The best math professor. I've had him for 104a, 104b, and now 104c. The review sessions before the midterm and final are extremely helpful, homeworks can be tough but are doable, and the lowest 1-2 are dropped. 2 midterms but lower one is dropped. Take his class if you have the chance!
Heavy accent and doesn't really explain things well. as others have said he copies notes/lectures from another prof and often presents incorrect information. Hw takes FOREVER to do and is very code-heavy, pain in the behind tbh. exams are pretty difficult and relies on memorization of concepts. overall do not recommend (i also took 104b with yang)
legendary. Guaranteed A if you go to lectures and put in a little effort.
Prof Xu Yang is very nice and patient. He has review sessions that help us prepare for mid & final, which is SUPER helpful. drop the lowest for one of the hw & one of the mid.
I'm definitely biased because I come from a math background, but 213B Hu was amazing! Her lectures were very insightful and she does a good job at communicating the motivation/intuition behind each concept. Her exams, while difficult, were curved very generously. You definitely need a good grasp of analysis to fully appreciate her teaching though.
took his 104A earlier so take this 104B again. getting a good grade is not easy when your TA is tough, but prof himself is not bad. hw is reasonable. if u skip his class, dont skip the review session. the grading policy is so nice. the "drop the lower mid score" literally saves my life. //will write another comment when i finish his 104c.
Literally just used another professor's lecture slides and notes.
This class is honestly no joke. The material doesn't seem impossible but then you get the exam and ur like...lol. But Hu is super nice and cares about her student plus there was a fatty curve so overall it was chill. Hard class but curve is huge and the professor and TAs know what they're talking about
The course has a reputation being difficult, but Ruimeng made it doable. She provided a lot of resources, ranging from review problems to annotated slides, to help you review for the exams. Her midterm was 5 multiple choices and her final was 10 ones. The homework were graded by two randomly chosen questions. Overall, it was a enjoyable course.
Very heavy accent and does NOT care about his students. Just keep talking and talking and assume everyone knows what he talks about.
Professor Yang communicates with the students often with emails, his lectures were straight-forward and I felt like I had a deep understanding on the content, and the exams are challenging. I strongly recommend for Math 3B.
Did not even create his own lectures, used another teacher's lectures from the previous quarter - everything was asynchronous. Quizzes were 5 questions and the lowest one is dropped. You will definitely need to study extra for this class if you want a good grade in it.
Very disorganized lectures. Bad handwriting and difficult to understand. Lectures consist of him doing examples while providing little to no explanation. Do NOT recommend.
Professor Hu is so passionate and excited about the material that sometimes she goes too fast during lecture, if you ask her she will always slow down. Material is unbelievably hard but going to office hours helps a lot. Do the weekly homework and understand the concepts thoroughly, memorizing does not help. I would definitely take her class again
HW 25%, Midterm 25%, Final 25%. Professor Hu is very nice and a great prof, really doing her best. But the course is very formula-heavy and even with many examples it's unclear how to apply them in each situation. CLAS is necessary to pass (at least online), be ready for lots and lots of word problems
wasn't attentive to student needs :(
Super disorganized, hard to understand his speech or handwriting, no response to emails, posts hundreds of hw problems but doesn't say which are important, midterms and final consists of some stuff we don't spend any time on. Didn't show up to any of his exams which all had grading errors, Yang is intelligent and a nice guy, but bad at teaching.
Extremely unorganized from the start. He writes so messily on a tablet and his explanations are so bland. He changed his grading scale so many times throughout the quarter. He never showed up to exams because they had mistakes on them. Some things on the midterms were never covered in class. Some people aren't meant to teach and he is one of them.
This professor is extremely straight-forward. The homework for his 104B class wasn't so bad either, especially if you work with your peers. His exams are awesome. He has a review lecture and goes over ALL possible questions he could ask you in the exam and goes over how to do them in detail. It seems pretty counter-intuitive, but I learned a lot.
He is a nice guy who is good at explaning concepts and giving examples. He writes his notes on the board and does not post anything on gauchospace. He requires us to register ourselves on wileyplus which costs me $120 for homework.
Professor Yang has been my only math professor at UCSB that I have consistently been able to follow, every lecture. He has a bit of an accent but, overall, his lectures are extremely clear and helpful. They apply directly to the homework and tests, and it is easy to succeed if you show up to every class.
Pretty hard to understand during lectures and re-writes book examples for lectures. Midterm was OK; however, the final was very difficult. Try to avoid him as he is a hard grader with no curves.
Midterm was easy, straight from the homework but the final was very hard. Section isn't mandatory but TA Peter is very nice and quizzes are easy so make sure to go for an easy full 10%. Weekly homework due on Wiley ($97) just go to Math Lab and ask for help or google the question. Btw, no curve.
Homework assignments are on wileyplus. Exams are tough. He said he would make the final easier than the midterm, but I'm unsure what his definition of easy is.
