Professor Honda is very good at explaining the material and doesn't speed through the course. He assigns homework, but none of it is mandatory to turn in. There are weekly quizzes in discussion section which make up a midterm grade, but the questions are taken directly from the assigned homework (therefore it is REALLY important to actually do the homework). The tests are pretty reasonable, if you do the homework and actually understand the material you can do very well. He is a very nice guy, but he's kinda awkward to the point most of the class thought he was adorable/hilarious. Overall, I had a good experience and would take him again.

Professor Honda's class has been one of the most straightforward classes that I've taken so far at UCLA. The homework is definitely very important, and even though it's not collected, there's a quiz every week that has one or two questions word for word from the homework from the week before. You're allowed to drop your lowest quiz grade so make sure to only f*** up once. I felt that the midterm and final were relatively fair and straightforward, with the final being on the harder side. None of the questions were particularly challenging in the sense that you had to apply concepts you learned to situations you had never seen before, but you have to know the material well to solve the problems. His teaching style a little weird to get used to, because usually what he'll do is lay out how to do a problem, then say something along the lines of "I'm not sure if you guys like this but...yeah so are there any questions?". Always ask questions. He loves questions and he's much better at explaining specific points or ideas in the problem than the initial general layout.

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I took this course in the Spring of 2016 and received an A. I believe that this was the first time that Professor Honda taught at UCLA, but I thought he was fairly good. He posted a schedule of what sections he was going over in each lecture, which was nice. Unlike my previous math professors, he had a good set of notes for each lecture, and had engaging lectures. However, I often skipped lecture, as I usually learn out of the book anyway. From my experience, you don't need to go to lecture to do well as I scored highly on all of the tests. The course consists of a homework portion, two midterms, and a final. The midterms were fairly reasonable tests, bordering on the easy side. The questions on the tests were similar to homework problems, like he said that they would be. The final was a little tougher, with about 10 questions; however I only stayed for the first hour of the three hour allotted time. My advice to students taking this course with Professor Honda is to do lots of problems out of the book, and to understand fully how to do the homework. Also, I recommend going to section as it can help you to understand the material to a greater extent. If you get Jacob Rooney as a TA, then you are set, as he is a superstar.

Anyways, I think this was Professor Honda's first time teaching classes here so if you have him in the future your experience may differ because new professors tend to give easier tests. That said, Honda was an okay professor. Not the best but definitely not the worst. Both midterms were very fair bordering on easy. He has reviews on Ratemyprofessor which are more or less accurate. If Honda is an option for you then definitely consider him.