I second avoid like the plague

Unclear in speech and downright hostile to people who ask questions. Every day I went to class I died a little more on the inside.

Is very harsh, believes that partial credit should hurt. It's his way or the wrong way.

Horrible teacher. Very unclear in examples. Does not help when students ask questions. Stay far away from this man.

Stay AWAY

Sadist who hates students. I got straight A's in my entire college career, except for Bautista's calc class. 100 pages of material, 5 questions on test. Miss two, you fail. So sorry. Difficult to understand if not from southest asia. Good luck.

This is perhaps one of the worst teachers that I have ever had. You can hardly understand a word he says. He moves way too fast through material and is never clear about homework assignments.He gives online and book work with some problems in both, and got mad when asked about it. He puts students down for being wrong. AVOID AT ALL COSTS

This guy is a complete toolbox. He is probably the worst teacher at RIT, and can not pronounce his H's. ex. 4/3 translates to 4 turds.

This guy was just awful. Don't ever ask him a question, because not only will he not answer it, he will tear into you for 10 minutes over incredibly minute details, and his goal is to make you feel as terrible as possible that you don't know calculus.

He is an overzealous professor that does spend time belittling students if they ask questions. Spend more time fooling around than teaching the subject. Very bad teaching style, give lots of homework on subject that we just went over during the last 5 mins of the class.

Took him for matrix and boundary value problems. He is very smart but doesn't know how to communicate effectively and clear if you aren't willing to learn more out side the class than in you will not do good. Simply don't take him if you want a good grade n not work you behind off. And he give allot of homework.

Worst teacher I have ever had at RIT. Assign homework due for the following day and randomly add new questions at the last minutes. Homework and quizzes are totally unrelated to what's going to be on the exam. Has to spend hours explaining the homework rather than doing a good job teaching the subject in the first place.would not recommend,he's Bad

I took multivariable and vector with him. He belittles you if you answer a question wrong in class. He does not explain the material in a manner that is conducive to learning it for the first time. Homework was not worth nearly enough considering IT was teaching the material rather than him. Unclear on what assignments due at what time. Avoid.

Bautista is by far the worst calculus professor I've ever had. Example: One time he did this big problem on the board, a student asked "How did you do that step there?" Bautista answered: "What do you mean? I did algebra." The rest of the conversation went like that until the student shut his mouth. No one ever asked questions again.

Out of all of the teachers I have had he is by far the worst one. His lectures are boring and unhelpful and he will often berate students who ask questions. He rarely responds to his emails and is almost never in his office for office house. The average for his class is a 65, which with his curve becomes a solid B. Somethings wrong with that curve.

I would not recommend anyone to take Dr. Bautista. He only does proofs and doesn't really care if the students understand or not. He never really helps, especially in office hours. He gives about 30 hw assignments that only count for 6% of your grade, and take about 50 hours. He does curve the class but its still very hard.

Worst professor I've had by far. Exams are ridiculously hard and homework assignments take hours to complete even if you know what you're doing. Goes over material too quickly in class and if you have a question he makes you feel stupid for asking, like you're supposed to already know the material. Has a grading curve otherwise everyone would fail.

Terrible professor. You cannot get any help from him and you cannot ask him questions. He also insults students when they do not know how to do something or know an answer. Lectures are boring and his tests are not on what you were taught but rather extremely hard "special cases" of problems. Never keeps his word if he is to do something.

He sucks. This prof insults students if they ask questions, has long lectures that are impossible to be attentive in, is completely unhelpful both inside and outside of class, and overall doesn't seem to give a damn about whether his students pass or fail. Avoid taking his class at all costs.

Worst teacher I have ever had, laughs at you if you ask a question he thinks everyone should know, occasionally makes fun of you for it

Get him for Calc 2 and you might as well end yourself.

he is possibly one of the worst math teachers ever! he laughs and mocks you when you ask a question and he barely teaches you. He gives you the bare minimum for each topic so you only know how to a couple questions and the rest you have to look up how to do. I haven't heard him actually answer a question yet!

Unfortunately I got put into his class as a first year and didn't have say in it. As stated below, he mocks you for asking questions - if I had a PhD in mathematics I wouldn't be asking you would I? Avoid at all costs. He is a tough grader and his lectures suck and you'll literally be teaching yourself everything. Just terrible a terrible person.

As a first year, I found his class to make too many assumptions about what I knew. If you asked a question, he made you feel bad, and he constantly mocks people for not knowing "basic algebra", then doesn't explain how he reaches conclusions. Also, his tests didn't cover the same things we went over in class, and the tests were very difficult.

Worst Professor I've had so far. Makes tests unnecessarily hard and then gets angry when half the class fails. Avoid at all costs.

you ask him genuine questions and he makes fun of you

If you're having difficulty in the class, good luck asking for help. He mostly responds to questions with "I did Algebra" and resumes to finish the problem. He rarely explains what he's writing and even when he does, he doesn't do a good job of explaining.

Don't bother asking questions about anything you've just learned. He'll just roast you. You're better off watching you tube demos on how to do Calc 2 than go to class and ask questions.

Bautista's class is incredibly difficult. It does not matter what other teachers have taught you in the past, if you do not do the problems his way, they are wrong. If you are able to switch out of his class, do so.

AVOID AT ALL COSTS. The guy single-handedly made me abhor math. He does not grade any of your homework so you have absolutely no idea what to correct until the quizzes and tests because his grader doesn't care. Whenever you ask him a question, be ready to get roasted and feel stupid about yourself.

This professor did not provide any feedback on assignments. Homework didn't have solutions posted which made it almost impossible to learn what you did wrong.

has bad handwriting so it is hard to read what he writes on the board, never explains anything, if you ask a question he will make fun of you. if you ask how he got to a answer he gives answer along the lines of "I used algebra." I ended up dropping the class and enrolling in MATH 182 with a different prof. do not recommend.

Bad handwriting and makes fun of students. does not give good answers to questions. homework is done half on web assine and half on paper turned in. I switched to an 8 am Math182 with different prof over staying in my 4 pm with him. did not regret it. avoid at all costs.

DO NOT TAKE ANY CLASS WITH THIS PROFESSOR, Dr. Bautista shows no respect for students and routinely chastises them for wrong answers in front of the entire class. He assigned homework that was due the day of the final and taught new material the class before the final. he does not stop when asked. Made us feel stupid and crushed my desire to learn.

Bautista is an interesting man, and he likes to brush over very minor subjects that you normally wouldn't think much of, yet then proceeds to have an entire homework based on it. He does not offer any accommodations whatsoever, and if you are someone who knows that they are not even 95% familiar with the concepts being taught, when you will fail.

He is extremely difficult and condescending

I also thought about giving him a zero but rate my professors won't allow it. Seriously the worst professor i have had at RIT. I got COVID and he never provided me with accommodations to catch up with the material. He does not do zoom meetings because he says they are a waste of time and students with covid should be penalized when they miss class.

I love math, it has always been my favorite subject. However, class with Bautista made me question everything. The course was difficult and unrewarding. His lectures are fine; typical notes and examples. However, he is bitter and harsh towards his students in an extremely hostile manner. I'm here to learn, not be yelled at for asking questions.

He tells students that if they do not understand a topic it is because they do not belong. He skimmed through lectures and missed key points that we were tested on. He announced to the class which students have accommodations and treated the students with accommodations unfairly which when reported he did nothing about. Overall he is a rude person.

Do not take this professor. Gives way too much homework, condescending towards students, and breezes through his lecture slides as if he expects us to understand everything.

DO NOT TAKE THIS PROFESSOR. He will berate you for asking questions. He will not allow for your accommodations. He does not teach in lecture and expects you to know things that he did not teach you nor are they in the textbook. Your mental health WILL suffer from taking his class. His reputation is so unbelievably accurate.

The material for the class has been the same since he started teaching in 1983, and it is awful every year. Be ready for consistent class averages of 55 on exams with pop quizzes the same day you're learning that material. I have not heard one student who has ever had him say anything good, even other staff members would agree. DO NOT TAKE HIM

This class feels like entering a painful battleground. Pop quizzes are tough and frequent. Exams are challenging due to inadequate teaching. This class is a waste of time, not worth the credit. Lectures lack clarity, midterms are unexpectedly tough. Homework is daunting even with Chegg. Another professor would be better. Tragic experience.

Take him and there is no way you could POSSIBLY have a worse professor! Watch him: Write stuff on the board in complete silence with very poor to no explanation; Berate you for asking a simple question; Say you aren't ready for calc 2 and should retake calc 1 (apparently we have unlimited money). You can pass with a 35% which is very telling...

Everyone's advice: "don't take Bautista". Doesn't know how to teach. Half-yells at his students when they have a question or don't answer his questions with the exact wording he wants but we don't know. Everyone fails exams -averages in the 50s and consistent with previous years- and he doesn't seem to care.

Beware of damage to mental health. Pop quizzes every week that have an average of 60 every time. Bautista belittles us during lecture if anyone doesn't understand something. His explanations are half-coherent and he moves through them far too quickly.

no just dont

Although I was able to get an okay grade in his class, I felt like I was taking a math major course. He explained material like we would know it already and then belittled students if they didn't understand at first. I don't recommend taking him. Please find someone else.

We were assigned a 4 letter identifier to use on all work with grade penalties for name usage. In the previous semester, most of the class was in the C range or below (45-65%). Lectures consisted of slides of theory with very generalized examples. He told us not to take notes cause we wouldn't be able to write things down and follow the concepts.

Can RIT fire this man already?

The worst professor I have had at RIT and probably the worst teacher I have had ever

Very condescending, basically makes people who ask questions feel stupid for not knowing the answers. Does not do any practice problems in class making it very hard to learn the material and does not provide study material. Online homework once or twice a week, quizzes once a week, two in class exams and finals. DO NOT TAKE

Homework and exams were mostly disconnected from what was being taught during lectures and the only way to succeed is to learn the material outside of class. Exams are not a test on understanding material but on how quickly you can work. He was consistently rude to students who asked questions, and refused to answer questions on multiple occasions.

Over all very rude and quiet. Difficult to understand but unquestionably smart. However he assumes everyone is as smart and will yell at you if you don't understand.