Avoid. Boring lectures and unorganized

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

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.

I had to teach myself the whole course!!!!!!!

Don't just don't

Professor Garcia was not a very good professor. It was hard to understand him during his lectures. Section was not helpful either, so SELF TEACHING and CLAS is a must. Study Guides had nothing to do with the actual exams. If you have never done calculus before don't take this class you will be lost or at least try and take it with another professor

Lecture is not helpful. However, if you email him outside of class time he will respond. Additionally, the final was a bit harder than it should have been and resulted in my grade dropping 12%. However, he did curve everyone up a letter grade, so he does curve based on if lots of people do bad. Go to CLAS + review on your own if you want an A.

I took calculus in High School and did the mistake of not taking the AP test to avoid this class. While he does provide extra credit on midterms, they're four questions and are graded very harshly. His lectures do not help at all and my grade went from a A- to C on the final.

this class ruined my confidence in math. i can tell he tries to have people learn but he is so confusing and hard to understand (both with speaking and notes):( both midterms were ok, but the final was so bad it brought me from a A+ to a C+. curve was not great even tho many people struggled. study guides don't help at all. pls go to CLAS!

Cannot teacher, you are going to be self learning the whole quater

The WORST teacher I have ever had. The man does not teach, only talks. He explains nothing and it feels like he's just reading off his course outline the whole time. We were supposed to get all the way to integrals but somehow went over limits every lecture. Homework and study guide have nothing to do with midterms/finals. TAs are useless.

He can explain advanced topics very thoroughly and well, but his fancy math-language doesn't lend itself to introductory calculus topics. Study guides and homework are typically harder than exams, and EC is offered. Office hours are very insightful for careers in math-adjacent fields, as the professor is extremely knowledgable. TAs vary widely.

I would avoid him unless you are extremely confident in your calculus abilities BEFORE enrolling. his lectures are confusing and all over the place, the homework is extremely difficult, and the study guides provided never match the 3 question midterms. the curve is big because the median score has been failing. go to CLAS if you take this course

I would avoid this man in whatever course you take. Even in the simplest course (3A), he still made it extremely harder than a calculus class needs to be. Overwhelming amount of material for very little time we have in a quarter. TA's in this course are just here to answer questions rather than to teach. Avoid this guy at all costs.

Where do I begin...Carlos Garcia Cevera. You are my sunshine and the light of my life. If u know how to long division, this class will be a piece of cake. His lectures really moved me in a way that I didn't think was possible. His tests are a piece of cake if you could call them that. Expect group tests and all his exams are open. Go, girl.

i can see he tried i guess. idk man, currently failing the class rn. i wouldnt take him again, he was the only option i had! the tests are really hard and the studyguides dont match the tests at all. do not take him the TAs suck as well trust bro

Lectures are awful he does not explain anything clearly and jumps around a lot. Doesn't answer questions. Tests do not match homework or what is learned in CLAS. TAs don't help much either. Take someone else if you can.

I would never take him again. He is awful. His homework and midterms do not match the lectures. Professor Garcia makes no sense. You cover limits about the whole time, when in calculus 1 in high school you cover limits for maybe 3 days. He is a terrible professor would not take again. TAKE A DIFFERENT PROFESSOR IF U WANT A GOOD GRADE!

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.

Lectures are recordings with notes (both handwritten and more polished typed-up notes) available online, while class times are used to go through practice problems. I prefer this format to standard in-class lectures (though ymmv), and the in-class practice problems helped me develop my intuition for real analysis. Tests are take-home over 24 hours.

Horrible professor so learn from the textbook and go to CLAS. Really easy to do well in the class though because it is completely online, even the exams and final. If it is in person, avoid taking this professor.

Tough to understand him and his notes, Had about double the homework compared to other professors and they were very hard problems as well. If you have to take him, find another resource and take CLAS to survive this course.

online saved me and was the only reason i got an A. homework was really hard and his lectures were useless. he makes things way harder than it has to be. i didn't watch them and solely relied on self studying. get quizlet x slader. its the only reason i survived. loved cooper as my TA though, he was very helpful and nice overall