Professor
Hung Pham
Most Helpful Review
Spring 2025 - The material is explained very well in class, though if you don't spend lots of time actually understanding the way that the mechanisms work, you'll be in trouble for the midterms and final. This is a class that is very doable, but the topics are not simple. In my opinion, this is the best class I've taken in my entire life both in terms of my interest and feeling really satisfied with taking the time to understand and really appreciate the material. For studying: the problem sets are the exact same setup (and in my opinion near identical difficulty) as the midterm and final, so I would recommend you learn everything and then attack the problem sets as more of a proof of knowledge to yourself rather than just getting through the homework just to get the points. Doing it well will lead to strong scores.
Spring 2025 - The material is explained very well in class, though if you don't spend lots of time actually understanding the way that the mechanisms work, you'll be in trouble for the midterms and final. This is a class that is very doable, but the topics are not simple. In my opinion, this is the best class I've taken in my entire life both in terms of my interest and feeling really satisfied with taking the time to understand and really appreciate the material. For studying: the problem sets are the exact same setup (and in my opinion near identical difficulty) as the midterm and final, so I would recommend you learn everything and then attack the problem sets as more of a proof of knowledge to yourself rather than just getting through the homework just to get the points. Doing it well will lead to strong scores.