Reviews of professor Upendra Prasad

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I sat in this professor's office hours longer than lecture hours. Exteremly hard class, but the professor has plenty of example problems and is VERY accessible and responsive to students wanting help. Current rating is harsh because its full of business students who don't like being pushed in baby math. Very Knowledgeable and good at higher levels.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Good Prof.The current rating is harsh for him imo. Teaches well, Keeps encouraging you to follow and you can always ask questions. Pretty gentle demeanour.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
His grading policy does not make sense. He tends to get off-topic. Does not know how to teach criteria. It causes problems more complicated than they are. He expects you to know already the standards he is supposed to be teaching.  Average on exams is extremely below average. You do not want this professor.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
He is a great professor. Very passionate about math and wants everyone to do well. The math department at Stevens is pretty tough but he is a fair and nice guy. Would recommend.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Do not take this professor for MA117. The grading system is very confusing. 3 midterms 13 quizzes(1 every week), and a Final. Spent probably 80% of my time reteaching myself the material or getting retaught everything from my TA. Professor Prasad is great as a person but not as a professor. Would not recommend especially if math is not a strength.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Overall such a hard class because the lectures are just so short (50 mins each) and he doesn't have time to go over too many examples in class which I would have rathered. He definitely needs to make the class time longer and go over more examples that are of equal difficulty to the homework because otherwise you will struggle on the homeworkalot

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Overall is a great guy, he's so nice, and if you go to extra help he really tries to help the best he can. Overall, not a knock on him but I feel like he could never get in everything he wanted to say as class was short. He also would do problems wrong a lot or mark correct answers on quizzes incorrect so was always a hassle to get them fixed.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
He's very helpful and accessible all the time. Good professor indeed!

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Good guy. Sort of a legend ngl. He definitely cares about his students. The material is definitely challenging, but he's there to help you. The homework across the entire math department is a bit steep but manageable. Tests are fair.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Prasad is a very good human being and cares about his students. He always does his best to help whenever he can. Honestly, he is an alright math teacher but is also a very fair grader. I would take his class again, definitely a solid option.