Professor: Nicolai Haydn
Department: Mathematics
College: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Rating # 1
Overview:
- Course: MATH407
- Grade Received: A
- Overall Rating: 2.0
- Course Difficulty: 3.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: Yes
- Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
He was a fine teacher. You'll just have to read the book and learn from the TA's. I've been really disappointed with USC's math faculty, but compared to other options he was fine. The content is interesting. I would recommend the class.
Rating # 2
Overview:
- Course: MATH407
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 3.0
- Course Difficulty: 3.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: Yes
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Not the worst professor you could have for 407, this class was actually pretty solid. 2 exams with 5 questions each, weekly HW and quiz. He's not bad at explaining concepts but kind of mumbles so hard to hear but exams are not bad, questions are similar to what he assigns as HW. still definitely need to work for it though
Rating # 3
Overview:
- Course: MATH126
- 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:
Professor Haydn is very nice and knowledgeable but he goes fast. Like you look down at your paper for a second and the rest of the board is filled up. There are 2 exams and one final. Both exams allow a one sided cheat sheet with 6-7 questions and past finals are available on the math centers website
Rating # 4
Overview:
- Course: MATH226
- Grade Received: A
- Overall Rating: 5.0
- Course Difficulty: 1.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: Yes
- Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Excellent Professor! Take his cal3 as a freshman in the first semester. He is so kind and so enthusiastic in answering your math problems. Easy midterms and fair amount of homework. Easy quizzes too! An easy A as long as you put some efforts in it.
Rating # 5
Overview:
- Course: MATH226
- Grade Received: B
- Overall Rating: 1.0
- Course Difficulty: 3.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: No
- Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
If you are a freshman taking Calc 3 first semester DO NOT TAKE him unless you have taken it before. Very hard to understand/unhelpful. The class was basically self-study as lecture were more confusing than the text material. He curved the class downward because too many people did well.
Rating # 6
Overview:
- Course: MATH226
- Grade Received: B
- Overall Rating: 3.0
- Course Difficulty: 4.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: No
- Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
He has a pretty heavy accent and mumbles a lot, which made his lectures impossible to understand. The tests would've been fine if he didn't curve them down to a C average. The class covers a difficult topic and gives a lot of weekly homework, but it's not impossible to do well if you put time in outside of class to learn the material on your own.
Rating # 7
Overview:
- Course: MATH226
- Grade Received: A
- Overall Rating: 5.0
- Course Difficulty: 1.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: Yes
- Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Excellent professor, always available after class, easy midterms (basically all the problems on two midterms come from textbooks)
Rating # 8
Overview:
- Course: MATH226
- Grade Received: B
- Overall Rating: 1.0
- Course Difficulty: 4.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: No
- Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
He is not good at speaking clearly, and his handwriting is hard to read. This makes it difficult for students to understand him. Also, he doesn't explain materials in the way that people who learning them for the first time can understand them. It was much better to study on my own rather than to go to his lectures.
Rating # 9
Overview:
- Course: MATH407
- Grade Received: C-
- Overall Rating: 2.0
- Course Difficulty: 5.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
There are 2 tests, each with 5 problems, and I always got at least 1-2 wrong. Others did okay in the class but this was my first upper division course and was not prepared. He is a great person in general but his lectures were useless. I completely understood the lectures but did not have the ability to solve problems.
Rating # 10
Overview:
- Course: MATH525A
- 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:
Great professor for this course. His office hours and lectures are very helpful. His tests are fair and are based on the homework. He prepared everyone for graduate exams very well.
Rating # 11
Overview:
- Course: MATH520
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 3.5
- Course Difficulty: 3.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
His instruction is ok, but the course needs to use a different textbook. Since the text does not have enough explanation, he has to try filling in the holes from the text. This makes it harder for students to understand him because a good text would help students understand his explanations.
Rating # 12
Overview:
- Course: MATH465
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 3.5
- Course Difficulty: 2.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Good professor. His lectures are clear and the text complements his lectures. His office hours are helpful. It helps to study past homework problems before exams.
Rating # 13
Overview:
- Course: MATH125
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 1.0
- Course Difficulty: 5.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Avoid at all costs! You can't understand him and students had to correct him several times during problems several times per class.
Rating # 14
Overview:
- Course: MATH126
- 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:
Probably a better prof for interested science/engineering/math majors rather than people who just want to get their mathematics course reqs over with. I had to work for my grade, but i learned tons in the process. :-)
Rating # 15
Overview:
- Course: MATH126
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 1.0
- Course Difficulty: 5.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Not just hard to understand, disorganized and does not teach the theory instead just attempts to solve problems extremly haphazardly. Although my class average was close to failing, I still received a C due to the fact that the rest of the class was also failing. AVOID AT ALL COSTS.
Rating # 16
Overview:
- Course: MATH
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 5.0
- Course Difficulty: 4.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: N/A
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Hard grader, but this professor definately knows his stuff.
Rating # 17
Overview:
- Course: MATHEMATICS
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 1.0
- Course Difficulty: 5.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: N/A
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
I attended in 1990-1993 and he was one of my professors. He was difficult and odor was a problem.
Rating # 18
Overview:
- Course: CALC126
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 1.0
- Course Difficulty: 5.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: N/A
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
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Rating # 19
Overview:
- Course: MATH226
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 1.0
- Course Difficulty: 4.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: N/A
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
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