Ok I came into this class thinking it was going to be really bad, but turns out I think I'm just stupid and I didn't go to lecture and when I did I didn't retain too much. Maybe he liked our class but I thought the midterm and final weren't too bad if you actually kind of went to lecture and did the homework problems. Every time we had a test, I would teach myself everything because they were 24 hours, but usually many of the questions are similar to problems in the textbook and the homework problems (which are from the textbook also). Definitely do the homework and go to discussion because they do example problems there that Kavehpour doesn't always do too much of. Overall I would take him but if there's a better prof you should prob go with him. BUT in person I don't think I would've taken him haha the only reason why I did so well was because I had all day to figure out the problems.

I had this class over during Covid 19 and as a summer session so don't take my review too seriously, your experience may differ a lot. All lectures were pre-recorded Zooms from the last semester and we had two additional post lecture discussions per week if you had any questions/didn't understand certain concepts. We only had 5 quizzes throughout the semester with the option to drop the lowest one. These quizzes were not hard per se but not easy either. They generally followed the structure of a HW problem with a twist. What really helped me through this semester was the discussion class where our TA would review problems and explain his logic going through an exercise. I was honestly a fun experience and am exited to take more fluid classes in the future.

Professor Kavehpour is great and a really engaging lecturer. That being said, he doesn't go over how to solve problems so make sure you go to discussion for that. Midterms and finals are taken from problems from other books. He also will tell you to use a test bank, which you really should, since he reuses questions for the exams. The midterms were pretty easy, but the final was a bit harder.

Cool guy. He doesn't allow cell phones, which I think is good since now you're forced to pay attention and the material is pretty interesting. He starts lecture ten minutes late (on purpose) and usually ends ten or so minutes early (if we have a break about 50 minutes in; if there's no break then we would end 20 or so minutes early).

The two midterms were pretty straightforward and graded very fairly in my opinion. The first one was open book and notes (he allowed digital textbooks aka laptop or iPad but no phones), but he changed that for the second one since the class got really crowded and cluttered and it was hard to proctor. We were only allowed a formula sheet (front and back) for the second midterm. I'm not sure if he'll keep implementing the open book and notes policy, I think it depends on the class size and number of students (and in the end it's all up to him). The questions on the midterms were a little more difficult than the homework problems, but not really by that much. He provides typed-up solutions to every homework assignment so each solution is easy to follow and understand.

Because of the coronavirus situation, he gave us a take-home final that we had 12 hours to complete (8am-8pm). This meant it was open book, note, computer, everything (except the obvious: don't work with other people; not something he could monitor but I hope people had some integrity and didn't do this). I'm not sure if he made the final harder due to the whole weird situation but I thought it was pretty tough.

Overall I thought he was a good professor.

Loved this professor! Very funny! Difficult class though. Textbook was super important.

Kavehpour is fantastic, engaging and funny. He makes lectures enjoyable and has a natural talent for teaching. One of my favorite professors at UCLA so far. His tests are open book open note open computer, but they are not the easiest. Overall great class with a great teacher.

Kavehpour explained concepts clearly and did a pretty good job in general. He started class late and ended class early most days which was nice, but also meant things were pretty rushed towards the end of the quarter since he had to cram the most important concepts, which all appeared on the final, in the last two weeks of class. The midterm was very straightforward and I would highly recommend paying a visit to the test bank since he does reuse midterm questions which are taken directly from a different textbook. The final was ridiculously hard though.

Kavehpour is indeed one of the best professors you could possibly find in UCLA. He is young and energetic and brings so much enthusiasm to classroom. His lectures are very effective. His teaching style is very conceptual which is very nice in contrast to many other professors who just write down endless formulas on the board and the burdon of making sense out of what you read is on your own. His patience in explaining the logic behind things over and over again is impressive. He is also very knowlegeable and sharp in determining your source of confusion and the best way to answer your questions. Dont hesitate to ask him questions as he likes to see your effort to discuss and understand things. He's got a very good sense of humor and make you laugh most of the times but he can sound serious, tedious and scary too. Dont let that turn you away from him as he just expects a reasonable level of professionalism. One important tip if you are persian: Keep a good work ethics and be very professional and dont make him think you are taking advantage of being persian! and you'll see what a cool professor he is.