An okay proff, whos tests are unreasonably hard

APM384 Quite easy course but taught by such low-level prof. I even don't think he understand how PDE really works. He teach nothing in class. e.g. spend 2 month on separation of variables that kind of easy thing. But he did not mention the core of classical PDE: Sturm-Liouville theory. not even to mention prior estimate & functional analysis.

He basically expects you to know everything beforehand. When you come to class, he starts asking questions to class right away without explaining anything.

Worst course coordinator by far. You can make a textbook, you can teach, you wanna apply an inverted classroom? cool. The main resource for learning for this course are a list of videos which were hardly ever or up until wayyy too late, posted or referenced or mentioned.

Worst Prof I have ever seen in my entire lifetime. So irresponsible. He teaches nothing in class,but expects you to know everything for the test. He tests materials that he never talked about in class. He insists his classes are interactive and good for students, but ended up getting a 45% average on the test. God bless him.

He basically expected you to know everything beforehand. Does not teach anything valuable during lecture! Additionally, he tests you on things that he did not even mentioned in lecture! If you consist that interactive is the best way of learning, then how come I learnt nothing? If he did not finish the slices in lecture, he just skip to the next!

The way his course was structured was horrible; I didn't feel like I learned anything with the flipped classroom style. And I get that we should be challenged, but his tests are unreasonably hard. Also, when I asked him if my thought process for a question was right, he asked if I was sure and to think about it, then left without explaining. 0/10.

The worst class I have ever take. This class made me hate calculus. He is trying some new teaching methods on us which make no sense. If this guy is your course coordinator, welp, good luck!

He is a good person, but the way the course was structured was horrible that the averages for the midterms were 50% and 65%, and the way the course was taught was horrible in comparison to Calc1.

questions on tests are really vague. marking sucks and he takes of marks for nothing.

Worst Professor ever, unreasonably tough exams and problem sets. Doesn't actually teach, forces you to just read the textbook and pray that you pass his actual tests. Very unfair marker.

didn't have him as a prof, but as a course coordinator, this guy genuinely wants to watch you fail. who tf punishes a student for trying by docking marks for incorrect answers? that is such an awful approach to teaching. course is very unorganized you're better off teaching yourself the material. this class is garbage (this is a post exam rant btw)

This dude expect you to come to class and know everything. He covers half of the material every class, and you are left on your own to learn the rest because he will just move on to the next concept. It was a waste of time to going to his class, and by the end of the semester, his lecture hall was almost half empty cuz people just went to other prf

Does not teach at all, you are better off just reading the textbook. His lectures are waste of time.

I dislike this Professor. He believes that all student live for his class. He pretends to be so empathetic yet he makes sure to make your life harder by making assignment windows small. No errors or late assignments are accepted. Makes tests according to his imagination not the course material

Bernardo was one of the worst teachers I ever had. He is very rude in his comments and puts questions on tests that even the other professors couldn't solve. NEVER take a course with him. EVER

He is knowledgeable but he has bad teaching skills. Lectures are useless literally. So sad with mark all cause of the bad lectures

Prof Bernardo was nice, but his lecture style and teaching abilities didn't cut it. He relied almost solely on solving basic examples to convey new information and rarely explicitly explained concepts and ideas. The tests were always unpredictable and never reflected what he taught or text questions. Went to almost every lecture and gained nothing.

WORSE PROFF EVER!!! AVOID AT ALL COST! His lectures are a waste of time. Bernardo spends all of his time trying to make class "interactive" and they're not useful. No one at UofT wants to socialize so talk about awkward. AVOID AT ALL COST!

Mans made quiz 1 harder bcs he was salty that no one went to his lectures and used the excuse that "the students aren't taking this course seriously enough".

Test questions are incomprehensible

if you value your mental and physical wellbeing, don't.

Quizzes on content not covered in courses. Impossible, does not make sense.

The first quiz was called a diagnostic quiz, but it was incredibly tough. Not enough time to think about the questions, and the questions weren't similar to any of the lecture material. The textbook problems and practice quiz did not prepare us for the quiz at all. I don't recommend taking this course unless it's mandatory as a prereq.

Quiz questions difficulty was no where close to the class questions/hws.

Quiz 1 completed and it's crazy how he managed to put not a single thing we covered in class on there. It's ridiculous how difficult it was. We were told that "the quiz will make us rethink our studying skills"; maybe the issue is not the way we study, but how they don't teach us how to solve the questions they are asking.

Horrible Professor. If you do not need math do not take this course because Bernardo as course coordinator will ruin your GPA.

avoid this course at all costs

You won't learn much in this class, as you will be too preoccupied studying things that are taught in lectures and outside class only to be presented with problems far too complex that have not been addressed properly enough for any student to understand how to do, much less learn anything long term.

Just wrote the diagnostic quiz and tell me why I felt like I was reading an essay and not doing a quiz. there is SO much writing that it was so hard to understand the question. if you don't need MAT136 then don't take it if Bernardo is the course coordinator.

I did my math calc diagnostic Quiz and let me tell you this was not a diagnostic quiz I thought I was seeing planets collide while doing this.

lectures were pointless to attend. not a single thing was learned and the content was nothing like the final exam.

Absolutely terrible, did not feel like I was taking a math course. Please avoid him at all cost

"diagnostic quiz" was worth 10% of final grade, was given 75 min, 5 questions, each had an essay length of words to read. He says that math should not be simply about the correct number, but more about the process of getting there. This was not the case for this "diagnostic quiz". terrible time do not take :(

he did nothing as a course coordinator. There was no explanation for the assignment that was due at 9am next morning at just open at 2am, but also written in the syllabus of the course said no late exception. They put consequences on students instead of admitting they also have responsibility for bugs in quiz.

He is really good at solving problems: He knew that he cannot make everyone happy, so he made everyone unhappy. Genius.

Incredibly disorganized. Avoid MAT136 if he is the coordinator.

Useless bonus Quiz.

not good

He literally created a midterm where you LOSE points if you fill in the incorrect answer. This is an awful format and no other class does this.

teaches the class as if it were pre-school but makes the tests extremely hard. He teaches you that 1+1= 2 but expects you to know how to integrate and solve issues like climate change the next day. What a joke.

tests are extremely hard, and barely related to lectures, even if it was a math course HILARIOUS

If anyone is reading this and planning on taking MAT136, please don't. There are other math courses at UofT you can maybe take for the program you are interested in but this course does not have a structure whatsoever and I highly recommend NOT taking it.

If you take courses that is taught by Bernardo, only thing you can do is to drop the course. Cuz he won't let people pass the course with extremely hard quizzes and term tests. Also, his teaching is very doubtful, and his lectures and not consistent with what we had tested. The tests with a few questions but heavily weigh on your grade.

lmao gg. I've never seen such a bad grade on any test. Laughed when I saw my score. Thanks Bernardo!!

As an instructor, Bernardo is adequate. As a course-coordinator, he's pretty close to unbearable. LOVES handing out zeros for no reason (wrote a 500 word paper, got a 0 because i missed a self reflection). If you can avoid him, do, but if not just be SUPER DUPER precise. He cares more about your ability to follow instructions than actual learning.

This professor graded strangely and gave difficult questions on the exam to make things difficult for the students.

The grading was unreasonable, the questions were very difficult, and this was the worst professor I ever had.

Worst course coordinator you'll ever see. MAT136 content-wise is not the hardest, but a huge, huge mess in terms of structure and how they handle things.

Not even going to comment on his teaching ability, but his ability to coordinate a course could do some work. The guidelines to when assignments are released are not followed, same with the results. Accidental typing and formatting mistakes led to massive confusion in the assignment. Questions in the final were extremely confusing and were vague.

As a coordinator, his guidelines are unorganized and unfortunately, quite lazily made. Difficult exams, prepare to do lots and lots of homework.

Genuinely, I do not think this man wants his students to pass. He creates questions out of thin air and expects us to immediately be able to relate them to the "real world of calculus". Yes, it is relevant to have an understanding of calculus outside of just calculations - but it would be nice if he actually taught. AWFUL course coordinator.

very unorganised, confusing questions on evaluations that are not in lectures, tutorials, textbook questions or anything. requires you to teach yourself before coming to class. it's basically grade 12 calc but its the stupid questions and projects that make this class less math and more philosophy of math related and just really unenjoyable.

One of the worst course coordinators and profs ever. It's like he's on a mission to make our lives harder! The test questions he throws at us are like 10 times trickier than what we covered in class. It's a real struggle.

Poorly coord. course. In class material in lectures and tuts. incl. wishy-washy word problems, yet tests include technical material either not covered or briefly covered. Refuses to grant extensions for second asst. because it was "posted early on" even though instructor feedback from prev. asst was needed and released only at 1 am 2 nights before.

Terrible course design. Not accomodating at all, and will allow instructors to infringe on deadlines but god forbid you ask for an extension or accomodation. Huge equity problem too, with students in forum complaining of 0 accomodation despite showing valid documentation.

Disorganised course coordinator who puts in minimal effort. Incredibly vague criteria for the ACTs, designs the course so that profs don't teach. Has us watch videos before class and apply what we "learned" in class, lectures are 100% work periods. Useless lectures + student feedback means nothing to him, most people just skip lectures. He's awful.

Avoid this course until the coordinator is changed! This professor writes the most un-mathematical math questions; they aren't difficult they are COMPLETELY UNCLEAR and CONFUSING. Prepare to study hard and then lose grades for NOTHING! Prof looks for every excuse to penalize students, is completely unreasonable, and has TAs answer his email.

Maybe he is nice as the coordinator of managing 135 teaching team, but he is a terrible professor in student's perspective!! The evaluations is not even similar to what we learnt during lectures and practices provided at all!! The average is only 42% for test one.... even lower that 157. Don't take 135 until the coordinator has changed!! Trust me!!

I am pretty baffled that this guy still has a job. The same very valid complaints have been lodged time and time again over the entire time he has been a course coordinator for mat135 and nothing has changed. My learning strategist actually sighed when I mentioned mat135. Avoid if you can.

Worst professor of my life. Either switch out of his class or fail the course. Never taught a single thing that benefited me on assignments or exams. Never answers questions or explained concepts clearly. Never taught anything related to exams. Switch to Dmitry he is very organized and has all the solutions to past exams!

He scheduled a drop in hour and didn't even show up...

As a professor and a course coordinator, I think at least you should have the work ethic. The tests and assignments can be complex and hard, but at least we should have lectures that really talk about the stuff relate them. Maybe ask yourself if you really want students to learn and understand math or your joy comes from torturing your students.

During lectures, nothing is ever taught as only examples are given with their answers. When students ask questions, very vague responses are given. The evaluations are not even slightly related to the already minimal practice material. The course is super unorganized with the majority of students struggling, and the department doesn't seem to care.

So bad.

Bernardo is, in short, the worst professor I have ever had in my life. Most professors who are bad in one area typically have a redeeming quality. Not Bernardo. Bernardo is awful on all accounts. From testing on things that were never taught in lecture to allowing marking mistakes made by the TA's slide, Bernardo succeeded in ruining math.

I have never felt more destroyed and empty in my entire life after taking this horrible class run by this atrocious man. There is no hope, and there is no salvation at the end of this course. You will experience pain unlike any other, from the beginning to the end. Before adding MAT135 to your schedule, make sure you've made peace with God.

Everything about the design of this class is very vague and unhelpful. The professor is unflinching in his lack of care for the students and the assignments have very little relation to the class material. The material should not be that difficult but they make you learn it all on your own time, absolutely no teaching is done in class. Avoid!

Genuinely the worst coordinator at uoft. This course only tests 2 things, memory and sanity. I have never seen such a disconnect between course and test content, imagine providing a test formula sheet with no applications. The reason why I survived this course is solely because my grade 12 math teacher gave me a great mathematical foundation.

If you meet this professor, you better run!!! This class was one of the worst experiences I've ever had.

I have never had a worse experience in a course than in MAT135. There was no point in going to the lectures because the tests would have zero connection to them. To even come close to succeeding you need a very good foundation of calculus despite doing very little math in the course. If possible, don't take any course associated with this man.

Extremely terrible experience in the course coordinated by him

He leaves us completely unprepared for exams and then when people ask about these questions or complain that the class average was a 35% on the test he says that its a problem with our learning and not his tests. Maybe he thinks he's amazing but if the class average is 35 its either a problem with the test or with the teacher. DUHHH

The lack of professionalism in this course is baffling. The assignments and exams barely related to the coursework, and there was little exam practice available that represented the difficulty of the midterm and final exams. I only did OK in the course because of my high school calc notes. Highly recommend NOT taking a course associated with him

He is a great example of nice person but absolutely awful professor. The classes had no correlation to the tutorials which had no correlation to the homework which had no correlation to the actual tests. Despite studying almost 2 weeks prior to the actual midterm I felt extremely lost when I was presented with the actual test.

just like everyone else said, tests literally had no correlation to the course content whatsoever. respectfully I could argue we weren't even learning calculus. bs.

the worst professor ever, my biggest nightmare in the first year, avoid him at all cost

He doesn't provide answer

What the actual f

RUnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn

(MAT244 not MAT234)We have done absolutely nothing in lecture other than make models for random scenarios, followed by "now take 10 mins and model this on excel". With the intention of catering to the losers in other fields who need to learn modeling for their programs, "Professor" Bernardo changed this course from a normal ode course to this slop.

FEEL THE BERN!!!!!!!!!

One point is the minimum standard for Rate my professor, and his lecture is far from reaching one point.

Worst professor, bar none

Honestly, he is the worst professor I have ever had. He seems like a nice guy, a little awkward, but honestly, he cannot teach. The midterm and final were both completely unrelated to calculus. I took IB math HL in high school, thinking it would mostly be review; it wasn't. He made my first year living hell and made math a terrifying subject.

Lectures are not worth going to. Each lecture goes over a single practice question, which he wouldn't even explain well. I took calculus in High school, and the 5% I remembered was more useful than his teaching.

I want to share full 6-star rating to Prof.Bernardo, cuz maximum is 5, this one is exceeded. Hard work though, we were like a bunch of blind men, wandering around an animal he described as an animal, trying to determine what it was, before finally being told it was a toilet. Hooray!!!

The lack of professionalism and organization in this course (and MAT136) is appalling. I took both a year ago, and I can say because of this prof/coordinator, I hate calculus with a passion. Unclear marking schemes, unhelpful and boring lectures, and exams that don't have anything to do with the course content made me want to die honestly. RUNNNNNN

Byzantine Emperor of Mathematics

Genuinely an abhorrent professor

Run! Run! Run! Believe me!

I feel like group tests in this course were Bernardo's idea. Never ever take a course with Bernardo in it, coordinator or not.

I'm graduating this year; thanks to Bro for the only 2 A- I ever received.

This is the most unorganized course I have ever taken in uoft. We are supposed to learn ODE and get prepared for 3rd year PDE. he only taught us how to do excel modeling, never mentioned any theorem about ODE during the lecture. Also, the group midterm and group final is just horrible and ridiculous.

bernardo didnt bother to actually answer student questions in class. his handwriting was illegible so i could never see what he was trying to explain. eventually i stopped attending lectures because there was no point as long as he was the professor

Should be fired

Worst prof at uoft. worst course ever.