Peter is really sweet and truly cares about his students. He is very approachable and funny. The class is definitely no walk in the park and you certainly work for the 5 units. That being said, if you set up tutoring and keep on top of it, it's doable. Math is my weakest link and sitting at CLAS drop-ins made such a world of a difference for me.

He's the man! Made the classroom very inviting and encouraged collaboration on the journey to proofs and higher math. Was always fair and helpful when I went in to office hours. There is 3 homeworks / week which is randomly graded for accuracy, but it's mostly fair. Definitely makes you think and work together but I learned the stuff well.

Peter was an awesome professor, good at teaching, had helpful office hours, and his class was really easy to succeed in, which is much more than can be said about the other math professors here. The only thing that sucked was that theres homework due before every lecture which takes a ton of time.

Professor Garfield 's class is a very challenging. His hmwks are challenging and require a deep understanding of the material. He's a great teacher when he prepares and he gives his students a ton of help during his crucial office hours. I would give Peter a 5/5 if he returned tests before the last 2 weeks and didn't forget to prepare for class.

This class is extremely rigorous and demanding. There is a homework due every lecture. Notes were always on handouts given in class. Expect to go to office hours every week to get help on homework and topics. The class is very stressful, but if you put in the work and show you care, your overall grade will reflect it and the class was curved

Peter is a nice guy and good lecturer, and the material in the class is super interesting. I really wanted to like this class, but it ruined my quarter. Peter is lazy and doesn't give us midterm grades, homework solutions, or study guide solutions when he says he will, so I don't even know what I don't know. Definitely avoid.

This class is a mess. Goes through materials so quick you can't keep up most of the time and teaches more topics required. Insane homework due every lecture followed up by butthurt grader that hates everyone. The worst of all almost no solution to most of the homework and worksheets in class leaving students almost no material to study from. Avoid

Not finished yet so rating is only what we done so far. Overall Peter is a good lecturer and accessible outside. However, the class is a bit disorganized updating materials at last minute and blaze through it. Homework load is very heavy as we have the most of any math 8 due EVERY LECTURE. Also if grader is Ashwin avoid any class graded by him.

Hilarious, nice, and super approachable. I loved going to office hours, he is especially good at going one on one with students, and he has M&Ms and red vines. Lectures are a bit fast paced, but he is extremely lenient with grading. Go to section, do the homework, and office hours!! The GOAT.

Math is boring but Peter makes it fun! He is very nice and humorous!

Very good professor I have to say. Very patient and explain all calculus well and clear. Practice problems are similar to test. Work hard and all will be fine.

Great guy. Tries his best to help his students. Makes material engaging. Pretty funny, as well.

He is nice and very approachable person but he goes through problems very quickly during lecture and it is hard to keep up or he skips steps entirely. I do not have a strong math background so during lectures I was often lost and confused.

Amazing professor, he somehow made math my favorite lecture. Can't go wrong with him.

Garfield is a great prof, highly reccommend. I hate math but Peter doesn't make it too bad.

Professor Garfield is super funny and he is very approachable, he has practice tests for all midterms and final. His homework deadline can be adjusted if you talk to him. He also offers extra credit!! EASY class, EASY A!!

Really really nice guy! Always extends the homework if there are enough requests. You're allowed a notecard on all 3 midterms and the final. Really helpful in office hours. Funny lecturer. Really helpful through email: he was willing to work out a problem with me entirely through email so I wouldn't have to go into office hours! Harder than 34A.

I actually had him for both 34A and 34B (34B was a little more difficult to keep up with though). He has very accessible office hours that can be super helpful 1 on 1. He always has a lot of energy when lecturing which is great, but sometimes he speeds through the material. Overall, an excellent professor and I definitely suggest taking his class.

One of the few great professors in a math department that doesn't know how to teach. Extremely friendly! One downside was not much homework was assigned making it hard to tell if you knew the material. That might just be the course though. Midterm was very difficult, final was very easy.

Peter is a very nice professor. He's so funny and cute when he gave explanations to math problems lol. His lectures were all about fundamental concepts and problems so were his exams, so you can get an easy A if you work hard. Not a lot of homework, no i clicker. He also offered extra credit, which helped me get an A+. Love love this professor!

He was very nice and approachable, and held many office hours. Funny in class as well. The material was somewhat hard, and towards the end you have to really put in time to understand it or you will get lost. Homework isn't too bad, but sometimes he wouldn't post it for a week or two. Tests were average for the math department. He is a solid prof.

Peter is a very nice person who genuinely cares for his students. I sat in the front and he'd always try to make sure everybody in the class understood. However, this backfired because he could rarely make it through all of his lesson plan and often rushed the end. He's very knowledgeable but I think he's a very poor choice for an intro calc class.

First 2/3 of this class were not difficult for me and review for many, but when the newer/harder material hit Garfield's inadequacies as a lecturer showed. He would go VERY quickly with new material for 2-3 lectures, realize no one understood and then would try to summarize everything up to that point in 1 lecture. Not conducive to learning imo.

Although I can't vouch for his ability to teach intro calc, his 6B class was the easiest math class I've taken at UCSB. He's a great lecturer and an all around nice guy. He does an amazing job of breaking down some rather complicated math to make it easy to understand. If all else fails, he posts exam reviews that are exactly like his tests.