Hector Rodriguez

MATH330A · MATH4 · MATH2 · MATH30 · MATH20 · MATH11 · MATH002 · MATH320 · MATH104 · 36 lifetime ratings

AI rating: 24/100
RMP rating: 2.0/5
Take again: 46.67%
Difficulty: 3.9

The decision

Avoid unless you already know the material and and homework; recent in-person MATH002 may be less rough than older algebra and stats terms.

Best fit · Self Taught ProUnclear lecturesTextbook and self-teach heavyLots of homeworkTest-focusedPolarizing over decades

Long-run reviews are mostly negative on clarity: many say they learned more from the book or YouTube than from lecture.
and exams can feel misaligned with class examples or quizzes.
A smaller recent , and care if you already work hard in person.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

32/100

Passing is possible with and study, but As are not common and .

Online and ; a few recent in-person MATH002/MATH2 report As with effort.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

28/100

Students , and needing outside resources to understand core algebra, stats, and calculus topics.

Difficulty tone is high in both formats; online adds tech and organization friction.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

28/100

as required for success even when content is in class.

In person more often mandatory; some online sections allowed skipping weak Zoom lectures.

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

30/100

and decades of reviews repeatedly warn students to switch professors when possible.

Recent in-person defenders exist, but online and .

Course guide

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Grading

Strict

36/100

Some partial credit and , yet many call quizzes and .

Format shift

A and curves; online tougher on delayed grades and paper exams.

Workload

Heavy

24/100

Lots of , and test prep repeatedly dominate student time.

Format shift

Heavy workload appears in both formats, especially MATH11 and MATH104.

Teaching experience

Poor

30/100

Long record of unclear, repetitive, or book-reciting lectures outweighs a minority of recent positive thorough-basics reviews.

Format shift

; in-person is mixed but still majority negative historically.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

72/100

, but tests and and often feel harder than class examples.

Format shift

Online still uses paper exams in some terms; in .

Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

31 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

, textbook-reciting lectures, with a minority of recent students calling him thorough and fair if you study hard.

Main concern

Lecture clarity and staying ready for the next math course.

What students said

“If you do the homework and attend lectures you should have a problem at all. He also let us retake tests which helps with your grade a lot”
MATH002

“ tutorials for each lesson-- better than Rodriguez did.”
MATH104

“ but bad professor.”
MATH20

Remote format

Online

5 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

Online math reviews largely say Zoom teaching is , and students teach themselves.

Main concern

and self-teaching load.

What students said

“He is not good at explaining things, answering questions, or doing anything through a zoom screen.”
MATH002

“I did not learn a single thing from him this semester. I had to from the book and from online.”
MATH11

“Even though this is an online math class, .”
MATH11

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Exams are high-stakes and often described as harder or and practice, with .

Test heavyPaper exams (some online)Misaligned quizzes/testsOccasional retakes

Assessment risk

Strict

34/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

some recent sections, but many older reviews call exams unclear or harsher than practice.

Test heavySome retakesUnclear quiz/exam expectations

“He also let us retake tests which helps with your grade a lot”
MATH002

“He is not specific in what but not the work he was looking for.”
MATH20

“ .”
MATH104

Online

Online comments note paper exams for , and .

Paper exams onlineTest heavySelf-taught prep

“Even though this is an online math class, .”
MATH11

“Even when you think you know what you're doing once you get to the so wrong.”
MATH11

Student evidence

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Top student voice
“He is not a teacher. Plain and simple. I did not learn a single thing from him this semester. I had to from the book and from online.”
Voice snapshots generated from 36 mostly in-person math reviews across two decades, weighted toward repeated clarity and workload themes. Credibility rating: High.

📉 Teaching Clarity

30/100

“buy the book! the examples in there will be much more helpful than anything that ever comes out of his mouth.”

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24/100

“he gives so and expects you to finish it in one week which is not possible.”

👍 Minority Defense

55/100

“Honestly, this guy is not bad at all. If cares about his students”

🚫 Recommendation Risk

30/100

“I urge you to take the drive to a different campus for a different prof.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Lectures

over and over.
He goes over the basics very thoroughly so that you build a good foundation.
He jumps around and does not stick to the subject at hand

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty and Grades

You can pass the class with a low C if you do all the homework but don't expect to be ready for the next level math class.
In his class, you have to really work hard. A lot of homework.
Made a easy class way more difficult

Theme 3

💻 About Self Teaching

I stopped attending the 2-hour long zoom lectures as soon as I realized it was a much better use of my time to learn everything from The Organic Chemistry Tutor on YouTube.
All I can say is don't expect him to teach you.
Did better skipping his lectures and going through the textbook myself.

Data context

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Analysis sample

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Lifetime ratings

85/100

Evidence confidence

36 reviews spanning many years and courses give a large sample; tone is consistently critical on clarity despite some recent positives.

Inside 36 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 55

4 out of 54

3 out of 51

2 out of 55

1 out of 521

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Reported outcomes

B range results lead the reported letter grades.

20 reported outcomes

A range

A+ 1 · A 5

B range

B 6 · B- 1

C range

C+ 1 · C 2

D range

No reported values

F

No reported values

No letter grade reported

Drop/Withdrawal 3 · Not sure yet 1

Hector Rodriguez

Avoid unless you already know the material and x x x x x and homework; recent in-person MATH002 may be less rough than older algebra and stats terms.

Four answers before you build your schedule.

HardWork

Challenging

Mandatory

Avoid

See how this professor fits your week.

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

In person

Online

See what students actually said.

📉 Teaching Clarity

📚 x x

👍 Minority Defense

🚫 Recommendation Risk

👨‍🏫 About Lectures

📈 About Difficulty and Grades

💻 About Self Teaching

See exactly what the AI read.

Quality ratings

Course coverage

B range results lead the reported letter grades.

A range

B range

C range

D range

F

No letter grade reported

Avoid unless you already know the material and and homework; recent in-person MATH002 may be less rough than older algebra and stats terms.

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