He is one of the most chill math teachers. Although we have homework for every lecture, it is not big deal to finish it and it really helps to follow the lecture consistently. His lecture is very effective, and the best thing is that he gives us practice exams before every midterms and final, and actual questions are very similar to those so you don't even need to find other sources to study for the exams. His grading is very fair, too.

Prof. Breezy is a super nice guy and is very funny but his teaching style is not the best. He does a lot of proofs rather than actual examples which is what I think what would have benefited the class the most. The midterm and final were both difficult but manageable. Try to get Coley as your TA. He was amazing and taught me more than Brizolis did.

Brizolis pretty much assumes you already know Calculus. Coming from someone who hasn't taken calculus in high school, this class was very tough for me. 1st midterm was very difficult, especially since the actual midterm was 3 times the difficulty of the practice midterm he gave us. The second midterm was relatively easy, and the final was definitely manageable, not too hard or too easy. Overall this class is good if u know ur calculus, if not, be prepared to study hard. Had Coley as a TA, he was great!

Brizolis was a great teacher. He was very fair with his midterms and his final, giving us practice exams that were almost exactly like the real exam. However, the final was very difficult. Brizolis is good and easy to contact. he is fair with his grading. We do have homework due every section which sucks but overall he is cool!

The first practice midterm was very similar to the midterm however the second midterm was far harder than its practice one. The final was difficult but manageable however STUDY EVERYTHING. Don't rely on just the practice final to study. He may surprise you. Do not take this class if you have not taken pre-calc/calc before. Even though I've taken calculus in high school, there were many topics he went over in much more depth and detail. You have to understand the concepts and be careful with the algebra to do well on tests.

Like other people said, the exams are quite similar to the practice exams in terms of topics and question style, but expect 1 or 2 questions that were not on the practice exams. However, there was nothing on the final that we'd never seen before, so basically go over everything covered in past quizzes, exams, lectures, etc just in case something that wasn't on the practice final shows up on the actual one.

Brizolis is a nice guy though. Nice enough to give us 2 take home quizzes and curve the 2nd midterm when he realized it was unreasonably hard and that the average was a D. He says he doesn't curve but he does if everyone does badly enough .

Professor Brizolis makes it clear and easy to understand basic calculus by his legible handwriting and gentle voice. Though he did a few proofs, he illustrates many useful examples that might appear similarly in the homework, quiz, or even the exam. I like his class in which he often tells jokes, and he's a nice and funny guy who grades fairly. He always gives us practice mid-term or final before the actual ones, which are really helpful for revising. You don't have to worry about the actual exams as long as you've done the practice ones. To our surprise, professor Brizolis curved the second mid-term, which is considered harder by most people, and everyone gets a boost of 15 points.
For those who never learned calculus before, he would recommend you drop the class if you screw in the first mid-term. However, if you've already taken IB, AP, A-level, etc, you are good to go and may get an easy ''A'', because Math 31A is not designed to be tricky. If you want to take his class, I would recommend you get a PDF version of textbook and often review the textbook, because the textbook sometimes provides an easier method and step-by-step proofs.

Even though I just got a B in this class, I really loved it. Brizolis is funny and doesn't mind going over concepts multiple times. He gives two take home quizzes and one quiz that has to be attempted in the section. The first midterm was easy and the second one was very hard but he added 15 points to the final score because he said that he had underestimated the toughness of the quiz. The discussions are pointless but it's worth going to get back your homework and see where you went wrong. His practice test are pretty accurate. My tip would be to not miss classes and try and get a good grade in the quizzes and homeworks.

Professor Brizolis is a lowkey savage. With a topic like calculus that's completely foreign to about 97.5% of people, his humor is a pretty big asset to keeping students engaged in lectures. As a teacher, he's not super amazing, but he'll definitely get you through everything you need to know. He's also really reasonable; he originally said he didn't curve, but when he realized he made the second midterm much harder than he thought it was, he boosted everyone's score by 15%. Besides that, the first midterm and the final featured questions that all at least resembled an example he went over in class or in the homework. However, some of them will be quite obscure, but still, no new material made up at the last minute just to trip students up on the final. On another note, the textbook, which can also be used for 31B, can be found for free as a PDF online, don't buy it. Overall, a solid class and solid professor.

So obviously you're taking this class as a pre-req, and I mean if you're good at math you should be fine. Brizolis is a nice dude, gives a generous curve at the end of the class, and also my TA Zane was great. But Brizolis teaches all his stuff in proofs as opposed to examples even though he doesnt test you on the proofs and it just takes up class time. So that's kind of confusing for lectures, but he wasn't bad. I heard Andrew and Conley are the best tho