Reviews of professor Eric Knyt

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Professor Knyt really wants his students to succeed. He offers a ton of extra credit so even if you dont get perfect scores on the tests or homework, there is plenty of chances to make that grade up. The tests are open notes which is helpful. he is more than happy to go over any confusion during office hours.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
He does not allow calculators on Calc 2 exams. What is even the point of teaching how to do calculus by hand when I literally have Excel in my pocket? Learning how to do Calc 2 on it would be a much more useful skill than this useless course. Find a professor that will teach you how to do Calc the way you will in your job after you graduate.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Not really helpful at all and exams are way different from the homework. Literally just reads the textbook and doesn't go over example problems in class. Group chat for the class is usually confused and accepting the fact that most of us will fail. Also kind of a rude man.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
If this is your first time learning calculus, Professor Knyt is not the professor for you. He goes on tangents that are unrelated to the class, and is more often than not confusing students rather than helping them. The first test is always the hardest, and most people did poorly on it. He cares about his students, but he is not a great professor.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
This class is very hard so unless you self study( a lot), you wont learn anything. Imho this class is only useful if you want to clear your doubts, don't expect to learn the material from the lectures. Also the prof should use a good stylus.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Prof. Knyt is not good at explaining the material. There is a lot of difficult content in this class and I did not retain any information from this course. All exams are open note but they are still very difficult. He does give a ton of extra credit so despite not doing well on quizzes and exams I still got an A in the class.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Very hard class for me as I didn't have much experience in Calculus. The lectures/textbook were very hard to understand I mostly watched youtube videos to learn it. Lots of homework and the class is way too fast paced. The exams are hard class averages were a 62 and then a 65. He added a few points to the first exam but nothing for the second.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
All of his lectures are just him reading off power points and barely explaining any concepts. The only think that got me through this class was the help of the TAs. He basically expects you to teach everything to yourself with the limited information he provides you. Then he continuous to get mad when someone is confused.