Professor
Marcus Rueter
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Spring 2025 - Lunden (Ruter previously) is very good at his office hours and email replies. He replies fast and in depth. The class grading is actually super generous. They give you a lot of partial credit for most things. Honestly I think they graded the homework harshest. 5 questions usually, don't put off until the last day but it does not take that long. Quizzes are annoying because there are so many (besides first week, week of midterm, and last week) so 7 in total since the first one is fake, but these are by far the easiest questions. Just get the general concept and it is really hard to get below like an 8. Final and midterm can be challenging and time consuming. Lock in for the last few weeks. He uses the full 2 hours and never lets you leave early. Try not to fall asleep. Go to office hours if it helps. Discussion is more practice after the quiz, but not necessary.
Spring 2025 - Lunden (Ruter previously) is very good at his office hours and email replies. He replies fast and in depth. The class grading is actually super generous. They give you a lot of partial credit for most things. Honestly I think they graded the homework harshest. 5 questions usually, don't put off until the last day but it does not take that long. Quizzes are annoying because there are so many (besides first week, week of midterm, and last week) so 7 in total since the first one is fake, but these are by far the easiest questions. Just get the general concept and it is really hard to get below like an 8. Final and midterm can be challenging and time consuming. Lock in for the last few weeks. He uses the full 2 hours and never lets you leave early. Try not to fall asleep. Go to office hours if it helps. Discussion is more practice after the quiz, but not necessary.
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Fall 2024 - Mandatory to go to lecture since he doesn't upload notes. One midterm and around 8 homework assignments. Homework is tougher than midterm and discussion problems although it sets you up for the exams. No TA. Final exam had like 4 extra credit points. This class is very MATLAB intensive! I would advise to work with classmates. He grades pretty leniently. The content itself is pretty intensive and it can get pretty convoluted. Focus on the practice problems during lecture and the discussion problems during discussion hours. His lectures can get really, really confusing and it's unfortunate that he doesn't at least demonstrate some of the written lecture content on MATLAB, although a lot of it is just for and if loops. If you had experience with Rueter before, it's the same lecture style as it is in this class. Very fast talker and pretty theory-based. This class isn't too bad really and in retrospect, can be helpful in polishing up your MATLAB knowledge. I would recommend this class to someone who isn't too new to MATLAB.
Fall 2024 - Mandatory to go to lecture since he doesn't upload notes. One midterm and around 8 homework assignments. Homework is tougher than midterm and discussion problems although it sets you up for the exams. No TA. Final exam had like 4 extra credit points. This class is very MATLAB intensive! I would advise to work with classmates. He grades pretty leniently. The content itself is pretty intensive and it can get pretty convoluted. Focus on the practice problems during lecture and the discussion problems during discussion hours. His lectures can get really, really confusing and it's unfortunate that he doesn't at least demonstrate some of the written lecture content on MATLAB, although a lot of it is just for and if loops. If you had experience with Rueter before, it's the same lecture style as it is in this class. Very fast talker and pretty theory-based. This class isn't too bad really and in retrospect, can be helpful in polishing up your MATLAB knowledge. I would recommend this class to someone who isn't too new to MATLAB.
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