Overall, Professor Nurbekyan was a good instructor and adapted his class to the virtual format well. As mentioned above the grading on homework was tough so would recommend going over it with peers and/or attending OH. Additionally, the finals were 24-hour take-home, during which time Prof. held an additional OH to answer any questions. Exams were graded similarly to homework. Final note - a portion of each topic was dedicated to connecting the math to its physical interpretation, so I found there were more conceptual assignments (like the project) than other math courses

Levon is a really nice guy, bad lecturer. His office hours are actually useful if you have specific questions for specific problems. The lectures were not engaging and hard to understand. I felt like they were useless. The textbook is overpriced, you should try to find a pdf online or just use the one from Powell. You need the textbook to do the homework problems. Joe was by far the best TA. He's super approachable and hosts very helpful review sessions. This class should be very doable if you took Calc AB in high school. If you didn't, I recommend finding a TA like Joe and going to Levon's office hours, especially to go over midterms and the HW. Sometimes he raises your grade if you make a good argument for yourself.

The structure of this class is a bit weird, but the professor is kind nonetheless. What is taught in the class is not really related to the homework, which is also not really related to the test. But I think if you master the basic understandings, then you should be able to solve all those questions.

Class is a little bit awkward because everyone has zoom shyness, but there was one time when the professor asked us to speak our mind on a certain topic and the class was silent for like, a full minute. I felt so bad for him, but it's not really anyone's fault. Professor is kind and nice, but just a little bit too awkward

Having taken calc AB in high school, this class was more of a review than new information. That being said, people who don't have previous calc experience might have trouble understanding parts of Levon's lectures. He goes over what's fundamentally expected for the course and tests, but he makes some basic concepts a bit more complicated in lecture than they need to be. Discussion does help, depending on your TA. Joe Breen is the living, breathing TA god of the UCLA math department; the man took time out of his schedule to host night review sessions before the midterms and final. One homework assignment a week; the grading was questionable but it's only 10% of the final grade. First midterm was great, second was tough (generous curve though). Final wasn't exactly easy but was very doable. Overall, great class; I recommend Levon's 31A section to anyone starting 3X series math at UCLA.

This class was kinda all over the place. Levon is a super nice guy and he works really hard to try and help you understand the materials. I took calc AB in high school and had a good teacher and so I had a great foundation for the class. The homework was tedious but really important to understanding and applying the information in class. I never went to discussion because my TA was really bad, but I didn’t need it for the midterms. Here is where the problem comes in. I did really well on homework and got 98% on the first test because it was ridiculously easy. The second test was much harder, but I talked to him and he said he didn’t mean for it to be that he’d and he would curve it which he did so you ended up getting an A again. The problem was the final. It was an almost impossible final and I did so bad on it that it killed my grade. Take him but be prepared for him to reformat his tears because I think we all did so good on the first one that he made them much more difficult than they needed to be.

Math 31A with Levon was what I expected: a review of AP Calc AB with a new, confusing professor. With that being said, the material itself was not that challenging given that I had learned it before, but in practice, some of the exam questions were more challenging. Levon worked hard to make sure students learned the key concepts and used examples in class (although his examples were elementary compared to the homework and exams). Midterm #1 was very easy while Midterm #2 was challenging. The final exam was right in the middle, not too easy, not too hard. Prof. Nurbekyan failed to provide study guides, instead recommending that we complete ALL of the review questions in the textbook (thanks but no thanks). Homework was never over the top challenging but he was very particular in grading in that we had to explain our thinking. As far as for discussion sections and TAs, ymmv. My TA (Max) was a horrible TA, making mistakes on examples completed in section, telling us to “just guess and check” on the final, muttering comments about how “stupid” we all are, and failing to hold any review sessions. On the other hand, Joe (the best TA!) also taught for this class and was very helpful for final review. Overall, Prof. Levon taught this class well, advocating for his students. With time and as his accent becomes more clear, this class will only improve.