Professor Waqar Shah is a brilliant teacher. He personally reached out to congratulate me on my grade as I had a lower grade in his 3B class. He remembers your name and vouches for you. I really liked him

I would highly recommend Dr Shah to anyone interested in the course.

Professor Waqar is a great teacher who has a great passion and understanding of maths and he goes out of his way to help his students with all their issues. His clear notes were the best part of the class and if I missed a class for some reason i was able to follow the missed topics using his notes with very little effort.

Notecards and extra credit on the final exam were the best things about this course

this professor is a genius. if you care about math and go to his office hours, you can learn soooo much from him. i heard he is leaving which is very unfortunate for students like me

He is the kindest professor I have met at UCSB so far. very understanding and will make sure you pass this class

Lectures are clear and very well-prepared. sad that the quarter is over but very excited to take his class in fall again

Take his class if you want to learn and be prepared for future courses (which is a problem in some other professors' classes, trust me). DO NOT take his class if you don't want to put in the work and want an easy A. This class is VERY difficult if you did not take calc in high school

Math 4A is the most boring course ever. Lectures were dull and unenthusiastic. However, the material is actually easy and the exams are very similar to the practice ones. I did not attend the class after the first midterm and only did the practice exams. Got As in all of them

Dr. Shah clearly knows the material very well and his excellent teaching style made even the hardest concepts super easy for me to grasp. It is a pity that many people stopped showing up very early into the quarter because the lectures became so much more interesting after the midterm. 10/10 recommend

waqar is a brilliant teacher who makes math real fun.

Cares a lot about his students. I wish I could take all my math classes with him~

Very little homework (only 10 easy webwork problems) and exams are very similar to practice exams. 15% quizzes, 15% homework, 20% midterm each and 30% final. Easy A. Take this class if you want to raise your GPA

too much homework but otherwise great professor

Decent professor. Lectures are a bit boring but overall class was easy. Final had extra credit which improved my grade

I can't wait to take my next class with him next quarter! Dude's hilarious :D :D :D

I have no idea why the reviews above are bad. This was hands down the single best math class I have ever taken and made me see a side of math that I can get behind. Also his notes are super nice and well-organized. The only downside is that there is a lot of homework but there is always Math Lab. Besides, you can always ask questions on Nectir.

You are going to have to teach yourself the material outside of class because he finds a way to make the class so boring. The material is actually quite interesting and fun to do. Do yourself a favor and take this class with someone else. HW is only 10 questions a week, 2 midterms and a final, and weekly quizzes in section which can be pretty easy.

Professor Shah has definitely improved from his first quarter here. He has made his exams easier and even allowed us a notecard on the midterm. He is difficult to understand in lecture, but his notes are easy enough to understand. We have quizzes in section which are definitely easy to pass if you pay attention to your TA.

Amazing teacher. I don't get why everyone is rating him so low. Math 3B is usually this hard, he's the easier teacher actually. He easily gave me 5-10% on my final grade just by grading very easily. All I got to say is that he's very fair but the webwork is very tough(though all math classes have way harder webworks than tests supposedly)5+ hours

He is responsible and responds to your email promptly. If you want to learn in-depth, then take his class. Tests were challenging, but he gave a nice curve with extra 10 points out of 50 points.

This class was devastating. I used all sources available; still wasn't able to fully understand anything. Spent hours in math lab working on hw where even graduate students couldn't help us. Lectures made no sense; left even more confused. Post Course Summary: I couldn't tell you even if I wanted to because I don't know what happened in that class.

Lectures were super confusing. Homework took an average of 5 hours a week for me, on top of frequent tutoring. Quizzes are super easy but midterms and final are very difficult.

Waqar is a great guy and responds to student feedback, however, this class is very difficult and lectures will often leave you more confused. In order to finish Webwork, you need to go to either CLAS drop in hours (I recommend) or Math Lab and even then it will take hours to complete. Be prepared to put in a lot of work outside of class!