APMA 2120

This class is entirely manageable so long as you're willing to put in the work outside of class. Professor Mahmood's lectures aren't the most engaging, especially by the end of the semester when burnout is hitting but definitely still worth it to go to lectures and make an effort. He's also huge on a mutual respect between him and the students, so he's big on students coming to class, paying attention, asking questions, etc. Ultimately I enjoyed him as a professor, but you have to be willing to meet him halfway and actually do your part to engage in class and show your respect.

Calc 3 has a standardized curriculum between all the instructors, so professor doesn't make a huge difference. That being said, I was satisfied with Mahmood. #tCFFF24

Great class! Professor Mahmood was very chill and made sure to tell some like jokes and let us understand the content before going ahead. Class mainly consisted of lectures, with the occasional in-class assignment. Daily worksheets and pre works were given, and all deadlines were given before hand. The exams were pretty difficult, but were consistent between the different APMA 2120 classes. Overall, would recommend as I had a great experience and I learned a lot of information.

Prof. Mahmood is the best!! I only went to office hours but when I did he was very kind and gave me a mini lecture to ensure I understood the concept. The course is pretty fast paced but despite the higher volume of assignments with the pre/post class worksheets, they never took more than 20 minutes combined for each class and were very helpful to understand the lecture. Prof. Mahmood gave plenty of step by step examples during lectures and also would tell jokes to keep you engaged. He doesn't record or post lectures so go to every class; if you miss it he posts his notes on the slides but they are confusing to look at without an explanation. There isn't a curve for the exams, but they honestly weren't too difficult. Completing the WebAssigns and study guides was plenty to prepare. The final exam was just a longer version of the midterms with equal difficulty.

Professor Mahmood isn't the best professor. He mostly just reads off the slides and because of that, it's pretty hard to have the willpower to make it to classes. My only recommendation is to not fall back on topics and to stay on top of your assingments. its so easy to skip on worksheets and pre-class assignments, but those help carry your grade at the end. but honestly, i would recommend taking this class with Christian Hellings if you are a morning person. Otherwise, you'll probably get by fine in this class with Mahmood, but it is recommended that you have a good foundation in calculus 1 especially, and it is really useful if you have taken multi in highschool already. Also try to do as well as you can for the first 3 midterms i think, because the last midterm sucks balls. the topics on the last midterm wasn't even on the final. and the final is pretty half half. Half of it is honestly pretty easy, and the other half is really confusing. Really focus in on the last unit, and any of the more difficult topics from the previous exams because it WILL show up on the final,