Personally (coming from AP Calc in high school), I found that I understood the material best by reading the appropriate textbook section before each corresponding lecture and then Professor Yanez drove it home for me, especially in the earlier half of the class -- so be prepared to possibly have to read the textbook for this professor.

I really liked this professor! He was always kind and smiling in lecture, explained concepts clearly, and had a VERY fair hw policy. After every class, he would post a series of questions from the textbook that are good practice of the material we just covered, at the end of the week, only 2 of those questions will be asked to be uploaded and turned in as homework. To be clear, you only have to do those 2 questions if you feel confident with the material, or if you had a bad week with other classes! This is really great because you only have to study what you want and as much as you need to in order to learn a concept! Secondly, the tests felt very fair, and many of the questions were extremely similar to the practice problems the professor posted.
If you’re able to take this professor, take him!

Loved this class and professor. Was scared to take multivariable but Yanez made it manageable, and would remind us to breathe before tests. He clearly cared, and I felt the midterms and final were fair. Highly recommend.

I found this class to be straightforward/easy, but ik not everyone else did. Fully depends on your background in calculus. Show up to class, take notes, do the homework, and go to office hours with questions. My TA was Benjamin Major, and he is awesome. His discussions are useful because they help you grasp the theory/understand why certain formulas work, etc. His office hours are also great; he'll help you a ton with problems you don't understand.

There are two midterms and one final. Homework assignments are about ten problems after each lecture, but you don't turn them in. At the end of the week, it picks two problems from all that were assigned that week and has you turn them in. Check your work with a friend and it should be easy points.

The midterms are during the lecture (40-50 mins long) and have problems that are exactly like homework. Honestly, it's pretty predictable what kinds of problems will be tested on the midterm if you do all the homework problems. Also, none of them are word problems; he gives you the numbers straight up.

Yanez is the goat. Absolutely loved him as my first math teacher at UCLA. His class is manageable, the tests are tough, but fair. The homework is helpful and he is easy to understand. If you are struggling, GO TO HIS OFFICE HOURS.

Yanez was a very good professor and did a good job of teaching the content. The class was challenging, but the difficulty was expected. If you pay attention, learn the content, and do the homework, an A is achievable.