The class is pretty bored and heavy-loaded. There's tons of stuff you have to memorize. Ten weekly quizes, 1 midterm and a comprehensive final. The big problem on the midterm is time-consuming. No one finished the midterm completly, and I actually left one page blank. The final is as twice much as the midterm, but it's doable. Get a good TA and that would be helpful. I had Ellen and she's pretty concerned, but I only got 29/40 for class participation although I'm never absent or late in sections. I don't know how it was evaluated. Don't let yourself fall behind, otherwise, you'll be troubled on the final. If you need the class for electives, my suggestion is taking something else. This class is not easy. I don't think it's helpful for furture studying.

Professor Wasson is a very nice professor. However, it does frustrate me when he's not even clear about the lecture slides he lectures on that day. During class, he'll say something like, "I'm not sure why I put this graph here......." So yeah.. he is a little unprepared before coming to class. He's nice in a sense that he's very approachable and that he gives out his lecture notes to students. It's such a pain when i have to print them out myself. His midterm was VERY long. But the average was low, so if you do at least 60%, you're in about the B+ range. Overall, this course and the professor is pretty chill. As long as you study the lecture slides, you'll do at least a B.