Good job, reviewer below! You got a lot of the technical shizzle wizzle right, so I won't mention much of that.

I had Kim for 32A as well as 31B and he seems to gradually improve. Towards the end of 31B, he started sending out lecture notes around lecture time. He did this all throughout 32A. He also asked for the class to be podcasted in 32A, and overall his practice exams in 32A were much more accurate than those in 32B. I wonder how much more he will change.

My only real complaint is the erratic nature of the homework... it said on the syllabus, "due every Wednesday" but sometimes the due dates were Monday... Friday... sometimes weeks didn't even have homework... I guess this sometimes worked in our favour, but it was still fairly inconsistent.

Had 31B with him and I think it was his first quarter teaching but he spoke with a heavy korean accent and wrote kinda small so sit in the front and still read the book. He actually took notes from the book...

I had him for the first semester he was teaching so some of these other reviews may be better because he learned from his mistakes.

2 midterms and a final, whole class was curved. Althought he had practice midterms and finals which were really really helpful (like the best)

Received a B+ even after attending every class, discussion, and took notes out of the book.

His homework problems are really challenging so make friends in class to do it together.

I took his Math 32A class in Spring 2015, and I thought his lectures made a lot of sense--to the point that I actually made sure I attended his lectures. Generally, I'm the type to study from the textbook (because I find doing problems more helpful than hearing about the proof), but Professor Kim didn't exactly go "by the book." He followed it enough that you can tell which chapter and which subject you're currently on, but I found his in-class explanations much more profound and easy to understand than anything the book gave me, even in the summaries. A major point is his organization, and his ability to relay that in his lectures: I was able to follow him really easily with the way he labeled things frequently, especially when he's clarifying the topic that we're covering.

I took the course with a few friends, and they seem to think he's just okay. Again, not everyone will like a certain professor's teaching style, but I would recommend trying him out. Especially if you're taking the Math 31A-33B series. The 32AB courses are notorious for being the hardest of the sequence, and if you can find a professor that makes sense, that's a huge plus.

He posts his notes on the class website in PDF format, so it might be a little messy because they're handwritten. My class was podcasted, He has two grading schemes, both of which are variations on how much the homeworks, 2 midterms, and final are weighted. He will drop the lowest two homework scores.

He posts practice midterms/final and solutions before each exam, so he really tries his best to provide as much material as possible to help his students prepare. His homeworks are generally formatted as: two-three problems that he writes himself + additional problems from the textbook. The ones he writes are more conceptual, so they're usually the hardest ones of the homework.

I'm not sure if this makes an impact, but he does have a slight Asian accent, and if you're not used to listening to it, he may be a little harder to understand. However, I suggest that you ignore that factor and learn how to decipher accents since it'll keep coming up anyways.

Taken during Fall 2014

Kim is an effective professor and explains concepts clearly. If you do not understand anything, he is open to answering questions on the spot during lecture. Else, his office hours are also useful. One downside is that he has an accent, but it is not hard to understand, and I got used to it after 1 or 2 lectures.

The pace of the class is good, as he omitted sections when he realized that he cannot cover them in time, instead of trying to rush through them.

I like the grading and structure of the class. You can drop the lower of your 2 midterms, provided your final is better. The 2 grading schemes are as follow: Final is 45%, midterms are 20% each or final is 55%, higher of midterms 30%. Homework is 15%.

There are 10 homework questions each week, with one week to work on them. 8 problems are from the textbook, and the remaining 2 are his own problems.
3 problems are marked, on a 10 points scale. I spent quite a bit of time on them each week (probably two to three hours), but they are doable.

He also sends practice problems and midterms, which means you don't have to go the test bank at all. Also, you should probably study these practice problems as he tends to put one or two similar questions on the midterm or final.

The class is curved at the end.

In other words, Kim is awesome, and 31B is pretty alright with him.