Jukka (pronounced like yoo-ka) has been my favorite professor so far at UCLA. He's an extremely intelligent individual, and truly cares about the success of his students. He holds multiple office hours a week where he takes student questions and does practice problems to clear any confusion with the course material. He also has a great sense of humor and cracks jokes all the time during lecture– he makes class super fun and enjoyable. The LS 30 series, although it holds the name mathematics, is not the same kind of math one is used to coming out of high school. It's mostly modeling dynamical systems in LS 30A, then an introduction to linear algebra in LS 30B. It's hard to adjust at first, but once you get the flow of the class it should be a breeze. As for the homework, you'll normally be expected to turn in one assignment of textbook problems a week. In LS 30A, Jukka did tend to assign a lot of homework, but after students talked to him about it, he ran a poll in class and after finding out that the majority of students felt this way, actually lowered the amount of problems he assigned weekly (and from that point on, the homework was very reasonable). He loves student feedback and is always looking to improve and make our lives easier if he can. I took Jukka for both 30A and 30B and I'm so glad I did! He's an awesome professor and if you ever have the opportunity to take a class with him you definitely should.

I feel like Jukka is one of the best professors I've had at UCLA. He is very engaging and incredibly invested in the subject, making him an even better candidate for a math class such as this one. His tests are pretty challenging, but he definitely tries to guide you through them with multiple parts in each question which all sum up to the final answer. Took him for LS30B as well, where he was a hundred times better since he took to heart the student's feedback, making his tests slightly easier and lowering the workload of the homework. Definitely would take over the Math series to fulfill the Math requirement for LS majors.

I feel like Jukka is one of the best professors I've had at UCLA. He is very engaging and incredibly invested in the subject, making him an even better candidate for a math class such as this one. His tests are pretty challenging, but he definitely tries to guide you through them with multiple parts in each question which all sum up to the final answer. Took him for LS30B as well, where he was a hundred times better since he took to heart the student's feedback, making his tests slightly easier and lowering the workload of the homework. Definitely would take over the Math series to fulfill the Math requirement for LS majors.

Jukka (as he preferred us to call him) is one of the best professors I've had. He may not be the most engaging lecturer, but he makes sure that you are well equipped to do well on exams. He applies an advantageous grading scheme, and drops the two lowest of your 10 homework assignments, which were not that much because people claimed that it was too much, when it really wasn't. The material can get confusing, and it may be hard to find help because what you learn in this class is somewhat unique, but Jukka is extra helpful with his office hours, actually cares about his students, and it is evident that he tries his very best to ensure your success. He offers review sessions (asks when works best for his students) and individual appointments where he offers insight on what you need to do to better yourself. He provides comprehensive study guides for the midterm and finals, and makes everything super comprehensible. Jukka truly cares about you as a student, and will go out of his way to ensure that, something I greatly appreciate.

Jukka has an accent that can be hard to decipher, but overall it is not too distracting from learning the material in lecture and it honestly made the lectures more fun. Jukka is so funny in his lectures. I attended one of his office hours and he was communicative to me, and he is fair with tests and wants students to really learn. He communicates well through the CCLE announcements page and through emails. I was sad having him as my professor when most of my peers had Garfinkel, but I think having Jukka was not a detriment to my learning experience. I really really studied the practice exams he uploaded before finals which was good because the final was basically that exam with different numbers. Always always do the homework. Get people's phone numbers in your class to help out with the lab because not doing labs or not understanding them will really hurt your great at the end of the quarter.

Jukka was funny and engaging, though his midterm was slightly difficult!

Jukka is literally the best; he genuinely cares about his students and is extremely helpful and funny! The only bad part about this class is the lab component, but that is only like 1% of your overall grade. Jukka makes the rest of the course a breeze! I would recommend Jukka because he also literally tells you exactly the types of questions that will be on the midterm and final - there will be no surprises. Just make sure you work on doing the homework accurately and getting your labs right and you should score high.