Professor
Edward Gao
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Spring 2019 - The class consisted of about 8 assignments spread out over the quarter, and one final project. The class was fairly straightforward, but without previous computer programming experience, I can see how this class can seem overwhelming. That being said, be sure to make the most of both the instructor and TA office hours, they are very willing to help, even proofread your code.
Spring 2019 - The class consisted of about 8 assignments spread out over the quarter, and one final project. The class was fairly straightforward, but without previous computer programming experience, I can see how this class can seem overwhelming. That being said, be sure to make the most of both the instructor and TA office hours, they are very willing to help, even proofread your code.
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Fall 2024 - This class is super easy to do well and in my opinion fairly interesting and an applicable skill for engineering. There are biweekly home works that are kind of tedious and pretty irreleavent and weekly lecture exercises that are straight from the lecture slides he posts. The TA is very helpful if you have questions but I honestly stopped attending lab and lecture as the quarter progressed. Most questions you can find the answer to online and you kind of get the hang of solidworks after the first 3-4weeks. There is no final exam but a final project to build a 3d rubberband propelled car that was kinda fun. Theres not a ton of instruction so you can be relatively creative. However the report is kind of annoying. Unfortunately one of my groupmates did not participate at all in the report so it was more work than normal, having good groupmates makes it much easier and he honestly grades the report very fairly. I would recommend taking this class with him and am planning on taking MATLAB next quarter with him.
Fall 2024 - This class is super easy to do well and in my opinion fairly interesting and an applicable skill for engineering. There are biweekly home works that are kind of tedious and pretty irreleavent and weekly lecture exercises that are straight from the lecture slides he posts. The TA is very helpful if you have questions but I honestly stopped attending lab and lecture as the quarter progressed. Most questions you can find the answer to online and you kind of get the hang of solidworks after the first 3-4weeks. There is no final exam but a final project to build a 3d rubberband propelled car that was kinda fun. Theres not a ton of instruction so you can be relatively creative. However the report is kind of annoying. Unfortunately one of my groupmates did not participate at all in the report so it was more work than normal, having good groupmates makes it much easier and he honestly grades the report very fairly. I would recommend taking this class with him and am planning on taking MATLAB next quarter with him.
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Fall 2017 - This class reminded me of high school math classes. The material and workload aren't too bad, but it's really important that you're consistent with all the computations you're making and don't make mistakes. His lectures can be dry and based off the textbook, but I personally found going to lecture worth it. Definitely the most straightforward math class I've taken at UCLA.
Fall 2017 - This class reminded me of high school math classes. The material and workload aren't too bad, but it's really important that you're consistent with all the computations you're making and don't make mistakes. His lectures can be dry and based off the textbook, but I personally found going to lecture worth it. Definitely the most straightforward math class I've taken at UCLA.
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Fall 2024 - While this is a really easy class, its honestly a lot of just busy work and just really boring. Prof. Gao is nice and he records lectures + posts slides, which is all you really need, but the homework and lab assignments are just so boring and tedious. No matter what professor you get this class is the same level of boring, so it doesn't really matter.
Fall 2024 - While this is a really easy class, its honestly a lot of just busy work and just really boring. Prof. Gao is nice and he records lectures + posts slides, which is all you really need, but the homework and lab assignments are just so boring and tedious. No matter what professor you get this class is the same level of boring, so it doesn't really matter.