Porter always knows how to teach different fields of math, and in math 8 it's the same thing. Homework comes straight from the textbook and his lectures provide a good guide and depth on the contents of the textbook. Exams are straightforward, very fair and worthwhile to study for. He tries to make accommodations when situations need it. Great prof

Reading textbook is required to do well on exams anyways, so lectures felt unnecessary. Prof is nice. Homework is graded on accuracy and long/tedious but prepares you well for exams. Exams are straightforward and the final replaces lowest exam score. HW - 30%, Exams - 20% each (3 total including final), weekly quizzes in section - 10%.

Professor Porter's lectures are easy to follow. He explains things very well. His exams are not very hard, you can learn those problems from textbook or sections. He does offer many assignments every week, but they are not difficult, and they help reviewing exam. 10% quiz, 20% hw, 70% exams, a fair grading system.

1. The overall grading is quite lenient as there exist extra credit in and outside tests. 2. There is barely any reason to attend the lectures other than to show up because he does pretty much nothing outside the textbook. 3. Pop quiz each week on evening sections. Pretty easy. 4. Exams are also pretty easy and slightly uninteresting. Verdict:4/5

Awesome guy, he is one of the best math professors here. I learned so much in a quarter than an entire semester of math I learned in my cc. This is the professor you need that can guide you to academic success.

All of these people giving him poor reviews from Math 2A, there is a reason you are taking precalculus in college. Matt Porter is an excellent professor. Unfortunately during Fall Quarter, Matt wasn't able to teach at quite his full potential, but I could really tell that he is a great guy and teacher. Wish I could take him again.

Material is different than all of the other lower div math classes. Taking it with Porter made it a smoother transition and always had examples that he went through with us carefully.

Amazing. His lectures are straightforward and exam questions will almost always replicate his lecture examples. His grading goes by homework (70% of your grade), 2 midterms and 1 final (all 3 exams being 10% of your grade). Hw is graded by completeness/correctness so as long as you do hw you're already good for an A. Please give this man a raise.

My favorite math teacher in UCSB. Clear organization of the courses. Acceptable loads HW. Quiz and final are pretty basic and easy if you put enough efforts in his lecture, HW and materials.

Porter is a really nice professor. His exams are really easy, as long as you follow along the lecture and homework, you can get an A. He's also really considerable, you can discuss with him if any problem came up, and he would even adjust his grading scale according to the situation.

If you took 2A, its the exact same thing just more concepts. Porter is a great person and professor. Calculus is just difficult but just be on top of HW and studying. It does take to understand but he is very nice and although he mumbles in lecture his notes are helpful. As always, go to office hours and ask for help from him and TA's

Porter is a great professor, although he would mumble to himself when doing work in lecture. Difficulty wise, its a higher level of math so its difficult. Exams are so much easier than the HW and practice exams. Just talk to him and ask questions, both Porter and the TA's are great. Grading is fair, just make sure HW does not pile up!

He is very great just kind of monotoned and I had him at 8am so his lectures were a little boring. However, his lectures are basically the exams plus he allows you to take a notecard on the exam so it is a lot easier. His practice exam is almost exactly the actual midterms/final. Really easy tho if you show up and learn.

beware he is a confusing professor with his notes be overfilled and he does mumble to himself but honestly the way he set up the class is so nice. he post all completed notes, if you do better on the final can overtake one out of the two midterms, and can do late hw problems for half credit for each problem.

He literally was "sick" for half the lectures and was so chill. He literally canceled the final and is a D1 chiller. You will get a decent grade in this class and I know he tells his TA's to grade easy so if you get a bad grade, talk to your TA.

Love this man he is my icon. He doesn't wanna be there as much as you. His tests are legit like 6-7 questions. You can bring a notecard too. He's so easy take him if you can.

The lectures are great and the final is similar to the practice sample.

It's math- it's not going to be the most interesting class ever. But, Professor Porter is very accomodating and understanding. He posts lecture videos so you can review confusing lessons. Tests are much easier than practice tests and homework. He seems like a really good guy.

Having taken him for 2A/2B last year, 4B was one of his more ok quarters. However, he's still a legendary prof who's well respected. Weekly HWs, 2 midterms+final (doing well on final replaces your lower midterm score) and he curves generously. Skewed diff. rating cuz 4A last year (w/ Morrison) was terrible so 4B was hard for me. I recommend Porter!

Pretty mid lecturer(just boringly writes examples on the board). homework, midterms and finals all pretty fair. The only issue is the course had big pacing issues, it started off very easy but had huge chunk of material in last 2 weeks. Also he assigned homework for the thanksgiving week and the final week which was really annoying.

Grading was fair and the curve was generous at the end of the class. Just make sure to stay on top of your homework and the lectures as it can pile up. I had never taken any calculus prior to this class, but it was still manageable for me.

Two midterms and a final which are not too bad. Posts clear notes for students to review and understand the concepts better. If you understand the notes and do the practice problems, the tests are not going to be too bad. Pretty good professor.

Professor Porter is amazing - he really wants you to succeed. Stay on top of the homework, use unstuckstudy ai for study prep, and you'll ace this class. Lectures are super helpful, and he's very accommodating.

Matt literally just mumbles to himself and doesn't teach. He uses examples but doesn't really explain how to do them. I've given up going to class and just went to CLAS because it was so much more helpful. He always cancels class and is always "under the weather". Just do the homework, study the review problems really hard and you will pass.