Probably the best professor in PSTAT department. He gives 50% of people A.
Easy A class. Final grade with 71.1% people A (he also gives 2% extra credit, so no curve down lol: ) A+: 98.5 - 100 --> 4.44% A: 94 - 98.5 --> 42.96% A-: 90 - 94 --> 23.70% B+: 87 - 90 --> 8.15% B-: 83 - 87 --> 5.19% C+: 80 - 83 --> 2.22% C: 77 - 80 --> 2.96%
He curves down. there are 4 quizzes which are tricky. Final was hard. Avoid him if you can.
One of the best profs in the stats department. Clear lectures, homework's correlates with lecture material and are pretty easy to follow. Quizzes were bit tough, but do-able. No midterm. 4 HW's, 4 Quizzes. Fair final exam, but proofs were a bit difficult. Overall a really great prof and one of the easier PSTAT classes I have taken thus far.
Not so good. He doesn't round up the score and there is no curve. The Grading system is strict.
Hes so awful omg don't take him
His first time teaching. He's not understanding and gives you less time to do work when he says he will give you 2 weeks
Literally the worst professor ever. I had a 89.7 and he didn't round up. He doesn't curve, he's horrible at teaching. Take an actual professor and not a grad student.
I really have nothing bad to say about this guy. I think it was his first quarter ever teaching (?) and he nailed it right off the bat. His lectures were actually useful, organized, and well-put-together. His expectations were clear and reasonable, and I learned a lot with him.
There are worksheets and quizzes, his lecture notes are from ages ago, he did not update them even thought he switched school. He misses his own classes when he slacks, the TAs had to teach for him. The timing for worksheets and quizzes are insanely short and unreasonable, some require multiple graphing/coding steps within 5 minutes.
You can tell he really cares about being a good teacher and puts a lot of effort in. He makes the material accessible and he's easy to understand. Grading is fair and assignments encourage you to actually learn. Would definitely take classes with him again.
You can learn a lot from this guy! Such as being rude, not responding to emails, lazy at teaching, intentionally trying to trick students on quizzes, and literally asking us to find answers in a fortune telling set. Love this guy's class!
His lectures can be confusing, forcing me to have to self teach the content to be able to succeed in the course. He is also very rude in his interactions with students, and is a very harsh grader. If you actually want help learning the material, I'd recommend looking for another professor.
Does not know how to teach at all. You might think the professor teaches better when he makes videos, but he still can't explain anything on point. Does not respect the students hard work, assumes the student didn't study when they ask a question. If hw question is written unclear, points will never be given back cuz he hoards on points.
handwriting requires deciphering on good days, almost made me want to double major in decryption if that's a thing. material coverage boarders speed of light. homework due dates and time given does not depend on material but on the sea level at 5 a.m., battery % left on phone and whether the planets line up the night of assigning.
He goes over the lecture too fast, hard to keep up the pace. Have terrible board writing. Exams are extreme. Don't really test on what he teaches.
He's crazy smart, so sometimes his lectures were hard to digest. However, he really seems to care about how his students are doing and does his best to help. He even extended some homework that was super hard and everyone was struggling on. The homework was very challenging, and the midterm and final heavily relied on things from it.
This is probably the hardest class Ive ever taken. Professor Peters is insanely smart in a way that makes it hard to follow sometimes but it is also super inspiring. I look up to him. Doesnt always know how much work hes really giving you, but seems to listen when everyone speaks up.
Dr. Peters is probably my favorite professor thus far at UCSB. His lectures are extremely fast and that certainly takes getting used to. If you review are caught up his lectures are very clear and helpful, and if you fall behind he has a great youtube channel and online lectures. PDE's are a hard subject and in my opinion he makes them fun!
Nice guy, but horrible Professor. Lectures are all over the place. Goes EXTREMELY fast when lecturing. Post notes, but what he writes on the board often deviates from what the notes online. Hell make you laugh at times, but definitely needs to work on his teaching skills. Prepare to be lost the majority of the time.
He is Awesome
Peter's has been one of my favorite professors. He is super generous when grading exams and the homework load is fairly light. In order to do well on exams, you definitely need to have a good understanding of the subject, only doing the hw is not good enough.
great online notes and very willing to help. His lectures can be difficult to follow sometimes but overall his classes are easy IF u have a very good understanding of the material. Don't expect going through the same old routine from homework on the exam. Exams require applying principles you learned to a new situation you haven't practiced.
Lectures are very confusing. Your best bet is to follow his notes and learn from them + online resources.
