I took this class during summer session A 2020 (things may be different because summer + covid), but the breakdown was the better score between 20% quizzes, 30% midterm, 50% final or 20% quizzes, 15% midterm, 65% final. There were 5 quizzes total and the lowest 2 were dropped. Professor Ozel is incredibly helpful and clear. He would handwrite the notes for the entire chapter beforehand and upload them to ccle so you could follow along during lectures. His notes were organized and provided clear definitions and many examples. He was always willing to answer questions and re-explain concepts. Although there were no homework assignments, he provided a list of homework questions from the textbook that you can practice from. His quizzes and exams were fair. Overall, I really enjoyed this class, and I would definitely take professor Ozel again!

Professor Ozel was the best professor I had at UCLA! He is the only reason I survived FAM at UCLA. He is a very clear and understanding professor and genuinely wants to teach his students. I would highly recommend him!

Great professor! highly recommend this class. ozel is a great lecturer and is great at explaining concepts

Professor Ozel is very helpful and willing to work with students, which was appreciated considering classes were moved online during the last weeks of the quarter. Exams are fair (midterm and final), with reading assignments for discussion sections but no graded homework. I'd recommend Ozel for any class in the math dept.

Professor Ozel is very helpful and he explains things very well. Lectures are clear. Problems on quizzes are pretty easy; midterm is easy as well. Final exam is harder.

Amazing professor. His lectures are clear and he provides his own lecture notes which is pretty nice. Would highly recommend taking this class with him!

I really enjoyed math 61 with Prof. Ozel. His lectures were engaging and I found the material to be really interesting. Since this was a summer class, homework was optional, but I recommend at least looking at it because it really helped me on exams. For his exams, there's a lot of material covered, but the content is not difficult, it just requires some thinking. Definitely recommend taking this class with Ozel if you can

In my opinion, Dr. Ozel is one of the best math professors I've had so far. He is very passionate about the material and explains everything really well during lectures. He always makes sure to answer all questions students may have during lectures and office hours and is really kind. The exams had a few questions that were a little challenging, but definitely not difficult overall as long as you prepare appropriately. The quizzes were really straightforward too, and he allowed you to drop one of the quizzes.

The only downside to taking the class online with him is that he tended to go over material pretty quickly during lectures since he used pre-written notes, which made taking down notes during lectures difficult. But all his lectures were recorded and the notes were uploaded to CCLE, so it wasn't really a big issue. Nevertheless, I'm extremely glad to have taken this class with Dr. Ozel, and if I have a choice, I will definitely take another class with him again in the future.

Highly recommend Ozel -- he gives clear lectures, is very approachable, and knows the material well. I suppose the only thing prospective actuaries should be aware of is that his class doesn't completely prepare you for the actuary exam. If you want to pass any actuary exam you have to put in a hell of a lot of hours outside the classroom, and even then you still might not pass haha

I would highly recommend taking this class with professor Ozel. His lectures are clear and his hand written notes are really helpful. There wasn't really any homework for this class since he doesn't collect them - students could just choose which problems they want to do for their own practice. The only shortcoming of this class was the number of exam and quizzes - there were 5 quizzes, 2 midterms and 1 final. However, he drops two of the lowest quizzes. Overall, this was an enjoyable class, and professor Ozel is definitely one of the nicest professors in the math department.