Brezolis was not the best teacher. Often made mistakes on the board and spent way too long going through proofs that we were not responsible for knowing for midterms. He gives 2 midterms and a final, homework due every lecture. Surprise quizzes every couple weeks. Class was too much work for an introductory calculus class. Get a different prof if you can.

Professor Brizolis' class had a nice difficulty level. I still had to work hard in the class to earn my grade even though I had taken calculus already. His class consists of two midterms, and for both of them he gave us practice midterms that were EXTREMELY similar to the real ones. He always posted answers and went over them in class. For the final he gave us several practice tests and answers as well. He provides everything and more for his students to pass the class. He does teach proofs during lecture but never expected us to learn/memorize them for a test. He also does a couple of quizzes during the quarter that aren't worth much and very easy if you know what is going on. I would recommend his class if you want a strong calculus foundation and a teacher who cares.

Likes to do a lot of proofs that don’t really apply to class. Can go on tangents of one problem that isn’t necessary. Easy to understand, talks loudly. Funny and entertaining. There are about 3 or 4 quizzes per quarter. Warns you what’s going to be on quizzes. Much easier than tests. Tests are much harder than homework. Likes to use trig identities. Gives you old tests to study from, which is best to study from because he uses problems from old tests rather than homework questions.

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Brizoles was super boring. He spent way to much time on proofs that nobody understood or cared to learn because they aren't tested. I thought we was an okay lecturer overall. Taking the class with him isn't the worst thing in the world, but it also isn't the best. The midterm/final practice exams are super helpful though!

He's a pretty hardcore guy, but he knows what he's talking about. Good teacher, it's stressful and hard if you get caught behind early.

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Overall, this class was challenging. Coming into college with no calc experience, I definitely found Brizolis' lectures to be confusing and vague. We spent a lot of time deriving formulas rather than working on real examples, something that I felt didn't help at all. I would not take Math 31A with him again.

Math 31A has definitely been one of the toughest classes I have taken so far. Brizolis was a great professor and I would DEFINITELY take advantage of office hours because that is where he is the most helpful. However, his tests are extremely hard and even though I took calc AB in high school and enjoy math, I found this class to be challenging. He says he doesn't curve but the average of both our midterms were around 65% but almost everyone got a B- or above so he definitely ended up curving.

Professor Brizolis is not a bad teacher or lecturer. His lectures were mostly about proofs but he eventually got to stuff we needed to know, or so I thought. There is homework due every lecture, but is manageable. He was helpful in his office hours and gave practice tests and past exams for the final and midterms (which you will rush with only 50 minutes given) . However, the final is very hard (at least a lot harder that exams he gave us to practice). I think only one person left the hall earlier than the three hours we had. The average was about 68% (beware that he says there is no curve for his class) and your grade had little to do with your ability to do calculus. Your grade on this class will mostly depend on your math background on arithmetic and algebra. Your overall grade will depend on your high school math background, even Brizolis says so. He also said that the final gets harder every year. I don't know if it was a joke but, personally, I wouldn't take the risk.