Has good intentions but doesn't teach at all, he reviews topics but never actually introduces them or teaches them. If you're taking him get ready to teach yourself the entire course.

Smart, nice guy who obviously good intentions but just summarizes topics & just assumes you know how to do everything; never actually teaches anything relevant to help you understand/ complete the homework. As someone who would say math is their hardest subject, I wouldn't recommend him--so far have been trying to teach myself the entire course.

LOL this rating DOES NOT surprise me. To give context, I've taken Calculus 2 and Math 1071Q. I found those classes to be easier than this one given the way this guy does lectures. They make 0 sense, he does little to no explaining, and makes the EASIEST things complicated. I would recommend taking a different professor, or not taking the class.

Please don't take his class, horrible instructor ever. He gave you the examples but never explain these clear, as same as the above said. And the most hilarious thing is, he doesn't use the university's grade column, which means if he wants to give you a F that even you have a B or A showed on huskyct, you will still receive a F anyway.

Michael Biro does not do anything for the Math 1070Q course, he simply has his TA's go do his dirty work and they are little to no help at all.

I took the online course and the only thing Biro did was make the exam. Another person gave the lectures, a website gave the quizzes, the practice exams were from the textbook. His exams are not similar at all to the quizzes/hw and are unnecessarily hard. DO NOT TAKE HIS COURSE. I'm not bad at math & this was the hardest math class I've ever taken.

Easily one of the most difficult and plain awful professors I have had. Does not teach the material (no, literally, he doesn't even give the video lectures). Has TA's do all the work. Unhelpful in discussion and overall indifferent towards teaching. You will learn this class material yourself and likely not see him once.

If you have to do this class online, RUN AWAY, this class is a must for in person. The practice exams only help for about 2-4 questions for the actual exam. He will intentionally switch up the exam format from the practice exam so there is no real way to practice for his exams. I highly recommend everyone to stay away from this teacher.

The lectures were horrendous and the final exam was the worst exam I had the semester. It did NOT correlate to what we learned. Despite this, Biro is a decent person and responds quickly to emails. DO NOT only study the practice tests to pass.

not recommed

The worst professor in the state of Connecticut. DO NOT TAKE HIS CLASS.

Hardest class I've ever taken. My GPA plummeted from a 3.6 to 2.4 from this one class. Exams are very lengthy with long questions and doesn't give you enough time. Ive ran out of time during multiple exams and so has my peers. Would not recommend this professor. Do whatever you can to get a different professor.

I've never had lectures this dry before. There's nothing more dissatisfying in education than a teacher who isn't fiercely passionate about what they are teaching and it's painfully obvious that Michael Biro doesn't jump at every opportunity to explain each and every point. I don't feel like he's in tune with the student perspective.

Dislike: Dry lecture. Always end up having to teach myself half of the material. Says the tests will be just like the practice exams not true for half of most recent exam. Makes you sign up for office hours instead of answering simple questions via email. Like: Extra credit for early homework and extra 5 points for a 100 on the practice quiz.

He just makes everything unnecessarily difficult.

Explanations in video lectures are very unclear and is not very helpful through email. Would not recommend.

Horrible professor and horrible class. I have always been good at math but for some reason, I barely even passed. I studied so hard, did all the homework but failed 3 out of 5 the exams. He gives extra credit if you do the homework early and if you get a 100 on the practice exams but there is no other help. The lectures were so boring.

Professor Biro is the worst teacher I have ever had. He posts pre-recorded lectures that he recycles each year. He does a horrible job of explaining concepts and overly complicates things. His is exams are even worse. He will purposely throw in 1-2 questions that are impossible to get right just to throw off the average. TA's do all his dirty work

This class is the reason I'm planning on transferring out of the business school. The lectures were incredibly long and dull (at least when taking notes) and very unhelpful for the test. Exams are 10 questions each and weighed very heavily. No partial credit or extra credit on exams unless you do a practice exam. Avoid at all costs.

Professor Biro makes his exams purposely unwinnable. His lectures are beyond dry and taking notes on them won't even help you on the exams. I've studied homework, study guides, and even the textbook, but on the exam he will purposely throw in a few questions that are extremely difficult. No amount of studying can prepare you.

No matter how much studying you do, or how good of notes you take there will always be a couple questions on his exams that are impossible to answer. On top of that the class structure is terribly ordered. The week before the final exam, Professor Biro decided to assign 3 more sections for us to study. Terrible professor. Avoid him at all costs.

Professor Biro is the most dry and lifeless professor I have ever had. I remember the week before finals, he assigned us 3 extra sections, and made the final cumulative on top of that. We simply didn't have enough time to learn the new material and review for the final. Be ready to learn on your own since he can't teach.

Biro is the worst, life-less professor I've ever encountered at UConn. He doesn't even grade HW or Exams. He has pre-recorded lectures for this online course, webassign and blackboard grades your homework and tests/quizzes so he doesn't do anything. Everything is on Chegg so don't even waste your time watching his videos.

Michael Biro does the absolute bare minimum. He shows up to office hours twice a week, but other than that, good luck trying to get help. The class is online and his lectures are pre-recorded and recycled each semester. It is quite impossible to get help in person because the TA's are terrible at explaining concepts. Terrible professor.

It physically upsets me why this man even has a job at the university. His lectures are pre-recorded, his grading is done entirely by the computer, and he doesn't even show up to office hours sometimes. If you want help outside of class good luck. His TA's are even worse. Michael Biro is a lazy excuse for a professor and is an absolute joke. AVOID.

Worst class I've taken this semester. Exams are nothing like practice exams, and he doesn't curve your grade. Extra credit for doing hw early and getting a 100 on a practice exam is nice, but that's about it. Lectures are pre recorded and are extremely dry, and the information is poorly explained.

If you are reading this, do not take his class. Do yourself a favor and do not waste your time like I did. He is a terrible professor and this class is an absolute joke. Sure if you are good at math you will do fine. But the exams are totally different from the practice exams.

I wish I would've read reviews prior to taking this course. Professor Biro doesn't really do anything? All HW is graded by the computer, same with chapter tests and finals. He's more accessible via e-mail than in person for office hours. Tests are not curved. And don't waste your time with extra credit for HW or practice tests.

Out of my 4 years of being at the University of Connecticut. Michael Biro was the WORST professor that I've ever had. If you are trying to fulfill a requirement for a Q course, DO NOT TAKE THIS COURSE. HE DOES NOT CARE ABOUT HIS STUDENTS. HIS PRACTICES EXAM ARE NOTHING LIKE THE REAL EXAMS. I've put 100% effort in this class and he still failed me.

This professor is lazy, he literally does not have a job. The entire class is graded by the computer, he recycles his lecture videos every single semester and there are always questions on the homework that are not gone over in the lecture so you have to suffer. Every single exam has questions that have never been well taught to the students.

This guy blows. His lectures are so outdated, and when you do the HW assignments theyre nothing like what is taught in the lectures. He does give a lot of opportunity for extra credit, but this guy does not teach you jack sh*t. This is a self taught-class. Get ready to spend a lot of time guessing/getting extra help for this.

He is the worst professor I have ever had contact with. I am not sure why he still has a job in education, even if it's kindergarteners. Please fire this man.

Awful professor. Tests are graded through a website that doesn't take kindly to rounding errors, and only accepts answers in a specific format. (no partial credit, of course) Biro was hardly at office hours, and his lessons were pre-recorded. I studied so hard for the final and literally got a 38. Totally ruined my grade.

dont take his class, he gives practice tests but they are legit not even close to real tests. Hes makes sure to give you worst examples on test, tests were open note but there is nothing in notebook that is remotely close to test. Studied for final got 95 in the pratice test and got 50 in the final. way to hard for gen 1 3 credit class.

Let me just start off by saying math should never be taken online. The practices tests are nothing like whats on the exams. All the lectures are pre-recorded from years ago, if you don't have to take this class don't.

The lectures are useless because the exams are nothing like we went over. He often changes due times so if you got used to a certain time then too bad. The exams are fill ins and if you don't round properly you automatically get it wrong. He doesn't give back the correct answers so you have no way of knowing what you did wrong. Avoid this Professor

Five tests that are 10 questions each open ended and worth 12.5% of your grade so it was awful almost everyone was struggling and the math center would be packed the final was an astounding 15 questions worth wayy to much of your final grade. DONT DO IT

IS an online class, which you need to learn everything by yourself. if you taking this class... GOOD LUCK if you have chance not take it, just run!

Biro is the most useless professor I've ever witnessed fire him. Probably the most tedious and useless math I've done Calc 1 is probably easier to grasp. It also doesn't help Biro's lecture videos are recycled from past semesters, and hw questions are completely different than the examples he gives in lecture. Have fun trying to teach yourself.

Biro was awful man, I took 1070Q online, I literally learn everything by myself. The exam he gave us is totally difference from what we learn, the questions are stupidly weird... RUN, don't take it.

Im not sure what this man is being paid for because it certainly isn't teaching. Let me start off by saying, you will without a doubt be teaching yourself this entire course. The exams are completely different than the homework and practice exams, and are made WAY harder. This class makes me extremely depressed. AVOID.

LOL, he grades the tests wrong sometimes. And if you email him regarding wrong grades, he will avoid answering your questions. Dude is a bot.

Lectures are not like the questions on HW.

Couldn't find professor during office hours which is awful since this is a completely asynchronous class so if you don't understand the material, you're basically screwed. The practice exam for the final didn't reflect the level of difficulty on the final exam. Lecture videos were basically from the textbook so get ready to teach yourself.

Do you not take this class unless you really have to. His lectures are nothing like the homework you need chegg to teach you and the practice tests are nothing like the real tests.

Did not update grades throughout the semester, only midterm and final grades so you are left wondering. Had practice tests for each test which were completely different from the actual tests, which had about 5 units per, and the video lectures were useless. Going to office hours or the Q center is a better use of time than watching them.

Without supplemental instruction, this class is extremely difficult. The lecture videos rarely include things that are done in the weekly assignments and the review sessions are not helpful at all. Thank god for Allison Grieve, the SI instructor, as she is an excellent instructor and saved me from failure. Insane how this class does not get changed

Worst class I will ever take at uconn

Be prepared to spend a lot of time in the Q Center if you take this class. Biro is a very nice guy but his lectures are too confusing; he glosses over a lot of important info so you're left wondering how he got the answer he did. There are weekly review sessions with the TAs, if you are lost make sure you go to those or you will fall behind quick.

I will have nightmares now that this class is over. Only reason i did decent was because of a tutor at Q center and a friend of mine. A part of my soul died in this class. Don't be fooled by the alluring title of asynchronous. I wish those who have to take this class all the best, because if you're a business student, there's no escaping.

I would not take this again just because of the exam style, there's 5 exams plus the final so 6 exams with 20 questions each worth 5 points. it shows only ONE question at a time and once you submit the answer to that one question YOU CAN'T GO BACK!!!

The good of this class is the extra points for doing HW early, but it doesnt help when the exams are 2 hours 20 questions cant go back and have barely any relation to the lectures or home work so you are scrambling trying to figure out how to do the problems. 85% of your grade is exams with 6 total so if you don't do well 1 or two you're screwed.

This class was online so I can't really speak on how good of a professor he was, but the instructional videos did not help, I had my friends explain everything to me. I didn't go to any of the tutoring sessions offered so maybe those would help. Mr. Biro was also really bad at responding to emails which sucked since the class was online.

All I can say, do not take him. 60% of your grade is midterm exams and the 25% being the final, webassign being 15%. Extra credit for doing the hw early but barely helps. If you don't do well on any of the midterm exams, get ready to fail or retake the class. Take it with him at your own risk.

He is the worst professor I have ever taken. Took 18 credits this semester, got all A's except for this class. Was my only shot to get into the major I wanted but because of Biro, I need to retake the class for a better grade and delay a semester of applying to my intended major. Don't do it.

I literally have no words. Avoid him if you can.

absolute worst. only way i passed was the extra credit and q-center. does not help

Worst math class I have ever taken. He was very unclear in his lectures and bad at explaining. I learned more in SI and Q center sessions than in his lectures. You also have to purchase a $100 textbook. If you don't NEED to taken this class do not.

This class is way harder than it needs to be. The lecture videos are unhelpful and the examples aren't even near the caliber of the actual problems on the exams. The exam format is also terrible. You can't backtrack nor see what you got wrong at the end to learn from it for the final exam. If you screw up on one exam you're screwed. Pass fail this.

Lecture is HEAVY in concept and theory - his work is all over the place and not to mention exams are 90% of grades.

I can't state enough about how unaccommodating he is. Course wasn't that difficult and should have ended with at least a B+, but a life circumstance fully out of my control forced me to have to miss one of the exams (which are worth basically everything) and despite emailing him, he gave zero leeway and brought down my grade by an insane amount.