Ozel is one of the best profs in the math department! Super helpful during office hours, always eager to answer questions, and a really nice guy. I’d highly recommend him and this class!

Great professor, great lectures, and fair exams.

Math 61 with professor Ozel was a great experience. He gives great, engaging lectures with creative and often funny examples. He has a passion for discrete maths and you can see this in his detailed responses to any of your doubts via email. He often sends extra material for those who want to learn more about the subject.

He lectures from his prewritten notes and sometimes writes on them to clarify gray areas. Some people might not consider this to be an ideal way of lecturing but it worked fine for this class.

Homework was optional but is good practice. He dropped 1 out of 5 quizzes in the summer session version of the class. The tests can be challenging but if you pay attention in lectures and the review sessions professor holds, you will be well acclimated to the types of questions in the tests.

Would definitely take this class again!

Ozel is a super nice professor, who really cares about his students. His tests are a bit difficult, but nothing out of the ordinary here at UCLA. Overall, my best advice is to just stay on top of doing the homework, and you'll be fine. Also, sometimes the lectures can get dry, but if you can just listen and stay focused and take notes the whole time, the homework won't be too hard. However, the tests are honestly not super similar to the book problems, so for those, all you can do is hope that the questions will test material that you understand well.