Math 8 with Professor Garfield is not easy but he provides as much help as possible. He hosts five office hours a week and you will be able to get help almost everyday of the week. HWs are slightly challenging but tests are fair. He also taught at Harvard for many years and he's just a great Professor.

If you have homework or lecture that you don't understand, he has lots of office hours every week. He has zoom every night before the homework is due. You can ask him all the questions that you don't understand. He is very helpful.

Peter is a really nice guy. He made the material fun to learn, however, he doesn't delve too deep into things so make sure you're reading the text and going to office hours. Not too consistent with getting tests back on time which is a bit frustrating. Ashwin is a tough grader.

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.

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.

34B was an easy class. Lectures are engaging and have good iclicker questions to learn content. Practice exams on canvas are identical to the 3 in-class midterms + final making them easy (but graded slowly). Prof Garfield is very funny and makes lectures interesting. He is also caring and offers makeup exams. I highly recommend taking his class!

Explains concepts very well and is understanding about situations outside of class. Attendance is mandatory through iClicker, but it isn't geolocated to the room. Tests are just like the practice problems posted on canvas, so if you study those, you will do well.

Has not graded any midterms or given any feedback. More than a week late to post grades, and was does not give very good lectures. Rely on self studying.

I took his class in the fall and it was really easy! Peter Garfield is very passionate and funny in lecture. He's accessible through office hours but good luck hearing back from him through email. His lectures are engaging and easy to follow along. Make sure to do all his old exams, they help a lot in doing good on the midterms and final!

I'm sure he's great for lower div classes but for upper division classes hes an absolute mess. He hasnt graded either of our 2 class exams, forgets to post homework MOST WEEKS, and regularly lies about things such as releasing lecture slides or giving us exam information. Also does not care to give practice exams, so you have NO CLUE whats going on

Decent lectures/teaching style, but taking AP Calc before this class was very helpful. The practice tests were the best way to study and all 3 midterms & the final were fair imo. Overall Prof. Garfield was really nice; he made an effort to get to know students and make 9am lectures fun. Attendance via iClicker counts for small part of your grade.

I took Garfield for 34A & B. He's really funny and takes the time to try to learn his students names even in a huge lecture. Its clear he really cares. You just have to take time on your own to try to understand the material in order to excel. He gives opportunities for you to do your best. The only college professor I've had that allows notecards.

such a sweet and nice professor. super easy to prepare for tests bc he posts examples that are exactly like the test. homework load is not bad at all even though it's 3x a week. no curveballs or surprises on any test, you can feel well prepared by just studying the materials he gives without any outside help needed

Class is easy because the practice midterms are exactly like the midterms and final, like even if you skipped every lecture, as long as you study the practice exams and make sure you can do those specific problems, then you'd be fine. Homework due every other night which sucks but other than that, solid easy class, good professor.

He's a good prof but wasn't for me, most of the time, I was lost

A pretty good professor, a lot of homework and you have to be in charge of teaching yourself a lot of the topics because it isn't in detail during lectures most of the time. The practice tests are exactly like the tests though so they are moderately easy to study for.

Probably one of the best teachers you will get at UCSB! His slides are very thorough and easy to understand, and he posts them on canvas along with videos explaining them. Gives practice exams for midterms and final that are almost EXACTLY like the actual thing. He is super funny and very approachable, highly recommend him for math!

I don't understand why Peter Garfield isn't a 5/5! We had easy homework assignments three times a week that had unlimited attempts. Before midterms and the final, he gave us four practice exams that had the same content as the real test with different numbers. I made sure I knew how to solve all of those problems and never missed a single point.

I love Peter! He really cares about the students and his grading policy is great as you are guaranteed a B is you show that you made an effort in the class. Loved how the practice exams are nearly exactly the same as the actual midterms and final. Super funny and kind-hearted and tries to teach in a way that is easy to understand.

34A was pretty easy bc the practice exams are exactly like the real exams and he lets you have a cheat sheet. Peter is a funny guy but he moves incredibly fast during lectures and they aren't that helpful. HW is weird bc the last half of the problems are not relevant to what we're learning.