Awesome prof. Tests were long because of COVID but they were fair and tested material we learned. Everything was so clear and reasonable and sometimes funny- every topic was explained very well and each exam and some lectures had great LOTR and pop culture references. Just know calculus and your 170E/170A/Stats 100A material decently enough and you should be fine, just remember to do the not-assigned practice problems. (P.S. Take this instead of Stats 100B any day, it's the same material minus some linear algebra stuff but explained soooo much better. I took the first couple weeks of 100B and everyone kinda hated it.)

ozel is the best. if you're considering taking this instead of stats 100b, DO IT. the content of the class is much more practical and applicable. ozel makes it easy to understand, his quizzes and exams are very fair. he's extremely helpful, offers a ton of office hours, and is very patient, friendly, and makes the material easy to understand. it was actually a pleasure taking this class, 10/10 experience

Prof Ozel is awesome. The material we cover in this class is not super easy, but if you practice a lot in the beginning of the quarter, it’s easy to understand the later concepts because they build off the earlier ones. As for Ozel, he’s extremely helpful in office hours and offers a generous grading scheme: lowest 2 out of 5 quizzes are dropped, and there’s 2 midterms and one final. The first midterm and the final both had extra credit questions. Because he also led Discussion, he observed how long it took us to take the quizzes (just 2 questions) and set the length of the exams accordingly, so we wouldn’t run out of time. I highly highly highly recommend him. Great prof and great person.

Ozel is the best. He is very nice and responds to emails quickly. There are 5 simple quizzes, 2 of which are dropped. 2 fair midterms, but he drops 1 of them in one of the grading schemes. Final slightly harder than midterms.

Great lecturer with great energy, and clearly cares about his students. 32B is rough but he makes it more bearable

I would highly recommend taking this class with professor Ozel. Despite the occasional errors in his lecture notes, he is an extremely good lecturer. One of the greatest part of this class was the homework - he doesn't collect the homework problems so it's up to the students to decide whether to do them (but it's definitely helpful to get some practice on our own). The only shortcoming of this class was the number of exam and quizzes that he gave - there were 5 quizzes, 2 midterms and 1 final, but the nice thing is that he drops two of the lowest quizzes. Overall, I believe people would enjoy his class a lot as he is definitely one of the nicest professors in the math department.

Ozel is one of the best profs in the math department! Super helpful during office hours, always eager to answer questions, and a really nice guy. I’d highly recommend him and this class!

Great professor, great lectures, and fair exams.

Math 61 with professor Ozel was a great experience. He gives great, engaging lectures with creative and often funny examples. He has a passion for discrete maths and you can see this in his detailed responses to any of your doubts via email. He often sends extra material for those who want to learn more about the subject.

He lectures from his prewritten notes and sometimes writes on them to clarify gray areas. Some people might not consider this to be an ideal way of lecturing but it worked fine for this class.

Homework was optional but is good practice. He dropped 1 out of 5 quizzes in the summer session version of the class. The tests can be challenging but if you pay attention in lectures and the review sessions professor holds, you will be well acclimated to the types of questions in the tests.

Would definitely take this class again!