tests based off hw, pretty cool guy

This was the second time I've had Brian, so I was familiar with his teaching style. Great professor. His lectures are very clear and straightforward. He uploads his notes, which basically included everything but sometimes it took a while. This class was very difficult for me since it was my first proof based class, and I struggled through the homework. They were very long and graded a bit strictly, so make sure you put thought into it. I failed the first midterm and got 65 because I didn't study much, but everyone failed. The first midterm was very fair and similar to the homework. He drops a midterm, and I redeemed myself through the second midterm. I thought the second midterm was much easier since there were some computational problems and also homework based. Brian tells you the final is the homework reworded, and he is a man of his words. Basically just study the homework to do well on the exams.

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maybe i'm js bad at math but this was awful for me. there was speculation that he made his class harder but im not sure now that im looking at prev reviews. either way the avgs for our exams were D+, C+, C-, no curve to my knowledge but he allowed for only one midterm to count if you did well & also had this rule for the final where if you got >90% you'd get at least an A-. homework and quizzes were also included in the grade and you had like 2 drops each(?). attendance was optional for both lecture & section. part of what made this class hard for me was that he didn't offer any explicit review q's before exams. it's just how well you know the textbook readings & homework. the first part of class was difficult for me conceptually & the t/f questions rly got me. the second midterm was easier to me because i walked through the textbook examples & the content was more math-y to me. final wasn't too bad, part of it was new content and then the other parts were very similar to each midterm. honestly i can't rly complain considering i ended with an A but knowing at least one other prof had an easier exams w higher avgs this quarter, i wouldn't take him again.