Sylvester Eriksson-Bique
Department of Mathematics
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4.9
Overall Rating
Based on 14 Users
Easiness 3.4 / 5 How easy the class is, 1 being extremely difficult and 5 being easy peasy.
Clarity 4.6 / 5 How clear the class is, 1 being extremely unclear and 5 being very clear.
Workload 3.1 / 5 How much workload the class is, 1 being extremely heavy and 5 being extremely light.
Helpfulness 4.8 / 5 How helpful the class is, 1 being not helpful at all and 5 being extremely helpful.

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  • Often Funny
  • Gives Extra Credit
  • Would Take Again
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  • Tolerates Tardiness
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Quarter: Fall 2018
Grade: A+
April 3, 2019

I just wanted to start out by saying that Sylvester, the god himself, is by far one of the best mathematics professors at UCLA. Despite being a new professor, he handled teaching Math 32A very well, and I'd highly recommend that if he's available, go ahead and take his section!
His lectures are okay, and he connects the topics well. Sometimes he might not explain a concept the best, but if you ask questions he takes care to answer them all during lecture with extreme clarity, which is definitely a big bonus. He does have typos (on both online documents and during lecture), but honestly those do not detract from the material that he's teaching.
During discussion, people would do groupwork (assisted by LAs) worksheets that quite closely resembled the exam questions, and since discussion is part of the participation grade, I'd highly recommend going.
The midterms are straight up easy, but can be time consuming. As long as you paid attention during lecture and worked somewhat on the worksheet/homework problems, you were guaranteed As on the midterms. The final is somewhat a lot more difficult (during final exam review he even stumped himself while trying to solve a question...), but he accommodates by grading extremely leniently (he told us no long computations would be on the test, and when there was a question that was extremely tedious, I believe he ended up giving a lot of people full marks to compensate). His grading scheme is pretty fair; your standard 10-25-25-40 I believe, and he DOES give extra credit, so make sure to utilize those as much as possible (we got 1% for analyzing a map of UCLA and 3% for Piazza participation). Overall, awesome dude. Follow his Instragram too!

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Quarter: Fall 2018
Grade: A
June 18, 2019

Prof Sylvester is amazing. Having him for my first quarter at UCLA put me in such an optimistic mood. His tests aren't too hard if you understand the material (I think the class average on the first midterm was in the 80s). He offers review sessions before each of them too. He also baked us cookies for the last day of class. I'd be a math major if it meant I could have him as a prof again.

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Quarter: Fall 2018
Grade: A
June 17, 2019

Very nice professor who really cared for his students. Tests were fair, not too easy, but not difficult. If you do your homework and go to discussions and do the worksheets, you'll be fine for the class.

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Quarter: Fall 2018
Grade: A
June 15, 2019

A very nice guy. I got 4% extra credits. Tests are doable, not particularly tricky. Lectures are clear, he's very good at explaining stuffs. Strongly recommended.

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Quarter: Fall 2018
Grade: A
June 4, 2019

Sylvester is an awesome prof! He answers questions very promptly on Piazza, offers a good amount of extra credit (be active online) and is a genuinely nice guy to talk to. He makes an effort to address every student by their name (and did a very good job) and always corrects any mistakes he made during lecture with a follow-up online. Lecture is sometimes too short for me to digest the material, but attending his office hours helped a lot. Definitely recommend taking his class!

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Quarter: Fall 2018
Grade: B+
April 6, 2019

I thought he was a great professor who genuinely cared about his students. He used Piazza for homework questions and always responded promptly. Extra credit opportunities were being active on Piazza answering or asking questions which helped a lot for doing and understanding homework. He also made cookies for us for our last lecture :)

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Quarter: Fall 2018
Grade: A
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April 3, 2019

TL;DR: Very nice guy, very nice teaching, extra credits given, easy As. Highly recommended.

Prof. Eriksson-Bique is one of the nicest guys in the math department. He gives review session before every exam and several extra credits which are very easy to get. If you attend and understand all his lectures you are not far from an A. The midterms for us couldn't be easier, but the final was harder.
He would have LAs, but definitely don't trust them. He also uses Piazza, where you can post problems and your peers and prof. himself will reply to that. You can also find him in his OHs; he had OHs Tuesday through Thursday, extraordinarily more frequent than average profs.

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Quarter: Fall 2018
Grade: A-
April 3, 2019

I love Sylvester he's not only good at teaching he's also a very nice person and cares about student learning. This is the first math class I took at UCLA and he would hold review sessions before each midterms and final, and I only recently found out not all math professors do that rip. His Friday classes are usually very chill, and he bakes cookies for students (that's so wholesome). He also follows students back on Instagram and friends you on facebook ! What a nice wholesome professor.
The only thing that is a bit annoying are the online quizzes and I had a somewhat racist TA, but other than that everything about him is so good. If you have studied a bit more you would definitely get an A+.

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Quarter: Fall 2018
Grade: A
April 3, 2019

Sylvester is a great prof! He explains concepts clearly, does examples, and is a genuinely nice person. The material itself can be hard at times, especially with conceptual ideas being necessary for the T/F section of the exam, but Sylvester taught it well.

The first midterm for the class was straightforward and easy. Since the average for the first midterm was pretty high, and since the later material was more complex, the second midterm exam was harder, but still fair. The final, on the other hand, was really hard, but was graded generously. Sylvester also offers extra credit for participation on Piazza (which was a really good resource)!

10/10 would recommend

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Quarter: Fall 2018
Grade: A
April 1, 2019

Sylvester hosted a lot of office hours each week, which really helped as sometimes his lectures would go by really fast. Office hours were extremely clarifying and the class had very knowledgable LAs. The homeworks were often difficult but manageable if you showed up to office hours. I liked how he tested more on concepts than algebra given that this was a calculus class.

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Quarter: Fall 2018
Grade: A+
April 3, 2019

I just wanted to start out by saying that Sylvester, the god himself, is by far one of the best mathematics professors at UCLA. Despite being a new professor, he handled teaching Math 32A very well, and I'd highly recommend that if he's available, go ahead and take his section!
His lectures are okay, and he connects the topics well. Sometimes he might not explain a concept the best, but if you ask questions he takes care to answer them all during lecture with extreme clarity, which is definitely a big bonus. He does have typos (on both online documents and during lecture), but honestly those do not detract from the material that he's teaching.
During discussion, people would do groupwork (assisted by LAs) worksheets that quite closely resembled the exam questions, and since discussion is part of the participation grade, I'd highly recommend going.
The midterms are straight up easy, but can be time consuming. As long as you paid attention during lecture and worked somewhat on the worksheet/homework problems, you were guaranteed As on the midterms. The final is somewhat a lot more difficult (during final exam review he even stumped himself while trying to solve a question...), but he accommodates by grading extremely leniently (he told us no long computations would be on the test, and when there was a question that was extremely tedious, I believe he ended up giving a lot of people full marks to compensate). His grading scheme is pretty fair; your standard 10-25-25-40 I believe, and he DOES give extra credit, so make sure to utilize those as much as possible (we got 1% for analyzing a map of UCLA and 3% for Piazza participation). Overall, awesome dude. Follow his Instragram too!

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Quarter: Fall 2018
Grade: A
June 18, 2019

Prof Sylvester is amazing. Having him for my first quarter at UCLA put me in such an optimistic mood. His tests aren't too hard if you understand the material (I think the class average on the first midterm was in the 80s). He offers review sessions before each of them too. He also baked us cookies for the last day of class. I'd be a math major if it meant I could have him as a prof again.

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Quarter: Fall 2018
Grade: A
June 17, 2019

Very nice professor who really cared for his students. Tests were fair, not too easy, but not difficult. If you do your homework and go to discussions and do the worksheets, you'll be fine for the class.

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Quarter: Fall 2018
Grade: A
June 15, 2019

A very nice guy. I got 4% extra credits. Tests are doable, not particularly tricky. Lectures are clear, he's very good at explaining stuffs. Strongly recommended.

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Quarter: Fall 2018
Grade: A
June 4, 2019

Sylvester is an awesome prof! He answers questions very promptly on Piazza, offers a good amount of extra credit (be active online) and is a genuinely nice guy to talk to. He makes an effort to address every student by their name (and did a very good job) and always corrects any mistakes he made during lecture with a follow-up online. Lecture is sometimes too short for me to digest the material, but attending his office hours helped a lot. Definitely recommend taking his class!

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Quarter: Fall 2018
Grade: B+
April 6, 2019

I thought he was a great professor who genuinely cared about his students. He used Piazza for homework questions and always responded promptly. Extra credit opportunities were being active on Piazza answering or asking questions which helped a lot for doing and understanding homework. He also made cookies for us for our last lecture :)

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Quarter: Fall 2018
Grade: A
April 3, 2019

TL;DR: Very nice guy, very nice teaching, extra credits given, easy As. Highly recommended.

Prof. Eriksson-Bique is one of the nicest guys in the math department. He gives review session before every exam and several extra credits which are very easy to get. If you attend and understand all his lectures you are not far from an A. The midterms for us couldn't be easier, but the final was harder.
He would have LAs, but definitely don't trust them. He also uses Piazza, where you can post problems and your peers and prof. himself will reply to that. You can also find him in his OHs; he had OHs Tuesday through Thursday, extraordinarily more frequent than average profs.

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Quarter: Fall 2018
Grade: A-
April 3, 2019

I love Sylvester he's not only good at teaching he's also a very nice person and cares about student learning. This is the first math class I took at UCLA and he would hold review sessions before each midterms and final, and I only recently found out not all math professors do that rip. His Friday classes are usually very chill, and he bakes cookies for students (that's so wholesome). He also follows students back on Instagram and friends you on facebook ! What a nice wholesome professor.
The only thing that is a bit annoying are the online quizzes and I had a somewhat racist TA, but other than that everything about him is so good. If you have studied a bit more you would definitely get an A+.

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Quarter: Fall 2018
Grade: A
April 3, 2019

Sylvester is a great prof! He explains concepts clearly, does examples, and is a genuinely nice person. The material itself can be hard at times, especially with conceptual ideas being necessary for the T/F section of the exam, but Sylvester taught it well.

The first midterm for the class was straightforward and easy. Since the average for the first midterm was pretty high, and since the later material was more complex, the second midterm exam was harder, but still fair. The final, on the other hand, was really hard, but was graded generously. Sylvester also offers extra credit for participation on Piazza (which was a really good resource)!

10/10 would recommend

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Quarter: Fall 2018
Grade: A
April 1, 2019

Sylvester hosted a lot of office hours each week, which really helped as sometimes his lectures would go by really fast. Office hours were extremely clarifying and the class had very knowledgable LAs. The homeworks were often difficult but manageable if you showed up to office hours. I liked how he tested more on concepts than algebra given that this was a calculus class.

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4.9
Overall Rating
Based on 14 Users
Easiness 3.4 / 5 How easy the class is, 1 being extremely difficult and 5 being easy peasy.
Clarity 4.6 / 5 How clear the class is, 1 being extremely unclear and 5 being very clear.
Workload 3.1 / 5 How much workload the class is, 1 being extremely heavy and 5 being extremely light.
Helpfulness 4.8 / 5 How helpful the class is, 1 being not helpful at all and 5 being extremely helpful.

TOP TAGS

  • Engaging Lectures
    (12)
  • Often Funny
    (12)
  • Gives Extra Credit
    (12)
  • Would Take Again
    (11)
  • Useful Textbooks
    (11)
  • Appropriately Priced Materials
    (7)
  • Tolerates Tardiness
    (8)
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