STATS 19
Fiat Lux Freshman Seminars
Description: Seminar, one hour. Discussion of and critical thinking about topics of current intellectual importance, taught by faculty members in their areas of expertise and illuminating many paths of discovery at UCLA. P/NP grading.
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this fiat lux was a disaster no one knew what he was talking about, and if you tried to ask a question, he would get pissed off and yell back "why dont you already know that!" it was all stats formulas and had nothing to do with the topic. as long as you dont miss more than 2 classes, youll pass he doesnt really care if you do the one and only homework assignment correctly. maybe this guy is good for an actual stats class, but this fait lux was horrible!
this fiat lux was a disaster no one knew what he was talking about, and if you tried to ask a question, he would get pissed off and yell back "why dont you already know that!" it was all stats formulas and had nothing to do with the topic. as long as you dont miss more than 2 classes, youll pass he doesnt really care if you do the one and only homework assignment correctly. maybe this guy is good for an actual stats class, but this fait lux was horrible!
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Fall 2019 - I highly recommend this fiat lux. It's very laid back, and you get to learn about and play poker! There were weekly readings to do, but they were only necessary for a discussion that occurs for about half of the class time. As long as other students can start the discussion, you can get by if you forget about or just straight up don't do the reading. Every class had a "hand of the day," where the professor shows a hand that has occurred in a major tournament and then analyzes what happened and what should have been done. The final project, which was the only part of the grade besides participation, entailed writing a code in R to use in a simulated poker tournament on the last day of lecture. This doesn't require very much work, as he gives examples and permits submissions that are very similar to them. My partner and I actually forgot about the deadline to submit our code until the night after, and he accepted it without a problem. All in all, this was a very enjoyable class to take my first quarter here at UCLA. Go Bruins!
Fall 2019 - I highly recommend this fiat lux. It's very laid back, and you get to learn about and play poker! There were weekly readings to do, but they were only necessary for a discussion that occurs for about half of the class time. As long as other students can start the discussion, you can get by if you forget about or just straight up don't do the reading. Every class had a "hand of the day," where the professor shows a hand that has occurred in a major tournament and then analyzes what happened and what should have been done. The final project, which was the only part of the grade besides participation, entailed writing a code in R to use in a simulated poker tournament on the last day of lecture. This doesn't require very much work, as he gives examples and permits submissions that are very similar to them. My partner and I actually forgot about the deadline to submit our code until the night after, and he accepted it without a problem. All in all, this was a very enjoyable class to take my first quarter here at UCLA. Go Bruins!
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