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Brilliant, but difficult to understand. Very sloppy on the board. Sit close.
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Be specific when answering questions. also, he likes playing with time-wasting absurdities.
His writing is kinda messy and he's difficult to understand, but he is very willing to help. Just ask.
Such a funny guy, he wastes time talking about applications of the math, but he has some very absentminded comments are extremely funny.
terrible as a teacher, irrelevantly funny as a person
brilliant teacher, handwriting sucks tho one of the few who actually lectures instead of copying from the book, take him if you want a challenge
He gets sidetracked easily, and will go off on tangents. The course material (Fourier series) is hard, but he does a decent job explaining complicated concepts.
he paces around more than he teaches. i wish he would understand that students are eager to learn, but they are in fact new at the material. if he can stop banging on the blackboard...and reeking of smoke...the world would be a better place. pray that you enjoy this subject and are competant before selecting him!
Horrible said he didn't want to be there and proved it. He showed many examples of what NOT to do and few of what to do so he very confusing.
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Great Professor. If you like the subject, you'll like the class. If you don't, you might hate it. He is an engaging professor who is very familiar with the material; he uses no notes. He cares about the students and wants them to do well and enjoy the material. There are many cases, though, where students may never really enjoy the material.
Very knowledgeable, sometimes confusing.
Nice teacher, teaching style not so bad. But grading and exams suck, and of course that is most of the percentage.
If you take his class, you will be expected to learn things from the textbook on your own. However, once you do, everything he says will make much more sense than with any other professor.
I have taken 252 and 474 with him. He is a good professor who doesn't just want you to know what things are, but how they work. His quizzes and exams are challenging, but he grades fairly. If you try, you will learn a lot in his classes.
Dude was the ****..his tests were hard but he would curve it up a lot(He would drop like 40 points from the total). He is a pretty nice guy and is helpful and extremely knowledgeable.
Overall, he is a great instructor, with keen interest instructing. He gives historical background about subject matter, thus making the course more interesting. Very helpful, would make time to instruct you at office hours. Tough, but worth taking his course!
He is not a bad teacher, very knowledgeable and smart but he is close to impossible to understand. His tests are out of this world hard but it usually wouldn't matter because he has a ridiculous curve on his tests..like 40 or 50 points. Take his class if you want to pass, but don't expect to understand the material.
Great professor. He may not be clear in everything he lectures, but he really cares for his students. Please visit his office hours if you are having trouble with the course. He makes time for his students and will work with you. If you are doing poorly, and show effort (i.e. office hours), he will take it into consideration and give you an A or B.
Best math professor I've ever had
Nice, humorous man. However, lectures weren't helpful. Exams were tremendously difficult and not at all similar to homework or in-class problems (and I'm an A-student). Others said that he curves circa 40 points, but that wasn't true for this class in which he only curved about 10 points. If the class size was larger, the curve might be greater.
He will open up your mind to a whole new world. Truly inspiring classes. Awesome sense of humor. Terrific math knowledge in any topic and field. He's the best professor I had in my life. The exams will make you reason and prove your true knowledge, they're not straight out from the book. You won't forget anything he teaches.
The best
Best math professor I've ever had. Wicked sense of humor. Delves deep into the material. I learned a lot, and my performance in the the class encouraged me to pursue more math.
I wouldn't take another class with him.He adds stuff which is not even in the book. Also,he's not clear during the lectures. My advice: if you take him, be ready to study on your own and dont go to class because if you listen to what he says in class,you probably might get confused. However, he's helpful during his office hours. Tough Prof. though!
Lubin is the man. On my first Diff EQ exam, I had no idea on how to solve a problem, I drew a whale. I got 2 out of 15 points. Lubin will make you work for your grade. And he cares if you understand the concept and not if you can be a machine and get solutions. He makes you think. Also I put Lubin is hot because I have never seen him wear a coat.
He is a nice professor. He will make you think. You can't get easy marks on exam,you have to go deep into the topics. He is hilarious in some sense.Altogether,he is encouraging to learn math
The man is not a good teacher. He knows his material very well but he poorly conveys it to the students. always gets off topic and randomly jumps between different topics.
He is so bad. He grades not fairly and didn't teach anything during the lecture. If you want to take his class, you need get ready to learn by yourself.
Probability portion was difficult, Stats portion was the easiest and the professor makes it easy to understand. To be successful in his course: Read the textbook, Practice the homework(he gives a ton of problems every week), Do the past exam questions he hands out!, ask him to do past exam problems during review sessions it helps.
"Well it DEPENDS!" Is what you will expect to hear from him when he asks questions to the class. I found the probability portion to be easy but when it comes to the statistics portion he is not helpful at all and he rushes through it. His homework is straight from the book but it doesn't relate to the quizzes he gives every week or the tests.
Absolutely hated it. Because of him, I saw three students switch out of a math major. Unfortunately, a required professor. Get on his good side first and ALWAYS go to office hours. Says "Well, It depends" at least three times a class and it will infuriate you.
Awful. Did not learn a thing in this class. It was a complete waste of time. Do not go to his lectures because he doesn't teach. I don't understand where they get people like him to teach students. Hes getting paid to do nothing. It's sad how bad America's education system is.
He does pop quizzes, rarely responds to email (and when he does it's a 1 word response), terrible hand writing, acts like you're stupid when you ask a dumb (to him) question, but some people think he's friendly. To each his own, I guess.
Although his writing is virtually illegible, his enthusiasm is infectious. He is very helpful at office hours. The TAs in rm 129 are also helpful. You will learn a lot, enough to know there is a lot you still do not know!
Class is pretty much useless. I suggest getting the book, solution manual, and a chegg account. While I didnt attend class, I read every chapter in the textbook, did all homework and JMP projects, and attended office hours. He's helpful in his office hours. And while his exams are hard, he tries to help. Class is curved GREATLY.
He always seemed to be in a rush during class
His teaching very inefficient, he handwriting is just plain out sloppy. He erases what he wrote on the broad before to get the chance to write it on your notes. The textbook does help somewhat. Class something feels like a waste of time, If you ever struggle in his math class GO TO THE MATH TUTORS in room RE129 they help out ALOT more then him.
Be prepared to hear him say "It depends." He is intense and comes off as intimidating in class, he is very helpful if you go to his office hours. He does some hilarious things in class like writing on the drywall and tables with the markers. If you do the homework and look at the past exams he provides, you should be fine
I liked this professor. Pretty good at explaining the material but does seem to go on tangents once in a while. He's nice and will definitely help you if you ask if during office hours. Downside was that there was a quiz every other class and he's a pretty tough grader.
Doesnt know how to explain. Most of the time the professor is absent and a sub teacher is there. Makes error in checking exams and doesnt change the grade.
He never grades on Blackboard until the semester ends. He also never writes full scale, so you have to guess your grade until the final.
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Real hard handwriting to read and did not do a good job at explaining the topic.
He doesn't teach the material very well. He takes a very disorganized approach to teaching, jumping from idea to idea, oftentimes not seeing a practice problem all the way through. Additionally, the book used is not very helpful and online resources are scarce and vary from how expects you to solve a problem. Also he will assign a test then forget.
The class is very self taught as he knows the topics well but cannot transfer the information to students. To make up for the lack in teaching in class the homework is extensive with practie that directly correlates with the many pop quizzes. And the many pop quizzes correlate with the tests. In conclusion, find a study group and go over all pract
He just cant teach. He almost never says what hes talking about before he starts, so every lecture feels aimless. Without 100% attention, youll likely miss a key step without knowing. But hes very funny if you can keep up with him. Also: quizzes after every class, but usually about topics you should know by now (and worst several are dropped).
He's good at the subject but transition between topics happens in a snap and at most concentration is required. His homeworks are great, those cover all topics discussed and helps us learn from the textbook.
Why is this guy even a professor? He does not try AT ALL to teach. Class is extremely disorganized and attending lectures makes you more confused than if you just read the textbook yourself. I can't comment on his In person teaching because the class was online but this was the worst professor I've ever had.
never have I ever met a professor who literally does the bare minimum. his "teaching style" consists of going over the text book, but explains it a million times worse. His lectures are a joke to go to, and the quizzes difficulty level is above the homework.
Absolutely awful, withdrew after a month because I literally had not learned a single thing since the class started. The lectures are the most disorganized I've ever seen, and prepare to hear "it depends" as an answer to every question he asks. Also, good luck reading his handwriting which is chicken scratch at best
350 characters isn't nearly enough to explain what's wrong with this guy. Lectures are confusing and his notes are illegible. The sample exams he gives don't at all represent what the real exam is like. The most recent example being the 5 old exams on complex variables he posted for our upcoming exam on matrices. Exams are way harder than homework
Really knows his subject well. To get the most out of his lectures, skim the material before class. As long as you do that, you'll learn a lot. Taking him again next semester for 532.
Lubin is a professor that I have a lot of mixed thoughts on. I don't think hes a bad teacher, I think that his approach is just ineffective. His way of explaining things is hard to understand, and don't really give good feedback. He knows his stuff though. Also, the tests, grading, and online format are very odd and hard to understand.
His explanations are really fast so expect to scratch your head a bit. Plus, his handwriting/drawing skills are ATROCIOUS which is especially relevant in Calc 3. His tests are fairly simple and very similar to the practice, so as long as you do his practice exams and watch lectures like Professor Leonard's on YouTube then you should be fine.
Homework was assigned randomly , it was a lot. Quizzes were assigned every lecture, causing stress and anxiety but worthless to our main grade. Professor Lubin also goes off on many tangents during lectures that are either sexist in some sorts, or radical. His handwriting is also the worse thing in life. Everyone bombed exams for the most part.
I feel like he might be a good professor in-class, MAYBE, but taking this class online was terrible. He can never get to the point. The "slides" were extremely hard to understand and the way he "went over problems," was just, put up a picture of a problem he had already done and he just talks about it. random quizzes too, no warning.
Prof Lubin is alright. If you try, he won't fail you because he'll give you extra credit or supplements or something so you won't fail but you have to work. The class is difficult because online teaching is not his forte. I ended up learning from the book. He cannot draw on the computer so if you have an in-person class, it'll be alright I think.
Attend class if you want, but you might end up even more confused than when you entered. Watch Professor Leonard on YouTube- his calc 3 playlist is EVERYTHINGGG. I learned so much by Prof Leonard. The videos are lengthy, but worth it. The textbook is also a great source of learning conceptually. Pair those two and the class should be alright.
Wouldn't trust him to teach my children the ABC's. Doesn't answer students questions, just tells them to think about it. He has no grading scale so you have no clue what your grade is until midterm grades and final grade. He did nothing but confuse me during lectures so I, and many other students had to just read the book and teach ourselves.
Wouldn't trust him to teach my children the ABC's. Doesn't answer student's questions, just tells them to think about it. He has no grading scale so you have no clue what your grade is until midterm grades and final grade. He did nothing but confuse me during lectures so I, disrespectful do not waste your money, Do not waste your money.
He didnt teach us anything confused us, do not answer student questions, no right answer, wrong answer, do not motivate the students, his main goal to make you suffer do not take him and I really think he is racist as other students mentioned I really dont know how iit still have him teaching horrible experience.
Lubin does a good job of teaching the concepts. Be careful on his tests because they are very conceptual which means if you understand the content it is an easy A, but you could easily fail if you don't. He is very funny and generally engaging. Most bad ratings probably come from when he taught online which I assume was pretty bad.
Professor Lubin does a great job of teaching during lectures. If you enjoy math, then you will really enjoy his style of teaching. If you are just trying to get the grade without understanding the material, it will be much harder. He does assign a lot of homework. He offers some great jokes to keep you engaged. He is not technologically adept.
This is the worst teacher I've ever had at IIT. I have never written here before because previous teachers were bearable, but this professor finally broke me. I had wasted hours of my time do way too much homework and trying to learn on my own. He never finishes examples/skips parts in them, his lectures are confusing and all over the place.
You can barely understand his handwriting because it is an absolute mess. But he explain things clearly enough. If you miss three seconds of class you will be lost for the rest of the semester and will have to use the terrible book. Hard homeworks. Straightforward exams that cover what was learned in the homeworks.
Lectures typically have no structure, and you will spend most of your time doing homework. Material is somewhat easy to grasp but you will ultimately be teaching yourself.
Lubin is one of the worst professors I have ever taken. If you take his class you will be teaching yourself because he is unable to teach.
I overall had a bad time with this professor and I would not recommend taking any classes with him at IIT!
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I was challenged too much and was not able to be helped by the professor, bad experience, if you want to have a good time in a math class do NOT take this class.
His handwriting is not the greatest and it is impossible to catch up if you get behind.
Read reviews of Professor on RMP, and the ratings are accurate. Professor does not coherently teach and asks a lot of trick questions intended to make students sound stupid for answering incorrectly. Outside learning sources recommended. Professor also punishes class with extra quizzes for not answering said trick questions. Avoid class if possible
His lectures are pretty much useless, prepare to self-teach yourself. But if you understand the homework, the exams are no surprises pretty much exactly like the homework so you'll be fine
Awful lectures, absolutely incomprehensible. Only 1 student in both sections had a natural A.
Bad notes and bad feedback. Professor Lubin is all over the place. doesn't know how to work the online system, and he left the grades as N/A the whole semester, which is just extremely unprofessional and unhelpful. Lubin also decided to give a quiz every class period for two months, AND 3 midterms that went up until the week before finals.
As others said he's really disorganized and uses class presolved problems on a pdf which are hard to follow, but he's kind and helpful if you go to his office hours so all in all it's not that bad. Unclear syllabus, lots of quizzes but mostly not graded and just to encourage you to study. Not super lenient with extra credit in tests.
Overall, his lectures were not helpful in the slightest. During the last couple weeks of class, he would give back-to-back quizzes, so beware of a LOT of quizzes. While his exams are pretty straightforward, they do not reflect the style of the final exam at all. I would recommend watching lectures from Professor Leonard on YouTube.
⚠️ BEWARE ⚠️ Never put grades in, misogynistic comments during lecture, ignored emails, quizzes every day, did not curve, would announce exams less than a week in advance, answered a lot of questions with "maybe". Calc 3 as a subject is not hard, but this professor made it impossible to score well on his quizzes and exams.
I generally enjoy math; however, Lubin has a way of teaching that makes things much harder than necessary. Literally-- I started doing better once I began tuning out his lectures (me and the webassign textbook against the world [the world being lubin]). Won't lie: there were a few silent tears. Didn't update grades not ONCE. POP. QUIZZES.
Professor Lubin is a horrible teacher in all manners of the word. His lectures are almost impossible to follow; often, we would have four quizzes in one week, even after or before tests. He hates when people ask questions and will just ignore you if you do. IF YOU ARE READING THIS BEFORE REGISTERING DO NOT I REPEAT DO NOT TAKE HIM!!!!!!
Cooky old Guy not gonna lie, would often go off on tangents during lectures, zero structure to lesson plans, homework assignments are never actually up to date to whats being learned, many many quizzes and very passive arrgesive when asking questions like each time he asks a question its a trick one. Didnt fail tho so he kinda chill
Professor is a crazy old guy who is losing his mind. It got to the point where the class celebrated when he got hospitalized. The class is only passable if you read the textbook and do problems from there rather then go to class. Skipping class to read the textbook instead genuinely worked out better then going to Lubin was.
Overall bad explainer. He post grades now. His lectures are hard to fallow and YT videos do a 1000% better job. His tests seem easy yet about 50% of the class got a 50% on one. Calc 3 is not hard. I understand it all to a t. I don't understand how Lubin makes it hard. Take someone else. Practice tests would save his class but there is none from him
Unclear syllabus, looks like it was made in 10 minutes. Unclear grading criteria. Quiz at every SINGLE lecture. Gave us an exam the week right before break (wasn't even mentioned in the syllabus). DOESN'T POST GRADES ON CANVAS. You have no idea where you're standing the WHOLE semester until the day final grades are due. TA was equally terrible.
The lectures are very interactive but seem unstructured, which is both good & bad. If you care about math & want to learn, then Professor Lubin is awesome, but if you are looking for an easy A, don't take his class. Professor is not very tech savvy so that's not great, but he's got a good sense of humor & is a good lecturer, at least in my opinion.
He's a good Prof, he explains everything from scratch and actually gives you real life examples on how things work. Initially it was hard to understand him and his way of teaching. He conducts quizzes every week-his midterms are relatively hard. It's easy to score a B in his class. Homework is lengthy but doing it will definitely save your grade.
1 week in and am already lost. lectures all over the place and quizzes 10 times harder than what he teaches. unclear and vague on many topics
The prof himself is a nice guy, however his style teaching is not so good.I would recommend following any yt playlist for understanding the course material and do the HWs regularly. Exams are mostly similar to the hw and practice exams he posts.
Funny guy but quite possibly the worst professor I've ever had for a class. You'd be better off watching YouTube videos of your curriculum than attending any of his lectures and I would do that if it weren't for the fact that we have a quiz basically every class.
Every time I walk into this class, it feels like I'm at the deepest depths of hell...This dude is the embodiment of Satan...the Derivative Devourer. Bro also embodies Asmodeus, aka the demon of lust...Bro talks about porn like tf, does your wife not give you enough? Save yourselves, you'd rather be drinking horse pee than attending his lectures.
He's a nice guy tbh, but he is not good when it comes to lecturing, you miss one minute, and you're lost. He doesn't upload detailed notes; you're better off studying on your own using the textbook. His exams are like 40-50% similar to the previous years' papers, overall not that great, wouldn't recommend.
Class Info
Online Classes
100%
Attendance Mandatory
51%
Textbook Required
50%
Grade Predictor
Your expected effort level
Predicted Grade
B+
Grade Distribution
Common Tags
Rating Trend
Declining
-1.16 avg changeRatings by Course
MATH461
5.0
(1)MATH475
5.0
(1)MATH402
4.5
(2)DIFFEQ
4.0
(1)MATHSECT
4.0
(1)Difficulty by Course
ARCHIMATH
5.0
MTH
5.0
CALCULUS
4.3
MATH333
4.3
MATH119
4.0