MATH 131A
Analysis
Description: Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Requisites: courses 32B, 33B. Recommended: course 115A. Rigorous introduction to foundations of real analysis; real numbers, point set topology in Euclidean space, functions, continuity. P/NP or letter grading.
Units: 4.0
Units: 4.0
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Winter 2018 - This is for Math132. He is definitely not the best one but he is very clear. Although he made mistakes during lecture and sometime ran over stuff without fully explaining it, he is very helpful during office hour. He knows how to explain stuff and that's what you need from a professor. Also, his tests are really reasonable compared to my other upper division classes, I can say that it is one of the easy upper division you should take. Easy doesn't mean free A though, you still have to work hard to get what you want, just not as hard. I totally recommend him to anyone.
Winter 2018 - This is for Math132. He is definitely not the best one but he is very clear. Although he made mistakes during lecture and sometime ran over stuff without fully explaining it, he is very helpful during office hour. He knows how to explain stuff and that's what you need from a professor. Also, his tests are really reasonable compared to my other upper division classes, I can say that it is one of the easy upper division you should take. Easy doesn't mean free A though, you still have to work hard to get what you want, just not as hard. I totally recommend him to anyone.
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Winter 2016 - Professor Andrews makes his lectures very very clear for us to understand instantly before class is over. His teaching methodology emphasizes both on math intuition and on reasoning. His twice-weekly office hours are more than helpful. Having a wonderful TA partner as well. His personality is brilliant and amiable and he is the professor we all love.
Winter 2016 - Professor Andrews makes his lectures very very clear for us to understand instantly before class is over. His teaching methodology emphasizes both on math intuition and on reasoning. His twice-weekly office hours are more than helpful. Having a wonderful TA partner as well. His personality is brilliant and amiable and he is the professor we all love.
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Summer 2020 - The class itself I found super dense. It is extremely theoretical and proof based, but if you take the time to memorize the proofs and the application, you will do fine. The professor was extremely helpful and clear, one of the best math professors I've had at UCLA.
Summer 2020 - The class itself I found super dense. It is extremely theoretical and proof based, but if you take the time to memorize the proofs and the application, you will do fine. The professor was extremely helpful and clear, one of the best math professors I've had at UCLA.
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Spring 2018 - Matthias is a very clear lecturer, and effectively builds up the course material from the ground up, which is the purpose of this class: proving the material of single variable calculus from first principles. He gave easy tests, with medians of 79%, 68%, and 81% (Midterms 1 & 2, then the Final). I got 98%, 93% and 96% by just ensuring that I knew and understood the import definitions/theorems from the class. The homework problems can be challenging, but extra credit problems on them should keep your HW grade close to 100%. He does grade on the absolute scale. Very chill guy, would take a class with him again!
Spring 2018 - Matthias is a very clear lecturer, and effectively builds up the course material from the ground up, which is the purpose of this class: proving the material of single variable calculus from first principles. He gave easy tests, with medians of 79%, 68%, and 81% (Midterms 1 & 2, then the Final). I got 98%, 93% and 96% by just ensuring that I knew and understood the import definitions/theorems from the class. The homework problems can be challenging, but extra credit problems on them should keep your HW grade close to 100%. He does grade on the absolute scale. Very chill guy, would take a class with him again!
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Spring 2019 - I was really worried when starting this class, but Professor Austin was amazing! He was very helpful and would always stick around after class for questions. He is very clear with his lectures and even color codes everything! He also posted clear solutions and gave us similar proofs to homework problems or problems done in lecture in our exams. His office hours were also extremely helpful!! I highly recommend this professor!!
Spring 2019 - I was really worried when starting this class, but Professor Austin was amazing! He was very helpful and would always stick around after class for questions. He is very clear with his lectures and even color codes everything! He also posted clear solutions and gave us similar proofs to homework problems or problems done in lecture in our exams. His office hours were also extremely helpful!! I highly recommend this professor!!
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Fall 2025 - Analysis is hard, especially when you're just introduced to it. This class wasn't a breeze, and I did put in effort to fully understand what's going on. But I did do well, so that means you can too. Prof Badreddine is an okay prof; she isn't super engaging and only goes over things she has on her notes. She does take a pause and asks us if we're confused and have questions, but sometimes she's speeding through too quickly, and we're so lost that we don't have any questions. She's not helpful for homework during office hours, and shoos us to the TA (great person Ariana Chin). I can't say she cares too much about our learning, but she does teach what's needed. Homework was a little difficult, but nothing mind-blowingly hard. You'll need to pray for a good TA to help you if you have any questions. Prof Badreddine posted some "worksheets" (that were taken from previous discussion sections) and she reused some of those questions on the midterms (not the final tho). Whatever she says to practice with, do those practice problems. As a result, the midterms and final weren't that bad. 131A is far from my favorite math class at UCLA, but it's doable especially if you have a good TA. Just try your best, make sure you understand as much as you can from class and the homework, do all the practice Badreddine gives you, and pray to the math gods that your brain doesn't blank out during the test. Good luck!
Fall 2025 - Analysis is hard, especially when you're just introduced to it. This class wasn't a breeze, and I did put in effort to fully understand what's going on. But I did do well, so that means you can too. Prof Badreddine is an okay prof; she isn't super engaging and only goes over things she has on her notes. She does take a pause and asks us if we're confused and have questions, but sometimes she's speeding through too quickly, and we're so lost that we don't have any questions. She's not helpful for homework during office hours, and shoos us to the TA (great person Ariana Chin). I can't say she cares too much about our learning, but she does teach what's needed. Homework was a little difficult, but nothing mind-blowingly hard. You'll need to pray for a good TA to help you if you have any questions. Prof Badreddine posted some "worksheets" (that were taken from previous discussion sections) and she reused some of those questions on the midterms (not the final tho). Whatever she says to practice with, do those practice problems. As a result, the midterms and final weren't that bad. 131A is far from my favorite math class at UCLA, but it's doable especially if you have a good TA. Just try your best, make sure you understand as much as you can from class and the homework, do all the practice Badreddine gives you, and pray to the math gods that your brain doesn't blank out during the test. Good luck!
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