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Other comment nailed a lot of the major points. Overall, Brian is a really nice guy and he is clearly trying his best. But he is not a good teacher. Maybe it's because this was one of his first times teaching and I hope he gets better, but his lectures were god awful. He is one of the worst professors I've had at UCLA. That being said, he is very fair and will always be willing to help when you need it. If you want to learn the material well, I would suggest taking a different professor. If you're just looking to get through with this class as a requirement, he's not bad to take it with and you'll manage.
(Also I took it online during covid season)
(Taken online due to covid)
I left the first lecture with low expectations for the quality of the course, but what Prof Naranjo might lack in Zoom lecturing skills was definitely made up for by his helpfulness and understanding. His office hours were IMO better than the actual lectures, and he was receptive to student feedback.
The midterms were initially 24-hour exams and were extremely challenging, but when they got posted to Chegg the final was changed to a 3-hour timed format with blessedly easier questions. Instead of failing those that cheated, he offered to drop one or both midterms if they fessed up. He also made the final no-harm due to the protests/riots at the time. Homeworks were a bit on the longer side but for the most part reasonable. Go to the office hours, he goes over the solutions.
And ask him about his quails.
Other comment nailed a lot of the major points. Overall, Brian is a really nice guy and he is clearly trying his best. But he is not a good teacher. Maybe it's because this was one of his first times teaching and I hope he gets better, but his lectures were god awful. He is one of the worst professors I've had at UCLA. That being said, he is very fair and will always be willing to help when you need it. If you want to learn the material well, I would suggest taking a different professor. If you're just looking to get through with this class as a requirement, he's not bad to take it with and you'll manage.
(Also I took it online during covid season)
(Taken online due to covid)
I left the first lecture with low expectations for the quality of the course, but what Prof Naranjo might lack in Zoom lecturing skills was definitely made up for by his helpfulness and understanding. His office hours were IMO better than the actual lectures, and he was receptive to student feedback.
The midterms were initially 24-hour exams and were extremely challenging, but when they got posted to Chegg the final was changed to a 3-hour timed format with blessedly easier questions. Instead of failing those that cheated, he offered to drop one or both midterms if they fessed up. He also made the final no-harm due to the protests/riots at the time. Homeworks were a bit on the longer side but for the most part reasonable. Go to the office hours, he goes over the solutions.
And ask him about his quails.
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