is a horrible teacher! i am a math major and can teach better than him! if he knew what was good for him, he'd go back to where he came from and wouldnt ruin math for students

I didnt like his class at all. I had to drop the class because I failed two of his exams..... Dont take it if you dont have to.

Learned very little in class. I had to rely on youtube to learn the material. Little help during office hours and seamed not to care whether or not you were successful. Test reviews were not actually based on the test, as absurd as that sounds. Regret taking this class from him.

Horrible! only a few people passed class and he would not curve

He is possibly the worst professor I have ever had in my entire life. He is unhelpful, is meticulously anal for the littlest mistakes, and he doesn't hesitate to fail a student who understands the concepts but needs repetition to succeed. Take this class if you want to fail your first semester in calculus!

He's such a joke. Doesn't answer questions, does example problems wrong on the board and doesn't respond to emails. It's like he wants you to fail. Unless you're naturally brilliant at math and are willing to pay to teach yourself calculus, avoid him.

Learned more from our TA than from him...

So, with Komagata, he just doesn't really care, which sucks. But, as long s you're not easily offended and are okay with his ego, you can talk to him in officee hours for hw help. I like math ad am pretty good at it but only barely passed the class.

NEVER ASK WHEN HIS OFFICE HOURS ARE. HE WILL YELL AT YOU IN FRONT OF THE ENTIRE CLASS.

He's nice up until the drop date. And that's when the class actually begins and he starts to show how bad he really is at math. Couldn't get through any sample problems without make major mistakes. And he's a really harsh grader. Doesn't curve at all, even when our test average was below a 50%. Good job UNM, for hiring terrible teachers.

Kay, I know everyone hates him. I don't think he's satan or anything,but calc 2 is hard enough as it is, and he just made it more confusing. Even someone whose good at math would feel lost. I didn't like him, but that's just my opinion.

Okay, so I admit that I'm not the greatest at math, BUT I'm the type that compensates by always doing the homework and studying really hard. It's served me well for every class except Daishu's. It appears that there is no hope for you unless you are naturally brilliant. Needless to say, I was disappointed in him as a professor.

A girl in my class asked a question, and he started laughing at her. Either switch teachers, or drop. HORRIBLE.

Komagata really doesn't care much about his students. He truly seems to enjoy embarrassing them and showing how intelligent he is, even though he himself makes a number of mistakes. Never felt prepared for a single test, even though I put in a fair effort for the class.

Several times I had the right answer on quizzes and tests and showed him it just wasn't in the format he wanted so he gave me no points and this is everything from using sine instead of tan to putting things in rational form.

Gives quizzes and tests over material not covered. Some of his quizzes he assigns are next to impossible (2-pages of pointless algebraic manipulation that takes hours). Does not give enough time for in-class quizzes. He does not show what steps he takes to get answers during examples. Very tough grader. Skip on this guy even as a last resort.

made a comment during office hours when I was asking for help "oh, this how you people do math here" when I asked for clarification he said that he was from Hawaii and they do math differently.

This class is hard, and the professor does not provide any help whatsoever. Your entire grade is based on four tests, so if you bomb the first one drop ASAP. He rushes through material and examples and provides no explanations.

Terrible teacher showed him several times questions I did right and he told me they were right but he wouldn't regrade. Barely looks at your work better act like your writing for a textbook.

Your only hope of passing this class is reteaching yourself everything after lectures. What he teaches has nothing to do with what he quizzes on, he frequently skips steps, and his "explanations" are so confusing that you walk away knowing less than before.

he s not good explaining topics.

Too smart to teach and he likes to show his skills far from the topic

The only way I got through this course was watching ProfRobBob on Youtube, after Komagata taught the class too disconnected. He was sarcastic in his grading; making fun of the way people were having trouble. He taught the entire hour, but would not wholly listen to questions before answering them, so any question taught would lead to confusion.

Unclear. Inconsistent with his own standards. Made huge algebraic and concept mistakes. Ex. of his misunderstanding of the material he teaches: when asked to find area using optimization techniques 4 pre-calc class, he said that u need calc to figure this out. But, it was later shown by another, it can b solved algebraically. Made errors in grades

His lectures are very fast and hard to follow if you haven't already read through the section of the book. Even if you have read through the book he will confuse you with his lectures sometimes. Is an extremely hard grader and will take a point off from anything wrong with your work leading up to the answer. I would really recommend not taking him.

Komagata is one of the worst professors I have ever had the displeasure to encounter. His homework is nothing like what he teaches in class, and his tests are even worse. His tests are usually 3 to 4 questions. I went to his office hours to ask a question and he was mad and annoyed I was there. Like I was being a nuisance. Never take his class.

Professor Kogamata is great at math but doesn't teach it well. Half way through the course maybe 70% of the class had dropped out of the class. He can be a little intimidating which made several of us not want to visit his office hours and during his office hours he seems almost upset that you showed up. Wouldn't recommend especially for trig.

Do not take this professor. He cares more about your answer looking right that the fact that it is right... Horrible teacher and just all around horrible person.

Doesn't give extra credit, takes off points for minor things even if you get the answer right. sometimes he just wont grade something because he doesnt like the way it looks. get another professor.

Goes way too fast during class. Basically have to teach myself the lessons. Can't understand him. Makes many errors on the board.

Terrible. It doesn't matter if your answers are right because he will find something to take off points for. His lectures are all over the place and he confused himself constantly. Majority of the class was always at tutoring because his lectures are useless. He didn't post grades which makes it hard because he rarely handed back assignments.

Wow, what an awful teacher. One of the worst at UNM. He blazes through the problems and tries to make you look stupid when you ask questions. Awful grader as he takes off for every minuscule thing.

worst!

I have never, ever had trouble with math - nor have I ever failed a class. But I failed this one! Avoid this dude at all costs. Mumbles a lot, doesn't explain what he is writing on the board, and is just generally not a good professor at all. Seriously. Stay away.

GET A NEW TEACHER. He takes off points of your test/quiz for almost anything. During the lecture, he will make you feel dumb when you ask questions. Your grade is based on mainly the tests which are VERY difficult even if you study. He is very rude when you come in during his office hours. You will MAYBE pass if this is the only class you have.

Somehow had no problem with engineering series Physics 1 but would've failed this had I not dropped. Doesn't explain concepts, actually made things more confusing at times. Trying to find out overall grade is as hard as anything as he doesn't want to tell you. Trig isn't actually hard until this class, retook it with another professor, easy A+.

Very nice reasonable dude, but this class is also a killer. I wouldn't say he makes the material easier or tries to even make sure you fully understand. This class is essentially self (and CAPS) taught, even if you never miss a class. Study hard for this class all year long or you will not pass. Prof. often stood in front of board while lecturing.

Absolutely awful. He told us to come to office hours if we were struggling, so I went, and he spent the time explaining it to me in a tone that told me he thought I was a complete idiot. He doesn't do well with the idea that not everyone is going to pick things up on their own.

An awful teacher. Takes off points for the smallest of things. Sneers and is arrogant towards students.

Likes the corner cases of math. Copies from book to board rather than teaching material. Does not show knowledge or interest of material will not explain or relate topics.

I tried working with the professor to tell him I did not understand the material he was teaching and I went from an A student in math to failing his class

Goes through material very fast and deviates from teaching how the textbook tells you to. He doesn't give any review for tests or final. Assigns hours of weekly homework both written and online. Has a good amount of pop quizzes as well as take-home quizzes. The class is definitely for people who can be self-sufficient in math.

This professor is absolutely horrible!!! Talks down to you and makes everything so so so much harder than it needs to be. I dropped and went with a much better professor because I couldnt put up with how this professor treats his students.

I usually enjoy math but with how he grades it makes math more tedious than it needs to be. He is very nit-picky about how we should format our homework and will mark points off for pretty much anything.

I took him my freshman year and I really enjoyed him, so I decided to take him again for my sophomore class. HORRIBLE IDEA. He is the worst grader ever, he is incapable of answering emails and does not help you at all. I always have at least a B+ and I got a C+ with him. Absolutely terrible.

This professor is one of the worst math teachers I have had the pleasure of dealing with. He depends on the students to follow his flowchart and meet his hours every week, despite being ahead on the topics. He doesn't respond to emails right away, yet expects the students to respond ASAP to his emails regarding attendance, homework, etc.

Did not help students just told us to do better, never taught a class just had us sit there. When it came time to take the midterm he was very slow to respond with questions, and then got mad when it was not done on 9 pm on the deadline because he did not respond to emails. During the final I asked for a retake which he completely ignored for a day

Professor Komagata is not a good teacher. He is very picky about grading and will not give credit for some of the smallest things. He grades really tough and if things are not done his way then do not expect to get credit. Would not recommend taking any of his classes.

I do not recommend taking this class. He is a tough grader, only wants his way. Very strict, but he teaches the material decently.

Does not teach... simply goes over advanced questions without giving a basis of how to solve them.

Even though I did all my work and attended classes, I was still dropped (1215Y) because I did Aleks online instead in person with no notice. (I completed 80% by this time) In person is mandatory, but it still feels like a waste of time. You just sit there on the computer doing random Aleks problems. He doesn't teach. Total waste of time and money.

worst professor I've ever taken. do not take this class.

do not take his class

This instructor has no idea how to teach math, PLEASE if you want to do well, do not sign up for his class. People ask questions and he rarely knows how to answer them and he is demeaning when he does.

He never supported me or my efforts to pass his class

Mr. Komagata is very rude and unhelpful. He judges you silently when you ask any questions. He is always looking for a way to critique or embarrass you. He was always in a bad mood, he mostly seemed like he didn't care to be there and just wanted to get class over with.

He was a horrible professor, he got mad when you asked a question in class. More than 70% of the time in class we had to correct him for his mistakes, then again he would get mad. He was a very lazy teacher, did not teach just read straight through the textbook. He personally told me it would be better for me to drop the class when I had an A

Lectures unhelpful and non-interactive. Professor would complete practice problems on the board that neither me nor my colleagues could follow along with. Additionally, these problems were riddled with mistakes. Syllabus used strange "codes" for the dates causing much confusion. Exams and quizzes were very difficult, would not recommend.

I really like Professor Komagata, he's nice and encouraging. But passing in this class is nearly impossible. Each test had very few questions, but the overall test was worth the majority of your grade, so get a few wrong and you're failing. I got over 97% on both HW and Quizzes but got an average of 70% on my tests, and failed the class.

Terrible! Terrible! Terrible!

Your exams are worth over half of your grade, he's hardly available outside of clas so if you're not confident in your math abilities you will get demolished.

DO NOT TAKE CLASS!!! No matter how good you do on the homework and quizzes all it takes is one bad exam score to bring you from an A to a C.