Reviews of professor Maksym Derevyagin

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
1) no homework that is graded, only quizzes using questions directly from the homework so you can't afford to do poorly on them. 2) have to teach yourself Mathematica because he doesn't teach you nor does he give help on how to code. His answer is "use the help button". 3) Lecture you are left confused with no explanations. Basically teach yourself

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
It was an okay class, big lectures, terrible room. Having discussions helped. Dr. D did a pretty good job. Used his lectures to cram for exams.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Derevyagin is clearly disconnected from students in his class. This course has been extremely difficult for me. I feel as if he has done very little to offer any additional help despite some very brief office hours. The only resource we have is lectures taught by another professor and nothing more. Just rugged individualism.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
The math part of the class was very similar to 2410Q, and the exams were really similar to the hw, just w diff numbers. The writing portion was overwhelming if you leave it for the last minute (as I did every time), but he gave clear feedback on the drafts and his office hrs were helpful for clarifying what I didn't understand. Great choice!

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
1131Q was taught entirely online/asynchronous this semester. Hardly talked to him the whole semester as his office hours were unhelpful ("How do YOU think you would solve it?"). He occasionally answered questions on Piazza but that was rare. 1131Q was just not a great course this semester, don't think the prof matters too much when it's all online

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Maksym is a nice guy but a bad professor. He mumbles through his explanationswhich arent good or thorough to begin with. Most of the class stopped attending lectures after the first exam and most people just learned from the McArdle pre-recorded videos he uploaded to HuskyCT. Dont take Maksym unless you already have a good calc 2 understanding.