I've had a bit of time to think about this class and it was simply unreasonable. Garcia hit below the belt by assigning material that was not covered in the book and by giving test problems on material he told us we did not need to worry about. He provided very little help in offices hours. Five engineering graduate students dropped this class.

Avoid. Boring lectures and unorganized

Very bad teacher, hard to understand, would never take a class of his again.

Professor's teaching style focuses on practice problems and online resources. Lectures are pre-recorded, but the in-class time for solving problems is helpful. Unstuck ai and the free textbook were great study tools alongside the practice tests.

Horrible teacher, DO NOT TAKE. Retaking 3A right now, absolutely unbelievable how much easier it is with a different teacher. Would assign 40 hw questions a week, lectures didn't help whatsoever, and gave zero examples in class. Please don't take, it's not worth it.

Utterly challenging to learn from. TA zero help. Used advanced notation and taught concepts in the most confusing, unnecessary ways. Study guides nothing like actual tests. I went to CLAS, got a tutor (who laughed when I showed her our study guide/notes), and had to basically teach myself this entire class. Somehow escaped with a C+. Beware.