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“one of Hunter's best math lecturers, especially for understanding concepts”
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Reviews (94)
great professor. very organized. has an accent, but if you read the book, you'll do well.
Well Prcalc is not an easy subject and to have a this professor teach this difficult subject will not be easy either. I think he's an alright professor and I believe that there are much better professors out there then him. Be careful with this guy because you definitly have to work your butt off for both this subject and this prof.
A decent prof. His accent makes communication difficult. If he doesnt understand the question your asking he will just shake his head "yes"; even if its an open-ended question. His test questions come from the book so if you do the homework AND UNDERSTAND it you should be ok. If math is not one of your strong points, then dont take him.
Does NOT go over Homework! There is a language issue. He speaks well, but when you ask a question I don't think he understands what you are asking. He gets very frustrated with questions - again I think it's because of the language barrier. I will get a A, because I read the book and watched the lectures on the CD (which I highly recommend.
Math125 is not an easy subject and is difficult in summer session. I usually went to my class without reading a book, but, I did class assignments afther class. His tests are easy becasuse they are based on assignments. If you watch dvds on a book, and go to his lecture and do the homework, you will get A for sure. Make sure you watch Dvds!
His lectures are clear, he is very organized which is what i liked about him but i absolutely did not expect his exams to be so hard! i would recommend taking another prof.
His lectures are clear, and he is organized. His tests are not hard, but fair. His grading is fair. I found him to be quite helpful.
I thought doing the homework he asked to do for the class would be enough but you have to do a lot more than that to get an A. I understood everything in class but when it was time to take the test I found the questions to be a lot more difficult than he had shown in class. if you take him just be extremely prepared.
Great teacher. Very dedicated. Very clear. Liked everything about him, but his tests were hard. Fair, but he needs to limit the parameters being tester.
Jitsukawa does a good job. I would recommend him. He is very professional and has a deep knowledge of the subject.This is not an easy subject, no matter what prof,but if you are prepared to work hard, and have a good algebra background, you will do OK in his class.
Don't take his class! especially if you are pre-med and taking it with other science courses (not a good idea) some professors let you have a formula sheet but this one doesn't so you have a big disadvantage compared to other classes. You have to work your ass off! and his tests are tricky.
All tests were multiple choice with no partial credit. The questions on the test were of higher difficulty level than those covered in class and in different form. There was vagueness about a curve in the grading system. The final exam was extremely difficult. I'm not sure how this professor decided which grades to give to which students.
He knows his stuffs. Strong accent, but understandable. He is one of the profs that know how to explain things clearly.
he is a great teacher. although he has an accent, it can be understood, just sticks in your head a little. he puts tons on examples on the board which are sooo helpful and the test usually has at least 1 ex. from the notes. if there is a problem or you think you deserve more points on a test, he is so sweet about it and really wants to help!he gr8!
the clearest math teacher i have ever taken. if you do the homework and study notes you will do well. he is very polite and sweet, he answers all questions and gives a clear summary of what will be on the test. he is very fair, even lenient grader because he wants his students to do well! if you have a choice take his class!!! youll love him!
hes amazing! very clear, makes calc 3, a very hard course, understandable, even likeable!
WORST PROFESSOR EVER!!!!DO NOT TAKE UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCE I AM A MATH MAJOR AND I FAILED! NO BODY CAN UNDERSTAND A WORD HE SAYS!I WAS A 3.9 MATH MAJOR AND NOW I AM NOT!!!!!!
THE ABSOLUTELY WORST PROFESSOR OF MY ENTIRE LIFE!!! I WOULD NEVER EVER EVER TAKE HIS CLASS- HE WAS INCREDIBLY HARD, MEAN, UNAVAILBLE, AND ANY AND EVERY OTHER NEGATIVE ADJECTIVE. DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES TAKE ONE OF HIS CLASSES
He's great. Extremely dedicated, brilliant and kind. Take his classes if you are also dedicated and committed to learning. He will work with you if you work with him. Keep away if you are not interested in being challenged and becoming a better student. The subject matter is always difficult, but he wants you to succeed. Also, he is adorable.
Excellent. it's a bit hard to get used to his accent, but he is extremely helpful and clear and will explain concepts from the bottom up. He is ready and available for extra help after class and was extremely accommodating to me when I had to reschedule my final. His tests are fair and taken directly from the examples in the textbook.
He is smart,clear,helpful;has some accent,but puts everything in the board.I am a English second language and do understand what he says.3 tests(1 lowest drops) and 1 final,neither attendance is taken nor is homework needed to submit,tests derive the lecture and textbook,as long as you understand HW he assigns,you will get A and love him,like me.
Great teacher, very thorough with his lessons, and takes time to make sure you understand the lesson. MANY people have difficulty with his accent (Thick, Japanese). I myself have no problem with it, but if you can understand that "strraight rine" is a "straight line" then find someone else. Would take again.
Very nice, smart and fair professor. He explains very clearly and his exams are straight from his notes and homework. It is easy to get an A in his class.He always being absent on the day before exam.
Nice professor, but unprofessional. He was absent 3 times and didn't email the class. Takes a long time to return the exams.
Multiple Choice Tests with no partial Credit will cause you to do poorly. Also, MC tests will not reflect the level of knowledge you have-No partial credit is given! I would not recommend! This professor also went missing at the end of the semester and took forever to submit the final grades for the class!
Multiple Choice Tests with no partial Credit will cause you to do poorly. Also, MC tests will not reflect the level of knowledge you have-No partial credit is given! I would not recommend! This professor also went missing at the end of the semester and took forever to submit the final grades for the class!
Took his class before, love it; planning to take him again. The test is fair, but do need some studying. If you are willing to do the work, he is happy to help you. You can learn a lot from him if you are serious about Math...
very good professor. nice, clear, easy, and helpful. Can't expect more.
Prof Jitsukawa is an excellent prof:the lecture is wonderful and he is very good at explaining,you will actually learn a lot from him and the grading is very fair.He is that kind of prof:once you took his class,then no matter how hard another course it is, you will believe it wouldn't be hard if it is taught by him.
Hunter has many math/stat teachers,especially graduate students,can't teach at all and that they copy exactly from textbook,provide exact review sheets for exams(why not fire them?!),prof Jitsukawa is not that kind;is an outstanding prof.You learn something and motivate to study;for a A,need studying;you will not regret taking him.I got all As.
Not helpful. When asked questions, he replies with the same answer. He does not listen to what his students have to say. Runs through the material as if it is a 300-level course. Exams are 15 question multiple choice, no partial credit. Not looking for his students to succeed.
Professor Jitsukawa is clear and the class was easy. study notes and class problems and you'll get A's on your exams. 3 exams, lowest grade gets dropped, and a final that counts as 50% of your grade. hw isn't mandatory and i got a 94 just by studying class problems... attendance isn't mandatory but make sure you get the notes
he is great! expenation is clear! do the homework and read through the note you will do great on the exams! i got an A! not hard just do the work and pay attention on class! i would love to take him again!best prof. in math department!
He was a mediocre professor, more towards the bad though. He wasn't very considerate of his students needing better explanations and help. His accent makes it sort of difficult to understand him already, and then to top it off, he runs over everything at lightning speed. He doesn't really engage the students into his lessons, just goes on talking.
Lecture notes are more informative than the text book.You must apply yourself. This is an active learning course. Teacher grades fairly.
At first you wont understand him but you'll get used to it. I'm surprised of my grade and he is totally isolated. Has no office phone/email contact. Must stalk him in the math department. After class,he doesn't like to speak to students and only speaks to squirts"yeah, yeah, line integral, do this, yeah".Hunter fails again with hiring professors.
The tests are made up of 4 problems, which means one is worth 25% of the grade. But once you do the HW and know the ideas behind what youre doing you should be good. He doesn't respond to emails which is problematic since we had a test scheduled the Monday that Sandy hit, and he didnt send any info whether the test will take place. It worried me.
Copy his notes nice and neat and study them for all the exams and you will do good.
These folks who claim he is a professor that entitles students to be 'active learners' are ridiculous and illogical.He never answers questions, always 'ya ya ya, no no,don't worry,too advanced for you,no no."No respect for students.His tests are moderately difficult,with twists.Sometimes doesn't finish problems nor know the answers himself!!
His tests are based on what you cover in class so the homework is pretty useless. Attendance is not mandatory but his style of stressing class material in a proofs based class means if you don't attend you will struggle. His tests are kinda weird in that they ask you to apply theorems and not just straight prove them, but he is an easy grader.
NO answers to your questions ("oh this is very important you should know this already"), NO correlation of homework and tests, NO pre-test review or review sheet. His test was handwritten and wasn't in line with the tutoring available from the math department. He shows up exactly 2 minutes late for each class so that no one can talk to him. -___-
He is a professor who will simply give you what he teaches in class; so how should you do well in class? Practice all the problems he assigns and also listen to him w/ attention as I would say he is one of the best lecturers in Hunter .....
He is one of the best math lectures at hunter,and his hw isn't very useful. Most of the questions are very similar to the examples sometimes identical to the ones that he does in class. Just take very good notes and review them and you will be fine. He wont answer any of your questions, but people at the math center should help you.
Ok first and important thing. He is a extremely strict grader. Vector Calculus is straight up nothing but integrals, double, and triple. If you are not good with integrals then look somewhere else. IF YOU MUST TAKE HIM, then STUDY ONLY YOUR CLASS NOTES. The exams are class notes based! He will not help you. Study your class notes over and over.
His tests are very similar to his notes. He rarely use the textbook, that's only for homework. If you study your notes, you will do fine on his exams. However, do not expect he will help you.
He doesn't care about you will answer emails. He has a thick Japanese accent which makes understanding him a challenge. Extremely tough grader and does not offer extra credit. Don't take him unless you have too and don't bother getting the textbook. He doesn't use it.
he's alright. he's a relatively generous grader in my opinion, so long as you get the general idea of how to solve the problems. it seemed as though he went through all the work i did and carefully deducted however many points he felt the issue was worth which is fair.
This is a tough course and taking it with Prof. Jitsukawa was a long perpetual road with twists and turns. You have to work hard to ace the exams. He's strict when it comes to grading tests. But I feel in the long run, he's generous with the overall class grades. Work hard, this is linear algebra - the mathematics of torture for students...
Lectures are fast paced and he cuts out a lot of the stuff in the textbook. He tells you all you need to know and explains everything well. One all or nothing exam based on 6 lectures (winter semester). Most of the exam problems were identical to class examples.
Pay attention in class. Understand the textbook. Do (and understand!) the homework. If you do these things, you will get an A. All the exams are ripped from questions done in class and homework problems, sometimes verbatim.
Great lecturer. Lectures are professionally prepared, very organized, and there's no rambling or tangents. Everything's taught at an appropriate level for undergrads and his tests reflect the hw and lectures. Only cons is his English skills. You get used to the accent but he doesn't always understand when students ask him questions.
Terrible. The lectures mostly consisted of uninspired snippets from the textbook; there was no attempt to draw connections among the material. Student questions were often answered by "we went over that already" or "look it up." He often becomes very flustered by student questions and usually doesn't answer the question asked.
Professor Jitsukawa is a solid math instructor, but I believe his philosophy for teaching is "help students help themselves." Don't expect him to explain how to do something if he considers it trivial (he considers a lot of stuff trivial but in my opinion it usually is.) He presents the material in a geometrically intuitive way - tests are kind.
He cuts a lot of things out and makes it short and simple, but he always teaches like he's in a rush to get somewhere. He's a very tough grader when it comes to exams. One small mistake could cost you your life. He doesn't seem like he wants to answer students' questions either, or he just doesn't know the answer so you have to do it for homework.
Very elegant and professional presentation of the material, Professor Jitsukawa gives you what's important and cuts out the extraneous details. Only complaint is that the exams are not intellectually stimulating. Nevertheless, Jitsukawa masterfully teaches you the material - overall, an excellent instructor.
Clear, smooth lectures. Do the HW, go to lectures and you will be prepared for his tests. Not the most accessible or approachable guy but for sure one of hunters best math professors. If you don't like this guy you haven't seen much of Hunters other math faculty haha
Well what can I say, he is very good in his field, gives good lectures. He is a very tough grader and sometimes he makes mistakes while grading. Over all a good professor and accessible while at Hunter. If you take him be prepared to study 20+ hours a week! Our course only met once a week! A lot of the work was self study.
He is a good lecturer, but also tough & a very harsh grader. He may make mistakes in grading which you have to point out to him. Don't take him If you can't devote 100% to his class consistently, I got my first grade lower than A in math from him. he offers no extra credit and harshly graded exams are all you have to go on. Take at your own risk.
one of Hunter's best math lecturers, especially for understanding concepts.
Very tough grader. Homework isnt part of your grade but he recommends you do them. Handwrites his exam. Exams are based on his notes. Partial credits are rare specially if you do a mistake at the beginning of the problem. Takes off a lot of points for simple mistakes. No extra credit. Doesnt help with answering questions. Goes super fast.
Professor Jitsukawa is a very efficient instructor. As long as you pay attention and ask questions if youre confused, you should get along fine. The class material and homework is all online. He drops the lowest test score of the semester which is always appreciated.
The Prof is hard to understand and it becomes the point that you have to self study 30+ hours
I had to rely on self study due to the hard understanding lectures, take this prof if you have to and you been warned
only graded based on three exams and the final. drops one exam if its the lowest. no partial credit that much. his grading will be the worst thing that happened to you. will always tell you that if you don't know this or that you're just done for.
Two Tests, One Final. Grading is Unclear. 1 week in and the professor is great and tries his best to explain the complex subject in lectures.
Did an amazing job covering 15 weeks of material in the span of 3 weeks. Gives clear explanations and although there was a lot of practice homework, none of it was collected, there was more focus put into studying for and passing the mid-term exams. Only thing that may be a problem for some is his heavy accent. Otherwise, this class went great.
15 weeks of proofs in 3 weeks, very tough. Luckily had friends to study with. Clear explanations and practice homework. Class requires a lot of studying. A lot.
For math 747 in the summer, Jitsukawa was great. Lectures are very clear, direct, dialed in over many summers teaching the same class. Good handwriting. His english is imperfect but never got in the way. I learned a lot. I took stat 701 with him too, he was assigned the class like a week before. Not as good as 747 but fine, wished it was harder
Took him for MATH 156 in the winter as a prereq for CALC 3 (MATH 250). Knows his stuff, but has a really thick accent and does not like stupid questions. Daily homework (ungraded, but necessary). Two tests + a final that counts twice. Grades with VERY LITTLE partial credit. Do every single HW problem and review all problems in class to ace the test
He is SUCH a gem. really accessible out of class reminds you when hw is due. allows 3 chances to take a test, 2 chances for each midterm, and takes the highest grade. all hw and tests are online, which is a bonus. allows you to submit 4 hw assignments late and is very understanding about the pandemic. pretty sound guy
Only given 6 homework assignments. Did not teach at all. Just sent us the assignment and gave us a due date to submit. Some/most questions will not make sense at all and will take a while to understand. Says textbook is mandatory but I never used it. Will respond to emails in a day time, but half the time does not answer your questions.
He provides no feedabk on hw or tests all he says it review literally. He is very lazy in grading. The lecture recordings are not even his he just gets them of youtube.
for this class during the pandemic, he will not bother to upload any pre-recorded lectures. He will post youtube links and parts of a textbook weekly that somewhat help but not really. One of the worst classes that I have taken during the pandemic and is very low quality.
He is a nice person but extremely boring. But it's also an easy A if you put in some work because the class itself is pretty easy and mostly covers simple mathematical/statistical concepts.
This was a prereq for my stats course and I wouldn't take this class again, all of the lectures are rushed through and I hardly learned anything from this course.
Don't want to take his class again.
Strict in grading and very difficult tests despite course content being bearable. He purposely makes the tests 10x harder than homework or classwork and expects good grades from his students. He is a decent professor when it comes to instructing but doesn't know how to explain something if you have a question. Would not recommend.
AWFUL. If you have the chance to take someone else, do it. Heavy accent, doesn't explain concepts well, rushes through the lecture, no partial credit, takes off a lot of points on the exam if the question is not answered exactly how he wants it. Overall I'm happy with my grade but I think I lost a lot of hair during the duration of this course.
Rushed through most lectures, sometimes I was left confused on how to do some problems. Your textbook will be your bestfriend. Extremely strict grader, will mark the entire problem wrong if you didn't answer it the way he wanted you to, even though the work was right. Would've gotten a much better grade if he wasn't so strict.
I am so confused after reading those who gave him a good rating. He was my professor for Math 10100 (should be an easy class). He's not a very good professor. Does not answer questions if you have any he will literally say "we went over an example". Basically had to teach myself for most units. He said if you had questions go to tutoring center.
Good, straightforward winter course, clearly explained everything, reasonable workload
Has a heavy accent, it is very hard to understand him. Expects students to be VERY comfortable with previous material, spends no time reviewing old topics. He introduces a topic, shows how to solve in theory, then does ONE in-class example. VERY fast paced. Don't bother asking questions because he just looks at you like your dumb, then moves on.
About a third of his first exam was on things he never taught in class. Textbook only. You're better off not having a teacher. His lectures are misleading, and he is impossible to understand.
He knows his stuff and is good at teaching if you can get past his accent. The test reflects exactly what is taught in class, but don't think you can pass his tests without reading the textbook first and doing the homework yourself. Attendance counts for 5% but he will sort of ignore you in class (no open questions, calling on students, etc.)
He has an accent, but he genuinely seems like he wants the students to understand the content. Attendance was 5%, and the exams are exactly what he teaches in class. However, no partial credit is given on exams or curves. So you must show your work carefully.
Previous teacher for 160 resigned 2 weeks after not showing up and this professor was the replacement. Started off 2 weeks behind and no way to drop the class without a W. This guy was lazy/strict. I lost 15 points on one exam because I missed the negative sign and he said I didn't show enough work. Knew I wouldn't be happy with my final grade.
The exams are straightforward. Just study the HW's and you will be fine. However, he does give quite a bit of HW, so plan ahead. He has an accent but I found his lectures to be understandable and easy to comprehend.
Gives little to no partial credit when his class is 4 exams 90% of grade. He will take off all points to a question if you make an arithmetic mistake. Tested us on things not on the exam. Quite possibly the worst math professor I've had. He may have been great 10 years ago, but not anymore. He doesn't care about his students or their success.
His exams were a reflection of homework and lectures. He does give lots of HW (spaced out deadlines), so pace yourself. He has a accent, but those saying he's incomprehensible are exaggerating. His speech can be judgmental, so it's hard to ask questions. He is also a harsh grader. If you can live with that, you'll do fine (in matrix at least).
You have to pay serious attention during lectures because one missed day and you are lost for the rest of the semester. The professor does not use the textbook. He will only grade based on the exams (4 in total, including the final). I would highly suggest going to his office hours to fully grasp the concepts!
He has a thick accent but teaches relatively well. Assigns a bunch of homework --> only do the questions you know will help you study (he definitely does not make sure you did every problem) and ignore the busy work problems. Test heavy --> do the homework and go to lectures (he gives lecture questions on homework so make sure to go to class).
Very heavy on tests and HW. If you want to pass, you have to show genuine interest and improvement in the class. I started with a 70s averages on almost everything, but after showing more work/fixes on HW and more attentiveness on proofs, I managed to clutch my way up to an A. Tests are actually very simple. I suggest you remember the big proofs
I loved his lectures because he never used slides and always hand-wrote the lesson on the board and explained everything in detail. If you prefer that style of teaching, he is perfect at it. Gave me a strong foundation for linear alg that set me up for abstract alg. The exams are verbatim from the homework. Do all the homework and you'll do well.
Prof. Jitsukawa was genuinely one of the best professors I have had and I'm glad I have him for the next 2 semesters. He hand wrote his lectures and explained everything in clear detail. he has an accent but you can understand him very clearly. He makes sure to provide examples for everything so that everyone understands.
Class Info
Online Classes
100%
Attendance Mandatory
59%
Textbook Required
56%
Grade Predictor
Your expected effort level
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B
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MATHFORG
5.0
(1)MATHMANY
5.0
(1)MATH345
5.0
(1)MATH353
5.0
(1)MATH311
4.7
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CALC155
5.0
MATHCAL2
5.0
MATH254
5.0
PRECALC
4.0
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