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Marcus Rueter
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Spring 2024 - There are weekly homework assignments (~5 quick problems) and quizzes (one problem, 20 minutes, start of discussion). There's also one midterm. We're allowed half a page of notes on each quiz and midterm. I was able to get through most of the homework and quizzes just applying knowledge from physics 1A with ten minutes of google queries. I stopped going to the lectures after a while since I didn't find them particularly useful — still ended up with an A-. This class isn't too hard.
Spring 2024 - There are weekly homework assignments (~5 quick problems) and quizzes (one problem, 20 minutes, start of discussion). There's also one midterm. We're allowed half a page of notes on each quiz and midterm. I was able to get through most of the homework and quizzes just applying knowledge from physics 1A with ten minutes of google queries. I stopped going to the lectures after a while since I didn't find them particularly useful — still ended up with an A-. This class isn't too hard.
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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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