Reviews of professor Tai Kieu

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Form a study group if you're going to take his class, it's not impossible but it can be very taxing if you don't get help from others. Do as many of the extra credit assignments as possible. He doesn't show up a lot of the time, because he's so spread thin between teaching and his actual job. Watch Coburn's lectures videos before going to class

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Half of my classes got cancelled at random, sometimes only 30 minutes before they were supposed to begin. He will show up 20-30 minutes late, and leave an hour or more before class ends. Doesn't teach, doesn't care, doesn't respect your time. Take ARO 2021L if you want an A without going to class. Avoid if you actually care about learning anything.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
This is a difficult class in general, and I feel that Professor Kieu teaches what is taught in the field. His lectures follow Dr. Coburn's book exactly. He does have an accent, but not terrible. The tests are take-home, open notes/book. To summarize, he is direct and honest about the class, teaches from the book, offers EC, and doesn't use Canvas.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Honestly its barely week 2 but this professor sucks, the class is online but was supposed to have zoom lectures then first day of school he told us it was asynchronous, he makes you grade your own homework but will change grade if he doesn't agree, he doesn't teach, its all powerpoint slides and textbook. He doesn't seem accessible. Don't recommend

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
This class is really difficult to grasp and it does not help that the prof never teaches, nor shows up to class. We had 16 class sessions and the professor missed OVER half of them. We were still expected to do the work, but luckily he offset it by giving us an optional final. This class would be better off as an online class the way it is taught

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Tai was a nice/friendly guy, who gave plenty of extra credit, but he would miss/cancel class frequently. His teaching is really lackluster, it's clear that he's an engineer first and far from a good lecturer / teacher who can pass down their knowledge to students. Overall, you can pass the class, but you'll really need to learn from someone else.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Have you ever wanted to take a class and never meet or speak with the professor a single time? Tai Kieu is the man for you! No one knew what was going on the first day because he expected the STUDENTS to make a zoom session for their groups which was buried in his Canvas. He doesn't care at all the man is just there for a paycheck.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Out of the 15 weeks, he showed up to about 10 classes. Doesn't teach what is tested. Not good.