the worst professor i have ever had at this school. i have never been more frustrated by the quality of a class as seemingly easy as m51a. never have i seen a professor with an ego this large. during a midterm i tried to ask a question and the professor refused to answer it, despite being 25 minutes into the exam. how am i supposed to take an exam where the professor will not even let me clarify a single point about the midterm? the weighting of the class is horrible. homeworks worth so much of the final grade (10% each, 4 homeworks) the lecture slides explain very little. i learned more by looking up concepts on other websites than any of the materials posted in class. the piazza is so inactive it is impossible to ask for help. additionally, every student i have ever heard taking this class has said the final was far too difficult. yet the professor refuses to change this difficulty, or to teach the topics better so that this issue is mitigated. i would much rather get egged than this shitty prof

Do not take this class! Can you imagine a graduate course professor will give any students grades lower than B-? This is the first professor I've seen in the graduate department that will ever give students a C. Me and my teammates went to every single lecture, and we completed all assignments, project, and the exam, and ended up getting C's. Funny though, he even claimed that he gave us 2% extra credit. What's the point of that? He didn't value student's efforts at all.

This class was very lecture heavy but the homework assignments and midterm reflected the materials fairly. The midterm was extremely long for the amount of time we were given. The homework assignments were always graded fairly. Instead of a final exam, there is a final group project that is pretty open ended. It was sometimes hard to get an email response from the Professor or the TA. Following along the lectures is so important since there is so much material that is covered every week.