Reviews of professor Jarod Alper

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
If you have experience with proof-writing/logic, this is an easy 4.0. Instructor is nice and cares that students do well, but doesn't seem to care about the course structure/content as much. It was his first time teaching 300, so his explanations were often unclear and didn't give students the needed structure to write proofs. Very late grading.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
super sweet and funny, though I don't think he tries to be

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Such a sweet professor! He really does care about what he teaches, and always takes the time to answer questions. Really accessible during his office hours.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Professor Alper is a great teacher. His lectures are clear (if you pay attention). He's accessible during office hours and is always more than happy to help his students. He clearly cares about the material he teaches and about his students. You definitely have to work hard to get a good grade, but that's true of any Math 124 class/professor.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
He is definitely one of the better math teachers I have had the pleasure of learning from. You're going to need to put in time outside of class and the web assigns can be long and tedious for sure. Although he is the classic "math is beautiful" professor I was still learning really applicable math to real-life situations.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Lectures can be confusing, but he really cares about the class and making sure everyone understands. Finals are very difficult.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
-MATH124 Kinda sucks no matter what prof Jarod: -rude & impatient with confused students -no supplemental material -no canvas (wont know your grade until the end of the quarter) -midterms are easy, but the final is department written and much harder -unclear & inconsistent grading criteria -confusing & unhelpful lectures

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Prof Alper is a really nice teacher! The homework in Math 124 was very difficult but his midterms were fairly easy. However, the final exam was much harder than his midterms so study hard! His lectures were pretty standard but go to his office hours if you have conceptual questions (he can be kinda abrupt when people ask hw problems so beware)

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Prof. Alper clearly cares about his subject and will sometimes crack a corny joke or two in lecture. I found his course had absolutely zero structure--be prepared to spend time figuring out how to navigate it on your own. Further, the homework in this class is frequent and unnecessarily hard so be prepared to spend a lot of time on it.