This professor talks fast with a spanish accent and is hard to understand and comprehend in class. He is rude in lecture but I guess he is nice if you talk to him personally. The mid term was simple and the final was very hard. Thanks Garcia-Cervera for my only C in college!
He is a nice person (he would help you as much as he can if you go to his office hour), but not a good professor. you won't ever understand his lecture at all. also, final is extremely hard.
I got a 67% on the midterm, a 55% on the final, a 100% on all of the homework (worth 40%)and got a B in the class. Garcia scales the class so that 60% is solid C. Instead of going to lecture, GO TO CALVIN KAO for CLAS...you wont regret it.
By FAR the worst professor I ever had. It was impossible to understand him, there was no curve on his exam, and even my TA wasn't able to prepare me for the completely abstract and ridiculously hard final. Do NOT take him under any circumstances, wait for another professor.
Terrible. Everything that the 5A students said about him is completely true, except that he doesn't have a curve for his ridiculously difficult, not homework related, unstandardized tests. I got 100% on the homework, 90% on the midterm, and ended up with a B- in the class because the final was impossible. DO NOT TAKE HIM. You will regret it.
Lecture was boring. His explanations were too conceptual. CLAS helped me get through this class. HW is long and redundant, but it's well worth it since it's 40% of your grade.
Garcia's lectures were utterly useless. I went to about 3 or 4 of them total. Do CLAS with Calvin Kao (if he's still doing it) - he got me an A in the class. Tests are hard, be prepared to know conceptual stuff beyond the scope of the homework. Good curve though and 40% homework grade. Some homeworks were long but expedited with Mathematica/Maple.
All around horrible professor. Lectures were unclear and impossible to follow, the HW was often redundant, and the tests were just poor. Most likely aware of his obvious shortcomings, he did institute a ridiculous curve, with 50% being a C-, and HW counting for 40% of your grade. You'll pass, but will have trouble grasping the concepts.
ONE question in the midterm = 0 pts for most of students a LOT of hw nd his lecture notes are helpless for either HW or TEST No curve either. Can't understan d professors that gives theorical based question including proving(it was 1/3 of the midterm grade...) I would take a quarter off of math nd take it with another professor if i had the chance
His lectures and notes are completely useless. Many students stopped showing up to class and went to CLAS instead. Every quarter, he has a midterm with one question in which he gives most people a zero.
His lectures do not prepare you for the test. I recommend that students attend CLAS instead.
Not a bad teacher, but not a good one. Tends to speak over your head most of the time and thrives on abstract explanation. Considering 3C is my first math class with any abstract thought, it was a bit of a struggle. But his presentations are rigid and structured, so if you work hard and use the TAs, you won't die.
This professor is imposible to follow in class. I never learned anything from him. The TA was the most helpful and was the reason I got through the course. I felt that he would have done a better job of teaching the course. Also, there were problems on the exams that we had never covered. When the class protested, he didn't care.
I've had 3 math classes prior to taking this (Got all A's), and this professor is by far the most incomprehensible one I've had yet, for any subject. The textbook is also terrible, thank god my TA was good. His lectures are very abstract. I passed this class without having felt like I truly grasped the content.
he tried really hard to go easy on the grading. he ended up curving the class and dropping the midterm grade for those who did well on the final. i got a 75 on the midterm and ended up with an a-. his lectures were really hard to follow and i relied wholly on clas, but it wasn't the worst experience of my life.
I still don't know what to think. I did well, but had no idea I would because our midterm was completely ridiculous.
Better at confusing students than helping. DO NOT TAKE!!!!
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stay away! gave 1 a-,2 b+,2b,1 b-, 3c+ and 32 c's d's and f's
Worst math teacher ever! Stay away from him... He is unclear and is not very good with English. CLAS was very helpful though. Not too hard of a grader though, but just hope you understand it.
Excellent teacher, very friendly and approachable, fair grader, recommend
He makes these classes incredibly hard. If you can avoid it, take it a year later so there is a better chance that another professor will be teaching it.