Just saw that Jose is teaching 32A again so I'm leaving this review. While it has been a year since I took this class, I can still say that he is the best math professor I've ever had. Take his class if you can.

Great professor and someone you should take for a class like this. While homeworks could be a bit tricky, he offers to solve them in office hours. Notes do go by the book, but he usually provides alternative proofs to various theorems which helps with understanding. Exams were fair and he never tried to trick you. They were based off of in class examples and homework problems. I wish he were teaching 131B because he did a great teaching this course.

The GOAT

Prof.Yanez is an engaging, clear-minded professor. He gives pretty structured lectures along with detailed lecture notes that are ready for us to fill out during lectures. After every lecture, he gives out a sheet of suggested problems and picks two as homework problems. Sometimes those problems can be somewhat tricky, but he offers to solve them during office hours. For the exams, although there is no practice exam, he pretty much follows the examples he gives on the lecture notes and homework problems as well as discussion problems. You'll be fine as long as you understand the logic behind some of the key concepts and the necessary tricks needed to play around with them (he also offers tons of explanation of the tricks during OH). Granted, real analysis is considered to be one of the hardest topics in undergraduate math and 131A as one of the most challenging upper-div classes. Yet in general, I think he makes real analysis more approachable than I thought it would be, and his teachings underpin a key component of our learning of mathematics, which becomes a milestone to embark on for the rest of the journey.

absolutely loved this class, yanez is so friendly, helpful, and such a clear lecturer. tests were fair, work is manageable. i recommend doing all the practice problems he assigns as they really helped me ground the material and develop a better understanding of what we were doing, especially if you're in a math or math related major/ if you're taking 32b. there are a lot of resources, as the textbook is great imo. 32a is generally not a course you can cruise through and you definitely need to put in the work due to the course content, but yanez makes it fair and as easy as possible given what you need to learn. made me remember why i love math.

Loved this class and professor. Was scared to take multivariable but Yanez made it manageable, and would remind us to breathe before tests. He clearly cared, and I felt the midterms and final were fair. Highly recommend.

Yanez is the goat. Absolutely loved him as my first math teacher at UCLA. His class is manageable, the tests are tough, but fair. The homework is helpful and he is easy to understand. If you are struggling, GO TO HIS OFFICE HOURS.

Yanez was a very good professor and did a good job of teaching the content. The class was challenging, but the difficulty was expected. If you pay attention, learn the content, and do the homework, an A is achievable.

friendly, approachable, straightforward and fair tests, pumpkin outfit, lovely ta's, brilliant man! in yanez we trust.

Professor Yanez is amazing, if you ever see him available for this class TAKE IT (even if it's a morning class and I despise those :P). His lectures are derivative of the textbook yet super engaging. He also has guided notes that he gives to his students to follow, which was tremendously helpful, letting me spend less time taking notes and more time being engaged in the lecture. Homework is very light, but his suggested problems are highly recommended if you are looking for more practice on hammering in concepts. Though he doesn't give practice midterms, there are plenty of other ways of studying and the midterms aren't hard imo. If you're struggling with problems, Prof. Yanez will be more than happy to go over them in OH. Overall, he's charming, engaging, funny, and dare I say a lil cute :).