I have no complaints about Professor Conley, AT ALL. He is amazing in his entirety and how he teaches.

The class, however, is different depending on YOUR exposure to calculus. I took this class without taking any Calculus in high school (like 99% of the class), which then put many at an advantage and easing the amount of time you put into this class. I had another experience.

So don't think its an Easy A just because all these other reviews say it is…it ultimately depends on you and your background in the subject, as of course the class is more or less based on the class average (but with everyone else doing exceptionally great on the midterms and final -- then there is no curve). If you don't feel strong in the subject then preferably take Math 1 beforehand to brush up on precalc skills as that could help.

Quizzes are simple but the midterms are at another level and the final was to everyone's surprise pretty time consuming.

I LOVED THIS MAN. Not only was he an awesome professor, but he was such a nice, down-to-earth guy overall. I believe that this was his first class as a professor at UCLA, as he was a TA before, but he definitely did an amazing job. The midterms and final were both fair, and he offered plenty of review for both. He was fantastic at spending time outside of class meeting with people as well. I took AP Calc BC and only got a 3 so I re-took this, but I got an A with no problems in this class, studying only the day before the final. TAKE THIS PROFESSOR. I wish I could have him every quarter </3

This professor is amazing. His lectures are clear and he makes the concepts seem easy.
I took AP Calculus B/C before and I got a 3 in the class so I had to take Math 3A and I don't regret it at all.
Concepts that I've never understood became completely clarified after he taught me for a quarter. He even gave us a 4 hour review session once (extended it for 2 hours just to answer EVERYONE's questions). This man is the best math teacher and he cares about his student's learning.
Take him. You will not regret it AT ALL.

Make sure you go to his review sessions before exams. You can not go to his lectures but definitely go to his review sessions. He reviews everything in the lecture in a concise and clear way. Repeat, go to review sessions if you want an A.

Prof. Conley was the best teacher I had among the three classes during first quarter. His explanations are extremely easy to follow and his weekly quizzes are a piece of cake as long as you can do the homework. The lectures get boring though since its all review of the first half of AB Calculus, which is why I started ditching lectures halfway through the quarter. His grading scheme consists of two midterms, a final, and the weekly quizzes. Midterms were a joke but the final was alright. The only bad thing about this class is that its so easy that making a mistake on a midterm or a final could easily set you way behind others in terms of the overall curve. Otherwise, I highly recommend taking this professor!

His notes and lectures are clear and very in depth! You don't need to read the textbook at all because his lectures teach the concepts very well. Do the homework because the weekly quizzes are almost identical to the homework problems. He definitely cares for his students because before every exam he has a review session and it lasts for as long as students need. We would ask a bunch of questions and he didn't even mind that the review session went to three hours. Calculus will never be completely easy, but his exams were fair and really tested your understanding of the material. If I could have him as a professor every quarter, I would! Definitely one of the best professors here on campus!

I took math 3A with professor Conley!
HE IS DEFINITELY THE BEST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
He is a new professor so i was scared to take him at first.
But his classes turn out to be really interesting, and his midterms are not tricky at all.
Some of the harder proof he talks about are fun and will not be tested on.
He does not have homework grade and gives out a quiz in section every week.
You don't have to study for the quizzes at all. They are very easy and your TA will go through very similar questions as well.
He cares about his students VERY MUCH! and accepts unscheduled visits besides his office hours!
SO TAKE HIM!!!!!

Will teaches very clearly and he gave us programming assignments from which we can actually experience the beauty of cryptography.

Tests:
1 Midterm, 1 Final.
The tests can be a little bit long, but they are easy if you understand the material.

Homework:
Homework can be a headache for someone who knows nothing about Math 110A, like me, but if you are willing to spend more time, you are totally fine.

Project:
Will asked us to dive into a cryptographic field that is not covered in class, and this project basically gave us a taste of researches.

However, this course should have Math 110A as a prerequisite since we spent so much time on number theory and finite fields. We could totally spend such time on actual cryptographic applications, like elliptic curves, pseudorandom generators, etc.. I hope the department can change the prereq and make this course better.

By far the best Math professor I've had. If you have the opportunity to take Conley for a math course, do it. He is really good at teaching and explains thing well. On top of that, his office hours are extremely helpful. Usually he takes all the students who show up to a vacant classroom next to his office and answers question individually in a very clear way. If I had to criticize anything about his teaching, it would be that he can sometimes move to slow or be a little repetitive, but that is MUCH better than moving to quickly or being vague. I knew he was a great teacher while I was in his course, but it wasn't until the next quarter when I had a professor who didn't explain things very much at all that I really came to appreciate Conley's teaching.

As far as the difficulty of the course goes, I would not say that it is an easy A. The homework and subject can be a bit challenging, however the exams are not terribly difficult. You are expected to have a thorough understanding of the course material, however this is easily possible because Conley prepares students well. In general, great professor, great lecturer, great guy.

Conley is one of the best or probably the best professor on campus. A lot of people say he is easy, but honestly he's not all that easy. He's just a great professor, but if you have a hard time with math in general, the class will still be a challenge. HW is adequately challenging, but the midterms are tricky. If you forgot one concept or don't know one question, your grade on the midterm could drop to like a C. All in all though a great professor, I got a B in his class, but I'm pretty sure if I took some other math professor I would have gotten a C-.