This class for many is the first you will have to take for an upper div math course. If there is anyone you would want to take it with it SHOULD be Shin. Lectures and HW are based off the book, and for many you could afford skipping lecture and reading his notes. The great thing about this class and Shin in general is that he is very down to earth and always willing to help. You never feel intimidated about reaching out to him during office hours. His exams are fair and homework based. The one drawback is that the grading is a bit on the stricter side, but it will force you to write better proofs. If you are able to get a spot in his lecture I would recommend 100%. He is for sure one of the chillest profs you will have.

Professor Shin is awesome! The homework load is manageable and his lectures are engaging and easy to follow. The exams are pretty fair since the problems are similar to those covered in class and on the homework (no trick questions). He also is generous with partial credit on exams. Overall, this class shouldn't be too stressful as long as you do the homework and take good notes during lecture. Lectures are also recorded. 10/10 would recommend taking Shin for 32A.

Professor Brian ia amazing! He has a great sense of humor that makes class engaging and records all of his lectures, which is super helpful for studying. Attending his lectures is better than watching the videos because he does practice problems in class, and actually doing them there gives you a chance to ask questions and clarify. He's very open to questions and answers them very thoroughly. Also, he usually answers questions on CampusWire (the Q and A website) promptly, so if you have a last minute question before a test, it really helps. Overall, I really enjoyed this class despite not being that into calculus and would take it again!

Shin is just the GOAT. Lectures are recorded and his explanations dumb it down to your level. Homework was super easy and quick. Tests were also really light. Take him for every class you can.

Brian Shin is one of the greatest lecturers and professors at UCLA. He is engaging, funny, and overall a must take if you can. His homework is really light, he gives quizzes each week that are easy to answer because the answers are in his notes. The exams are nothing tricky and based off notes and homework, and he will never give you something he did not cover. He also is generous with partial credit. B.Y. SHIN IS THE GOAT.

Great teacher, enjoyed his class. He taught the content very well, was engaging, funny, and honestly just real.

He's just a great teacher. Very good at explaining, tests are fair and accurate reflections of the homework. He is a super nice and approachable person, and he makes the class very straightforward. It was a very moderate level of difficulty, it wasn't super high stress but I still felt like I learned a lot.

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tests based off hw, pretty cool guy

maybe i'm js bad at math but this was awful for me. there was speculation that he made his class harder but im not sure now that im looking at prev reviews. either way the avgs for our exams were D+, C+, C-, no curve to my knowledge but he allowed for only one midterm to count if you did well & also had this rule for the final where if you got >90% you'd get at least an A-. homework and quizzes were also included in the grade and you had like 2 drops each(?). attendance was optional for both lecture & section. part of what made this class hard for me was that he didn't offer any explicit review q's before exams. it's just how well you know the textbook readings & homework. the first part of class was difficult for me conceptually & the t/f questions rly got me. the second midterm was easier to me because i walked through the textbook examples & the content was more math-y to me. final wasn't too bad, part of it was new content and then the other parts were very similar to each midterm. honestly i can't rly complain considering i ended with an A but knowing at least one other prof had an easier exams w higher avgs this quarter, i wouldn't take him again.