MATH 3A
Calculus for Life Sciences Students
Description: Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Preparation: three and one half years of high school mathematics (including trigonometry). Enforced requisite: successful completion of Mathematics Diagnostic Test (score of 48 or better) or course 1 with grade of C- or better. Not open for credit to students with credit in another calculus sequence. Modeling with functions, limits, and derivatives, decisions and optimization in biology, derivative rules and tools. P/NP or letter grading.
Units: 4.0
Units: 4.0
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Taking a class with Prof. Fernandez is like having an Indian version of James Bond as a math professor. It's freaking awesome! He's so cute, and he really cares about his students learning the material in a deep way. His tests and grading are totally fair because Fernandez is a super cool dude. The best part is that he always looks like he walked right out of a fashion magazine - he came to lecture one day in a sparkly gold and blue stripped blazer! The glare kept hurting my eyes, but whatever. Thanks to Professor Fernandez's class, when I told my friend I could beat him at arm wrestling and he said "Prove it," I honestly replied, "I'll prove it - prove it like Pythagoras' Theorem!"
Taking a class with Prof. Fernandez is like having an Indian version of James Bond as a math professor. It's freaking awesome! He's so cute, and he really cares about his students learning the material in a deep way. His tests and grading are totally fair because Fernandez is a super cool dude. The best part is that he always looks like he walked right out of a fashion magazine - he came to lecture one day in a sparkly gold and blue stripped blazer! The glare kept hurting my eyes, but whatever. Thanks to Professor Fernandez's class, when I told my friend I could beat him at arm wrestling and he said "Prove it," I honestly replied, "I'll prove it - prove it like Pythagoras' Theorem!"
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As someone below also stated, his handwriting is legible, in a beautiful I would love to have that too kind of way. He always came to class prepared with numerous examples. If anyone ever needed help, he would assist them in office hours, going over any issues and ensuring complete understanding of the concepts. Awesome French accent - some people complained. Honestly it wasn't even that bad. Overall: nice guy, cool accent, knowledgeable, and very helpful. Would recommend.
As someone below also stated, his handwriting is legible, in a beautiful I would love to have that too kind of way. He always came to class prepared with numerous examples. If anyone ever needed help, he would assist them in office hours, going over any issues and ensuring complete understanding of the concepts. Awesome French accent - some people complained. Honestly it wasn't even that bad. Overall: nice guy, cool accent, knowledgeable, and very helpful. Would recommend.
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I was terrified to take his class because his reviews of bruin walk said that he was a bad professor. I was so scared to take his class, but I took my chances. Professor Gleizer is one of the most friendly and personable professors I have met while being here at UCLA. He was very patient, and always willing to walk through questions with students in his office hours. During lecture, he would go over Precalculus and he would also lecture on the material for Math 3A. He was straightforward, and he wanted his students to succeed. He gave practice exams and they were almost identical to both midterms. The final was much harder, but I walked away with a B in the class. Great Professor. I would definitely recommend to take him. Go to his office hours!
I was terrified to take his class because his reviews of bruin walk said that he was a bad professor. I was so scared to take his class, but I took my chances. Professor Gleizer is one of the most friendly and personable professors I have met while being here at UCLA. He was very patient, and always willing to walk through questions with students in his office hours. During lecture, he would go over Precalculus and he would also lecture on the material for Math 3A. He was straightforward, and he wanted his students to succeed. He gave practice exams and they were almost identical to both midterms. The final was much harder, but I walked away with a B in the class. Great Professor. I would definitely recommend to take him. Go to his office hours!
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Fall 2021 - The workload was very heavy, the weekly homework takes a lot of time to complete. The two midterms were very challenging and I was often marked off almost all of the available points for simple errors such as a missing symbol, these simple errors almost made me fail the class.
Fall 2021 - The workload was very heavy, the weekly homework takes a lot of time to complete. The two midterms were very challenging and I was often marked off almost all of the available points for simple errors such as a missing symbol, these simple errors almost made me fail the class.
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