Perhaps the worst lecturer I have encountered

Just hands out a worksheet and waits for someone to ask him questions during lecture. He also doesn't really mention anything about the midterms leading up to them? Always has to be reminded to put the time up for midterms. Said he'd been prepping for another class's midterm and didn't get to spend as much time helping prep for our midterm.

Schley is a joke, take Matt Porter's class and save yourself some headaches.

Schley is more concerned with teaching himself how to code than actually teaching you. The only knowledge comes from (rushed) lectures, which are primarily his rambling rather than teaching you any material. When there is information, it's somehow wrong. Think you can learn in office hours? Only about his personal side projects. Not recommended.

lecture notes are copied from online, not that helpful since he basically just explains in very abstract ways the "mathematical intuition" but doesn't really go over concrete examples. prepare to self study/ask ta. gives out extra credit for doing hw early (before he goes over the concept in lecture) so just self study, midterm has stuff not taught

it was okay could be better to be honest.

Professor Schley is genuinely the worst professor I have ever had at UCSB. He would not tell us what was on the midterm and he told us three days before that we needed to know 3 more chapters and his practice test was so hard so I dropped the class.

- A LOT of WebWork homework. (2~3 per week) - Extra HW Credit if you complete 3 days in advance (basically self study) - Lecture: 3/5. Slides: 4/5. As the others said, he likes to teach "different approaches" to problems. I love it and this is the exact reason I chose his class in the first place, but you might not.

Lectures are hard to follow. He talks about his preferred way to approach problems which are actually useful sometimes even if they seem like they won't be. His tests are super easy.

Overcomplicates concepts because he finds the different version of solving something "cool." You can get extra credit on every HW if you turn it in early, aka before he teaches it. So, you have to teach yourself/cheat to get that EC. Tests are fair, but you won't learn what you need from class. Use CLAS if you have him.

Professor Schley is a pretty decent teacher. He obviously cares a lot about his students and puts a lot of effort into every lecture. He gives an enormous amount of extra credit(11%) for each homework assignment turned in three days early. I found his lectures a little hard to follow at first but that could just be the nature of linear algebra.

I think Schley gets a little too much hate. He is a very nice guy, he gives off the vibe that he cares about his job, and is passionate about what he is teaching. With that being said I think he gives WAY too much homework, and his lectures can be challenging to follow. He is very smart, but isn't the best at explaining concepts thoroughly.

Terrible lecture, no idea what he was talking about. He seemed to be teaching only the few people in front of him. Self-study is required.

Prof. Nathan makes a concerted effort to focus on applications of concepts, which I find really great. IMO, he goes too slow. He assumes you've mastered the previous week's material, which was fine for me, but that's where he lost most other students. His grading's lenient: infinite HW retakes, quizzes are only 5%, and he drops our lowest midterm.

Really hard grader!

He was an ok professor. He dropped the lowest midterm and replaced it with your highest, dropped the lowest quiz, and gave 11% extra credit in the homework category, which was 20% of the grade. He lets you use index cards during all the tests. Quizzes every week in section. Lectures were difficult to understand, so self-teaching is necessary.

He is a real bozi txa.

He is a real bozi txa

40% HW, 15% per two Midterms, 30% Final Group Project. We don't know more than half of our hw grades by the end of the course; "lectures" are hand-out papers + some math joke + "yay do it yourself!"; midterm reviews is him verbatim reading midterm topics + not elaborating; office hours are with other classes so not too helpful; good grade = do hw

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.