Homework assignments aren't too bad, and gives a good chunk of extra credit. However, lectures and slides aren't as comprehensive as they probably should be, and self-study is required to excel.

This professor is just not good. His lectures were just bad; they didn't help in the slightest. Another professor seemingly makes his slides and he will often presents as if its his first time seeing them. He simply doesn't care about a lower division class. The class was easy if instead of listening to him, you had math majors explain the topics.

Professor Schley is nice with grading, but lectures are boring and unclear at times. 11% extra credit if you do your HW early and lowest midterm grade is dropped. You'll have to teach yourself mostly since his lectures are a bit confusing. He has weekly quizzes which are fine if you know the material. Midterms are difficult, so practice a lot.

best professor ive had at ucsb as both a teacher and a person but he has adhd like a golden retriever

He is a very nice guy, but not a good teacher. He skips through his slides so fast, and his explanations are confusing (he confuses himself), so I have to entirely teach it all to myself. Usually 3-4 webworks per week, with extra credit if you turn it in 3 days early, BEFORE he teaches the material. I dedicated way too much time to this class.

Super sweet guy but my god the lectures aren't helpful at all. I had to figure out how to do the problems on my own. The quizzes are fine if you've been doing the hw but the midterms/exams are much harder and the hw does not prepare you for them. Also a lot of vocab for a math class but that's not his fault

Order of the class was all over the place and his lectures hardly ever matched what was on the homework. Very sweet guy, but confuses students by going off on long tangents in class. Tests were heavy on the conceptual ideas and not computation. Expected too much out of students who were seeing this material for the first time.

He's a great teacher, I believe the material is really hard to grasp just with his lectures alone. His class is really tough if you don't self-study for hours on top of that there is a lot of homework. 30% homework, 30% midterm, 40% final. A very tough grader.

He is a cool guy and a talented person. I have taken his math4b, which I think is interesting, so I chose his math117. However, he is not very good at teaching and it takes time to keep up with his lecture. More sadly, there is tonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnns of homework and many classmates feel the same. That's it and I have to keep working on my homework.

More homework than I can do in a lifetime

Dr. Schley is one of those instructors who very much cares about people learning. I greatly enjoyed his teaching style and willingness to revisit topics when needed. Of course, the material is difficult but he makes it much more exciting and gives motivation behind the proofs. I would definitely take another class with him!

Schley is a caring person, but he is not a good lecturer at all. His lectures do not prepare you well for the midterms and barely taught anything. Made his final short, but very point heavy and brought my A down to a B+. I suggest going to CLAS and teaching yourself if you want any grade above a C. Offered extra credit.

Prof was nice caring guy but he could barely teach the class. He did not prepare us well for the midterms. Made 1st midterm wk 2 of class, and for the other ones he did not provide an answer key for practice exams. Lecture was really useless and I had no idea what was going on. If you want to get an A in this class, GO TO CLAS and drop in hours.

Professor Schley is one of the nicest teachers I've had here at UCSB. He is super kind and cares a lot about his students doing well in his class. The lectures can be slightly disorganized, but there are so many helpful resources provided if you don't understand the material. He offers plenty of extra credit and even rounds grades up. He's great!

He doesn't post the solution to problems done in class so make sure you attend lecture, WebWork hw is insane but he does give extra credit if you do it early, but sometimes it's impossible to do it because he hasn't even gone over those topics yet. Exams are very confusing, and he's unclear on what's gonna be tested; you never know what to expect.

It is very clear that Dr. Schley wants his students to succeed. HW is unlimited tries and you get extra credit for completing homework assignments early. He removes exam questions that might've caused confusion. He is very accessible outside of class. He truly cares about his students and it shows. If you put in the effort, its easy to succeed

After reading these ratings at the beginning of the quarter I thought "Maybe he isn't that bad" I greatly underestimated just how bad someone could be at teaching. The lectures were unorganized, he constantly made mistakes, made topics overly complicated, etc. Possibly the worst experience I've ever had with an educator. Avoid if possible.

He was always asking for ways to improve his lectures. However, I often found his lectures to be a bit unorganized. In my opinion, you definitely need to read the textbook to do well in this class. Gave lots of extra-credit. Overall a very kind and caring professor, lectures could be improved a bit so give him suggestions if he asks!

Schley is an amazing teacher and person. He was genuinely interested in the things he taught and that made his class all the better. His office hours were great and at the end gave copious amounts of extra credit so grades weren't an issue. Its a upper-div math class so you should prepare as such. If you don't like it take a comm class lol.

His lectures are extremely unorganized and complicate the material. He treats the textbook like it's a sacred text and his approach to teaching is "I am a guide but I can't make you learn the material." Unbelievable amount of homework. Despite this, he is very forgiving and accommodating when the class is struggling.

Don't take this course with this person if you are okay with poor-quality teaching, I'd wish I could sign up with Professor Porter instead of this guy, he is not meant to teach at the university, confuses people even more.

He was a very nice guy. Cared about his students and gave extra credit on our homework. The average grade in our class was really high, so he obviously did a good job teaching the material.

Very boring lecture and very heavy homework. Office hours is not helpful at all. Avoid him if you can.

Very hands-off teaching style, but he will help you if you go to office hours. Super important to find a group you trust to succeed. 2 Midterms and 1 Collab Final Project with Homework due every week. Can be seen as too much to learn by yourself, but he'll work with you