Reviews of professor Zhirayr Avetisyan

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Just don't take his class. I hate myself and math

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Professor's lectures are very disorganized, hard to follow, and he expects all his students to have a natural intuition for calculus, which not everyone has. Homework did not correlate with the exams, although the practice questions are like the real thing. I would advise not to take his class if you can avoid it. He's better off doing research.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
I have taken his 6B and 117. All his exams are difficult. When I was in the 6B, he only gave us the PDF instead of videos. He recorded videos while teaching 117. Although his average score on the exam was very low, he said he would not curve. There is a lot of sarcasin his email. This is a very mean behavior for students. Don't choose his class!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I cant agree more with other comments. I got A but would still suggest you avoid his classes to make life easier.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
He has unorthodox and overly-complicated approaches to many of the subjects and I have yet to meet a professor less enthusiastic than Mr. Avetisyan. He started off the quarter by suggesting that we should not ask why we are being taught certain things, just learn them, and that he did not suggest that we take the class, so our issues are not his.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Probably the most passionate professor I have ever had at UCSB. He emphasizes rigor and tries to make his homework pretty difficult sometimes. Dishes out some sass at times, but generally helpful.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
This guy is VERY tough! Rating him a 2 is not because he doesn't care, he just is not the best at explaining, which was crucial in this theoretical math class. His grading is extremely harsh and picky, and lectures did not include many examples. Grade is homework, midterm, and final. EC is offered which is nice. Nice guy, but stay away.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
By far the worst professor. He knows the course material, but fails to teach it in a manner that is comprehensible to the class. Gets easily offended and can be rude to students who simply disagree with him. Hardly anybody bothers showing up to lectures because you simply don't learn much there. CLAS and section are a necessity. Avoid at all costs!