His course are difficult to follow, but overall he is a good and passionate professor. The TAs will guide you to solve the homework problems, and the tests are based on given practices as well as homework, so if you work hard and go to lectures regularly, it's not hard for you to get an A.

Great teacher, and good lecturer. It was a fun entertaining class and he truly just wants people to show up and participate. Will give extra credit on exams for attendance and even a free exam question for participation. Does attendance randomly when the room isn't full. Easy exams, it is very similar to the practice exam. He wants you to succeed.

If you are part of his cult and participate, you'll be rewarded with questions removed from midterms and finals. He also taught stuff way outside of the Exam FM syllabus and skipped immunization. I have avoided sharing my grade and other information out of fear that his cult members search and silence me. Save yourself and remember this: skdjhfbsdk

His only cons are really that the lecture are very scattered but he does provide lecture slides to go along with it. You do have to study on your own, however, PARTICIPATE! I didn't have to do 20% of my final, 10 other students who participated a lot got the same treatment. PLEASE do the optional final project and you literally have a Guaranteed A

Bipolar during exam time. His lectures make very little sense and goes so far beyond the scope of the class that the TA's started just giving us answers to the homework. A lot of what you go over in lecture doesn't even go on the exams because he's not allowed to test on it. Genuinely the most stressful class I have ever taken.Also crazy favoritism

People that criticize Professor Grigorian don't know what a good Professor is. Grigorian is very accessible, has interesting lectures and does his best at making his class fun. I had him for PSTAT 8 this quarter and his grading was very lenient, as well as his exams. He is not a boring professor and whatever question you have he'll answer. A+ prof.

He is the worst lecturer at UCSB. Hands down. He spoke softly without using the sound system so the whole lecture hall of 100 people had to be silent if you wanted to hear him speak. And if you did hear him speak he would ramble and go on tangents about topics that had nothing to do with the topics we would be tested on.

He thinks he's funny but he is not. Lecture material has absolutely nothing to do with the homework or tests. Lots of independent study, only take this class if you HAVE to. He also remembers everyones names and will call you out if you miss lecture.

Worst teacher to come to this school... he thinks he's better than everyone else but he can't even teach a basic finance class avoid at all costs because you will learn nothing and have to fend for yourself. He doesn't know how to communicate and he's not tech savvy

He values class participation and remembers that. Grading is usually mostly based on exams but he gives reviews and sample exams and usually the exams are pretty similar. Make sure to attend the lecture before the exam because he goes over some problems that might show up on the exam. He doesn't post his notes so make sure to take good notes.

He is too scattered and not organized with the lecture materials. I am lost 70% of the time at lectures and need to study the textbook which is much more clearer. The test, one midterm and one final, weights 80% of the final grade, but the tests are fair. Overall, not recommended if you do not want to spend lots of time studying on your own.

Prof. Grigorian is a funny and kind professor. He makes the expectations very clear and has straightforward assignments, not too tough. The main difficulty is that the lectures can sometimes be confusing/disorganized, but he posts slides and refers specific parts of the textbook, which has worked out solutions to all hw/in class problems.

If you have a late pass time, just suck it up and take this class, but avoid it if possible. The lectures are utterly incomprehensible, but attendance counts a lot. Participating isn't hard if you just spam questions and hope a few are "profound." If he can put a name to your face by the end, you'll get a bonus.

10+ hours of hw each week, last-minute midterm project idea change, mystries bonus point to face he recognize, randomly use the last 10 mintes of class to cover some ph.D. level topics:) Yah, he might not be the best professor you take, but the cheapist(maybe not) and most nearest-to-your-dorm(100%) 1rcus porformer in your boring 4-year service.

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The most annoying professor ever

Mandatory attendance and he can't explain anything properly. Avoid. Thinks he's funny but he's not.

I was nervous taking this professor just from the reviews but I will say he is an amazing professor.highly highly recommend taking him as long as you show you are putting in effort and participating in class even just speaking to him outside of class or after class you will pass with a good grade. He is incredibly kind and understanding. Take him.

I was very nervous taking him by reading the reviews but I will say he is an amazing professor. If you are actively putting in effort and participating in his class even just talking to him after you will get a good grade. He is extremely understanding and kind I highly recommend him as a professor truly an amazing professor.

The expectations really clear, make sure you go actively to class and participate. He's pretty understanding and he helped me out a lot as well. I'm very grateful, he wants his students to succeed and while he does go off tangents sometimes, he's entertaining and the class is overall enjoyable. Also very generous of bonuses at the end of quarter.

Karen's great. It's true you should participate and he goes on lots of tangents, but as long as you're able to grasp to the details of the lecture you'll be fine. He is very accessible and grading criteria is clear. Class is challenging but not hard. Overall W prof would recommend. Participate enough and he'll give a big bonus, very clutch on tests

Super great professor! He strongly encourages participation and it is honestly fun to participate in his class, he will joke around with you and still make the course easy to pass, even if the material is sort of hard to grasp, he wants you to succeed!!

He is a super sweet professor, just participate in elcture and you will do well. Participation helps a lot, as well as sitting near the front and saying hi, he really appreciates it when you put effort into saying something. Show up to lecture because he does random attendance and the HWs are very reasonable. He gives lots of bonuses at the end.

actually one of the worst professors ive ever had, avoid him at all costs.participation is HEAVILY important so if you don't like to speak/just lost you're already at a disadvantage. Lectures are mandatory but useless,goes off on many rants and can't explain difficult concepts well or at all. super disorganized but did give some bonuses at the end.