Reviews of professor Brendan Pawlowski

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Not Accessible after final / too much homework/ NOT Caring / too many questions in exam /mean/ No Curve on Final / bad grades on test totally depends on self-study

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I self-studied. Lectures were examples so if you learn well that way you will do fine. Tests and quizzes are much harder than the HW. TA and SI's were great and there are lots of opportunities for help if you need it. I honestly felt like the professor did not want to be there as much, if not more than the students. Upside was lots of extra credit.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Pawlowski is unorganized and uninspired. He teaches by staring at a blackboard and talking to himself. He grades viciously, and is entirely out of touch with his students' abilities. His tests are incredibly hard and unreasonable (averages often in the 40 percents). He is socially awkward and unapproachable. He does not respond to email. Avoid.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
The prof is one of the better math professors at USC. His lectures are very organized and clear. Always willing to help outside of class. There are weekly group worksheets, quizzes, and online homework. They are pretty easy but the 2 midterms are harder and worth 50% of your grade. They do prepare you for the final which is worth 30%.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Professor Pawlowski teaches in an example based way. So, if you've taken high school or college classes that teaches math that way, the class is decent. But, if you haven't, I'd recommend a different professor (though you do get used to it). If you have already taken AP Calc BC, you'll know most of the material and so class will feel very slow.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
He said there would be a curve and there wasn't... his grading scale was actually very harsh. He is lazy... he doesn't make extra effort to help students+ most examples taught in class were in the textbook, which wasn't helpful.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
disorganized and unclear. gets examples in class wrong. would not recommend

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
His teaching style is different, very example based. If you go to class, participate, ask questions, and seek assistance outside of class on the stuff you do not understand this class is very do-able. Brendan is always willing to help. One online homework assignment per week, very manageable.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Prof Pawlowski taught all the material relatively clearly and also did examples in class; however, his teachings style was rather monotone at times. The weekly quizzes in the discussion section were straight forward and the homework wasn't crazy; however, the final was unbelievably harder than the already difficult midterms and the homework.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Brendan is obviously very smart and cares a lot about math but he is not good at teaching it to the class. You would learn more by skipping his class and looking at youtube videos. If you have to take his class, don't go to the lectures as you rarely learn something in them.