Mckenzie is a great professor to take this class with! Would definitely take another math class with him if it's offered. He's very nice, funny, explains topics very well during lecture, and always provides a good number of example problems for every concept that's covered. Lectures can be a little boring, but idk how anybody could make multivariable calc very interesting. He uses Piazza to communicate with his students, and he/his TA's are always very quick to respond on there to any questions that are posted. Homework is about an hour's worth of problems every week from a pdf he posts on Piazza (no textbook needed!)
Discussion was just a couple practice problems my TA made up for us to do, time for any questions about the homework, and a 10 minute quiz over 1 or 2 problems that came straight from the homework (quizzes account for 15% of your grade). Although HW isn't collected, the quiz coming straight from the hw makes it a good idea to always do it. Also, attendance/participation isn't taken into account for lecture or discussion, so I would usually show up 30 minutes late to discussion and just take the quiz and no one would care.
Midterms account for 22.5% of your grade each (although there's a grading option you can choose where only one midterm/the final are taken into account and both are weighted higher in case you do super badly on one midterm) Neither midterm was very difficult, and Mckenzie posted practice problems beforehand on Piazza for both midterms that were pretty much the exact same format as the questions on the midterms themselves. Final was worth 40% (or more if you choose the second grading method), and was about the same level of difficulty. If you're able to do all the homework problems and practice problems for the midterms on your own, you'll do fine.
All in all, Mckenzie and his TAs are great, and if you do all the homework and practice problems and understand them, you should be able to get a pretty good grade in the class.

Dr. McKenzie was a very good professor. Everyone I knew loved him. His lectures were super clear, and the tests were reasonable. The homework is super short, and he doesn't even collect it. The homework grades are from weekly quizzes, and the questions are on the homework. I recommend going through the textbook for each test, but as long as you pay attention and ask for help when you need it, it is easy to get a good grade and learn a lot in this class.

Dr. Mckenzie is the only professor who I would take the time to review on BruinWalk, because he was so clear and helpful during his lectures. His midterms were very fairly constructed, with no unnecessary tricks, and he is definitely a professor who values practical knowledge over trying to stratify everyone with a curve. I hope that anyone reading these reviews gets to have Dr. Mckenzie as a professor.

Honestly couldn't have asked for a better math professor.

I thought that 32A with McKenzie was good. He goes over the material very in a very clear way and takes the time to answer questions in class if people are confused, but he doesn't really go off on tangents. The homework was reasonable and the quizzes in discussion were never on the hard problems. You don't need to get the newest version of the textbook because he types up the homework problems. If you're looking for a relatively easy math class that will also teach you what you need to know I'd recommend this class.

What a great teacher. Lectures were always at a good pace and the midterms and finals were definitely tailored to what we were learning. Overall a very fair class with a professor who cares about the students.

McKenzie's class was incredibly easy for the content, the homework would take an hour tops for an entire week's worth of problems and the tests were literally all computational (all the problems were exactly the same kind that we saw on the homework and the practice tests). I got an A- because I got too confident and made a really silly error on the final that cost me a lot of points (as well as some really dumb errors on the midterms), but I recommend McKenzie for sure – even though his pacing is a bit slow, he is really clear about the topics, and it's a good way to learn without being overly stressed. Everything still does get covered despite the slower pace, and he's also just a really cool guy in general.

Mckenzie is one of the best professors I've had so far at UCLA! The material for this class isn't terribly difficult. That being said, his lectures were clear and engaging and his office hours were regularly packed! The midterms and final were both fair. We had homework assigned every week but it wasn't collected. Instead, we'd have weekly quizzes in discussion that contained a random sampling of some homework problems. In addition to being a great professor, he's also incredibly nice and kind!

This was my first math class at UCLA last year. Professor Mckenzie was such an awesome professor. He was clear, concise, and an engaging lecturer who really cared about his students. I remember one time I and several other students had a lot fo questions after one lecture, and he was happy to clarify things and answer us. It took so long that the next lecture was starting, but was still happy to take the time to have us all step outside the 4000A lecture hall and finish answering our questions. He also has a rather interesting South African English accent, which only adds to his charm. The class was also not bad at all, and he taught it well.

Loved this class. I am selling my Multivariable Calculus 4th edition textbook. Contact me at **********.