doesn't care about his students, don't care to teach, only care about reasearch

he doesn't know what he is doing, make stuff more confusing, make silly jokes

Notes are vague, disorganized and hard to follow.

not recommended...the thing i like about him is when he says "ARRRGGGHH" when he makes mistakes...

BAD BAD Prof, mistakes never end, very unclear, tries to make things simple but instead confuses you more. Tests are fair but he doesn't know how to teach!

Horrible prof! His bouncing around the room is extremely distracting. Tests are easy, but the averages are so high that you can't get a good grade. Avoid him if at all possible.

horrible prof, 15 minutes late for every lecture; dance during the lecture time; make lots of mistakes and barely respond to emails, not really prepared for lectures and do not give notes.

Awful prof. Super scatterbrained, and keeps jumping around in his notes so there's no logical flow. Difficult to follow his proof techniques. He seems knowledgeable in the material but is unable to convey it. Attending his office hours was useless as he was no help. Exams were difficult. Killed any interest I initially had in the subject. AVOID.

Extremely unreasonable midterms and exams. You only have enough time to do 25% of the questions. He expects you to memorize absolutely EVERYTHING.

May as well just teach yourself. He only copies examples directly from the textbook without any clarification or explanation.

Terribly unorganized meaning lectures are borderline useless. Unfortunately, the required textbook is dreadful so you'll really use to work to do well.

Worst prof I've ever met at SFU. Do not hope to understand anything from his lectures, cause otherwise you will be very disappointed. Textbook is practically useless as well, as it's impossible to understand a single thing from it. So technically you're on your own: you pay tuition for this course, but you have to learn everything all by yourself

This is the second course I've taken with Luis and he has been the single worst prof I've had at SFU. His lectures are full of mistakes. He doesn't teach anything, just does examples in front of you. The textbook is ordered differently than how the concepts are taught in class so it's miserable trying to understand what to study. Avoid him.

Hard class that was even harder with such a prof. It's funny in-class and he does and says all kind of crazy things, but he is a terrible teacher. He will constantly screw up his numbers, and will just confuse the heck out of you. So many times students had to help him out figure where he made a mistake. And don't even bother outside office hrs.

Doesn't do good examples, never gives the full time for the quizzes and very unorganized

Many mistakes in every lecture. his lectures are straight out of the textbooks, he has the textbook open in front of him while hes teaching and just reads word for word, and makes the examples even more complicated. You're better off just teaching yourself. His tests are nothing like the assigned homework

Luis was only on time a handful of times and even when he was on time he wasn't prepared. Almost every single lecture starts 5-10 mins late and he doesn't respect the time at which the lecture is supposed to end. He will often go off on tangents in the middle of lectures and it is not uncommon to only get through a few slides of the lecture. Avoid.

A clown makes you laugh all semester long then it turns into tears when u get ur grades. For first year students if you didn't calculus in high school for the love of GPA GOD Avoid this tuurdd. This guy is a joke of a prof ur better off learning from the book, he makes mistakes and his exams arent anything like the quizzes or HW. You have my wisdom

In my opinion he is not a good teacher, and he is very unorganized.

Late for class every single time. Nothing was organized. Solutions post days after his promise. TA also marking extremely hard.

do not take this course with Luis. I have had the worst experience in his class. he makes uncountable mistakes in lectures and is usually 5 minutes late to class and then he wouldn't complete examples saying he would fill them in later. this class has hard material itself but Luis made it even harder.

Was late to his own class every time, made errors every lecture, and then (no joke) abandoned us when classes were moved online due to covid-19. The math department had to force him to talk to us, and then he dumped us on a Surrey math prof. Super unprofessional and scatter-brained. No calculator in exams but expects us to do difficult calculations

Very bad at teaching, makes so many mistakes during lectures and so many errors in the review package. nice guy and tries to help but takes too long to teach, does not spend his time wisely and we didn't even finish the course but it was still on the final (worth 50%).

I got an A+ in his class, did really well on the final (worth 50%). Make sure you understand the concepts because he doesn't teach very well. Makes many mistakes and is quite slow. You want to teach yourself, try to get as much help as you can get and make sure you understand concepts. The timing of the Midterms was pretty bad, I was very rushed.

TERRIBLE. Doesn't care about his students, makes mistakes 24/7, has TERRIBLE internet so you'll go through 6/12 notes, has LONG TERRIBLE notes, doesn't listen, has complicated IQ and OQ and does not explain them. MAKE SURE YOU TAKE CALC 12 otherwise lol gl on the midterms and finals. I would not be surprised if he was a trump supporter.

Don't take Calc1 with Luis. He posted our homework late on multiple occasions, forgot to post notes multiple times, and consistently put material we hadn't learned yet on the midterms. He doesn't reply to emails or concerns. Our final exam had concepts he didn't properly prepare us for. He has a good personality, but the class was tough.

Thank god I took Calc in highschool, otherwise I would have been SCREWED. Long, boring lectures. Lots of mistakes made on his lectures. Exams were tough and had material that wasn't even on. the Fall 2020 class had to be curved extremely, more than 80% dropped out or switched because of him. Felt bad for him, seems like a good guy but not techy.

He's a nice guy but an awful prof. He doesn't know how to explain things properly and tends to ramble on when discussing simple topics. This rambling makes it even harder to understand the material. He is always posting material late and it takes a while for him to respond to emails.

Luis is a nice guy but really can't explain material well. Be ready for a alot of self study

Extremely unorganized and gives out assignments late. Assignment questions don't match the exam questions. Feedback and marks come late. Never seems to keep to his own schedule. Lectures are confusing and filled with errors, which is ridiculous for a math prof. Avoid him if you can. Maybe a nice guy. But a bad teacher.

Luis Goddyn is extremely unorganized, does not release IQ's out on time, and the midterms are word problems we never even had similar questions to in the homework. Had the audacity to tell my entire lecture hall the midterm was easy when our average was 20%. If you have this professor, go over the practice questions from the notes.

Awful professor, does not help students, never releases his OQs on time. He doesn't help with homework and leaves you to do things on your own that you don't understand. His tests are astronomically bad, filled with poor word problems. His grading scale is horrendous. He is the most unorganized prof I've ever had. Shows up late to his own class.

Stay away from Luis. Never releases any of the homework or notes on time and I find the prelectures from other profs to be much more useful. He shows up late to his own lecture every day. Luis is super unorganized, and I’d advise anyone and everyone to stay away. Please take your course with another professor.

Probably the worst professor I ever seen at SFU. Always late, class ends minimum 15 minutes after the time it should be. Notes, or solution he posting has at least 5 typo or error each, and has not released any grades until the last lecture. So unorganized.. But he is a nice person, but as a professor.. no deal.

The worst professor I've ever had. Very disorganized and does not give us practice exams. He only gives us useless review documents that does not cover the actual content on the exams which left everyone not knowing what to expect. The average for our first midterm was 33% and the second was 50%. Avoid this professor at all cost.

Terrible prof, he is always late to lecture, stopped posting homework problems and solutions (IQ), doesn't mark assignments, disorganized, doesn't answer emails, doesn't follow proper course timeline, skips learning material, incomplete study guide/review sheets, lazy and straight incompetent. Seems like a decent person though. DONT TAKE MATH W HIM

The professor is disorganized and does not update his students. Always makes mistakes in lectures and hw is never posted on time. Promised to drop lowest hw but instead drops the highest one. Tricks his students on exams making the class average this sem to be at around 30%.

I had a really difficult time understanding what he was teaching as he was all over place and his notes were slightly different and out of order to the one available. We even asked him in person and email but never got anything unless it was review. After the second midterm, it got worse to the point where it felt like we didn't learn anything.

Run away from him

my eyes turned black during every lecture... He's confusing and doesn't explain basic concepts well. Avoid him if you don't want to be atrociously humbled.

He went to quickly during lectures or to slowly which just left all of us confused. The exam were nothing like IQ or class examples. He made first year calculus wayyyyyy harder than necessary. Really I wished to the reviews to not take his class!

Took this class in 2021 and I barely survived. Luis is not a good professor. His slides are unclear and not helpful. His exams are super unfair. No matter how much you study his material, you will not do good in this class. Had to retake.

always late, never was able to get through a whole lecture. the small amount of stuff we did get through was very surface level. made so many algebra mistakes, at least 5 per lecture. seems to not really care about the class that much. that being said tests were quite fair but get ready to self teach.

He was always late for class and the lectures on made me more confused about the material.

He has a fun personality but it doesn't matter because his lectures are a mess. He's always late and his notes are poorly organized and uploaded late. Does not reply to inquiries outside class. The final was extremely difficult and unfair and is worth 50% of the total grade. Do not take this course with him unless you want to watch your GPA plummet

If I could give a 0 I would. Late to lectures, didn't upload filled notes for a long time, does not respond to emails, can't really talk in person either. The final exam was extremely unreasonable, and it was worth 50% of our grade. Did all my hw, looked at quizzes/midterms/practice finals, still the final was stuff I haven't seen before.

if u can take the course with smo else, pls do. although he is sweet, he is a horrible professor. always late, has no idea what he is teaching, makes numerous errors, and never posts stuff on time, so hard to reach out of class and in class. clearly has no dedication towards teaching his students. be prepared to study on your own

Professor Luis Goddyn teaches super slow and doesn't summarize what he's taught. He says really numb jokes which takes up lecture time. Every time he tries to explain something, he explains it like he doesn't know what he's talking about. Never take this class when you have Math 100 and 101.

He gave out the review material for Midterm 1 less than 24hrs before the exam, and it was not even similar in difficulty. Made so many mistakes in class, did not really care about it. Even our review session was a complete mess when students had to constantly correct him. Please consider retiring.

Shows up to his own lectures 20 minutes late. Posts midterm notes less than a day before midterm. Somehow is now two lectures behind his own assignments. Can't do the homework because he hasn't covered it yet. Run!

my eyeballs go black

my eyes turn black and he loves to turn around like a ballerina

He's super nice but is not great at explaining things.

Avoid this guy! His laptop dies during the lecture! Totally unprepared and the notes are lenghty! Just watch Organic Chemistry Tutor instead lol

With all due respect, he is not a great teacher, he is a very nice person and is clearly passionate about math but my god he is way out of his prime. Now he can't even get his laptop working or sound systems anything technical every class. Expect classes to start 5-8 minutes late every time. Avoid if possible or prepare to teach yourself.

Work isn't difficult, but the prof is horrible cannot lie. Shows up late, and starts late every class. Posts midterm reviews 1-2 days before the actual midterm while Surrey Profs have them posted from the start of the term. Never take this guy unless you want to fail. He should be kicked out of SFU

This guy ruined my life bro.

not a good prof. at all.

Do not take this prof

Funny prof but can't teach math

Do not take math 157 with this professor, hes funny but no one understands a single thing that he says. He can't teach, shows up to lecture late all the time and there are always problems with the slides and the microphone. The content is already difficult and he makes it impossible to understand. You have to teach yourself.

dont take this prof ever, made this course so much harder than it alr is

nice guy but he cant teach at all , my eyes turn black

Bro is always late to class. He has no control over the class, everyone is talking at the same time. He is a professional yapper. His favourite line is "My eyes will turn black." His class content is pretty easy if you took calc beforehand.

He comes late to his lectures, Has trouble reviewing content before exams, and is also generally unorganized.

Comes late to lectures and is very unorganized. Spends to much time on one question and then speeds through the rest of the lecture. Is very behind on lectures. Bad at teaching the content

this guy needs to go, bad teacher, unorganized, posts practice exams one day before. literally the worst teacher don't pick him. class is fully loose with this guy.

Mathematic terrorist.

Always shows up late to lectures, cannot teach if his life depended on it. Surprised he hasn't been fired from SFU yet as the average first year mathematics major can teach better than him.

Do not take this professor unless you have no other choice.

This prof can take my vitamins, easy tho

he shows up late every single lecture. will change mandatory hw due dates hours before they are due. most of the time after being late he cannot figure out the technology to teach the class. makes topics much more confusing than they have to be. 5 or 6 lectures behind the entire sem and to catch up went insanely quickly through difficult topics

Terrible, please fire him, how is he still a professor, this guy teaches nothing and gets his pay cheque. I self studied this whole course, better off taking other math classes instead.

bro still haven't update the solution for IQ8. I'm dying with optimization.

horrible do not take its not easier than 151

1hr 30 instead of 3 hours for a final is all I have to say.

This is one of the worst professors at SFU. Never take his class as he shows up 5-10 mins late every lecture, can't even finish a single set of notes, complicates things a lot and slacks on getting marks and grades in. Sloppy professor! get him outta here

bro printed the exams on the day of the final. we sat in exam room for an hour waiting for prof to finish printing the remaining 100 final exam papers. originally was a 3-hour exam, but because of how long he took to print the papers, we only got an1h 30m. he doesn't seem to know what he's doing. horrible organization. worst prof ever

Undoubtably the worst math professor you could end up with. While he has never been consistent with the IQ's or OQ's, you can count on him to show up late to every lecture and spend most the time trying to resolve tech issues. Unless you want your eyes turning black, take this course with someone else.

our final exam time was cut in half because bro didn't have enough copies printed... he shows up late to every lecture, was several lectures behind for the whole semester, and is generally unorganized.

Trust me, all the reviews are true. If you're not willing to teach yourself every single concept you can kiss your GPA goodbye. He's a nice person but boy is he a bad prof. Don't rely on his teaching to pass:) We barely survived this term with him... there's no guarantees you will. My eyeballs turn black and I'm hiring a therapist. Run!

Avoid this professor! Consistently arrives 5-10 mins late, faces frequent tech problems, and regularly has to call IT. Never completes a full lecture, had to omit exam topics. Slow to grade, especially IQs; still awaiting grades at semester end. Final Exam delayed 1.5 hrs due to printer issues; promised extra time was not delivered.

Horrible at explaining topics, constantly makes mistakes, at least 10 minutes late to every lecture, constantly changes due dates at the last second. We were supposed to get 3 hours for our final exam but he messed up the printing and we only got an hour and a half to complete it. DO NOT TAKE I REPEAT DO NOT TAKE HIM AS YOUR PROFESSOR!

How is he still employed? Absolute Joke. Only thing he is consistent with is arriving to class 5-10 minutes late. Never completes a full lecture and had to rush through hardest topics at the end. Final Exam was the delayed 1.5 hrs due to him forgetting to print 100 exams then an hour in he announces we have to cut our 3hr exam 1.5 hrs SHORT!!

PLEASE FOR YOUR OWN ENJOYMENT LOOK UP THIS MANS YOUTUBE CHANNEL AND HIS PLAYLISTS LMAOOOO.

He gets late for students and is unprepared for the marking sessions. He DID not give any feedback to the students on their IQs the whole term. On the final, he left the room alone with only TAs dealing with angry students for 1.5 hours. I DO NOT recommend taking any course with him. No teaching skills. Hoping not to work with him anymore.

DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS WITH HIM!!!!!! He is so unorganized and always was late to every lecture. Never responded to emails and no feedback on assignments. Some lectures I wondered if he even understood what he was saying. Avoid for your own sake

WORST PROF IVE EVER ENCOUNTERED. MADE US WAIT 1.5HRS FOR OUR FINAL AFTER IT WAS SUPPOSED TO START. I FAILED MY FINAL AS HE ONLY GAVE US 1.5HR TO COMPLETE (was supposed to be a 3hr exam) OVERALL IDK HOW THIS MAN STILL HAS A JOB. HE LITERALLY CANT EVEN SOLVE HIS OWN PROBLEMS

DO NOT TAKE MATH WITH THIS PROF!!! Nice guy but omg he can't teach. His lectures dont make sense and he doesnt explain well at all. Had to teach everything to myself. The whole semester we were at least 5 lectures behind and he would always be late to lectures. Would release review packages the day before the midterm. Worst semester of my life

Don't take him as a prof please

Prof is unorganized, and extremely slow during lectures. As he was slow during the earlier lectures of the semester, he had to speed up on the end lectures, which he sped up on. He didn't print enough tests for the final and gave us half the time to do the final than promised.

The instructor's teaching style lacked structure and coherence, leading to a disorganized course flow. Unfortunately, the pace fluctuated erratically throughout the semester, making it challenging to follow. Moreover, the final exam was rushed due to insufficient test papers and a shortened timeframe, which added unnecessary stress

The professor's lectures were highly disorganized and inconsistently paced. Starting slow and then rushing through the latter part of the course made it difficult to absorb the material effectively. Furthermore, the final exam situation was disappointing, with inadequate test papers and significantly less time than initially promised.

The instructor's lack of organization reflected in the haphazard pace of lectures. The slow start was compensated by a hurried end, making it hard to maintain a consistent learning rhythm. The final exam was marred by insufficient test copies and an unexpectedly shortened duration, impacting our ability to perform optimally.

The professor's lectures lacked structure and were notably slow-paced initially, resulting in a rushed course culmination. This erratic speed change disrupted the learning process, and the final exam suffered due to insufficient test materials and a significantly reduced timeframe, affecting the overall exam experience

Throughout the semester, the instructor's teaching style was disorganized and inconsistently paced, making it challenging to follow along. The abrupt acceleration in the latter part of the course due to the slow start created unnecessary pressure.

The professor's lectures were disorganized, with an initial slow pace followed by a sudden rush towards the end of the semester. This inconsistency made it difficult to grasp concepts effectively. Furthermore, the final exam situation was disappointing, with insufficient test materials and a significantly shortened duration.

The instructor's lectures lacked coherence and were characterized by an inconsistent pace. The slow start and rushed end disrupted the flow of the course, hampering effective learning. The final exam experience was subpar due to inadequate test papers and a notably reduced time allocation.

The professor's teaching approach was disorganized, leading to erratic pacing throughout the course. The slow start culminated in a hurried end, impacting the learning process. Moreover, the final exam suffered from a scarcity of test papers and an unexpectedly shortened duration, creating undue stress for students."

The instructor's lectures were poorly organized and inconsistently paced, making it challenging to maintain engagement. The rushed conclusion due to a slow start disrupted the learning trajectory. Additionally, the final exam experience was compromised by insufficient test materials and a significantly reduced timeframe.

Nice, but massively disorganized. Split our final into 2 rooms based on last name. A-L room was somehow missing 100 exams and thus got 1.5 hrs to write a 3 hour exam whilst the M-Z room got the full 3 hours for the same test. No effort made to rectify this. Lectures are confusing and we spent 80% of the semester being behind. Avoid at all costs.

Lectures are poor, the professor is nice and kind but struggles too teach.

I think he is a good guy, just not a good prof. We didn't get grades for literally anything until almost 2 weeks after the final.

Cut our final exam time in half because of incompetence

horrible. the final got cut in half because he wasn't prepared and now we all have to retake the final exam

Don't take his class, he had the worst explanations ever, everyone hated him.

Avoid at all costs. Useless lectures, cut the exam time in half for half of the class and barely adjusted the grades. Makes lots of mistakes in assignments and lectures. Not able to explain.

Terrible just terrible shows up late to classes, why are you even a professor, you are very very bad at teaching, very unprofessional. Please resign.

He's a nice guy, but teaching really isn't for him. After 3 lectures I decided to stop attending class to learn it all on my own. He's constantly making mistakes and showing up late to class. Honestly, his lectures made the material more confusing. His tests are generally fair and based on the homework he assigns, so he's alright in that sense.

this teacher literally cant teach, just get out find a new job literally your making the class harder by ur existence dont take him useless

Just don't. Averages less than 40%. At least once a week the man gave up and said "I don't know how to do this" on his own examples.

Nice guy, but didn't return a single grade back for 2 + 1/4 months. Lecture pace is an absolute mess (1-4 for midterm 1, 5-17 for midterm 2), which heavily impacted midterm studying and assignments. HW 1,2 was for the first midterm, and only had HW 3 for the second midterm that went up to lecture 7 ---> 10 lectures no practice. Please avoid him.

This professor is very disorganized. They don't upload materials properly or on time. They often come late to class and don't teach the material clearly. The questions they give on tests are much harder than what they teach in class, and their notes are very hard to understand. Overall, the class is very confusing, and I have struggled a lot.