stay away

this class is okay if you're a self learner. not a big fan of him as a lecturer/teacher, but it's definitely passable if you put in effort. never came to class beyond the first one, but did all the homework problems and he gives you a 8.5x11 front and back cheatsheet. his notes are sloppy/all over the place lol grading is 20% hw 30% mid 50% final

Lectures were heavy on proofs, and the way that the math was explained was very confusing (His notes did not read top down, left to right, they were absolutely EVERYWHERE). I think that Prof Ye is a nice man, but NOT a good lecturer. Would not recommend if you want to actually learn math. You do get a cheat sheet for tests, but it didn't help me.

Professor is never going to respond to any emails or requests. He reads directly off the book, and half the class fails every exam. The syllabus is 15 lines long. Total 15 line syllabus. "A potted plant might do a better job" Never start from the back of the exam. Both midterm and finals had changes we had to make halfway through the exam.

Literally couldn't understand a single thing he said all quarter. Going to class or not is the same, tried to learn with youtube or the textbook but decided to withdraw and take it with a different professor next quarter. NEVER take class with him. I don't know how he is teaching here.

Class was not activated on Canvas until the week after we started the course. Syllabus that took so long to upload consisted of 12 sentences - no TA contact information. Final was considerably harder than midterm. Lecture has zero organization and he can be difficult to understand. Grade only consists of webwork (20%), midterm (30%) and final (50%)

L professor L class L rizz L everything about this dude. Class is terribly structured, and the lectures are pointless. Idk how UCSB hired this man, literally the biggest waste of a math quarter ever. I recommend taking literally anybody but him as a math teacher.

worst teacher to EVER be in the math department at UCSB. Immediate action against this man has to be taken if this school wants to be considered legitimate. Top 30 University but with a lecturer like him?? makes absolutely zero sense.

Worst to ever do it.

Avoid him! ! ! Terrible lectures, harsh grading. There aren't any syllabus. His notes were terrible and I had to study on my own.

Goes off on absolutely useless tangents. No clue how he can be considered a real lecturer.

Actually pretty chill and kind. As has been said he provides some good notes. He's flexible with students. I don't understand why there's so many bad reviews. Complaints about his "loudness" or otherwise are just because of his accent. Ye is one of the few prof in the dept to be highly accomplished, but yet not be overly demanding with his students

The syllabus was just homework midterm final, no course description, no professor email, nothing. Lectures are arguably worse than reading the book on your own. Ye goes incredibly slow through class and doesn't explain any ideas or do any examples. Personally, I just take notes from the textbook instead. Avoid taking his class if you can.

There is one midterm and final in this class, but I found myself feeling lost on the material at any point during the class. He is a nice professor he just does not lecture very well, as he reads straight from the textbook. Exams are not hard at all but just be prepared to teach yourself (even though the material is not that confusing).

learnt nothing from his lectures, went to clas and did LOTS OF SELFSTUDY. final exam 50% but both midterm and final werent hard at all. just do all of his recommended practices and u will be fine

Barely covered half of the material for the course, and did a poor job with the material he did cover. Other reviews have testified to his poor organization, but what I'd like to add is the extent to which he failed to teach half of the course. In math 6A right now and needing to catch up on content that should be review.

Easy A. Your grade primarily consists of the midterm and final(50%). Both were very easy and gave tons of partial credit. Fitting for the amount Ye actually taught. Lectures are very disorganized and dull, primarily proofs and variables, very small amount of real examples. Thick accent. Skipped a little under half of the material needed.

If you only want to learn half the topics about linear algebra, make sure to take this class with Ye. Also never show up to lectures, unless you want to fall asleep listening to his amazing voice and him randomly yelling into your ears. Make sure to go to sections because TAs actually teach you the subject unlike the professor.

Easy class, didn't cover half the material so the final and midterm didn't have much stuff. Easy A.

Syllabus wasn't completed until halfway through the quarter. Said attendance was mandatory but never set up a method to count attendance (never set up iClicker). Never answers emails, don't even try. Lectures are mostly useless, some good notes, but definitely sign up for CLAS, go to section, and learn concepts on the homework.

40% of the class got an A or higher. The average for the midterm was 90%. His lectures aren't bad at all if you read the textbook a bit beforehand. However, he does many of the similar examples over and over again, and like to jump to another concept in the middle of a question.

This professor is awesome. He is intelligent, respectful to the students, interesting, and accessible outside of the classroom. His homework doesn't take too long to finish, and office hours and sections are very helpful. Don't be frightened away by his grading scale. His test questions are very fair and he post detailed question types before exams

By far the easiest class I've taken at UCSB. The person disliking all his good comments is salty because they took an L in such a freebie class.

Professor Ye gives really fair tests. He even tells you exactly every question that will appear on tests word by word, and you'll see the same questions without any single change in wording on your exam papers. He goes over lots of proofs in class tho, which are kinda irrelevant, but you can just relax as he doesn't put those stuff on tests either.