Garfield is really caring and lenient. He dropped our lowest participation score, a few homework grades, and three of our lowest weekly quiz scores. He offered extensions on pretty much every homework assignments. That being said, he started posting lectures really late in the day near the end of the quarter, and he's not that great at explaining.

Professor Garfield was a really good instructor. His lectures were easy to understand, and the weekly quizzes were not as stressful as a midterm format. He was very lenient and extended homeworks often. He also made sure to clear up any questions students had on Nectir, and I appreciate him for that.

Of all my professors, Prof. Garfield did the best job adapting to remote learning. The lectures are engaging, the quizzes are fair, and he extends homework all the time. Instead of midterms, there is a weekly quiz, which I found to be a lot less stressful. 50% of the grade is homework, and there are three quiz drops, so this should be an easy A.

garfield is great! had lectures on mon, wed, fri, and hw for each lecture, everything async. he gave extensions for the whole class for every single hw. 1 quiz a week, and a final worth 4 quizzes. dropped the 3 lowest hws and quizzes, and also 1/3 of our participation grade. super accommodating and understanding professor, honestly 10/10

I loved him so much. He actually cares about his students' mental health which is really rare, and he makes sure to keep lectures under 35-40 mins. Yes he sometimes posts lectures late, but he always compensates by extending homework assignments. I also really liked how he didn't penalize students for having bad wifi.

I loved him so much. He actually cares about his students' mental health which is really rare, and he makes sure to keep his lectures under 35-40 mins!!! Yes he does post lectures late sometimes, but he always compensates by extending homework assignments. I also love how he doesn't penalize students for having bad wifi.

Garfield was a great prof, and he adapted to virtual learning very nicely. 3 lectures a week with 3 hw assignments relating to them. Short weekly quizzes and no midterm. Constantly extends hw deadlines because he understands how stressful this quarter is. His lectures always made me laugh, and I'm excited to take him again. Take him if you can!

His lectures do not help, and although he seems like a good person, at the end of the day, I don't think I ever learned anything from him. After watching his lecture once, I immediately stopped and only started reading from the textbook. I also lived in math lab, which is taught by TA's.

Peter has been accommodating to every circumstance - from the pressure the pandemic puts on us to other classes' workloads. His lectures are punctual, always accessible, and not super confusing. The material is hard- no doubt- but if you understand early concepts you will be fine. The grading system is such that if you do the work you can get an A.

100/10 AMAZING prof. loves his students, and loves teaching! He is so understanding but professional! gets straight to the point and you can never get bored watching his recorded lectures. amazing interaction with the class and the material itself is very doable if you watch lectures with him! 10/10 recommended.

understands his students and pushes back homework a lot

I am currently taking his MATH 4A in 2020 fall quarter. He is amazing. I really enjoy his smiles before every lecture and his humorous emails. He has replaced the midterms with little quizzes every week. He extends hw deadlines due to chem and physics exams. Planning to take his 6A next quarter.

He is not that great with online teaching. While the situation isn't his fault, it seems like he hasn't properly adapted to it. His lessons are all very bland and do not have great explanations. He also is terrible at enforcing deadlines so work due one week ago is due today.

I took Math 4B with Garfield online for Spring 2020. Unlike other reviews, I actually found it to be challenging. The homeworks took a lot of time for me to complete, but the tests werent too bad. We also didnt learn like 3 full weeks of material so I am probably screwed for future classes. Very disorganized but seems like a nice guy.

Do the homework, it really helps a lot. His lectures were okay, but he seemed like a good guy. The midterms were similar to his practice exams but a little bit difficult but doable. The final was optional though because of what was happening at the time.

Every math prof I met is so niceMath 4A is not hard, and the class notes are all you need. The notes given by Garfield is so well-organized, and the examples will help you a lot! I will definitely take his class again.

The class itself is definitely tougher than 34A but very manageable with Peter. Hes super understanding and wants to help students. Theres homework due a few times a week but if you take the time to do it, itll definitely help your grade.

He is a pretty good teacher. His lectures were really helpful in understanding. However, he is so disorganized and somehow managed to leave 2 to 3 weeks of lectures untaught. Extreme procrastinator, never take his classes if it's online unless you want to fail other classes that uses differential equations as well. Ps. never replies to emails.

Peter is such a cool and funny professor. go to his office hours for candy. this class was so easy and not much effort had to be put in

HE IS SUPER UNORGANIZED AND PROCRASTINATED TO POST HIS SLIDES. LEARNED NOTHING but still got a+ if its NOT your last math class, you probably will suffer in future math classes

(TAKEN REMOTELY SPRNG 2020) Good teacher, I liked his explanations and although his slides had mistakes, they were clear and easy to understand. As long as you go through his lectures its an easy A. Never had to read the textbook. Biggest problem is he didn't publish 2 weeks of lectures... so that might hurt in my future math studies...

peter's a literal gem. he interacts with his students during class and uses iclicker (enforces mandatory attendance) to ensure that students understand the material. if you get at least a C in his class, he rounds it up to a B! homework is not that bad, as most answers are in the book. 12 questions due at 8am before every class, takes not even 1 hr

Literally an embarrassment to the math department, even though the UCSB math department is an embarrassment in itself. This man had not finished the lectures for week 5, when we were literally going into week 9, so he had to skip a few. Does not know how to teach. He always has multiple mistakes on his slides every lecture, which is annoying. Lazy

Many mistakes in slides, never posted office hourse, was 8 lectures behind most of the time. Overall terrible teacher, but I got an A so whatever