MATH 33A
Linear Algebra and Applications
Description: Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Enforced requisite: course 3B or 31B or 32A with grade of C- or better. Introduction to linear algebra: systems of linear equations, matrix algebra, linear independence, subspaces, bases and dimension, orthogonality, least-squares methods, determinants, eigenvalues and eigenvectors, matrix diagonalization, and symmetric matrices. P/NP or letter grading.
Units: 4.0
Units: 4.0
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Fall 2019 - Being in her Math 33A class right now, I think that some of the other reviews were too harsh. To be clear, I don not think she's a good professor, but she's not as bad as others make her out to be. Her two midterms so far have both been fair and averages on the first and second were a 83% and 76%. She assigns a decent amount of work. She just isn't clear at all on explaining most concepts. I go to lecture and I get more confused than when learning from the textbook. Overall, I don't recommend but I don't think that if you have her it's the end of the world. She might not explain things super well but she is still knowledgeable and has answered my questions pretty well. Also her accent isn't that bad, but writing small on the board did impact her teaching in the beginning a little bit. Also, math 115A people shouldn't leave reviews here because it's a completely different class that is more proof based in itself, which she seems to be better at then giving us physical arithmetic examples.
Fall 2019 - Being in her Math 33A class right now, I think that some of the other reviews were too harsh. To be clear, I don not think she's a good professor, but she's not as bad as others make her out to be. Her two midterms so far have both been fair and averages on the first and second were a 83% and 76%. She assigns a decent amount of work. She just isn't clear at all on explaining most concepts. I go to lecture and I get more confused than when learning from the textbook. Overall, I don't recommend but I don't think that if you have her it's the end of the world. She might not explain things super well but she is still knowledgeable and has answered my questions pretty well. Also her accent isn't that bad, but writing small on the board did impact her teaching in the beginning a little bit. Also, math 115A people shouldn't leave reviews here because it's a completely different class that is more proof based in itself, which she seems to be better at then giving us physical arithmetic examples.
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Winter 2019 - So he's not horrible, let's start there. His lectures are confusing and hard to follow at times (1/4 the class dropped in the first week because of that). The main issue is that his tests test your arithmetic and willingness to grind out ridiculous numbers than actual linear algebra concepts. Overall, the tests are easy and he's a generous professor, and a really nice individuals but the numbers are just insanely large. He's definitely not the worst choice out there and is incredibly smart if you get to know him, but sometimes that doesn't translate well. Just read the book in class and you'll be fine.
Winter 2019 - So he's not horrible, let's start there. His lectures are confusing and hard to follow at times (1/4 the class dropped in the first week because of that). The main issue is that his tests test your arithmetic and willingness to grind out ridiculous numbers than actual linear algebra concepts. Overall, the tests are easy and he's a generous professor, and a really nice individuals but the numbers are just insanely large. He's definitely not the worst choice out there and is incredibly smart if you get to know him, but sometimes that doesn't translate well. Just read the book in class and you'll be fine.
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Spring 2020 - *I took this course with the online format due to COVID-19 Professor Killip was a decent professor. I thought that his lectures were sometimes vague and a little confusing as he tends to ramble while he gathers his thoughts. The HW was sometimes a challenge but was not too overwhelming. The quizzes made up a large portion of your grade and were fairly easy. The midterms and final were also very easy as the median for them was around 90% and mostly required computational problems. I think if you watch and understand the general ideas behind each of his lectures, you should do well.
Spring 2020 - *I took this course with the online format due to COVID-19 Professor Killip was a decent professor. I thought that his lectures were sometimes vague and a little confusing as he tends to ramble while he gathers his thoughts. The HW was sometimes a challenge but was not too overwhelming. The quizzes made up a large portion of your grade and were fairly easy. The midterms and final were also very easy as the median for them was around 90% and mostly required computational problems. I think if you watch and understand the general ideas behind each of his lectures, you should do well.
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had her for a 9 AM lecture so hardly went to class and still managed to do alright... not the easiest teacher that was teaching, but linear algebra is not very hard to begin with. she had a pretty thick accent which also caused me to not attend lecture. try to take it with park if you can.
had her for a 9 AM lecture so hardly went to class and still managed to do alright... not the easiest teacher that was teaching, but linear algebra is not very hard to begin with. she had a pretty thick accent which also caused me to not attend lecture. try to take it with park if you can.
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