MTH275
• 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:

The worst professor I've ever had. He keeps his back to the class the entire lecture, the lecture is dry and difficult to understand, and it is almost entirely proofs. It is impossible to anticipate what is going to be on the tests and his grading is harsh and unclear. The only positive about him is that he's a nice guy, just a bad lecturer. Avoid.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: MTH141
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

you have to take the workshop along with this class which is 100x more helpful than his lectures. Honestly the lectures were pointless except on exam days of course but all homework and quizzes were given in the workshop. He's pretty difficult to understand but his exams weren't extremely difficult

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: MTH141
• Grade Received: C+
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Very hard to understand in class. He will start ranting and get something wrong and continue with the wrong things.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: MTH141
• Grade Received: C-
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

MTH 141 is a tough course no matter what professor you have at Oakland. While he is hard to understand and alone in his own little world while lecturing he really cares about the students. He sent me a personal email when I did significantly better on my second exam congratulating me. Better teacher than Barry Turret if have to pick.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: MATH154
• Grade Received: C-
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Ignores students. Is unclear in lecture. Reads from pre-printed lectures, doesn't explain why it what is going on. I.e. "this is x thing. We see here x thing is done with y number yes? Y number is reaaaaly easy. Y number in x thing super easy that's it!" Then hands go up, he says one more minute, then ignores students for the rest of lecture.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: MTH141
• Grade Received: C-
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

If I could have put 0's for the ratings I would. The is one of the worst teachers I've ever had. I feel bad for saying this because he truly cares for his students and loves teaching but he is awful. Heavy accent. Does problems too quick. No explanation.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: MTH141
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Just rambles on, making the questions/ problems harder than what they actually have to be. At the moment I am begging God just for a C just to pass the class.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: MTH141
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Doesn't look up from his paper the entire lecture. Has no clue how to answer students' questions because he never does it. No idea how he made it through school writing and talking the way he does but somehow he became a professor at an American University. Don't take this guy, but I guess at OU you don't have much of a choice.