Amazing professor, always be patient and good at helping students. Lecture note is clear and well-organized.

Brightbill is the best prof I've had in the math department. The way his class is set up really forces you to learn the concepts and material. HW is a lot but fair and you can do corrections for full points. Office hours are super valuable. Try to go to every lecture, he covers a lot. His class is hard but if you want to learn, he's your guy

Brightbill is very accessible outside of class and provides materials needed to succeed. While lectures are essential to attend in order for learning material, they are not mandatory, and most of the material still needs to be self-taught in order to truly understand it. The only way to learn the material is repetition, so get ready to work.

Hard class, good professor. Reading the book will help reinforce the material. Brightbill knows learning this new material is difficult. He will stay in office hours answering any questions til the cows come home, so going will help you understand the material.

Uses piazza for homework questions which honestly helps so much and definitely ask question if you are even a little bit confused because the class is so fast paced that it will all build up and you will be very behind if you don't. Easy to get a B but hard to get an A in the class. There is a ton !!! of homework but it does prepare you very well

Easily the best math professor I've had at UCSB. The material is fairly challenging but his teaching is so good that it makes up for it. He used his own "textbook" for 108A which consisted of his notes and it was way better than any other textbook I could have used. I highly recommend taking a course with him if you can.

This guy is a G best math professor I have had at this school

One of the best professors I've ever had! He is super passionate and helpful outside of class and creates his own "textbook" which is so much easier to follow than most math textbooks.

Professor Brightbill clearly has a passion for teaching and is very set on making sure that anyone who passes his class is ready for upper division math. He does give a lot of homework and will show no mercy when grading. That being said he is very kind and helpful so go to his office hours, ask a bunch of questions and you'll do great!

really good professor if you really want to learn something about mathematical thinking and proof.

I learned a lot from his class. I was nervous about my poor 4A before I came to his class. He is so patient, nice, and gives so clear explanation although I sometimes ask bad questions. It is really easy to understand his lecture as long as you pay attention. He holds so long OH until he answers all the questions. He is the BEST professor!

Amazing professor? Yes. Brutal? Yes. The class was very challenging and had lots of homework but ultimately was so well taught that I learned a TON. If you're ready to put in the effort you will get a lot out of this class and be very well prepared for future classes. A great professor. I will try to take more classes with him!