Content was taught at a higher level than usual for the course. Exams were pretty easy though and mirrored the practice/homework almost exactly. Only 1-2 curveballs per exam, plus the final cutoffs were adjusted down by 10%. No real complaints but not super engaging either. In particular, did not try to motivate the math being done at all.

The lectures are very fast paced and hard to follow, and he is a very tough and picky grader. Definitely would not take again.

Goes over everything in the textbook pretty well. Exams are not that bad and are graded fairly. You'll be fine if you put in a little effort to understand the material. This professor won't amaze you but he's a solid choice.

He proves everything and leaves nothing as an exercise, which is how my textbooks should be. Brought a live goat to the class one day to illustrate a new proof of the Sylow's theorem, which was really fun.

Just rewrites exact notes onto the board. Doesn't actually TEACH anything.

I got a D on my last try. This offering by Professor Rodriguez made the material very easy for everyone and even my parents could not believe I got an A-. Take him!

Hated this class. Avoid this prof like the plague. Impossible to understand him. I didn't go to class. Did CLAS instead. Not much homework. Exams are annoying. There is a true false section, but in order to get any of them correct, you have to prove your answer. If you say it is true, but give an incorrect proof, it will be marked incorrect.

There were eight problems in the final; if you got seven correct, you got full credit, and the extra one counted as extra credit. He also changed the grading scale to A+ >95; A >85; A- >80. However, you need to self-teach, to be honest, his lectures were pretty torturous. I hated him until the overall score came out :)

Linear Algebra itself I feel isn't too tough. However, do not underestimate his tests. The grading on them is harsher as well. Lectures can also be hard to follow, self teaching/studying with the textbook and (while not mandatory), going to section is very important for understanding concepts. The curving on grades is very nice in the end.

Worst professor I have ever had. Heavy accent and writes straight from the textbook in lectures. He doesn't teach he is just says what he is writing down and you write 10 pages notes each lecture. Final 50% of grade. Very harsh grader on midterm which was 30%. Such unnecessarily difficult test questions. Had to teach myself everything! AWFUL

Class is very rigorous and for the first time, I really appreciated linear algebra.

Worst math professor at UCSB. DO NOT TAKE HIS CLASS. Super harsh grader and tests are impossible. Lectures are basically textbook summary, you will have to self teach. Super thick accent to the point of being basically inaudible, and horrible handwriting so you can't follow notes. Take Labutin instead for 4A. Test heavy, 30% midterm, 50% final.