Lectures were unclear and felt like tangents. Interesting material, but you have to be super committed and read the textbook if you want to get a passing grade. Tests are detailed and nit-picky. He is not particularly kind or encouraging either.

Reese's attitude was not encouraging and he didn't offer resources for test-prep. If you review slides after class you will be very confused. You have to rely on your notes. This class demands many extra hours of extra reading to do well. I don't shy away from a challenge but this class requires a much bigger time commitment than others.

Don't take this class unless you're willing to dedicate a LOT of time to it. Really interesting topics but lectures are disorganized and full of so much info that you can't tell what you need to pay attention to. Prof is very nice and helpful during OH but rambles on a lot. Graded only by a midterm & final, which are very both very difficult.

If you think this is going to be a walk in the park, run. Run fast, run far. This class is no joke. It's two tests and he tends to ramble about stuff that's not important to the course. There's no curve and this has no business being an undergrad level course.

Do not take this class. That midterm would've been easier to understand if it was in Russian. You're graded on a midterm and a final and it's by far the hardest class I've ever taken at UCSB. He isn't a great professor and has 2 hours worth of material every week, with no clue what's relevant and what's not.

DO NOT TAKE HIM. WASTE OF TIME. He goes on tangents only to say "it's not important" or "we will talk more about it later" and then proceeds to never bring it up again. He is an expert in his field, but his students aren't and he holds them to his absurd and unrealistic standards. If the average midterm grade is a 60%, theres something wrong.