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He's from South Korea, so his accent may take some getting used to. His lecture slides were riddled with so many errors, they were unusable. Lot's of homework through Cengage. When another student asked for help during office hours, he shrugged and told them that a lot of people want to get into engineering. Would recommend a different professor.
He's my goat.
His accent makes his lectures pretty hard to understand and his lecture slides have several errors. He pushed two exams by 20 minutes (one was the final) after he either forgot the exam papers or didn't print enough papers. If you take this course, I recommend watching Amy Austin's videos on VMLC to understand the material.
Overall I really liked him. His lectures were clear and he always provided plenty of relevant material for the exams. He was very good about giving out free extra credit when he made a mistake. I've seen some people talk about his accent, but I did not find him hard to understand in the slightest. He wanted to see you succeed, 9.5/10.
Graded very leniently on homeworks and quizzes. Genuinely caring and funny guy. I once counted him saying "yes?" 147 times in one lecture.
Seems like a nice guy and he's really smart; but his lack of planning on the last two tests, plus the numerous errors in his lecture slides was a bit much.
His notes are very hard to understand & tbh I don't know where he referenced them from. I cross-checked with the textbook and lectures of other profs & they are very different. He has a thick accent and is soft-spoken so it's difficult to understand him if you sit in the back. Lot of self-studying. 4 question quizzes. Lenient exam grader.
Overall this math class was relatively painless for one simple reason, prof. Kang gave us a review before every exam that had the exact same material as the exam. So even if you are clueless during lecture (Like I was), if you are independent you can just sit down before the test and work out the review to succeed. HW is online and can be tedious.
I enjoyed Professor Kang's class. Although he speaks with an accent, his lectures were easy to follow, and he frequently stops to ask if the students understand. The questions on the exams weren't too difficult, as long as you did a couple practice exams beforehand (and some of the questions repeat).
lectures were pointless never understood a thing in them only reason i passed this class is because i went to the math center. they taught me the whole class. shoutout to them. he provides some little extra credit
Lectures are very difficult to understand and the class has little to no structure leading to the vast majority of students to not attend lecture.
Although he is a very thoughtful person the class is an embarrassment to the math department. No clear structure and extremely hard to understand his lectures. Without secondary resources expect a automatic q drop.
I can barely understand him during lectures, and I highly doubt anyone else can as well. Gives out a review before the exam, but that doesn't help much when you can't tell what he's teaching you in the first place. Exams are also closed note and no calculator (for some reason). Not lenient with grading whatsoever. Probably going to Q drop.
Ended up dropping after the first test. Lectures have no structure and are completely unintelligible. The math department here is abysmal, and this is exhibit A. Nice guy, but terrible as a prof.
Pretty nice guy, but not a good lecturer. Lectures are super disorganized and he is very hard to understand. Homeworks are the most confusing work I've ever completed and tests are graded super strictly. Also covers obscure pointless topics most other professors don't even touch. Avoid if possible, if not expect to need a tutor.
This guy is terrible. Lectures don't make sense and move too fast. Homeworks are confusing. Tests are graded harshly with little feedback. I actually learn more of the material by skipping lecture and going to MLC or watching online tutorials. Do yourself a favor and avoid this guy at all costs. Better to take this class at a CC than with this guy.
Worst professor I have taken, avoid him at all costs. Lectures are extremely disorganized and so are the notes. His handwriting is awful and it is often difficult to read.
Dr. Kang is a very nice guy and seems to care about the success of his students, especially outside of class at his office hours. Unfortunately, in lecture, it's very hard to learn just about anything. Accent is sometimes hard to understand, there is not much structure to his notes, and his handwriting is often illegible. Wouldn't recommend Dr Kang
AVOID AT ALL COSTS, first off his accent very thick so you cant understand him, and even if you could, its impossible to understand lecture slides and handwriting, very disorganized and all over the place. On top of the lecture slides being unorganized, HE MAKES MANY MISTAKES in them, for example he will say that the integral of 1/x = ln (1/x)
Nice guy, bad professor. Speaks quiet and gives pretty confusing lectures with not many good examples to look back on. Homework is very hard given the content but quizzes are easy. Exam reviews are very helpful and exams were graded leniently only because the grade on the first one was bad. I think the class will improve in future semesters.
It is very evident that Professor Kang cares about and wants to cater to his students. Many people struggled in his class and didn't do well, but those were the same people who never came to class, office hours, or even tried University assisted learning. If you take him you must be willing to put in the effort to actually learn the material.
He has an accent (i can't understand) and illegible handwriting which made a difficult subject even harder. I bombed the 1st exam, and realized i can't rely on the prof. Use math learning center, YouTube, or friend's old notes. use his notes if u can read it, i couldn't so it didn't help me. He is OK in office hours, not too helpful though.
He has an accent and horrible handwriting. He expects you to understand what's going on in his head. He just writes proofs and when nobody understands what he is saying he looks up and says 'you all get it, yea' and moves on. It is sad because I am paying tuition for this. He is really smart and has a PHD, but he's just a really bad teacher.
Math 151- His accent is so strong he is really difficult to understand. He is also just bad at explaining math. His handwriting is bad. Exams are 80% of your grade and they are difficult. I've been using the virtual math learning center to try and learn and have attended other professors lectures, but still failing.
Dr Kang is a Terrible Professor, which is strange because he seems to care a lot about what he is teaching. However, he has the worst accent, and his lectures are long and beyond dull. With his teaching style, you'll have to teach yourself, which is not easy if you don't have prior experience with calculus. It's a Hard Weed class.
Decent guy, not so much professor. He's passionate and wants you to understand but his ways of teaching cannot be understood most of the time, so you end up having to teach yourself. Hard if you don't know calculus beforehand. His favorite phrases are "yes", "come on people", and occasionally "what is wrong with you people" which I find funny.
Heavy accent, horrible handwriting, goes through lectures fast. Thank goodness I already took AP Calc BC in high school because I skipped lecture after 3 weeks of dealing with him, no offense. The class would look completely lost at his work and he would zoom along his lecture.
The biggest flaw is his hand writing is almost impossible to read and it is difficult to understand what he says.
Very difficult to understand. He spent more time breaking down a formula than actually teaching it. Learned more by not going to class.
The professor over complicates very simple concepts and only proves why formulas are right. Not how to use them or solve any problems. The professor also has a heavy accent that makes him hard to understand. The lectures are long and boring also. There isn't a lot of time to ask questions, and he only answers half of the question.
Cannot understand him, cannot read his writing, stopped paying attention to lecture 2 weeks in. Attendence isnt exacrly mandatory its 2% of your grade. Everything I learned in this class was from the TA, but since I had already taken Calc and was good at it, this was fine.
I could hardly understand him, horrible hand writing, and only goes over the concepts of the math, not how or when to use it
Very hard to understand, already took calc in high school but was still confused on what he was saying/the calculus concepts he was talking about. Felt like he was making up words at some points just to make it more difficult than it had to be. I will admit I was lucky in that I already knew what I was doing. Please don't take him, just please.
This guy is hilarious, and even though he's a bad teacher if ur taking his engineering math you should've taken ap calc in high school. Haters will hate, spread the kang love.
If you are looking to understand calculus, do not take this professor. He is so bad, most of the class stopped attending after the first few weeks of lecture. It is just not worth your time. He tries his best, but he is just an awful teacher and you will not be able to follow along in class, and will need to rely on outside sources instead.
Minchul Kang is a very smart man who very much cares about his students; however he is not very good at communicating these ideas in a classroom environment. His lectures are often disorganized and proof heavy, with little applied examples that just leave you on your own to actually figure out the math, and his poor handwriting complicates it more.
Dr. Kang is a nice guy but he left his students wholly unprepared for the common exams. There were many questions that were never even somewhat related to material covered in class. He spends most of class doing proofs instead of practice problems. You might be fine if you did REALLY good in cal AB in HS. Just go to someone else's lectures.
Dr. Kang is genuinely such a nice person and many people respect him for that, but lectures don't exactly help however and much of what he goes over in class feels unrelated to what is on the exams. People also talk about his accent being hard to understand but personally I didn't find it much of an issue. If you do your work and study you're fine.
If you take this guy I wouldn't even bother trying to learn in lectures. Find a friend with prof shrader's class and have them send you his lecture videos. If you do that you'll get an A. Attendance not mandatory but if you have good attendance he will round up 89.idek to an A.
He is great professor who really cares about students' success. Some think that his accent is hard to understand, but if you prepare the class, you know exactly what he's explaining. He tries really hard to help his students and office hour is awesome.
He is a genuinely kind professor, very helpul in office hours and his passion for teaching and making sure for understanding the subject are evident.
Success depends on whether or not you did well in Calc AB in high school, Professor Kang's lectures are a bit hard to stay engaged in, and a good amount of learning will be done outside of class, but the practice tests are very helpful, and the tests are reasonably straight forward.
Everything about Dr. Kang that has already been mentioned by others is true. I'm giving a higher rating, because I had a goated TA (shoutout to Jose). I would've given a 1/5 rating if it wasn't for my TA. A 1/5 for Dr. Kang and a 5/5 for my TA Jose average to a 3/5. If you do end up in Dr. Kang's class, pray you get an amazing TA.
He's a nice guy and not an awful teacher. The lectures are alot of proofs and derivation of proofs so it's hard for certain types of learners to benefit from them. The class itself pretty much increases in tests difficulty every year so the practice tests from last year aren't as preparatory as you'd wish. Attendance is take but not mandatory.
Dr. Kang cares about students' success, providing resources like Zoom recordings and past years' exams (VERY useful!) to help prepare for each of the exams. If you've never taken calc before, I'd recommend a different prof, since his handwriting and accent can be difficult to understand for some, and his slides have errors. Otherwise, he's alright!
Spent too much time on proofs in the beginning of the sem, but got better as time went on. Seems to genuinely care about his students, but be ready to use outside resources (WIR, spam common exams). If you did not take AB calc in high school, switch profs or ask a friend for Schrader's lecture videos. It seems like he will get better in the future.
He is kind and genuinely passionate about helping his students succeed. While he has an accent, it is not that bad to understand. You'll do well as long as you prepare and study.
This professor is confusing and difficult to understand
During the semester I struggled a lot following Kang's lectures in class. This was mostly due to his heavy accent and messy handwriting causing a lot of confusion and interrupting a lot of my learning with trying to understand what he was saying or writing. This being said he definitely cares about his students and I believe does his best.
If you took calc in high school, there is no point in going to lectures after the first exam because the only new thing you learn is vectors. If you learn vectors well enough this class will be easy. Based on the lectures I did attend, Dr. Kang focuses more on proofs rather than practice problems in lecture which isn't helpful.
DO NOT TAKE HIM. I got a 5 on AP calc I know how to do calculus. My test grades were 96.5, 89, and 95. I had a 95 in the class before the final (100 on every other grade). I then did terribly on the final because I had stuff going on and the final was nothing like the tests. He was rude in one response and didn't respond to the other. WORST EVER.
He isn't a terrible professor, it's just that his lectures are sometimes difficult to read. He focuses a lot on explaining and showing why and how a certain equation (like derivatives) exists, which we are not tested on. One thing to beware about is that the final exam TRIES to trick you by wordplay. It WILL be more difficult than the other exams.
Many people say that his accent is hard to understand, but for me it was difficult to follow him when he started to fill out the example problems. If you took AP Calculus AB/BC, that previous knowledge will help you a lot, but for those who have not, good luck.
Had I not taken BC calc in school, I would've failed. His accent is heavy and handwriting hard to read, and Canvas is disorganized. My avg for the common exams was a 86, but on his final, I made a 76. He is not a mean or bad person by any means, but just a difficult prof. I had more luck skipping and going to a diff class,and using online sources.
Dr. Kang is clearly a smart man who understands what he's talking about. What he can't do, however, is translate that well into words, or even writing. He has an accent, but that is the least of your comprehension worries. I will say that he got better as the semester went on, but if I hadn't taken AP Calculus before this, I wouldn't have an A
Hardest class I've ever taken, especially since he is very hard to understand. Sweet person but horrible prof. Run if you can!!!
Worst teacher I've ever had but is a really nice, smart guy. Accent heavy and worked too many proofs that we don't need to know. Had mathematical methods that the tutors at the MLC never even heard of. Tests were really difficult. I don't know how anyone could take him if they've never done AP Calculus before. Switch profs!!!!
Pretty nice guy and easy class but terrible teaching. His accent is very thick and handwriting is pretty messy so if you aren't paying attention some of his solutions become confusing pretty quickly. Additionally, he teaches using complex proofs instead of solving the easiest way so it's honestly more efficient to just use other sources.
Great guy, horrible at teaching. Sometimes I enter a lecture already knowing a concept and would leave more confused. He asks if the students have questions a lot, but usually everyone is so confused they can't even ask a question. Almost every other professor will be better at helping you understand the content.
You can't understand his accent or writing very well at all, but it's still obvious he cares and wants his students to succeed. Nevertheless, if you don't have any prior knowledge of calculus, you'd be much better off with a different professor.
DO NOT TAKE THIS PROFESSOR. His accent and writing is near impossible to understand, and he does not do a good job of breaking down concepts. I got a 5 on AP Calculus and left this class with a B and a worse understanding of the material. Many people in my section skipped lectures to attend other professor's lectures.
Don't take this professor, I learned nothing in his whole class. He's a nice guy, but has a THICK accent and from day 1 I couldn't follow and I grew up around accents. The only reason I did okay was because I already did calc 1 in highschool.. but I still got a B everything I learned was through YT videos or Chat GPT.
The accent is manageable, but definitely not ideal. The lectures are not great, but the expectation is that you have sorta read up on the topic before coming to class, he is a fast teacher. The exams are near identical to the last 3 years of exams, get a grade your happy with on all the past exams, you will get that grade on the exam.
Very thick accent, and goes through lectures quickly. Only was able to learn through youtube videos outside of class such as organic chemistry tutor, and with my prior high school calc knowledge.
Kangcer.......
i dont know whats going on, send help.
Always been good at math, took this class and bombed it bc the exams are 80% of the grade. If you have no prior calc knowledge he makes it so much more confusing. All proofs hardly any examples. Retaking w/ a different prof and realized just how bad his teaching really was.
Worst professor I've ever had. Doesn't know how to teach and offers very little supplemental material. He cannot speak English well enough to provide any helpful understanding of topics that are not complicated.
Avoid at all costs. Can't explain anything to save his life, assigned two weeks worth of homework assignments and a Python programming project due the week after spring break. Asked us if he needed to slow down and proceeded to change absolutely nothing about the way he lectured after the majority of the class said yes.
Had Kang last semester, didn't understand anything in class. Thanks to my calc 2 prof however I am actually learning now. My advice for if you get unlucky and have him as a prof just go to another professors class during his class or whenever you are free. At the end of the semester make sure to leave a review so no one else has to suffer.
I found the lectures to be helpful and useful as he walks through the derivation of the formulas used in the class which helped me understand rather than memorize. I sat in the back of the class at first but i found him much easier to understand when I was sitting in the front. HW & exams were pretty easy and there are a lot of resources for help.
DO NOT TAKE THIS PROF. No lie the worst prof I have ever taken in my life. On top of not being able to understand what he's saying in lecture because of his accent, his notes are super unorganized and his handwriting resembles ancient hieroglyphics.This my second time taking this class and somehow he made me have a worse grade! Bro should retire.
Do NOT take this professor. Usually, if a prof's accent is difficult to understand, you can rely on their writing. This guy is the exception. His handwriting has to be the worst I have seen in my two years at this school. His notes are also very unorganized, making it even harder to follow along. His first exam was so bad, people begged for a curve
Dr. Kang will go over pointless things in lectures and then assign very long homeworks and quizzes weekly. He will then throw a few questions on each exam that were never remotely covered in class. Overall, avoid Dr. Kang at any opportunity as you will regret it if you get him.
Very kind man and does a great job explaining and helping students.
Honestly, not as bad as people make him out to be. There's a lot of homework, and his handwriting is not very good, but I've definitely had worse. I get why people don't like him but he's receptive to criticism and will do his best to explain things again if students didn't get them the first time.
His handwriting and notes are not great. Tests are very difficult. His accent and lectures are good enough. Homework can take a long time, and quizzes are online and relatively easy.
Kang seems nice, but his lectures were awful. His handwriting is impossible to understand, and he spends more time proving the formulas we use than providing examples. If you can't avoid taking him, I'd recommend attending a different lecture with a different professor and getting notes from friends.
Minchul Kang refused to raise my grade from an 89 to a 90 after claiming that attendance would give extra credit to students at the end of the year. Kang's lectures are impossible to comprehend, and his handwriting is inllegible, he is an avoid at all costs professor.
Kang is a decent lecturer, his accent is a bit difficult. He drops quite a bit of HW and Quizzes. The Exams are reasonable.
NO!! If you take kang, be ready to teach YOURSELF. 1. Handwriting is IMPOSSIBLE. 2. Accent is WAY to hard to understand and catch on. 3. Test have NO review! SUPER HARSH grader 4. Homework's take FOREVER! With so many mistakes! 5. assigned 5 assignments over spring break! 6. no help! No recorded lectures! 7. Will not curve even if you beg!
Definitely do not take him if you can help it... His accent is quite strong and he doesn't publish his notes. He uses his own textbook too and the structure of it is awful. His exams are graded harshly and his partial credit is basically non-existent. He also said attendance will help if on the edge of a letter grade but he lied about that.
Dr. Kang is highly intelligent and cares about his students. In lectures, his illegible handwriting made what he was teaching very difficult to follow. He has an accent, it's pretty bad. He is okay in office hours, and he really does care about the success of his students. If you are struggling, go to his office hours. He explains it sorta better.
His accent isn't bad once you get used to it, and he's very smart and knows what he's teaching in depth. The tests are graded pretty harshly, but he provides helpful study reviews and all of his notes are on canvas. The attendance is really helpful for pushing you up a letter grade at the end of the year too.
Slight accent, mid lecturer. Most awful hw's ever. Went to tutors that couldn't figure out some of these questions. If you're not cheating, expect to take 6+ hours for a 10 question HW. Okay grader, tests are okay hard with a decent review. Overall not the worst, but I would only take as a last resort. many better options.
Accent is not horrible, tests were very easy if you did the review and homework, and it's outlined very clearly what he wanted from you. Not sure what all the hate is about other than a lot of people struggle with differential
The people saying he is not too bad have already taken calculus in high school and are proficient. Kang teaches stuff with proofs and you have to focus to understand his English and hand writing which takes away from learning. Sure a hard working student will get an A in his class, but in terms of his teaching compared to others he is rock bottom.
His accent is difficult to understand and his lectures are hard to follow. He wasted mine and many other students time on the final exam due to changing his mind about the numbers in a lengthy FRQ.
i started off the semester with a bad grade and upset that he was difficult to understand. he is a little but its not as bad as i thought. he is understanding and tries his best to help students in need. overall a difficult course but a very good professor.
He's not a bad teacher and does care about helping his students, but his accent can be hard to understand, and his handwriting is atrocious. I would always get confused in lectures because I would have to focus on deciphering handwriting. Not to mention, he lacks organization and just kind of writes all over the place.
Trust me, just take the 8am class with the better prof, the extra sleep is not worth it.
Before the semester started, I saw his ratings were not the best. However, I gave him the benefit of the doubt and went to class for the first few weeks. Now I see why he has bad ratings. He has no organization with his lectures, which makes it hard to follow. Professor Leonard on YT is the method if you want success in calc 2.
Don't believe what these other people are saying. He is one of the best professor I had. I came into Calc 2 scared from how people say it's the hardest math class ever. This guy is genius and explains things simpler and straight to the point. He keeps the class engaged by throwing some jokes then and there. I really enjoyed his lectures.
This exams are pretty much identical to the homework's. As you get closer to exam's, he'll put up during the lecture what will be on the exam from the homework's. His accent is a little hard to understand, but if you can understand how to do the homework then you're set for your exams, coming from someone who stopped going to lectures. Best of luck
A lot of the other replies are flaming him for his accent, though I did not think it was that bad. My main issue was that he was incredibly mistake prone (worsened through the semester) and he sometimes would say stuff like "Are you looking at me like that because you are dumb, or because you understand?". Quite annoying during class.
Although other students may not care, I would enjoy it if he explained the proofs for the concepts he teaches. He pauses his teaching very frequently to ask if we are paying attention, but I feel it's counterproductive. There is some grading curve. At the start of lecture, he reviews last class's material. He makes simple math mistakes often.
2 Lectures and 2 recitations a week. Id say the quality of your semester will be heavily based on the TA, not the professor. My TA was highly accessible and was able to help me with all my questions during the recitation. Professor was overall ok, although he frequently asks students to answer his question in a 300+ seat lecture hall.
I don't really understand why his rating is so bad. I was able to get an A+ in his calculus 2 class, and I didn't even take calc BC in high school. While Kang has an accent and messy handwriting, he is a relaxed, funny, and nice guy who will answer your questions. He genuinely wants everyone to understand the material.
Just finished calc 2 here. He is actually a great prof, just a funny old Korean guy with a bit of an accent. quizzes/tests are not that difficult, plus he drops a decent amount of stuff. canvas page, homework, and onenote are all well organized.
Absolutely terrible professor accent is so thick you have to listen so intensely to understand you can barely write at the same time. Horribly unorganized notes that do not make sense. Also on the final he messed up and only had half of the exam ready and was not able to distribute the other half until over an hour through the allotted time.
Dr. Minchul Kang cares a lot about his students. He grades frqs fairly and gives a lot of partial credit. His lectures explain the material very well. His accent takes some getting used to, but other than that, he is very good.
152 sucks. He's a good person and he cares. The material was difficult and the way he explained some things made it more confusing and had to use a lot of Amy Austin videos to get through. He did want feedback to improve and did towards the end. I enjoyed listening to him, the class was just difficult and may have been better w/ a different prof.
I got a 5 on Calc BC and still struggled in this class. His accent is very thick and his handwriting is hard to read, even in the notes. The class is very test-heavy. My TA was amazing, and I literally stopped going to lecture and only went to recitation because the TA taught everything way better. That alone says a lot about him.
Dr. Ghang is the best at explaining concepts in depth if you ask him. His handwriting is very hard to understand sometimes, and he expects you to memorize more equations than other professors. I know other professors gave their students the entire Laplace table, but Ghang did not.
Dr. Kang is great! His lectures are usually entertaining and relatively easy to understand. It helps if you have a good TA for recitation, but you can do well in the class by just attending the lectures and doing the homework. There are usually two homework assignments per week, but they prepare you well for the exams, which are 80% of your grade.
Just don't
Lectures are very boring and hard to listen to, really never took notes and didn't go to a lot of the lectures. Tests were not that difficult, honestly, as long as you understand the homework well
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