Lectures never really covered what was on the homework or even exams, had to rely on YouTube videos and my notes from AP Calc from high school to get me through. The final was 35% of our grade and had content on it that was barely discussed in the class. If I had never taken calculus before I would have failed this class.

Garfield is a great professor. His lectures are clear and concise and go over concepts. The homework will often get WAY more advanced than in class but the TA's help with that. All together, I would 100% suggest taking peter if you have the option. But, be prepared because the homework is stupid. Honestly, attempt every single problem on quizzes!

Never took calculus before coming into this class and I absolutely learned nothing from lecture. Peter is a good person, but he honestly cannot teach at all. This caused me to learn everything myself through Youtube videos and his homework assignments are so much harder than what he shows in lecture. Don't recommend unless you know calc already.

I mean he is a nice guy 100%. As a freshman with a disability, I went to CLAS, Sections, and even to the Professor office hours, but it was just really everywhere and homework was more intense and more stressful compared to being fully prepared for the weekly test. Overall, it was difficult to understand the concepts in his course.

Nice person, awful professor. Homework is unrelated to lectures and quizzes based on the homework are even more difficult and are unrelated to the homework. This is a beginner calculus course but there will be random Calculus 2 homework problems on the homework as if he isn't aware of what he is assigning students. Lazy on grading quizzes.

Peter Garfield is one of the nicest professors I have come into contact with so far, however, being a nice professor does not mean that they are good at teaching beginners calculus. I go to everyone of his office hours, and it leaves me more confused than before. The homework is much harder than the lectures, and the content doesn't even match.

Peter is an amazing person, but his quizzes and homework do not match up to what we are learning. At times, the quizzes are not related to the class and no grades are in so it is hard to know how I am doing. I have gone to my TA, math lab, and office hours, where nothing becomes more clear. I study lots and go to lectures as well.

Overall good professor! Homeworks are challenging. And lectures sometimes go really fast. However, when you review the material again after the lecture, it should mostly make sense. Secondly, the people writing the negative comments are those who don't go to office hours, where professor go over every single homework problem and try to help you!

Even his TA and CLAS tutor do not know how to do his homework.

Homework is so hard because he never teach anything helpful in class. Everyone in my section feels behind and nobody know how to do the homework, and we all did really bad on the quiz. Peter if you are reading this, either make your homework easier or teach something useful in class, because homework does count A LOT in our grade.

Peter seems like a nice guy but not the best at teaching an intro to calculus class. Homeworks assigned are so hard for no reason and it's completely not related to the lectures. There are weekly quizzes and he often posts review questions the night before the quiz so you have to cram study. Overall, don't take him if you are new to calculus.

Organized, clear and interactive lectures . Very fair tests and grading. Fairly easy weekly quizzes and guaranteed 50% just for showing up to section

Great

Good professor, his lectures were well structed, and easy to understand. He posted all of the lecture slides online too. Office hours were almost always super busy because of the large class size, but he did his best to make it useful for everyone. Grading was pretty forgiving.

Math 8 with Professor Garfield is not easy but he provides as much help as possible. He hosts five office hours a week and you will be able to get help almost everyday of the week. HWs are slightly challenging but tests are fair. He also taught at Harvard for many years and he's just a great Professor.

If you have homework or lecture that you don't understand, he has lots of office hours every week. He has zoom every night before the homework is due. You can ask him all the questions that you don't understand. He is very helpful.

Peter might be the funniest prof I've ever had. Made class so entertaining. The lectures were not really the most helpful content wise, but if you put into a little effort into studying on your own, you'll be fine. Midterm and finals were not that bad and reflected what was covered in homework/class.

His lectures weren't very helpful for me. He posts his slides from class, though, and those are helpful for studying and completing hw. I learned more by watching Youtube videos. He was a nice grader- I recommend.

The lectures include many unnecessary details that don't cut straight to the chase. During lectures he provides no worked out solutions and for a conceptually heavy class, I had to rely on 3B1Br to actually understand the purpose of the class. The tests were manageable but I ended up having to rely on other resources to actually learn

Professor Garfield was really nice during my experience. He goes over any and every question in lecture in detail, and it very approachable. He is hard to approach though, as a majority of his office hours are online. Overall he was nice, and clearly wanted his students to do well. His study guides were moderately reflective of the tests.

Amazing professor, couldn't recommend him more for 4A. Always cracking jokes during class. Despite the large class sizes, Prof. Garfield is super accessible and I would def recommend going to Math Labs and office hours as topics can get tricky past about week 6. Midterms and finals are at reasonable difficulty and the homework is very manageable.

he is so diligent! Literally, what my tuition meant for, bro what kind prof would extend his office hours to 2 hours just to make sure everyone's answer can be answered??? Also, he curves!!! However, if you wanna succeed with this course, it's best to read the textbook before the lecture

He was a very sweet man who is obviously very passionate about math, however, it seemed like he took pride in how difficult his lectures were to understand. I would learn more from attempting the homework and searching for help online than from what was on his lecture slides. I recommend getting outside help to really grasp the concepts!

While Peter is a funny professor, he is not a great lecturer. His explanations are not clear and often lead to confusion. Lecture is difficult to understand; many were forced to sign up for CLAS or read the textbook. Attendance at lecture is practically mandatory (iClicker), but his exams are fairly easy. !!Sign up for CLAS if you are struggling!!