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has a thick accent, but very nice. grades good!
Very thick accent, but funny from time to time
This class was horrible. All test questions are former homework problems, but don't let this fool you. His final was nothing but special cases hardly discussed in class. He is horribly difficult to understand and often gets confused working examples.
tests and homework are hard all problems are special case problems
He's a real nice guy. Always offered help and is willing to work around your schedule for you to meet with him. His tests are pretty hard. He gives special cases and goes wild with stuff you've never seen. He's not good at explaining things either. He's okay to take, if you are good in math.
cant speak english. had to drop the class and ruin my four year plan.
Nice guy, class is hard. Homework is graded and impossible. He tries to help, but is very hard to understand and usually cant. Dont take this guy.
He sucks!
professor androulakis knows the material and tries to be as clear as possible. his accent gets in the way a little, but mostly you can understand.
Hated every second in his class. HW is impossible and there's only 10 problems on the the test. He wants you to ask questions, but when you do, you're more confused than you were before! If you know what's good for you- DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS! Because of it I think I'm going to lose my scholarship.
He is difficult to understand most of the time, and when he makes lots of mistakes while doing examples on the board. His tests are pretty difficult, and the homework is impossible to do as well. He does curve the test a lot though so it helps a little.
Difficult, graded hwks, but if you set up a meeting with him in his office he will gladly help you out. I could have passed if I had realized this sooner. The tests are cool if you keep a level head and do what you know. The final was moderate I must have done well because I didn't do any hwk.
He was hard to understand at first but as the semester went on you got used to it. The tests where very hard but he curved them nicely. It was even harder when the TA was foriegn also.
Ok teacher overall. tests are hard but he gives really generous curves, like 25, 20, and 10 points for our tests. Need a good ta, one that speakes english. Cares about students grades.
This professor is awesome when he prepares thorough lectures. Otherwise, he still always gets the job done. Overall, the experience was enjoyable.
He was easy, I got an A. I slept every day too. Derivatives are like Chocolate Ice Cream he says, and mmm, they are so good.
He's a good teacher if you can understand his accent. He's very funny.. I'm making like a 100 in the class. I recommend him.
He definetly cares about his students!!! Gives curves and the class is definetley enjoyable....he likes to make jokes which are funny sometimes and wants you to understand. The test aren't that bad...usually 7 questions and the exam is 9. U have a 1 question quiz everyday but that will help your grade in the end....TAKE HIM!!!! He's sweet!!!!:-)
This professor was kinda weird and hard to understand at first, but he turned out to be a very good professor. Sometimes he is hard to understand, but he is always willing to help. He gives easy quizzes every class but they are easy and his tests are just like his study guides. Doesn't take attendance but you will need to go to class everyday.
Definitely takes some use getting used to. There is homework to turn in everyday which is very hard sometimes. Said would give quiz every class but didn't work out when he saw the class couldn't keep up that much. Gives very generous curves. Tests are like 6-7 questions a piece. Three tests, final, and homework/quiz grade all worth 20%.
Not too bad of a teacher; he didn't do a bad job explaining the material most of the time. He does take some getting used to. He makes a lot of mistakes during lectures; and so you have to pay close attention most of the time or you'll get lost. The biggest problem was that most of the study guides he gives out don't prepare you enough for tests
He is a good teacher, but his accent took a while to get used to. Also, do not sit on the left side of the room, he writes right handed so most of the time he covers what he is writing on the board. Other than that he is a good teacher. The pre test almost mirror the real test. Also, at the end of the year he curved the first test by 15 points.
Nice guy, loves teaching. He is Greek and does have an accent, but you'll get used to it. It isn't that hard to understand. He helps you whenever you need it, and won't go on unless he feels the WHOLE class is ready. You can only go for help during office hours or by appt he's not up for ppl bothering him while he's grading. Def take him!!
First off, yes he has an accent, but it's easy to understand, at least for me anyway. The class itself involves a lot of work, so be prepared. Gives pre-tests which are similar to the real thing. Tries his best to help you understand the material. If you ever need help, go to him during office hrs..such a big help! I got an A, I recommend him.
So, I failed this class. But only bc I came 10 minutes late to class everyday, and missed at least 1/3 of the classes. Plus I couldn't understand him well. All-nighters and SI sessions won't help you unless you GO TO CLASS, SIT IN THE FRONT ROW, GO TO LAB, DO THE HW, PAY ATTENTION. I'm going to make an A+ next semester.
His accent is not bad. 141 is hard for anyone who hasn't taken it in high school-- so your best chance is to just do the work. If you go to class everyday and try not to sleep, you should at least make a C. SI sessions are also helpful. MAPLE is extra credit, so it's not the end of the world if you don't do well in the lab.
This was the most difficult math class I have ever taken.
I had no idea what was ever going on in this class. All he ever did was put up what to do on the board without ever explaining it. Sometimes all he would say is to use the "Gypsy Method" to figure out the problem.
Teacher was often incapable of doing the problems he would expect you to do on the test. After a while I just stopped taking notes and following the book, which is hard considering it's differential equations. Take another teacher.
Has a funny accent that is not too hard to understand, although his limited English sometimes prevents him from explaining topics thoroughly. Homework is only one problem per night but is often difficult because he doesn't teach the material well so one has to teach themselves some from the book. Save all your grades. He didnt record a test I took
He's a good guy who seems to know what he's doing. Takes plenty of time during class to answer questions. The lab is a waste of time, but it can really boost your grade. Use the study guides to help you figure out what might be on the test, but count on the test questions to be harder than most examples he actually works.
I dropped the class along with a good bit of the class. The average on the first test was a 47 and he said that he wasn't curving. I asked him "why no curve" and he replied "i expect a lot out of my students." By the way i made an A in 142.
hard to understand bc of his accent. he tries to help but rambles off on topics. his broken english often leads to miscommunication which leads to confusion as the class progresses bc you dont understand where hes coming from. i stopped going to class and just learned how to do the practice problems online. started doing better that way.
Extremely difficult teacher. Did not curve tests at all. Practice problems were extremely easy. Test problems extremely hard. Do NOT take him.
Never ever take this professor. He is freaking difficult. I took Calculus (I) B+ (II) A. However, math 241 was whole different level. Grade is C. Never Curve. Final exam is hell. You have 500 questions to master if you want to get an A. I will tell you "Even if there is a new soul came to him from the sky, he will never ever change his style".
Basically this class ruined my life for a semester.I got the first C of my life. Do not take this class unless you took calc in high school.
First test is really hard but the others are not as bad as that. He is not very helpful and doesn't explain things well. Read the book and notes from class and you should be fine.
He means well, but rarely gets his point across in class. He has a very thick Greek accent, so it is sometimes hard to understand him. As long as you do the practice problems, and pray you get a good ta, like Hathcock, you should do fine. For our class, he decided to drop the lowest exam grade.
He is not very good at explaining things. He also doesn't curve tests at all. Hope that you get a good TA, like Hathcock, otherwise forget about passing. Ruined my love for my former major.
Accent is a bit thick, but it's something you get used to. I can't say the same about teaching style. He's a nice guy, but he isn't capable of conveying new material to students. Tough grading, but that's a European thing and should be expected. Do homework, STUDY the book, take notes, go to SI, talk to TA and prof after class. You should do fine.
His lectures are easy to follow. To do well in his class you have to study hard, but it is a very fair class and he is a very caring and nice professor.
Class is very straightforward. Good hard and ask him of the TA for help if you need it. These commenters are giving people the wrong idea.
He's a good guy. His accent is a little hard to understand, but he's willing to help if you need it. If you pay attention, take notes, and do the homework you should do fine. He is a little nit-picky on the tests, though (once got every answer right but got a 88).
He's a good math professor and really does want to help, but he's VERY difficult to understand and he can't explain things well. His tests are really tough, but the SI leaders are helpful. Go to SI. Do the homework.
Horrible experience - made Linear Algebra an entirely proof based class. Ridiculous amounts of homework, awful textbook, useless lecture notes. Not flexible with his office hours and seemed unwilling to help with homework in class. Only good thing was that tests are based on homework... too bad we had no way to check our homework answers.
He is definitely not good at teaching. The only way you're going to do well in this class is if you are naturally VERY smart or you go to every single tutor session. This class is really boring and impossible to follow. It's not difficult work, he just makes it really hard to understand. Must teach yourself. Always lets out late. Get the book.
AVOID him at all costs. Lectures are hard to follow and not relevant to coursework, as well as him being useless in helping you with any issues. Exams are very hard no matter how hard you study. Plus he gave us questions to be familiar with for the final exam and did not come up at all, he instead screwed over everyone with impossible questions.
He lectures straight from the book, but the book is already bad so it makes understanding the material even harder. He is a fair grader, but you will not know how to do anything unless you have some prior knowledge of differential equations. He assumes every student knows as much as him. Rarely available for extra help. Very strange grading scale.
I took him last semester and failed. Then I found out this semester that he was actually on probation from the higher level courses because his students got such low grades. I'm not even sure if he's here anymore. I had to retake the course and I'm making an A now all because I have a different professor who can actually teach. Nice, but impossible
AVOID HIM AT ALL COSTS. His accent is near impossible to understand. What he teaches in class has no bearing on homework or tests. The only way you can pass the class is by already knowing all the material. Things appear on tests that you will never have discussed before. I failed his class, retook with a different professor and got an A.
He is a horrible being. I have always been willing to work hard to not only earn a high grade, but to learn. I could not do either with him as a professor. He will not answer questions definitively, is stubborn, and refuses to take responsibility. He also has no qualms with an entire class getting low grades. AVOID AT ALL COSTS.
He is a pretty good teacher, has easy tests, and knows his math but his grading policy is absolute garbage. You can miss only one out of the 12 outcomes and still end up not getting anything higher than a D. Not worth it.
DO NOT TAKE HIM! He grades based on whether you mastered the material and does not give percentages. I was going to get a B+ going into the final but because I was not able to master one question (out of four) I got a D. He does not care how well you do in the class regardless if you go to his office hours. TAKE ANYONE ELSE. I got 96% in Math 141
He might have an accent but it's not hard to understand. He's very enthusiastic about what he teaches. His tests are not hard and you get chances to retake them to get the grade you want. Overall he might not be the best teacher but he's very fair
I thought he was a good professor. All I needed to do was do the recommended homework problems and the exams were very similar to those. For this semester you were allowed to retake your exams up to 3 times each and there is no real final exam. DO THE HOMEWORK PROBLEMS.
Definitely a tough grader but you get two retakes for every midterm except the last. I kinda scrolled instagram and still passed once I saw what I needed to actually study after each test. He's confusing sometimes, thick accent. Never opened my textbook and I'm not usually an A student.
Ignore the reviews from before 2014, he completely revamped his teaching style. You are allowed to retake a test two times after the first, and the final is optional. DO THE PRACTICE PROBLEMS HE ASSIGNS OUT OF THE BOOK. His exams are questions he literally pulled straight from the practice problems.
Overall Professor Androulakis was a good professor. He is clear in lecture about what he wants you to know for the exams and how he wants you to solve the problems. I really like how he does tests because he lets you retake them and takes your best grade and you only have to take the final if you need to improve your test scores.
Dr. Andourlakis wants to help but teaches the class in a weird way i.e barely does any example problems. However he does let you retake tests 2 times. 4 test with either 3 or 4 questions on them that are not super difficult. He means well and definitely teaches some topics better than others. Overall probably one of the easier Calc II professors.
I did not realize how awesome Androulakis my professor until the end of the semester. Yes, he is not clear at all, but when it comes to grading, he gives many chances to improve your grades. He throw jokes from time to time, but we he don't his class become a five stars hotel, you fall asleep.
George explains mathematics in a way that makes concepts seem more difficult than they truly are. You will often find yourself spending hours on khan academy. He does give at least two attempts on each exam but that does not matter because he is a very subjective grader and almost impossible to deal with if you have some discrepancy with your grade
He did not include the maple lab or homework grades into the final grade. He went 100% off the average of your test grades.
He was and is the worst professor that I have ever taken. He teaches entirely in theory and gives little examples. He gives 3 and 4 question tests. Maple and homework grades don't help you, they can only penalize you. His class is very confusing, I only understood with the help of khan Acad. and still didn't pass.
Dr. Androulakis' teaching style is a little confusing (he teaches mostly in theory and makes things seem more difficult than they actually are), but he gives you multiple retakes on each test question and is willing to help. Study the practice problems that he does in class and you will do fine.
Don't take him.
Took him for math 142. Very bad professor. Teaches through theory and very little examples which makes it harder to understand. If you do well on quizzes, math lab, and homework, he throws the grades out and only averages your exam scores together. Exams are available to be retaken 3 times and you will need all 3 times to pass. Would not recommend.
Everything he says in class is a horrible reiteration of the textbook. The textbook he chose to teach from does not have answers to the problems. He does not give answers to the textbook problems either, so you don't even know if you're doing them right. He is hard to understand and his grading system does not make sense.
Worst teacher I've ever had. On the exam we just had, he put a problem that was actually not possible to do and then when we got the exams back someone said that it wasn't possible to do that problem but he wouldn't give us credit for it, he said we should have figured that out when we were taking the exam. Worst teacher I've ever had.
Dr. Androulakis is very nice guy. However, his teaching styles are a bit different. As long as you pay attention in class and do the homework, you should be fine to do well in the class. In 241, he let us retake each exam to receive full credit, which helped many students to pass the class. The homework is long, but it is manageable.
Androulakis is an interesting guy, he wants you to do well, but a lot of his methods make that challenging. He is a great teacher, and his exam policy is smart. But he teaches all theory, that isn't a bad thing, but he definitely shouldn't be teaching anything that isn't theory based. Avoid him for regular mathematic courses.
He can be difficult to understand and follow during lecture. Just ask questions if you're lost and he'll answer them. He has a good test policy. You can take the previous test on the current test for full credit if you want to improve your score. The final is just all of the previous tests again and you can redo the problems you want for full credi
The total grade is based off 11 questions that you take over 3 separate tests and a final. You have the option to redo each question twice. Once on the next test and once on the final. As long as you have a 50% or above on the maple, homework, and quizzes, they don't bring your grade down. He explained the material well with plenty of examples.
Professor Anrdoulakis is a great professor. His exam policy is more than helpful, your grade relies solely on your exam grades, but you have 3 chances on each exam. Exam questions come straight from the homework. He wants you to do well, and he is easily reachable outside of class.
Anrdoulakis is a nice guy but he's a hard teacher. First off his thick Greek Accent is hard to understand. Second, homework can't help you it can only hurt you. Unless you do perfectly on the test you won't pass the class. He has a really weird way of doing things. I only took him because USC never offers enough classes and had no other options
Words Can't describe how awful he is. I would transfer before I'd take him again. Too hard. Unless your smart you won't pass
Androulakis teaches in a very unique way with a very unique grading scale. Study hard for the tests and make sure you study more than just the online homework. Overall he is a good professor, just makes you work for your grade.
Terrible. Has a weird system where you have to master each test question or you fail. Second, homework can't help you it only hurts your grad. I would transfer before taking him again
Awful! Teaches in theory and makes things way harder then they need to be! Claims he gives partial credit but it's either an A or an F! STAY AWAY!
Lectures were sometimes more complicated than they had to be, but you can tell he really knows what he's teaching. Tests are very few questions and each one is worth ten points. He grades those hard except once you get a 10/10 on a question you never have to answer a question on that topic for any other test. Kind and approachable outside of class
No idea how this guy is still here. Nearly every other classmate of mine failed. He took way to long to explain questions. Homework can only hurt you and he either gives you an F or an A. Terrible. Stay Away! Made me consider transferring and set me back for my major! Thanks George! :(
Worst math teacher at USC and that's saying a lot because the entire department is lhorrible. Almost everyone failed. Homework can only hurt your grade. He grades too harshly and is impossible to understand. STAY AWAY! Impossible to understand!
Its hard because Andro is as nice guy, but he is an awful teacher. He teaches in theory and your homework can only hurt your grade. On his tests you either get an A or an F, no partial credit. DO NOT TAKE HIM IF YOU WANT TO PASS! If you are a wiz at math he is a good choice, because he is helpful and approachable, but otherwise stay away!
Quizzes, HW, and Maple only count if they are under 50%. Can't help you, can only hurt you. Only other grades are the exams, and if your work is not ABSOLUTELY perfect, you receive a failing grade. Entire grade is based on performance on exams. Goes over class time, gave an attendance quiz after class ended once and was extremely rude when asked.
Homework can only hurt your grade. He has a weird system where you either get an F or an A. Difficult to deal with and poor at teaching. Should retire. Not worth waking up at 8:00 am every day for. Set me back a year in my major! Thanks a lot George!
This was a very difficult class because of the professor. There is "mandatory" homework and Math Lab assignment but they only counted if you got less than a 50%. The test was nothing like what we learned in class and the grading was 100% the way George wanted it or you failed. Do not take his class.
Dr. A was honestly not that great of a teacher at all. Thick accent and teaches a lot in theory. His grading is based mainly on his exams. However he does give you 3 separate tries for each of the 12 topics. Each topic has 2 questions. Although If you study long enough and for many days in advance you will be capable of passing his class.
He tries to be a good professor but honestly does not do the job well. His lectures don't make sense and he even confuses himself at times and has to restart everything he has said. Only reason why I know what's going on is because of my TA
DO NOT TAKE HIM. WORST PROFESSOR IVE EVER HAD
Androulakis knows the material and is a nice person, but a bad professor. He struggles to convey the information and has his own letter grading system. He does let you take each topic 3 times, which is nice. A lot of teaching yourself. I would try to avoid him, but if you have to take him it isn't the end of the world.
Great guy that gets confused by his own teachings. Bad at tests like me? Don't take him because 80%(!!!) of your grade comes from tests. Good thing is he gives you three chances to "master" a topic (12 topics) but the questions are hard to get full credit on. I got lots of the correct final answers but I would work them out differently so its wrong
He barely accounts for the HW that we do. Only like 10%. And that is if you get a 50 or below. He and his TA rarely teach what is on the actual exams. He doesnt work through them so we are stuck guessing what is on the exams. Every exam we get, we are guessing what is on them and how they are tested. Overall worst class in my life.
Professor Androulakis is one of the worst math professors I have ever had. All of my high school teachers are much better than him. He grades on a pass or fail method over learning objectives that he barely even teaches. He expects his students to be perfect when he makes so many mistakes while teaching. Hope that you never get him!
His lectures are useless the TA doesn't know what he is talking about and will mess up subtraction. Grades so harsh you he will fail you if he doesn't like your handwriting. Do Not take this class it started as a 50 person class and is now down to three people and I should have switched out when I had the chance.
Dr. Androulakis had very detailed lectures which covered whatever was going to be on the test. He gives very good feedback on questions missed, and shows the correct solutions and how he got to them. He also gives multiple chances to retake tests to improve your grade.
Most confusing and difficult professor and TA I have ever had. He makes things overcomplicated and even mixes up what he is teaching so that he has to erase the whole board and restart. He grades on a pass or fail scale. Hw barely counts towards your grades. He seems nice enough but NOT a good professor. Do not take if you want to pass.
Dr. Androulakis was forward when saying he was not the best at teaching this course. He counteracted this by weighting our homework heavily (55%) to boost our final grade which was greatly appreciated. His exams were only 5 questions and his advice for studying for them would be to work through the very lengthy homeworks from the whole semester.
Gives a ridiculous amount of homework, not even done with the semester and have had 20 assignments already which took me over 2 hours each. Doesn't post anything done in class on blackboard so take notes. Only plus to this was a 40% homework grade
Tests are much easier than homework.
Androulakis was overall a good professor. I had him for MATH 242 and he was pretty clear in the material, but if you didn't get it in class the online textbook makes it easy to figure it out. He also takes the exam q's directly from the hw, so study those and you will do well. He's very friendly and willing to help out, but does not change grades.
Dr. Androulakis is the best math teacher I've had since I was in middle school. I had him for 241 too, and he's great in both. Lots of hard material, but he covers it pretty well and his lectures are generally excellent. There's lots of homework, about 20 problems a week, which is a lot with differential equations. Androulakis is great!
If you're looking for a professor that guides you through the material and readily prepares you for their exams and math courses beyond this one or gives practical knowledge to prepare you for further physics classes. George is not the answer. He wastes class time and provides little assistance with the massive amount of homework.
George is a decent teacher but struggles to explain many topics. The first unit (all things vectors) for my honors section was very difficult to grasp because it had no analogue to calc1 or 2 content. The second unit (partial derivatives, double integration) was much easier, so it makes me question why he taught things in that order.
Fun guy, I'd like to think he's really trying, but you really have to mostly teach yourself for this class. Lectures are confusing and all over the place. Even when the highest grade on an exam is a 70 he doesn't curve anything. There have been several times where we ask him to explain a problem that was on a quiz or exam and he struggles on it.
He's a nice, funny guy. That said, all grades come from weekly quizzes (1 question each) and midterms/final (5 questions each). There's no curve - miss 2 exam questions and you get a 60. Questions are copied directly from textbook HW problems, so the only way to study is to do every single one. He's put some problems on tests that he can't solve.
Funny guy, not great professor Taught everything in opposite order of almost all other MATH241 professors Took as an honors course, he assumed we could "think like mathematicians" Each 5 question exam was 25% of your grade-each wrong question drops ur grade by 2 letters Questions come from homework, but there was not hw grade to offset his scale.
75% of the grade was based on 15 questions, which in my opinion, will not show complete understanding of the course. Homework isn't required but the questions are what is on the exams and quizzes so I would do it. I had to teach myself most of the material that we were supposed to learn in class because he doesn't explain it well.
TAKE ANY OTHER PROFESSOR. George was one of the WORST professors i have ever had. My overall grade wasn't reflective of my understanding of the content. However, each test is 5 questions and there are 2 midterms and one final. So mess up one test and BOOM you're done. He doesn't understand the content himself and does little to make sure you do.
Grade is the average of three tests (five questions each) and weekly quiz average, so tests are 75% of your grade. I learned a lot, but the grading system was stressful. Class time was mostly spent working out a small number of problems, and I used the textbook and Khan Academy to actually learn.
Professor Androulakis is clear in his lectures, but the heavy workload can be challenging. Luckily, tools like Unstuck study and the textbook help make the content more manageable. Overall, a worthwhile class if you stay engaged.
Oh brother. AVOID. I've gotten A's and B's in math my whole life until this course. I had ZERO clue what he was teaching us and he told us to "memorize the formulas" instead of actually teaching us why the formulas are used. I'm retaking this course now with a different professor and it's like a completely different class I actually understand!!
Professor Androulakis is a decent professor. His exams (two not including the final) are easy because they are similar to the questions from our quizzes. Same concept but different numbers. Aside from this, his way of teaching three-dimensional problems could be bad for those who learn through visual representation.
Had him for honors vector calculus. Weekly quizzes, but the bulk of your grade was based on two midterms and the final. All exam questions were directly from the optional homework questions pulled from the book, but there were 100+ so you couldn't memorize them. From what my peers said, they had a lot easier of a time with other professors.
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