Vladimir Kurenok

Kurenok is not a great lecturer, he often covers dense and complex material in an even more complicated way. Despite that shortcoming, he is a fantastic professor. He is knowledgeable and accessible and truly wants his students to learn. His exams are graded generously, and he is a kind person. If you are lucky, he may even drop personal lore.

12/20/2024

Very nice and kind professor and very High Score! A+!

12/10/2024

This class covers a lot of very tough material at a pretty fast pace. Kurenok's lecture notes are very well put together, but he's not very good at presenting those lecture notes in class. However, he is very knowledgeable about what he teaches and is good at answering clarifying questions. Exams are all take-home and graded VERY generously.

5/2/2024

His lectures are not easy to follow, but he is always willing to help and guide you through the problem after class.

2/25/2023

Professor Kurenok's lectures aren't the clearest, but he will spend plenty of time after class clarifying any points of confusion you may have. The homework prepares you well for the midterms; the difficulty of both is fair & gives you good amounts of practice with useful complex variables techniques. The class policies are transparent.

8/6/2022

Professor Kurenok is very knowledgeable, friendly, and caring. His accent is not nearly as strong as people make it out to be. His lectures are engaging- he doesn't just write on the board or read off slides he explains the concepts well and gives good examples. His exams and assignments are fair and he is very easy to reach if you have questions.

7/14/2022

He's so nice to his students. I once went to his office hour and it was about to end. He explained equations to me until I fully understood. At that time the office hour had past for almost half and hour. He's not native speaker so he has strong accent. However, his lecture note is super clear. He's my favorite professor.

2/10/2022

Excellent Course!

9/29/2021

Kurenok is a good person and an ok teacher. I can feel he likes teaching and cares about the students, though he might not be able to explain some concepts well. He has a relatively strong accent, but I'm not a native speaker and I have no problem understanding him after a week or two. Homework and exams are fair. No tricks.

3/6/2021

Good Luck. The lecture notes are written as if you're on year 3 of your dissertation. Unless you dream of dealing with heavy heavy notation with little practicality along with homework that isn't applicable to what is going on in the class, then you're in for a treat.

10/13/2020

He is bad at explaining. His pronunciation makes it even harder to understand. But he is nice. He tries to explain it thoroughly(tho not good) and cares about students. His exams and homework are very fair- it just asks whether u understood the basic concept or not. no big twists. Also altho his lectures are bad his lecture notes are great&clear

4/27/2020

Really enjoyed the class it. It was definitely an easy A and he did a good job explaining concepts/giving fair exams that reflected the covered material.

11/7/2019

Prof. Kurenok is very knowledgeable and a good teacher, but he seems to be unsure of his teaching sometimes. Tests were mostly fair, homeworks as well.

3/27/2019

Vladimir is the professor to take if you care more about getting good grades than learning new things. His lectures are confusing, and his thick accent doesn't help. But partial credit is extremely generous, and his typed lecture notes are huge. You can often find him in his office, but getting help at office hours is usually only halfway helpful.

1/14/2019

He really wants students to exceed in his class, and makes a strong commitment to help you if you have difficulty understanding content. His accent can him a little tough to understand at times, but he provides clear written notes to supplement lecture. He is accessible and very helpful during his office hours, but his lectures can get confusing.

11/4/2018

A pretty easy professor. He has a thick accent that you will need to get used to in the first few weeks. Office hours are usually very available but not always helpful. He is not the clearest instructor, but his lecture notes definitely help. If you show up to class and do the homework, you will get at least a B. Somewhat nice guy.

11/9/2017

Professor is a nice guy, actually pretty adorable. He gives printed lecture notes before class, and doesn't take attendance. HOWEVER, his lectures are incredibly confusing. His accent is a bit difficult and he often confuses himself in lecture and does examples wrong. He also barely does any examples in class. He grades VERY easily though.

10/24/2017

He really wants students to exceed in his class, and makes a strong commitment to help you if you have difficulty understanding content. His accent can him a little tough to understand at times, but he provides clear written notes to supplement lecture.

4/27/2017

Very nice person. Lectures are not very clear, had to use book. But if you go to office hours he will explain things well. Exams were graded generously.

4/18/2017

I really like him - he's a nice guy, passionate about math, adorable accent, tells funny stories, and gives life advice. I very much respect him, but his lectures do not do it for me at all - unclear, few examples, and he's not good at answering questions. I had to rely heavily on the book to understand the material. Graded the first 2 tests easily

4/14/2017

Kurenok was a good guy. He was overall a very fair professor. If needed, go into to talk to him and he will be more than willing to offer help. While his accent may be difficult to understand, he will be more than happy to repeat himself if needed. Lectures can be dry, but looking at the book and past tests will guarantee at least a B+.

10/9/2015

Kurenok was very helpful in answering questions in both class and office hours. Clear, well-paced, very fair exams and easy to do well if you pay attention in class and do the work.

3/7/2014

I never went to class because I realized that he posted notes online and the notes online were better than the notes he wrote in class. I bet a lot of people realized this. Then he got mad and increased the difficulty of the exams because we all stopped going to class. He is very hard to understand. I think I made the right move.

5/1/2013

Hard to understand in class and in person. Shows easiest problems in class and assigns hardest problems for homework. Tests follow hw's pretty consistently.

3/9/2013

Prob Stats for Engineers is a pretty easy class and Kurenok seems like a nice guy, but I had a tough time understanding him. Towards the end of the semester I just stopped paying attention in class. Tests aren't bad though.

12/12/2012