Awful lecturer. Goes way too fast and writes formula after formula, without providing intuition or a big picture. Helpful in office hours at least. Provides study guides for midterm and final, which are very helpful and yielded a high average.

His homework for 104A was challenging, but not impossible. Attendance isn't *really* mandatory but he randomly checks every few weeks. His lectures are clear for the most part, and he's pretty funny. The tests, however... dude gave us a T/F midterm AND final. They weren't very easy questions either .. top 10 anime betrayals smh.

Nice guy with "lightheartedly cruel" lecture humor. Regurgitates the lecture notes which i'm pretty sure all the 104 profs use. Hw was hard but worth doing and understanding. Tests were T/F style--(W)TF, indeed. I don't think anyone expected him to double down on it for the final, but we should have known better. He may or may not pull this again..

He lectures a bit faster than I'd like, but nothing too wild. His homework for the most part in this course was pretty reasonable. He does review days prior to his exams, and the exams themselves are very straightforward no tricks at all. You'll know what you need to know for the tests. Funny guy too! Though his humor can be pretty dry. 8.5/10

Hides behind a veneer of humor. Going to office hours is more painful than the dentist unless you enjoy being made feel like you're incompetent. Will assume that you understand the wall of complex summations he writes in lecture without clarification and answers questions superficially. 0/10 do not recommend

Possibly the best math prof I've had at UCSB, he's able to communicate complicated material in a way that makes sense, homework assignments are challenging but helpful, and you get to learn how to use matlab in the process. grading is fair, prof is very available through OH

This is the worst 104A professor. Take it with anybody else.

Ceniceros lectures at the speed of light. He writes things down extremely fast and has explained it all before I can even look up from writing. It was hard to try to get all the notes down, which was a shame because I would miss his explanations. He gives practice problems for the exams... do every single problem; they'll be on the exam.

Funny, nice guy, he lectures really quick but he explains the material well.

Hector is very helpful and made the class enjoyable. Homework was brief but challenging and the practice final exam proved similar to the final.

Hands down the best prof I ever had. He is inspiring, caring, and a gifted mathematician. A must for any math major.

Not the best teacher ever or anything, but i guess he gets the job done considering calculus is pretty boring. He is quite repetitive in class though.

His lectures were inspiring. I had no clue what I could do professionally until I took this class. He connects concepts to the real world. Great prof and sweet person too. This class with him is a must for all applied math majors.

He is great. He has a special talent to explain things and to connect to applications. He is really funny and approachable. Best prof I had at UCSB

Explains concepts well and goes through a lot of examples. Practice midterm was identical to the real midterm. Homework is hard, but not worth that much. CLAS is a good call.

Probably the best Math prof. that I've had at this university (and I've almost had them all). His boardwork is perfect, he spends lots of time making sure you understand theory and his tests are very fair (do the practice ones!). He isn't exactly the type of prof. to just GIVE you the answer, but he'll point you in the right direction. A+!

simply the best. funny as hell and excellent at explaining things; his boadwork is great! Very approachable and he is hot too!

Boring!!!!! and he had the nerve to question why i didnt come to class. midterms is like the practice. he goes through material too fast and he doesnt care if you know how to program or not.

Class is somewhat difficult for people with no programming experience. Prof flys through material by providing proofs for methods rather making sure students intuitively understand material. No one seems to be very interested until he cracks a joke or two...not enough to make the class worthwhile.

To the reviewer below: you wouldn't know a good professor if he smacked you in the face with knowledge.

WOW, WHAT AN AMAZING TEACHER. GOT AN A+ and I slept through class & barely did any homework. VERY CLEAR AND CONCISE GUY. HOT TOO! IMHO

He's not bad at all. Despite the homework being easy it is all totally busy work though. This class takes time to understand everything fully so you can't try to do everything at the last minute.

Two weeks into the class and I have to give him an F--. He is completely unclear, and the book is awful to boot. He teaches math as if it's voodoo.

class ok but quite possibly the most unhelpful prof i've ever had. Doesn't help in office hours and i don't know who grades the hw/exams but whoever it is must have some sort of learning disability. easy A for me in 104a but got a B in 104b even though i did much better on the hw/final. Yeah that makes a whole lot of sense...