Valentin Deaconu - University of Nevada - Reno

Professor: Valentin Deaconu

Department: Mathematics

College: University of Nevada - Reno

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: MATH182
• Grade Received: B-
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Khanacademy, Symbolab, and Chegg will be your best friends for this class. Read the chapters in the book. and most importantly Take any other professor.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: MATH182
• 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:

He is a horrible teacher. He belittles students and violates FERPA by showing other students the class grade book. He doesn't explain the concept well and when he does explain a concept, he expects you to master the concept as soon as he is done with it. He expects you to know concepts that he has taught before. DO NOT TAKE unless you want to fail

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: MATH285
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

It was a tough course, but his office hours are extremely helpful. He does want you to learn and do well, you just need to show you are willing to do the same.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: MATH181
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Dr. Deaconu is condescending, teases you, and gets frustrated when you don't answer questions. However, office hours are very useful, and the math center was one of my best friends. He laughed at me on several occasions, but I'm not typically offended. It was definitely a difficult class, but his tests/quizzes are simple and predictable.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: MATH181
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

He is very condescending when you ask valid questions. He will also call on you in class and proceed to laugh at you when you do not know the answer. This was easily the hardest class I have taken in my life, but it is do-able. Be prepared to work harder than you ever have before and don't forget to utilize the math center if need be.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: MATH126
• Grade Received: C+
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Thank you though

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: MATH283
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

If you're taking Calc 3 DO NOT take it with Deaconu. Calc 3 is hard but he makes it even harder. His lectures are always unclear and unorganized, and laughs at students when they ask a question. The class average is 62% before the final, and he says it's "not his fault" so he won't curve. Take Mortensen if you actually want to learn.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: MATH283
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Don't take Calc III from him. As a non-degree student, I didn't have much choice, and I wish I just would have waited to take this class. Not only is his grading outrageous, but his lectures are impossible to understand, he only uploads half his notes to his website, and he doesn't answer questions. He can avoid questions better than Bill Clinton.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: MATH283
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

His teaching style is awful. If you ask him to clarify something he just said he won't even look at you and laugh. He feels as though he's better than all of us and he shows it. Wouldve moved my whole schedule around if I knew how bad he was.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: MATH181
• Grade Received: B-
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Professor Deaconu tries so hard to be helpful, but the way he lectured and the concepts he covered were really hard to understand. The tests were also hard, although he gives partial credit (besides the multiple choice). He is helpful during office hours, but doesn't curve. He does let you replace a test with your final if it will help your grade.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: MATH181
• Grade Received: F
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

He has been teaching math for too long, so every topic makes sense to him. He therefore does not explain everything fully and forgets most of us are seeing this material for the first time. I gave up towards the end of the semester out of hopelessness

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: MATH181
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Teaches at a level that is incomprehendible for students who are not mathematics majors. His tests are difficult and only consist of 5 free response questions, where you are graded on every step of your work including the answer. His homework always took me at least two or three hours to complete unless I had someone helping me. I do not recommend

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: MATH181
• Grade Received: D
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

He is not very clear on the topic, practice homework is super easy but anything for credit like homework, quizzes, and test are very difficult, and the material on the test is not clear and very difficult.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: MATH181
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

I tutor at the university, math below calculus because I had never taken it before. I DONT GET ANYTHING AT ALL. I would avoid taking him at all costs. I wanted to minor in math, because I loved it. I hate is so much now.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: MATH181
• 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: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Deacon is a very difficult teacher and he is one of those people who is too smart for his own good. He has a problem understanding any questions that you have on the most simple topics in class, and his accent is hard to understand. I would not recommend this class to anyone taking Calc 181. The homework is unnecessarily hard, and the class sucks.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: MATH181
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

The practice homework was not like the credit homework. Class avg for the first two tests were 59 and 42. Very unclear. Textbook was not very clear either.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: MATH283
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

He expects all of his students to remember everything you have ever done in a math class. He is pretty straight forward when it comes to quizzes and tests, he gives study guides with everything that is going to be on the tests. It is a hard class and he can be a bit condescending but there are worse professors

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: MATH283
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

While his teaching style is abrasive and mean, you can learn a lot from this man if you do office hours. He's more willing to go over the difficult problems & his tests are very fair: he gives you a practice exam with the same types of problems as the actual test. Study those and memorize your formulas (he sadly provides none) and you'll be fine.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: MATH283
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

He gave tests that were unnecessarily difficult, with no curves and no aid such as formulas. Tests were always way harder than the homework. Did not explain well and when students asked questions, he'd laugh. Test average was always below 50%. One day he told us that we are a bad class, because the average score was so low. He never took the blame.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: CALC283R
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

He is the most horrible teacher I've ever had in my life.