ASTR 1220

He obviously adores the subject, but he's not that great at teaching. Very difficult to understand due to his accent, and that made his jumpiness in lecture even more difficult to keep up with. It seemed like he talked about everything EXCEPT what was on the tests, but he does curve the grade as much as possible. If you're just taking this because it sounds more interesting than 1210 and you need the credit, don't make the same mistake I did. Take 1210 and spare yourself the stress.

if you take good notes, the exams are actually very easy. Not much effort required, exams are very straightforward which comes directly out of his lecture. Reading the book is only useful if you need further clarification. Personally I never read the book and I got an A.

It is hard to understand his accent.

The material itself is pretty interesting but he really is hard to understand. If you take solid notes you'll do fine. I only ever read the text to skim through before the tests.

You should show up to lecture because most of his finals are based on his version of the textbook but you will also be using your textbook A LOT because his lectures are very scattered and not always clear and it's easy to miss things.

Take this class, but not with Thuan- his lectures are very scattered, he is hard to understand, and his tests are hard to study for because they're hard to study for because of his scattered lectures.. Also, I went to his office hours once and he was kind of mean.. so just take it with someone else!

Thuan knows his stuff but is difficult to understand/ boring. I came in looking for a joke class and it turned out to be hard w/ surprisingly difficult tests. There are certainly easier gut classes out there

He was hard to understand as he had a pretty thick accent. The class was easy though as there is no homework and only two tests and the final

He bases everything off the lectures, which are hard to follow because he jumps around, and the "quizzes" are difficult.

You just take notes of what he says in lecture. Those are good enough to get you an 80% on the midterms because while he says he only tests on the lecture notes, there is always something unfamiliar. If you read the textbook a little bit, and actually practice the easy math, you should get an A. If you show up to lecture, and read your notes once while craming, you can get a B no prob.