I had him for 32A. I believe it was Dr. Taylor's first full academic quarter teaching, so he seemed nervous at times and did make mistakes during lectures.

That said, I do believe he was a very decent professor. He gave examples in class that were helpful for the homework. The fact that he did not give quizzes is also a plus. Also, his exams were quite fair and mostly computational. I lost points mostly for simple mistakes like using the wrong number and related issues. Unlike the other professors (Chayes and Williams) who were also teaching 32A at the time, Taylor was not one of those professors who goes too conceptual and focuses on the theorems.

His lectures, despite his mistakes at time, were understandable, except for one on curvature, but he fixed this during the next lecture. Also, if you have Ioannis Lagkas NIkolos as your TA, he goes a bit too fast during discussion but he is a good TA.

I did go to Taylor's office hours twice and he was helpful in both cases. In the second time I went, it was during finals week, and he gave me a tip that actually appeared on the final!

Overall, he was not too hard, but do your homework and do a lot of practice problems from the book. Go to discussion, look over your notes, and read the book as well.

Such a fun class! We just watch one movie a week and do a small writing assignment about the film (graded on participation). Just a fun thing to have in your schedule if you like movies.

So far THE WORST teacher at UCLA.
Very disorganized in lectures and we never get our homework back. Don't learn much in the lecture, so don't even bother going to the lecture unless you turn in homework.
We get practice exam's solution like the day before the test, and it is not even complete solution.
Try avoiding him.

Wow, at the beginning of this quarter Professor was rated as 8.3 something...His 33B class was over enrolled twice...