Dr. Diaz is a blast! He does his best to break things down but this is ABSTRACT alg. He encourages students to go to his office and I can tell you that it is worth it. He gauges where you are, finds your weak areas, and makes you practice. Super nice Dr. and constantly encourages students that they can do it! Take him!

One of the best professors I've personally had at UTA. He has an accent which makes some things difficult to understand and questions that he makes on tests may be vague but that is the only complaint. He cares a lot about his students and wants you to learn. If you know and understand the homework you will pass. Tests are based off of homework.

I had Dr. Diaz back in the spring 2017 semester, and I have to say passing this course was the hardest thing I have done in my life. Dr. Diaz was unusually caring, and is one of the warmest professors I know. He has different teaching techniques. I will not sugarcoat anything; he makes you WORK for a good grade. I was on his good side and made a C.

Easy A class, just do the homework and show up on exam days. He is a funny dude and pretty chill, he is easily accessible outside of class, and is willing to help with confusing concepts. Great Class

Hes funny and really helpful. Hes flexible with due dates but he moves very quickly during lecture and he uses every minute. He will always help you and give you examples during his office hours. he teaches better during his office hours and you will definitely understand better if you go. Hes a joy, and I looked forward to his class every week

Easily one of the best professors I've had so far. Attending class is very helpful in understanding concepts and problems, plus he'll notice if you didn't attend and might say something to you if he sees you in lab or outside class. He's also very funny and makes attending class enjoyable. Homework isn't too heavy and he's flexible with assignments

Professor Diaz is a good professor. He offer more chances on quizzes. He also teaches the material slow.

Dr. Diaz is a hilarious professor that lectures in a casual way, but he's not TOO casual. You still learn a lot from his lectures and you still have to study outside of class for the grade.

Loved Dr. Diaz's class. I am terrible at math, but I managed to squeeze a B on my first 2 exams, still studying for the final. I really did enjoy his lectures, he has a really fun personality, one of the few professors who actually looks like he enjoys math lol (in my experience). He really cares about his students, I would take him again 10/10.

One of the best professors ever!!!

Great professor, encourages you to show up to his office hours if you have any questions or just need someplace to study.

Professor Diaz was probably one of the most caring professors Ive ever had. He helps you a lot if you dont understand something. The class is not easy so you need to put a lot of effort but he will make sure you pass the class by letting u retake one of the tests if he sees you are really struggling. Overall I would take him again if I need to.

Never teaches same way twice. Decides what to teach at start of class, no planning. Fast through hard stuff and slow through easy. Midterms are easiest thing ever; final is departmental. Homework is 9 questions. Outside work is a lot if end up teaching yourself. Hilarious professor but don't like teaching style. Only teaches what's needed for final

He's funny and good at explaining, but you can't look away for too long or miss class without becoming confused. He would come up with confusing & random examples on the spot and you can tell he didn't plan/prepare beforehand. To get a good grade, you should skim the textbook & watch online videos. There are no reviews or formula sheets for tests.

Dr. Diaz is one of the best math teachers I have ever had. He will listen to all of your questions and do his best to answer them. He does sometimes question himself, but no one is a perfect teacher. More than willing to help you when you ask.

He may come off as an a hole, but he genuinely cares about his students passing and understanding the material. He offered corrections for the first midterm. His midterms and quizzes are all multiple choices. He's funny.

Dr. Diaz is a really good professor! He is clear of what he excepts throughout the semester.

Doesn't provide feedback. Provides post-tests, to boost exam score and redo questions. I started with an F and ended with an A. 99% comes from the textbook, except one question. Use your resources. Classmates don't help, just look at textbook solutions and use that for the quizzes and exams.

Dr. Diaz is like a funny genius. He knows his stuff. Sometimes its hard for him to explain it to us. He loves to answer questions, and he loves to have students show him their work. He wants interaction. If you do the work, he will help you. He answers every message and has office hours. He really makes you think. Id take his class again.

Professor Diaz is great! He cares about his students and is really chill. There's a lot of extra credit opportunities. He gives partial credit on exams and has algebra coins that will help raise your grade too. However, he takes a while to grade things (like the partial credit forms) and respond to your emails. But he's a good professor for algebra

Really funny and relatable teacher. Makes you pay attention, and helps you imagine on how to use math in the real world.

Diaz is a hilarious professor with a clear passion for math. He expects you to learn most of the material on your own, though, and lectures are used to go over practice problems and to teach the concepts he thinks will be more difficult. The textbook + online HW provide plenty of explanations, so do the homework and you should be okay.

Get ready for a lot of homework and lots of hours of studying. There is a lot of opportunity for extra credit and a lot of time to study.

He is a good teacher that is also pretty funny as well. Is very helpful if you have any questions about the course. Would take again!

best math prof ever. i failed this class my first sem and had to retake it, and I got a b this sem with him. he curves every test and offers lots of opportunities to get your grade up. he's really understanding and wants you to do well. talk to him if you are struggling, and he will definitely help you out. content is difficult and course is heavy.

Dr. Diaz is hilarious and I always enjoyed class. But you need to put in effort. Reading the book will help immensely as well as attending office hours to fill in any knowledge gaps. He was always available outside of class for any questions related to the material. He is a great professor that cares about his students.

Do the Homework before attending class lecture as he goes over how to set up and answer questions in class. During our class he takes attendance by asking you to "Take out a sheet of paper". Before the final he showed more passion to have all students pass class and set up study sessions for us. My class was silly which made lectures interesting.

He doesn't teach from the book like most professors, so the book is just used for extra practice problems if you need the help. The material can be really confusing to undertand, so don't be scared to ask for help. He'll definitely help if you just come to his office hours! He also gives assignments that boost test grades.

Professor Diaz was an amazing professor. He balanced being very funny in lectures with making sure everyone understood exactly what was going on. His class was the first time I had ever looked forward to going to my math lectures. I'm actually a little sad his class is over.

The professor is extremely good at explaining the concepts around the topics in class. He is truly available outside of class. During our class he takes attendance by asking you to "Take out a sheet of paper". You can tell he cares about students and wants them to succeed. Make sure to start studying for the final when he tells you to.

Quite possibly the least racist professor I've had, with little to no signs of Alzheimer's as well! 10/10, read the book.

Professor Diaz is great at explaining math principles (through use of multiple examples) during both lectures and office hours. He's got a great sense of humor. Giving 4/5 because his assignments tended to have too few problems on them, making mistakes more costly.

All of the math majors I've talked to love this guy. He's extremely accessible outside class if you have questions on the topic. It's a discovery focused, proofs based math class which means you are not spoon fed information and expected to regurgitate that information blindly on exams. Even then, some questions were literally just calculations.

I was a little apprehensive because of some of the other reviews, but Professor Diaz is an amazing professor. He's hilarious and great about explaining new concepts and tying things together. He emphasizes understanding the material through experimentation rather than brute memorization, which is super important in Calculus II and on.

The lectures were great and covered all of the material. This course used ALEKs as the way to provide homework and Lab time gave you plenty of time to do the work. The TAs were very helpful when he was not around to provide help. I would take this course if you manage your time well. He also provides a LOT of extra credit assignments!

He actually knows what he's teaching and also teaches the reasons why certain methods work. If you can't keep up with fast paced lessons, it might be difficult but he's always willing to help, slow down, and answer questions.

Trust the process.

excellent but too much geogebra sometimes

As he says at the start, no ta, no labs, the final is 30% of your grade. Otherwise regular guy trying his best for us to learn. Plenty of office hours, use them.

He's just a cool guy. Technically, there is no attendance check, but there is a quiz per class, so attendance is pretty much mandatory. Although you can miss three quizzes.

The workload for this class is heavy, but it is necessary for the subject matter, and his office hours are incredibly helpful. True, there is a quiz in every class, but this forces you to stay on top of the material and gives context to the lectures. Great professor to take this subject with because he is genuinely passionate about teaching.

He's a really good professor who actually tries to explain the materials in the more simple terms. Maybe it's not for everyone, but I find going to his office hour where he gives out practice problems really helps a lot.

The class in itself is naturally hard, but professor Diaz does a good job handling it overall. There are quizzes every class but as long as you understand your homework they are not too bad, and the two midterms are based on 80% of the quizzes you take so it all loops around in the end.