Professor can not convey basic mathmatical material to those with little mathmatic background. Do not take him at basic level unless you have a good understanding of the material before entering the course.

agonizily slow. wastes almost all class time babbling about nothing. wants to teach you but lacks the capability. Painfull to sit through class, I guess that's why he offers 3% to your ending grade for perfect attendance. be carefull, he doesn't take roll, I attended every class and recieved no credit for it. He claims to keep track in his head! ha

He rambles on about irrelevant material and makes you read his "reflections" and does not know how to solve some of the problems

NICE GUY but can't teach, class time is spent flipping through pages in the book. and reading his reflections or talking about his lower level math students

I hated this guy's class. He spends 90% of the class time talking about himself rather the concepts and comes off as egotistical. He says he offers extra credit but will STILL fail you even if you have high averages on the tests. Basically, extra credit is to keep students! He assigns almost every problem from the textbook (even during summer).

worst prof i've ever had. time limit for tests : 45 mins. that no one finishes the test doesn't matter to him - he says it is evidence that no one prepared. refuses to give a grade distribution - that would make it too obvious that his commitment is to his convictions rather than to student success. expensive lesson - don't take bhatnagar. AVOID!!

Don't waste your time taking him. He teaches you the definition but doesn't actually show how to solve a problem. Further more, he would stress at stuff you already know (like "1 + 1 is 2. You always need to double check..blah blah) and give you like 1 sentence of the material you are learning. Anyway, pick another guy. Don't waste your $ on him

This has been the worst math professor I've ever had. I'm having to retake Linear Algebra with him because it did not transfer from a previous school... and I can't make sense of anything he says. The book is terrible and he gives random quizzes that don't match with anything he says. If at all possible avoid this teacher.

Took him last semester and after much stress and late nights studying I passed. He expects far too much in terms of homework and his quizzes are impossible to score well on. He loves definitions on his tests and quizzes, and on tests he often includes a problem no one knows how to do. He will not help you if you have questions and he loves himself.

Spends time teaching us where formulas are derived from instead of teaching us what we need to know. Hard to understand as well. Class is also very disorganized

Did not teach Calc iii at all. Rambled about his life experiences and history of math. Assigns ALL the hw. Pop quizzes. 1 test a week. 5 days to learn extremely dense material. One hour for the test and lectures the second hour. 2 days after the test he's on the last section of the chapter. One example per chapter, messes it up anyways. Unprepared.

He kept getting lost in his own equations, definitely should not teach during the summer term. Assigns all HW probs (300+ problems a week in the summer). He cannot explain math, but is great at explaining his life philosophy. He is more suited to be a philosophy/history professor, not math. He confuses students more than help. You've been warned.

Dont take him. His explanations in class are hard to understand. Makes you do ALL the hw problems in the book and it doesnt help much when studying for exams when theres no way of checking if all your answers are right. Lost a lot of respect for him when he gave a pop quiz THE DAY AFTER the Las Vegass massacre too. Theres other better profs.

Do not recommend taking him. He assigns all the homework in the book to be all turned in on test day, where he sits and "grades" 40 students worth of easily 10+ pages per student to hand back to you when you finish the test. The homework is devoid of corrections, so your test scores are your only way of knowing of if you understand the material.

Dr. Bhatnagar simply loses his charm. He has extremely high pride with a desire to keep his job to continue his research, which is irrelevant to Math. In order to stay, he picks his favorite students and grants them extra points; even though he shows the grade report for everyone, you won't notice it. Can't teach but expect the answers like his.

Bhatnagar assigns a ton of homework that is impossible to complete if you have a job and other classes to worry about, lectures are all over the place and he is not very organized, would not ever recommend taking him unless you no other option

Horrible teacher. Avoid at all costs. He doesn't know how to solve his own problems, and the quizzes are nearly impossible He picks favorites and if that is not you, tough luck. A total waste of time. You will have to complete every HM problem in the book (not exaggerating). He is one of the worst prof. at UNLV and acts like he is a god. Don't take

I took him during the five-week summer course. The course was challenging itself, but to learn two to three dense topics in one day and the fact that he DOESN'T CURVE, DOESN'T PROVIDE A STUDY GUIDE and DOESN'T ALLOW NOTECARDS on exams made it more challenging and discouraging. Oh, get ready to do hundreds of homework problems.

As you have seen in previous reviews he is very vague when he teaches. Most unorganized professor I have encountered in this school. Lectures consist of him doing random problems from the textbook on parts which you might not have read yet which discourages you even more. Homework does more damage than help in this class. Horrible professor.

Why can't UNLV hire ACTUAL good professors? This is by far the worst and most disorganized professor I've encountered. As a person who's never gotten below an A in math, this class was a challenge due to him assigning EVERY hw problem in the book, but doesn't teach at all so you don't actually know what you're doing. Good luck if you have him.

This is one of those classes where the class is only hard because of the professor. He constantly cuts himself off, hardly shows what he is doing on the projector, talks about philosophical topics rather than teach, and picks favorites which you can tell who they are if he calls on them a lot. If you have the option, try to pick someone else.

Halfway through the semester rn; you have been warned if you have to take him. The reviews are true; ENDLESS homework problems you don't know how to do because he barks about philosophy rather than actual teaching, is very vague/unorganized, picking random book problems, pop quizzes every week (more harmful than helpful). Good Luck if you have him.

He is an inspirational speaker and not a math professor, the lectures are messy and unorganized, most of the time you will have to self teach your self the complex topics covered in this course which will eat up all of your time, also you r expected to do about 50% of all the hw from each section which also takes a lot of time. Would not recommend.

This class was a mess. Bhatnagar's a scam artist that takes your money so you can listen to his book club (about his book, ofc) in exchange for an A. There was constant changes deviating from the syllabus, no structure to the class, and hilariously awful stories to tell. 2 for difficulty not because getting an A was hard; sitting through class was.

Professor is a nice guy, but complete joke of a course. He pushes his "textbook" way too much, and at no point did I feel as though I was actually learning anything. He never responded to most of my emails, and generally felt as though he wanted to talk solely about himself. Such a great potential wasted!

ABSOLUTELY TERRIBLE. He is a nice guy but assigns the book with poor explanation of content. I kidd you not most of the class is failing at the time of this review. SERIOUSLY BAD PROFESSOR. I have never failed a class in my life and this is just terrible. I am normally a straight A student

Honestly worst class I have taken by far. Graded by 4 tests only, all of which the averages were pretty much in the F range. No curves whatsoever even if everyone is failing. Lectures were practically useless, only way you will learn the material in this class is by self-teaching yourself from the textbook. Take this class at CSN if possible.

The class lectures are the equivalent of him throwing juice at you and him asking you to prove that the orange juice he threw at you is cranberry. You're gonna be contemplating more on whether to audit or drop the class and or skipping lectures. Options are work 30 hours a day to pass the class, be born a god and pass the class, or avoid the devil.

I have never been this anxious bc of a class. This class assigned tons of hw and prof doesn't even grade them. they do NOT count towards grades. Only grades are three midterms and one final. the tests were bussing. class average is 56% and passing grade is 74%, he does NOT even curve. lectures are just prof doing at most 5 exercise questions that'

All the negative reviews you read here for math 251 are true. You'll learn basically nothing from the lectures. Lectures pretty much just consist of him doing random proofs throughout the chapters. Assigns the book problems to learn the material, but there is little to no solutions for them, so there's no way to know if you're right or not. Avoid.

I think this professor is a good person and genuinely does care about his students, but this semester he utterly failed. I've gotten an A in every other math class my whole life including Clac 3 and Linear Algebra with teachers who have bad rate-my-professor ratings already. In this class, I will likely just barely pass with a C. No curve, avg 60%.

Probably the worst class I've ever taken. Professor goes over a couple examples and doesn't even fully cover all the material in the lesson and expects us to figure out every homework question which isn't even counted as a grade. Tests are averaging an F with no curve. Basically teaching yourself, avoid if possible.

This professor is absolutely awful. Professor only grades his class with 3 exams and a final. The first exam is 3 weeks from day 1, everyone failed it and he said ig they aren't trying. He speaks more philosophy than he does math. Gl learning from him. I recommend you just stay away, If you don't dedicate your life to this class you won't pass!

Lectures are frustrating because it's the only time to get an explanation for the material but he wastes 90% of class writing off screen and fighting with students to get it to show up. 4 tests and hw is recommended but half the answers aren't there and looking them up online will get you an F if you use a technique not in the class. Do not take.

I have NEVER failed a class in my life and NEVER had anything below a B as a final grade. Math has always been my strongest subject and I somehow managed to FAIL. I along with many of my peers are not passing with the average of the four exams (the only thing for grade) is about a 58%!!!!! THERE IS NO CURVE besides some small point adjustment.

This is honest to god the worst teacher Ive ever taken in my entire life. Him and the TA are the most unhelpful people at UNLV. The one positive review was posted the same day he asked us to change the rating here. Do not take this course under ANY circumstances. You would be better taking this class on Kahn Academy than UNLV.. DO NOT TAKE!!!

Garbage teaching. He talks more about himself than he does math. Unclear grading and instructions. Doesn't tell you what you did wrong. Completely unorganized. Absolutely horrible Professor.

He's a nice guy, just not a good teacher. Not the best with technology. He gives little to no feedback on assignments. When I emailed him asking for feedback he told me to focus on the next assignment that was due. Doesn't give clear instructions. We had a few guest lectures and he fell asleep during one of them. Don't take him unless you have to!

This is, without a doubt, the worst instructor I have ever encountered. The syllabus is a joke and was practically useless after the first 2 weeks, it was also completely ambiguous. We were graded on only 4 tests, 3 midterms and a final. The average student had failed by finals because of grades being too low to pass. Absolutely avoid at all costs.

Without a doubt the absolute worst Professor to grace this forsaken school. Your grade will be a random throw of the dice and be prepared to have the most unclear lectures and assignments. Avoid at all costs. This guy absolutely sucks. This class is a scam and he uses it to advertise his written ramblings he calls "books".

He practically reads out of the textbook in class for the curriculum and expects students to understand. He has multiple pop quizzes with the total being 10% of the grade. It's next to impossible to know your grade in his class. He also has no schedule other than roughly when exams are.

He's very passionate about what he does but does not teach. He teaches straight from the textbook. He is far from caring or compassionate for his students; he provides no exemptions or chances to redeem yourself. Be careful.

Worst professor ever had. Literally makes you do quizzes the day before exam. Homework is pretty much the whole textbook and he cannot explain anything better than a 5 year old. Just find another teacher

The material in the class is really not all that bad. It's the teacher that makes it so difficult to learn. All he does it go over problem examples (like maybe 2 or 3 if we're lucky) and then that's it. We are expected to learn the theorems and concepts all on our own and he even says so. This guy loves math, but suck at teaching it. Dont go to him

He assigns so much unnecessary homework. And he barely teaches in his class so we are expected to basically teach ourselves at that point. He only goes over homework problems and but that's it. Everything else, I had to learn on my own. If you get him, you will regret it.

This class had nothing to do with Math History. Instead, I got unhelpful and rambling lectures, vague grading criteria and feedback, heavily weighted exams, encouragement to use ChatGPT, and self-aggrandizing e-mails/lectures. He gave us an assignment asking us if he should retire, which was very awkward. Very disappointing and bewildering class.

Awful unless you already know the material. Neither him nor the discussion TA know the material very well. Textbook doesn't help either. Homework grading is seemingly random and there is way too much of it. Office hours can lose you points if you are asking about a grade. Class avg on test 2 was a D.

This by far has been the worst professor I have ever taken. If you take this class guaranteed anxiety and stress. He does not use Canvas at all, you will never know your grade in the class unless you ask. The exam are Brutal, you will be expected know PreCalc like the back of your hand. Lastly, good luck reading his handwriting. Would Write more...

The material is not too difficult tbh the way he teaches is what makes it difficult. Never communicated grades, expected us to do entire sections of the book for hw. He doesn't even go over the material in class just an example or two from the hw. Pop quiz every other week. He is passionate about math but its not enough to save you from this class.