Professor
Leif Zinn-Bjorkman
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Winter 2019 - Leif completely restored my faith in the math department. I got Cs in 31b, 32a, 32b, and 33a. I was ontrack for an A but didn't study enough for the final. He has quizzes in discussion section which are based on the previous week's hw and are relatively easy as long as you look over your notes right before. The hw he assigns is very minimal compared to other math professors. He is a good lecturer, I had him at 8am and watched the bruincast at 2x speed bc I wasn't about to wake up for that. I would watch a week's worth of lecture on thursday nights so I could do my hw that was due every friday. Leif is so kind and approachable. His class is a straight scale, so no curve like every other math class I've had at UCLA. But, his midterms were so much easier because of this. He doesn't give you ridiculous numbers to manipulate. He genuinely wants you to learn and succeed, so his exams test for the basic understanding of the concepts. He always put true false questions on the exams, which were easy points if you knew the definitions of terms like "linear", "homogenous", and "autonomous". He covers everything in his lectures and if you have questions he will legit stop the lecture to answer you and make sure you actually understand what is going on. He will straight up re-explain a theorem if you are confused.
Winter 2019 - Leif completely restored my faith in the math department. I got Cs in 31b, 32a, 32b, and 33a. I was ontrack for an A but didn't study enough for the final. He has quizzes in discussion section which are based on the previous week's hw and are relatively easy as long as you look over your notes right before. The hw he assigns is very minimal compared to other math professors. He is a good lecturer, I had him at 8am and watched the bruincast at 2x speed bc I wasn't about to wake up for that. I would watch a week's worth of lecture on thursday nights so I could do my hw that was due every friday. Leif is so kind and approachable. His class is a straight scale, so no curve like every other math class I've had at UCLA. But, his midterms were so much easier because of this. He doesn't give you ridiculous numbers to manipulate. He genuinely wants you to learn and succeed, so his exams test for the basic understanding of the concepts. He always put true false questions on the exams, which were easy points if you knew the definitions of terms like "linear", "homogenous", and "autonomous". He covers everything in his lectures and if you have questions he will legit stop the lecture to answer you and make sure you actually understand what is going on. He will straight up re-explain a theorem if you are confused.
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Winter 2019 - Easy exams. No curve. He teaches in a moderate pace so it is quite easy to follow. One suggestion for anyone taking his class: be very very very meticulous about his homeworks because it is often how well you did the homeworks that determines whether you get an A or not, this is different from most other professors in the math department.
Winter 2019 - Easy exams. No curve. He teaches in a moderate pace so it is quite easy to follow. One suggestion for anyone taking his class: be very very very meticulous about his homeworks because it is often how well you did the homeworks that determines whether you get an A or not, this is different from most other professors in the math department.
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