Reviews of professor Nattalie Tamam

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
She obviously knows the material very well but like many math professors at UCSD she has trouble explain the material in a clear, concise way.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
I don't think I can give her any of these tags, because she was such a bad teacher. She didn't seem to care about student concerns, her grading criteria was unclear, the class organization was a mess, she didn't follow-up with emails. Her lectures were very brief and confusing, and her tests were extremely hard. What??

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
She uses a lot of "ummm" during the lecture and can't explain everything correctly. Her quiz are very tricky and it is really hard to do not lose point. Some of them even didn't mentioned in the classes. And she made lots of mistakes on PPT every lecture, even for important procedure. She is not a good teacher.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I attended lecture, but realized I was only really learning during my SI sessions and by reading the textbook. I feel that she didn't really respect students either and the only reason most students passed was because of the curve which was heavy.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Her lectures are rather fast paced but that's why we are at the UCSD right? If you want a well-organized lecture and learn some interesting math yeah then check her lecture out. The homework isnt exactly easy though she explains things very well during office hours.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Terrible at lecturing. She doesn't have very clear outline when lecture, throws tons of examples and tries to put new concepts in them. And it doesn't help at all. Spends too much time on easy examples and rush through the hard ones. Exam are hard, DO THE TEXTBOOK QUESTIONS homework helps to understand concepts. Don't expect too much out of class.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Homework is difficult and time consuming. Most of the examples solved in the slides have mistakes which she mentions in class but are not corrected when posted on canvas. Two full chapters from the book were skipped assuming that we all took Math 18 which is not a prerequisite for this class. Self studying is required for this class.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
I'm an international student and I really like that we are following the textbook!!! Her exams are fair, but you have to work through the examples and the homework to have a chance for an A. I have got the feeling that I learned much more about math in her lectures than from other lecturers. It is tough first but I got used to it quickly.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I felt that she's honestly not as bad as most people say. If you get used to her lecturing style, you'll actually do fine. I think she's a solid teacher that has some trouble explaining concepts concisely. She answers pretty well too and is in general a pretty caring professor.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
3 question quizzes that are worth 20% of the grade and a 40% final. Doesn't teach half the stuff on the quizzes and doesn't offer much help on homework either.