Reviews of professor Ferrara William

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
he's humorous in the lecture and he can usually tell things clearly

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Joe seems to have a commitment to explaining concepts, sometimes to the point of wasting time. One problem is that he tends to make simple mistakes on the board very often, such as missing negative signs. Webassign alone makes me feel prepared for the quiz.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Very bad. Save your time. Tests not reflective of content taught during lecture, not that it means much because the lectures material isnt even well explained. Dont recommend

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Best math teacher ever in UCSD. His notes are clear and understandable. Exams are reasonable. Took his math 20C and got an A- even though I did horrible for the final. Just take his class if you can.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
exams are difficult and totally different from what he taought in lecture; he curves after final but it doesn't help at all; he just started teaching therefore he might be better in the future

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Honestly not nearly as bad as everyone claims. Had him this quarter and he was honestly a good professor all throughout the quarter, it's just the subject itself is super difficult. 2nd midterm had a low average so he curved it by about 10%. It's his first year teaching and his improvement is v noticeable, would recommend him for students for sure.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Good Professor overall, respect, nice person

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
If youre ready to take a 20 question final, sign up for this class! His exams were not fair to the degree of what he taught in the class. He also didnt allow regrade requests of finals despite grading errors happening to multiple people, leading to a low average. His curve also doesnt do anything to help anyone really so dont bank on that.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Great professor. Graded on weekly homework, midterm, quizzes (2 out of 6 were dropped), and a preliminary assignment. Lectures were content heavy but examples were clear and easy to understand. Midterm was fair (6 problems). He made the final optional due to the circumstances. Take him if you can! cute too

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
His homework was a good amount also gave extra credit on the homework. His lectures are sometimes a little confusing as they are pretty theory-based but then he does multiple helpful examples. His tests are rather easy and based on examples he does in lectures. Also, he podcasts! He curved our last midterm a good amount, very good prof take him!!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Test has more questions than he has consideration for the students

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
He's gotten a lot better at teaching 20C this quarter compared to the fall quarter. He learned from his mistake of having a 17 question final and cut it down to about 10-12 questions. He's a clear lecturer and tells you what's not on the exam as well. As long as you study the written homework, online homework and textbook problems you'll be fine.