Is one of the worst teachers I have ever had, this guy DOESNT give partial credit. He is SOOO UNORGANIZED, his lectures don't follow the book and the quizzes aren't even from the homework. DON'T TAKE THIS CLASS

He is the WORST teacher i hv ever met!!!!!he cant teach!!!!! veryveryvery unorganized !!!! if u want to make urself stupid, take him and kiss ur A then say goodbye~

once attracted boz of his high rating but the fact is not.1deduct mark without rationales 2grading is not proportional to the grade, one mark less may loss an A 3cant make himself understood,even mix up north south west and east.4 offer u extra credit when u get full mark5 my mark is deducted but other is not with the same mistakes6i can teach him

i dont mind taking an B if i my professor is a reasonable grader.For Bourgoub,i do mind.i know the stuff,i am not a stupid,i have no idea with his grading.i feel angry getting a B from him

No extra credit. Unfair grading. unclear question in test and not related to the lecture note and hw. A mistake in your test=No "A". If you only want to pass the class, you can try it. But Avoid him if you want a "A"

Very Bad explanation. Dont give us the correct calculation of the homework. Dont take his class. You will learn nothing

Had to drop after a couple weeks, hes friggen rediculous. I couldnt learn at all from him, the HW was scattered & unclear. Did not show you how to do anything, its a 2 hr class & the biggest waste of time & money. try & avoid him. Worst prof ive had so far at De Anza, and i usually can get over it if i dont like a teacher, but w/ him i could not.

Not applicable to one who pursuits FAIRNESS . Also, this guy is EXTREMELY disorganized. DONT TAKE HIM!

i feel regret for not scrutinizing this professor before, and the high rating is actually misleading

this guy is totally disorganized. A trash bin is best fit for him. He bounced around the chapters and hv no idea what he is teaching. His presentation on the blackboard is not reliable. He will deduct your mark if u follow

If you take him you will learn nothing. Even he doesnt know what he is doing. He dont know his stuff! AVOID HIM

horrible teacher! He is not helpful at all! do not take his class.

This guy is totally disorgainized!. What he declared at the first lesson, will not hold. Not fair to some students who drop him. This shows that his working style is freakingly bad!

He dont know his stuff. He always forget what he is talking about and what he had told us before. Avoid him, if you can.

He is totally disorganized!How can he teach Maths!? Also, i dont listen to my frd's advice to drop him because he is too easy. But later i know it is an illusion, he has easy tests, but weird and ridiculous way of grading

Yes, this professor is hell of easy ........ to lose grade. Learn nothing and earn nothing. He prosponed the exam for an hour because he made the paper at final day, he said he forgot the final day. Sorry for those who have 2 consecutive exams in a day. Be careful! i know good advice is always unpleasant to ears

Those who gets an A belongs to the minority. More often, those at the B margin are ignored, sometimes they are suffered because of the low quality of professor. Those who gets A of coz they supoort the professor, but not the majority

Tons of Homework! I think there is hope when he gives exercise the day before the test. But it turns out to be in vain! Nth related to hw and test!and unclear questions, many classmates got trapped!

He is not organized and he gets off topic very easily, The whole quarter I thought I had at most a D, but I received a B. Which is pretty good considering I taught myself from the book because he is to hard to understand!

Godawful. In every way imaginable. His exams have mistakes that confuse the students.Does very little that comes close to qualifying as teaching.

Wow. Can I give this man a 0? Easily one of De Anza's worst instructors. I can't believe he hasn't been purged with the buget cuts. Fellow students, do your best to add someone else's section of this course. If you can't, wait until the next quarter. You'd have to repeat 212 again anyway.I want to help you out :)!

Worst teacher i think i have ever had. When he explains things it takes like 30 minutes and its a waste of time anyway because no one can understand him. The only thing I will give him credit for is being nice. Don't take him if you want to pass the class.

This prof. isn't a bad guy, he's just not the best teacher. I Found myself having a hard time staying awake, he didnt follow the schedule at all, he was very unorganized, made it really unclear of what he expected from you. He would barely use the book only for webassign but all of the test and quizzes he would make up. really confusing class.

He is very confusing and you hav e to self teach everything. Getting an A- in this class is pretty class. You have to do good on all the tests and quizzes which are pretty hard.So whoever is taking this class. be ready to study a lot before the tests.

DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS IF YOU CARE ABOUT YOUR GPA. this profesor sucks at teaching and his tests are veryy hard . If you do good at everything the best you can get is a B+ . good luck with teaching yourself everything before the tests because he sucks at teaching.

This professor's horrible. He never fails to confuse you in the class. His tests are way harder than the homework and exercise he lectures. He simply makes me lose all my interest in mathematics

Does not explain clearly, and only repeats himself when asked for clarification. Contradicts himself. Writes homework and test reviews that are full of errors rendering unsolvable. Unhelpful when you ask for assistance. Single worst professor I have had the misfortune of having at this school. Avoid at all costs.

I would give a Zero rating if i could. This does not know how to teach Maths. He gives all the theory in class barely does any examples to help us explain the material. Plus his tests are extremely hard. I mean if he cant teach good then what gives him the right for giving hard quizzes. Just be ready to study by yourself.

He sucks. never reply email. I am not saying he is hard, but he doesn't know how to teach at all. he gave us an assignment before the exam and he wants us to hand in the assignment on the exam day. Also, all of the questions on the assignment are new topics and he "didn't" teach any of them! don't take his class even if you really need this class.

He makes too many easy little mistakes that propagate into a huge mess to make it seem like he knows what he's doing. Doesn't answer his emails. Disorganized, contradicts himself often and doesn't admit easily to his ridiculously often-made mistakes. Textbook is useless as well. However, he is flexible with webassign extensions (ask in person)

Doesn't help out the students. If asked for clarification he will simply tell you go look in the book. The book is the better professor in a sense but if you learn with examples and explanation you will find no help from him. Lack of examples make homework and web assign difficult. However questions from homework are the same in quizzes. Bad prof.

I usually never rate my professors, but he is just so terrible. He is extremely confusing and often over complicates simple things. He also changes due dates to make them due the next day instead of a week later, so be sure to always check. Caught me off guard the first time and I had to cram. Also very unorganized and forgetful. My worst class yet

I have tried to give him the benefit of the doubt, but he just doesn't do his job well. He told us he doesn't prepare for class, and that has been very clear all quarter. He is disorganized and often makes multiple mistakes while going over problems in class. He is always saying how easy it is, while not explaining it clearly enough to understand.

doesn't explain very well

Too much unimportant assignments. He knows math but he can't explain clearly probably because his lack of speaking abilities. Do not take his class, ever!

don't take his class he doesn't know how to teach he get confused of the things he say . you need to learn by yourself , the book he choose is soooo boring its all reading in a statistic class . just find a different teacher

WORST teacher ever, avoid him

don't even look at his rates just don't take his class........ he can't teach he don't know what is he doing he try to explain something with the calculator but he don't know how to do it just don't take him its waste of money he need to get fired and i need to get my money back

He doesn't know what he was teaching, not helping at all. Prepare to read because you won't learn anything from his lecture. Unclear guidelines, assigns a lot of work and doesn't accept late work(but he doesn't announce deadlines). Always lose students' assignments and quizzes and blame others on it. Overall a bad professor but he is nice.

Really confusing grade calculation, you need to make sure and remind professor several time to reset your grade, because of his missing part. His language is also limited.

Nice guy but tough to keep up in his class. Worksheets due regularly on top of webassign, which is unusual this high up in math. His lectures are hard to understand, if you don't work daily outside of class you won't do well. As a math major I like to go at my own pace and just be ready for tests but he demands you go at his pace. Not my cup of tea

If you're willing to self-teach yourself and go to the tutoring center, then take him. If you're going to depend entirely on his teaching then enjoy that C. He makes calc harder than it has to be.

Lectures are quite confusing, he spends most of the time drawing 3D graphs and mumbles to himself a lot. Doesn't tell you when HW (both web assign &written) is due, so he can randomly ask you to turn it in one day, but you're not done with it. Tests were hard. Lots of questions for a 50 minute class. Not the easiest grader.

Extremely disorganized lectures; hard to follow and even harder to learn in class. When I asked him to clarify, his answer confused me even more, and I'm good at math. Its really disappointing, he obviously knows math but he is not a good educator. If you have no other option but to take his class, change your grading to pass/no pass.

Change grade to pass/not pass Horrible teacher, lectures made no sense Made many mistakes in lectures, and was not clear Calculus is hard enough, but with a bad professor, it is almost impossible

If you could learn by yourself, you could take his class. If you could check the Webassign(he will let you regist that web.)every day! I mean EVERYDAY! Otherwise he might changes some homework-due-time self-willed, and you never know He's test almost 20-30 question and that's all Multiple Choice. Good luck if you just have 1hour to finish all.

Lectures were not clear. You basically have to teach yourself. At times he came late to class, and the class fell behind schedule. If you take his class, be prepared to study on your own, as it will be difficult to learn in class.

Very DISORGANIZED and IRRESPONIBLE teacher, but nice guy to talk with. I got an A, but only because of my good knowledge in math(not because of him at all!!.) I fell bad for those students who has no previous knowledge in math...

By the 2nd week, only 10 people were left in this class. He is a terrible lecturer and often goes on tangents in the middle of an example. The text he required was confusing and had terrible examples and doing hw is a nightmare. He basically answers all the worksheets in class, and quizzes/exams are similar to these worksheets. DON'T TAKE BOUGOURB.

Took him for summer, was the worst. His Webassign HW isn't relevant to his test/quizzes besides SOME of the definitions, he's unresponsive to emails, makes changes without emailing students and drones on during his lectures about completely unrelated things. Definitely a self-study class, IF you can figure out what to study. Wouldn't recommend him.

DO NOT TAKE HIM. HE MAKES TOO MANY MISTAKES.

Knowledgeable teacher but not a good teacher.. Doesn't reply to emails and very unclear about the syllabus and what's expected. Tests are hard and very little leeway in how you work it out. If he doesn't like your working out even if you have the correct answer it will still be wrong. Do not recommend.

He doesnt even teach you he just make you go online in a textbook that you have to pay 80$ for and make you sit there and do homework.

Tests are multiple choice and copy pasted from a webassign review sheet. Lectures are vague and do not correlate nor strengthen understanding of concepts from the textbook. Often lectures off-topic curriculum. Quizzes are also copy pasted from webassign however are short answer. Partial credit is non-existent. Homework represents most of your grade

I don't care what people say in their reviews. His lectures are all over the place, he will spend 10 minutes trying to figure out his own work. He hardly tell you what sections he's teaching, bringa forward test dates (my last midterm went from Friday to Thursday before finals) and extend the material on tests by the day. HE IS THE WORST!

Horrible one! Unorganized lecture. Could NOT explain himself. Lecture only focuses on proving, won't do examples. He only focuses on the result when grading - exams are MC. Written quizzes need to show work, but if you get the wrong answer, you lose all pts. Exams are not similar to web assign as he said. He is literally the worst! DONT TAKE HIM!

This is brutal. If you are trying to balance other classes on top of this one, you will absolutely not be able to do well in them and this one at the same time. Lecture really does a pitiful job of conveying something to you for the first time or even a second time. Self study is a challenge in itself with the amount of WA hw to be done. Steer away

Unorganized and careless professor. I am wondering if he is working for webassign because his test problems are from webassign with some values changed. He always makes mistakes on tests and he won't return the test back so that you can't confront him about the mistakes he made. Can't believe he is still teaching and ruining students.

This guy gives 20 questions on an exam for a class that is ONLY 50minutes long. EACH question takes an average of 4 mins and if you do the math, it just doesn't add up. I barely managed to finish half the questions and start guessing the rest....

He proves rather than solve examples. He's disorganized and gets carried away and makes mistakes while solving. You have to self-study(watch Prof Leonard on YT). But, to be fair, his class is easy. The quizzes/tests are almost an exact copy of the worksheets/WebAssign hw(study everything before a quiz. He may tell you the wrong chapters to study!).

I got an A in 1A because my last prof actually taught. Bourgoub ATTEMPTS to teach, but half of the class just ends up sitting in the back of the class doing homework. Lectures make no sense, he pushes up homework without telling us, and blames us if we score badly on tests as if that's not a representation of how he's teaching.

Take this class only if you are willing to teach yourself everything. He seems to just say what he is writing on paper and thats it. No explanation. You can pass his class but you will have to learn and do EVERYTHING on your own. He will not respond to your emails. Is not willing to communicate with students and solve issues. DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS

Take this class if you are ready to prepare and learn by yourself. He's just lazy, and I had a hard time understanding what he said. He won't ever respond to any emails. He never solved any issues and is never willing to communicate with students. Grinding doesn't mean that it is a guarantee for A- Good luck my fellow comrades...

Just self-learn. Lectures are basically useless as he just writes down what's in the textbook and does not explain so you can understand. Very difficult to communicate with him as he never replies to emails. Quizzes and tests have similar questions from the homework but there is an insane number of questions and is very difficult to finish on time.

Welcome to Bourgoub's class where the exam is on all content that's not covered in class or even on the curriculum. The highest grade for the exam was a C-. The average was a failing grade. Do not take this guy I don't know how he still has a job with all the complaints against him. He does not respond to emails or care about anyone in the class.

If you want to take a class that you'll be left confused by the lectures, where the professor doesn't respond to any of your emails, or a class where your concerns go completely unaddressed, then Hassan Bourgoub's class is perfect for you! The average on his first exam was a stellar 60%! Save yourself a headache and take 2B with MK or Hansen.

Worst professor ever. My transfer was cancelled because of him. Never replies email when online homework having technical difficulties and straights away grades an F. Have been an A student all year long and really worst teacher. Wouldnt help you even when you are in dire need.

Worst professor I ever had. Super unpleasant to talk to. This professor failed half of the classes. His lectures are so bad you are better off without them. He makes so many mistakes which makes me think he doesn't know the material himself. Worst professor at De Anza, stay away! Please don't take him. You have been warned.

The professor is so incompetent that he constantly enters your grades incorrectly. If you skip any of his lectures you're screwed because he doesn't post the notes online. He can't teach. Does not respond to emails/canvas for grading errors. Tests and quizzes are unreasonably timed. Not all students are treated equally. Don't take him ever.

This was by far the most frustrating class I have ever taken. Now I can't speak for his class in person, but as far as online he does not know how to use the internet. Every test or quiz there would always be a problem and there isn't any use emailing him because by the time he responds it will be too late. Lectures are pretty useless also.

He does not reply to emails. Very bad at explaining things. Does lots of mistakes. No extras credit at all. Very disorganized. The only good thing I got from Bourgoub is he allows you to extend your WebAssign.

His grading is often nonsensical. Best bet is to study everything in the textbook and assignments. If you can self study, should be OK, but if you want to listen to a lecturer, his class is a joke.

My worst decision coming from the pandemic. Called himself an amateur programmer but has absolutely made each and every quiz and test a mishap while also not responding to emails (yes, even during the finals). Complains about his work more than he teaches and makes mistakes more than a corrects them.

Absolute miserable experience with this man, be warned. I have never had a teacher that cared so little and did nothing to help his students. Don't bother with his lectures, they're a waste of time. To pass this class, just do the webassigns and teach yourself the material. Please look for another professor, Bourgoub will never reply to you.

Completely unreachable outside of class, horrible lectures and overall a worst-case scenario. Even if he is the only option, I would not take him. By far the worst professor on campus.

his class is like listening to a 100 year old. its so frustrating. I dont understand how or why this person works in education. Easy grader but seriously so bad you learn more from a ten minute video on youtube than his two hour lectures

Tests and homework are done on webassign. Quizzes are on canvas. Webassign you get 2-3 tries per question, but canvas is one try only. Quiz/Test are all based on webassign hw, so just study that and you'll get an A.

Never responds to emails, lectures are completely useless. Do not take this professor even if its easier, you will end up learning nothing and failing higher math classes because you won't have a strong foundation.

His projector lags 24/7 so paying attention to lectures is impossible. Math 1D is already hard, but he makes it worse by not teaching anything. I much rather suggest taking another teacher that you can actually learn from.

He told the class that he is giving 2 free response questions but made it 3. And only gave us 30 mins to complete these problems with multiple parts. In class, he was arguing with a student about not giving more time to upload work. In general, this is a self study class and you won't learn much from him. Very inaccessible outside of class.

Lecture materials are over the place. Instructions are unclear. His office hours are completely inaccesible and never respond to my email despite he still send out emails to the class. I felt ignored and seems like De Anza never really care about their education quality, btw I havent heard this professor receiving any course evaluation.

I would not take his class if I were you. You learn nothing at all in his lectures and you have to teach everything to yourself. His tests used to be on WebAssign and now are on Canvas. But his Canvas tests are awful. There are typos in nearly every question, many with no correct answer at all and correct answers are marked incorrect.

Do not take him. Period. Lectures were extremely disorganized and confusing. He does not respond to emails whatsoever. Both exams and quizzes were awfully challenging and instructions are always unclear. Prior to taking this class, I read that it was do-able if you just self-study, this is a lie due to the amount of material you have to learn.

Literally the worst. Please don't take his class if you care about your GPA. A few people did well on tests and exams but overall, the class average was around 80%. Final was 17 questions long and 2 hours. Differential equations is hard enough and 17 questions was way too long. His quizzes and tests are really bad and he is a bad professor

33 QUESTION FINAL IS ABSURD. 3 MINS PER QUESTION IS IMPOSSIBLE.

This professor assigned us 33 problems in 120 minutes. That is approximately about 3.63 minutes per question. A normal linear algebra problems takes at least 7-10 minutes to complete. Please avoid this class if you really care about your GPA. Unless you are some math god, then this class is for you.

Only take this class if you can self-study. Lectures are long and hard to understand. Tests are longer than usual and unless you really get the materials then it is really hard to finish on time. 33 questions on a linear algebra final ��

malded over a student cheating and ended up writing literally impossible tests with faulty images, no correct answers, and questions that had not been covered in lecture yet. He also started the final exam 30 minutes earlier than scheduled without warning.

Probably one of the worst professors at De Anza. Youd probably learn more by teaching yourself. Cannot even make a test correctly, way too many mistakes. You will never not be stressing about his class. When you think you know what he's talking about, you don't. Take this class with any other professor! AVOID THIS PROFESSOR LIKE THE PLAGUE.

He refuses to tell students how many questions will be on the test, claiming that people may cheat using that information. Also, he randomly changed the curriculum of the course in the middle of the first meeting. He also did not provide an option for correct answers on a multiple choice quiz. Overall, he is a problematic mess. Avoid him.

Hassan isn't that difficult, his quiz/exams are pretty easy as long as you studied. The problem is he cannot teach for jack shiet. I've had pretty bad professors but my god this dude is a natural at being unable to teach for shiet. Only take this dude if: 1. you can self study 2. want easier exams 3. if theres no better option.

Worst professor I ever had in my life. He does not teach correctly and his time limits are insane. I personally studied for an exam and still failed with the horrible questions he chose. He does not want you to pass the way he is teaching and even with heavy studying it's so hard to even try for that C.

Avoid at all costs. His exams had incorrect questions ALL QUARTER which just waste your little exam time only for him to admit that the answer was not in the options. You get the points back for the question but it is not worth the time spent. He can't even write a coherent test so there's no way to show that you know the material. Little exam time

AVOID! I've never hated a class so bad. Very unorganized. Tests are easy but there are too many questions. final is 33 questions in 2 hours. Sometimes he messed up with the correct answers so double-check if you see something wrong. Office hour is usually full of people. I deeply regret taking him. He turned my last quarter into a nightmare.

Horrible professor. useless lectures.

Please don't take him. I know you need might need the class, I know you might not have a choice. But please try your best to avoid. He's really, really bad. Any ray of hope you get by reading the few comments that say he's okay, please don't believe it. Beg another teacher to take you. This class could ruin every chance of transferring. Seriously.

Just terrible. Quizzes and tests are covered with typos and errors, sometimes not even possible to solve. Twice he has added problems on an exam from a later chapter, we've haven't covered. If you dare to take this professor don't go to class, self-study and hope for a A/B. Often marks correct problems as incorrect, expect to fight for your grade.

Just save yourself the trouble. His class drains motivation to do math with his lectures. You learn by teaching yourself through webassign. His test/quizzes aren't difficult just formatted very poorly along with his homework. I dislike this class because I wasn't motivated to learn math especially through his lectures.

Yo, don't take this class even if this is your only choice. THIS IS A SELF-STUDY CLASS. He breezes through his notes so fast that many can't keep up. Don't expect to learn anything from him. Unorganized when it comes to homework, quizzes, and exams. Expects us to do well when he can't even teach the concepts correctly. You'll get a bad grade here.

ALL of the due dates were never set. They would be set on one day then moved. Even for the final exam he said the final was supposed to be on dec 6 at 1:45pm-3:45pm, it ended up being dec @ 9:15am-11:15 am. This is a HEAVY self study class. Dont take him if you're expecting a teacher. Take him if youre good at self studying/webassign.

Lecture was difficult to follow. Additional purchase of online platform necessary. Self study and Google carried me. Due dates are a joke. Exams and homework are set to be on or before content taught. Final exam was messed up and postponed due to similar mistakes. Nice person, answers question until you understand, but don't recommend at all.

Where to start. Self study, ignore the lectures, and good luck on tests. So many errors on all written assignments it's crazy. I wish he would actually try to solve the problems he "designs" for his tests as many are impossible or are more difficult due to the randomly generated numbers throws in. You'll need to fight for your grade constantly. GL

His notes are crazy unorganized. He said he'd record his lectures so you can watch them on your own time but he didn't. He rambles rather than actually teaching. He said there'd only be 2 sections on the first quiz, yet there were 3. He grades super harshly because he thinks everyone is cheating. Don't take his class. Dropped the second week :/

First Off, I want to say that I've taken this course in highschool and struggled a ton here. Mostly self studied for this quarter. Notes are fast and disorganized and extremely confusing. Quizzes are ok. Attendance isn't mandatory but asks everyone to type in chat. If you've never taken 1b, DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES TAKE BOURGOUB,

Pros: flexiblish, chill, hw pretty light Cons: mistakes all the time(test questions & lecture prblms), very confusing, lecture notes very messy, Very speedy notes(ur a rare breed if u aren't lagging during lecture & understand what he's doing) MUST self study: (YT: Org. Chem. tutor) Pick ANYONE BUT Bourgoub

Please avoid Hassan at all costs. His exams are nothing like homework and he promised us that is similar to Webassign homework. I was literally crying throughout the entire quarter. His assigned homework makes me mentally draining. I have been constantly living in fear with no doubt. Do not take him even if it is your last quarter to transfer.

OK, he was a good person, but a terrible lecturer. If this is your first time taking Calculus, let me tell you one thing. You're not gonna learn anything from him. You need to have a base of basic calculus stuff before being in the class cuz he can't teach it. I passed this class by self-studying with Professor Leanord on youtube. Do not take him.

Pros: flexiblish, chill, hw pretty light Cons: mistakes all the time(test questions & lecture prblms), very confusing, lecture notes very messy, Very speedy notes(ur a rare breed if u aren't lagging during lecture & understand what he's doing) MUST self study: (YT: Org. Chem. tutor) Pick ANYONE BUT Bourgoub

Unfortunately, I had very hard time understanding the professor. Attendance is mandatory, all work is "on paper", even HW is returned in written form. Lack of online resources like Webassign didn't work for me. I love their explanation videos and examples.Unclear grading criteria.

His overall class structure was brutal. His quizzes and exams are much more difficult than the problems in the textbook (even the challenge problems), and there are a lot of typos in his tests. I would recommend avoiding this teacher overall.

Very conceptually heavy teacher. He is a harsh grader, any minor mistake will basically knock off about half credit from a test question. Formats questions unclearly/confusingly and will not help you out if you ask him for clarification. You will probably learn more by taking him, but it could be at the expense of your GPA. He is challenging.

My most important advice to anyone who is going to take this class is don't trust him, he is always wrong, you just have to trust yourself and tell him he is wrong. This is really annoying.

not recommended, the test is tooooo hard even if it is online.

not recommended. too hard exam

DO NOT NOT NOT NOT TAKE HIM!!!!

I took this class without researching the professor, big mistake. Professor Bourgoub was all over the place, and not only were the students confused, he also seemed disoriented at times. He is extremely unclear about expectations for the class, contradicting himself. Analogous, his teaching would be a mute individual trying to teach a baby to talk.

His lectures are honestly so disorganized and he makes a lot of mistakes without realizing it. I actually learn more from reading the Web Assign textbook than what he teaches in his Zoom meetings. The homework takes a very long time given the amount of problems per assignment and the amount of time it takes to complete one problem. Avoid him!!!

Horrible at explaining things.

He makes you buy a course that is supposed to allow you access to a textbook. Even after purchasing it you will not have access to the textbook so you will have to watch youtube videos or online to get taught. In class he just rambles on not really teaching you anything. Do not recommend at all.

I thought the bad reviews were because people are lazy. They aren't. This is by far the worst professor I've ever had. Lectures make little to no sense and he always gets the examples wrong. Tests are given with ridiculous time constraints and are impossible to finish. Do yourself a favor and don't take this guy. Nothing redeemable.

Stressful

If you can avoid taking him, I would definitely recommend. He does not know how to explain the problems and often takes his own approach and still seems to get problems wrong. 3 quizzes and 3 midterms plus the final. The homework is online and some can be found the quiz/ midterm but other questions are completely left field.

Everything is good up until you take the exam. He marked off points because he couldn't read my handwriting. He doesn't give enough time for tests and assigns homework that needs to be handwritten.

Quizzes are sometimes graded incorrectly. Late to respond to emails. Forgets to upload lecture videos, which already don't cover course material well. Grading standards are inconsistent. Does not follow structure outlined in syllabus. Quiz and test content does not match with the content in lectures and the textbook. Would not recommend.

Literally SUCKS! If you have him online, his tests/quizzes are through Canvas and will add sections where you need to upload your work and grades insanely harshly on those! If you rely on a good math teach and can't self study well this is not the class for you.

He made us pay for Pearson and then has not sent one email, one lecture material, one announcement all quarter. We are expected to complete a pretty complex homework assignment every 2 days and then a study plan for "points" in which then we would be allowed to take the test. I would give this class 0/5 if I could This professor needs to retire.

It was a rough quarter but I passed. This professor requires hand written test, which can be difficult because he wants you to show all your work. With this in mind, we need more time to finish the test. He's alright at teaching, but exams and the homework... wow its a lot of work. He makes you pay for My Pearson Lab which is about 80 bucks.

No... Professor Bourgoub & Dr. Shi are the worst math instructors I have ever had.

He should retire!

NEVER TAKE HIM even if it is your last quarter to transfer!!!

AVOID. Expect typo-ridden quizzes+tests w/the onus on you to correct him. Excess homework+some ends up being irrelevant. If a quiz is coming up, do the homework for the week after it too. If you only do the assignments the quiz is supposed to cover, you'll be blindsided by future material showing up unannounced. Avoid this guy in the first place!

Don't ask why only 3 students attend his lecture

Search on Google: "Unfair Addressing of Student Issues by Prof. Bourgoub." Then you will understand why students avoid him at all costs.

He designed the test paper with incorrect values and refused to return all the credits. If I could put 0 to her, I would.

He is the only Math 2A teacher in Fall 2024. Taking his class was the worst decision of my life. He created a wrong test but never fixed it. He always ignores students' emails. If you find that he is the only teacher you can choose, please take this class at Foothill or wait until the next quarter.

quiz/exam questions wrong sometimes

It was VERY DIFFICULT understanding from him.

THIS PROFESSOR WAS TERRIBLE, LIKE I KID YOU NOT. THIS WAS THE ONLY CLASS THAT WAS AVAILABLE AND IT WAS THE WORST DECISION TAKING IT. HIS LECTURES ARE PREWRITTEN AND BARELY GOES THROUGH EXAMPLES. PLUS HE MESSES UP ON EXAMPLES IF HE DOES. HW ISN'T GRADED ONLY QUIZZES AND TESTS ARE. PLEASE DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS.

Tests make up a lot of your grade. It's hard to understand her explanations.

Don't take him. Very harsh grader.

This teacher was absolutely terrible. Would show up to class 15 minutes late most days, and would write formulas on the board and call it a day. No teaching was done and he required us to buy a $300 textbook we never used. I eventually had to hire a tutor to learn calculus since I had no idea how to do anything. Worst teacher I have had by far.

I'm a math major student and had him in fall. I took him just to finish my major courses early so that I could upload my transfer transcript sooner and be more competitive. But I was wrong. His lectures were super confusing & exams were EXTREMELY HARD. I got my first B. I believe less than 5 students can get A. Take Fatemeh or Sithparran if u can.

Only take this professor if you have to. YOU WILL BE SELF STUDYING. Horrible lectures. The camera and mic quality are bad, can barely read his handwriting, doesn't go in dept. Uses cengage and doesn't put the hw due dates on Canvas. Due dates are also really dumb (Some are due tues, thurs, sat, sun) y????? Ignore the 5 star reviews, not real

Just no. A joke of a professor.

Lectures were hard to follow, and he usually didn't make it clear what he's teaching.

I get the feeling that he wants all his students to fail. Why does De Anza offer so few Math 2A and 2B classes but allow him to teach so many of them? If I was the principal I would have him fired immediately.

Absolutely horrible, if you make a tiny mistake, his grading criteria makes you impossible to get A. His excuse is that grades aren't given to you, they are earned by your desire. Don't expect him to give any extra credits or curve to save your grade.

He is not your friend. Never take his class, even online. Heavy proctoring. Don't even think about cheating on any test. He reported some students after the final. STAY AWAY!!!

Hate his class

Please ont take this class. I am almost about to fail because i cannot keep up with the load of homework.

Why is he still teaching? He can't teach at all. Who hired this guy? He makes multiple mistakes, even in his prewritten notes.

He kept making mistakes in his pre-recorded lectures, even for integration and taking derivatives, which makes it hard to follow along with those errors in the middle of the problems. Some professors shouldn't teach. He is one of them.

The whole quarter this professor's grading percentages were incorrect the homework originally counted for 33% of the grade and he did not realize until the final day of the course so instead of having the A- I originally had my grade dropped to a B on the final day because instead of the homework being 33% of the grade it dropped to 24%.