Reviews of professor Sebastien Motsch

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. Motsch is a cool guy. Lectures can be dry, but are still informative since he works through examples. Safe option - weekly homework from the textbook, two midterms, and a final. Exams are weighted heavily, but if you do the practice exams and book problems thoroughly, you'll be fine, and he doesn't grade too harshly.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Test is far more difficult than practice exams and lectures.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Get ready to read and put a lot of effort. You won't pass if you don't go to class. He helps a lot if you reach out to him. Do and UNDERSTAND how to do the practice midterm and final as it is pretty similar to the real one. Hw 40%, midterm 25% and a cumulative final 35%. Get him if you actually want to learn. He's great, this class is VERY hard.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
If I had written this review before taking the final today, it would have been positive. We were given a "practice final" which was misleading and entirely unrepresentative of the final, which was far more difficult and even partially unrelated. The midterm and practice midterm were not like this. Be warned; he is intentionally deceptive.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
He is a little bit disorganized when it comes to administrative stuff -- he never posted a syllabus for the class so it is hard to tell exactly where you stand, and homework grades were not posted very often either. However he is a great lecturer and makes the subject fun. Coming to class is essential to understanding the material.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
This course is very proof heavy and time consuming. Prof Motsch is good at demonstrating the proofs and giving examples. He is always happy to answer questions.