Love this professor. Best math professor i've ever had. Not sure why his 170E class is not posted as that is what this review is going to be about not 170S. This dude was really down to earth, funny, had shared my weird obession for star wars, sci fi, and fantasy for some reason. Dude was really intelligent had a great sense of humor, very responsive on email, and managed to help me succeed in 32b (i had to repeat the class but the amount of overall from 170e to 32b I think is going to save me). This dude was very helpful, homework problems were really challenging but prepared us well for the exams. Exams were pretty hard but he did let you use all your notes which was pretty nice if they were handwritten (not sure if he does that during a regular quarter probably not). textbook is always written very well in my opinion and was extremely helpful in succeeding in this class. Now i'm in 170s and hating my teacher and missing the 170e days.

This was a solid class. Giulio is very approachable and wants student to succeed. Sometimes the material can get confusing during lecture and explained poorly, so some self-studying outside of lecture is necessary (at least for me), but he is not a bad lecturer at any means. The best part about this class is that his tests are fair; the difficulty is similar to the practice exams, and they won't have anything you haven't see from the homework or practice exam. The average for the midterm was pretty high.

Side Note: I also highly recommend taking Giulio for Math 170E if you can, (I honestly think he teaches that class better than this one).

If you need to take Math 170S, take it with Giulio. His lectures are super straightforward and not to difficult to grasp. His exams were fair and were very similar to the homework. There was one midterm and a final, and you can also drop the midterm and make your final worth more. He was also very helpful during office hours when I needed some concepts to be clarified. Overall a great class.