APMA 1110

Professor Dizaji is very understanding. He will give you everything you need to succeed. The worksheets were exactly like the tests. Asking questions in class will not help as much as asking him 1 on 1. He does go a little fast, and it might be difficult to grasp the material initially.

Professor Dizaji is overall a good instructor. While he can be somewhat difficult to understand sometimes and can go fairly fast, he clearly cares about his students and wants them to succeed. He gives quizzes every Friday (though it was probably closer to every other Friday as they were often cancelled for various reason), which while they can be difficult they don't make up too large a portion of your grade and are a good way to keep track of how well you're doing in the class. He provides worksheets which are very good practice and are very similar to the questions seen on tests and quizzes, I would definitely recommend reviewing worksheets whenever you have a test or quiz. The class also has webassigns as homework which are not as useful as the worksheets but do provide some good practice, I wouldn't recommend trying to base your studying for tests off the webassigns though because while they are good practice they aren't as analogous to the tests as the worksheets are. If you are ever having trouble in class make sure to reach out to him for extra help and definitely go to office hours, something that I didn't do enough of when I had the class.

Farzad is a decent prof. He goes a bit a fast and can sometimes find it difficult to explain stuff and instead just assumes you understand and moves on. We had a worksheet almost every class that was due that night or a late due date of the next night (there was no penalty for being late on worksheets). He also dropped worst two ws but didn't tell us he would until after class ended. Quizzes on fridays- we ended up only having 6 quizzes throughout the semester. No quizzes the week before a test. Quizzes would cover content from the week before. We would however have quizzes the same week as a test; example, test on monday on chapter 11 content and then quiz on friday about say 11.9,11.10, and 11.11 content but on wed,thurs,fri we were learning chapter 12 stuff so that made no sense to me. The exams weren't that bad but you make any tiny mistake you lose a bunch of points. Lots of mc which you think is good until you realize one wrong is worth upwards of 10% of the exam score. I don't believe he wrote the exams either. 3 total exams and one final. The final was horrible and tested on more obscure content and felt like a lot of what we learned throughout the year wasn't on it and was only odd and not commonly known things. Again, I don't think he wrote it but still. It was worth 30% of final grade.#tCFfall2021

While I have done fairly well overall in the course, Prof Dizaji is not a good teacher at all. He does not explain things well, rushes through material, and is also a fast talker who can be difficult to understand. Honestly, it feels like if you get a good grade, it is in spite of his teaching. I took AP Calc AB and BC in high school, and I am relying primarily on my high school knowledge in this class. He gives quizzes every Friday, which are very unrealistic in terms of the number of questions in the short period of time he gives as well as the difficulty. Luckily they are not worth much of our grade, but I have really struggled on the quizzes despite getting high As on the exams. I strongly recommend doing everything you can to get a different prof - I tried but couldn't

Could not understand him due to his accent. He gave me poor grades on midterm and I had to drop it and transfer school.

Professor was difficult to understand in lectures, but very reasonable and will walk you through the problems and explain them again in office hours. Very patient and cares about the success of his students. He will push you, and it will be confusing, so office hours are key.

I came into this class with a very solid IB SL math experience. The course is pretty difficult. There is a LOT of new content. So many series tests and many new integration topics. To be successful you need to do all the homework and go to office hours for help. The beginning is a big jump and you'll probably feel like your falling behind. As you go further it gets better and you have more time to revise old topics. Then you get hit with series tests and that's the most difficult part of the course. You NEED to put in the time to practice. Prof Dizaji goes pretty fast. He cares for his students but zooms through lecture content and doesn't wait for questions (for online classes). There are better professors.
#tCF2020

*During COVID, so class was completely online.
He doesn't take points off for not attending class, so you can watch lectures on your own time - but he encourages going to class so that after lectures you can consult and work on class worksheets with small groups.
The class is out of 1000 points but to convert it to %: Class Participation/class worksheets (12%), Homework/webassign (10%), Quizzes (3%), Tests (40%), Final Exam 35%.
He encouraged those who got stressed out or really anxious during tests to apply for accommodations (so extended time on tests) so that their actual abilities would be reflected in their test scores and that was really nice. There were 2 tests, first one was not that good - many people really didn't have enough time to finish the questions and got a lot of points off for that and silly mistakes (getting 75s and below), the second one was a LOT easier because of the polar topics it covered and somehow it felt like there was at least some time to look at and check over things (got a 92). The tests are about the same difficulty as the quizzes, and really knowing the content of class worksheets. Always make sure to correct everything too once it's graded, because some questions are just different ways of phrasing problems from the class worksheets.
He held 2 final review sessions before the final exam, and they were both extremely helpful so GO TO THOSE REVIEW SESSIONS. The Final Exam was not too insanely difficult, you just need to study the sheets and your own notes, and those review session problems.
Homework on webassign was fine, some of the problems were not covered though but they weren't going to be tested on anyways so it was fine. Everything that is tested is directly covered in lecture and the worksheets so if you study your notes and the sheets you'll be fine, didn't open the book once but had to get the key for webassign.
Regarding Work and Hydrostatic Pressure and Force, I watched the videos the Organic Chemistry Tutor did on these topics first before watching his lectures, and it helped me immensely in understanding exactly what was going on - just make sure to do it the Mr. Dijazi's way/write it similar to the way he does so that you don't lose points for having different formatting.

Also, like other classes, there is no curve on tests or quizzes or anything, the letter grading is adjusted so the minimum to get an A- is an 89 and an A is a 92. I got an A-, and most of these topics were covered for me in highschool junior year so I had some dusty prior knowledge coming into this course and didn't have to review as harshly - but this is still Calculus so it's a lot of memorizing, the unit circle, and practicing integration techniques.