She is one of the most caring professors at UCLA!! We need more professors like Rose, she is a literal goddess. I am a math major and although this class has been my least favorite so far, I still enjoyed it. There are some really interesting topics that could be applied to many fields. Rose drops about 30% of hw assignments, pre-class assignments, and group worksheets. She also has two grading schemes:
Scheme 1 (Default)
• Pre-Class Quizzes (15% of your grade)
• Groupwork (10% of your grade)
• Written Homework (10% of your grade)
• Two midterm exams (each 20% of your grade)
• Final exam (25% of your grade)

Scheme 2 (Drops the lowest midterm and scales everything else up accordingly)
• Pre-Class Quizzes (18.75% of your grade)
• Groupwork (12.5% of your grade)
• Written Homework (12.5% of your grade)
• Maximum of 2 midterm grades (25% of your grade)
• Final exam (31.25% of your grade)

I would definitely recommend taking Math33A with Rose. Also reading the textbook is super helpful! Unfortunately, she does not curve at all because she does not like to cap grades and make grades a competition which I like cause, to be honest, it made me work a lot harder to receive a good grade in the class and it made me feel more proud that I received a good grade without curves.

Would highly recommend this class. Despite being a bit disorganized to start off, I do feel like I learned a lot and all of the exams were fair. Not a hard course if you put any effort into it. Professor Morris is super helpful and caring and Ben is an incredible TA if you can get him. The class is very different than most of the other courses in the series and is an interesting break from calculus.

Great lectures and pre-class videos. High clarity. She cares about her students, gives test similar to her homework, and homework that is related to the lecture notes.

Professor Rose is great at teaching, with helpful lecture Q&A sections that clarify a lot of more confusing topics. She is also lots of fun, and cares a lot about student learning. Take her if you can!

Rose is awesome! She is super caring and a great prof. I got 71% on the first midterm (due to some unfortunate personal life stuff) but because of the grading scheme that drops your lowest midterm I was still able to get an A. Super thankful for that!

I love Professor Rose so much!!! She's literally such a queen. You can tell she cares most about her students over anything else. She once talked in an email about how she thinks it's unfair the way that schools make us base our self worth off of grades, she's awesome!
The lectures were super clear and easy to follow along with. All of the lectures were pre-recorded so you could watch them on your own time and they were super short, usually about 20-30 minutes. The actual scheduled time for lectures were just Q&As which was great because she cleared up any confusions.
The tests were pretty easy, I would say even easier than the homework, and she didn't curve them because the class typically did really well.
I highly recommend taking Morris-Wright! Also don't bother buying the textbook

She's an amazing professor, super helpful and understanding, especially during covid times.
She dropped 30% of homework and group assignments, as well as 1 midterm grade if it helped us.
The inverted class format with videos to watch and a pre quiz and after quiz is the greatest thing to keep the rhythm in the class (btw you can retake them as much as you want so it's a 100% guaranteed). She explains everything soooo well, it's like watching a crashcourse video on youtube, it's amazing.
One of the greatest professor I had at UCLA.

**note: I took this class online during the COVID-19 pandemic.

CLASS FORMAT / TEACHING:

The class was a flipped classroom. We would watch short recorded lectures and complete an assignment before every live lecture. We were provided with many platforms in which we could ask questions or ask for clarification on a topic--the questions asked on CCLE would be answered during the live lecture by the professor, and questions on Campuswire would be answered by TAs. The flipped classroom format worked really well for me personally. While watching recorded and live lectures may seem like double the amount of work, it actually feels like the same amount because despite it being her first time teaching, Professor Rose's teaching style is super clear. If I was ever confused on a topic after watching the recorded lecture, then my confusion would almost always be resolved after she explains it during the live lecture. In addition, live lecture attendance was completely optional so you could just skip them if you want, although the live lectures proved to be extremely helpful most of the time.

ASSIGNMENTS

The pre-class assignments (completed before lecture) were always tricky. However, we were allowed many tries (sometimes infinite), so it's almost a guarantee that you will get full credit on them. Students often asked for clarification on the tricky questions, and the Professor would explain them during the live lecture.

Weekly homework assignments also have a couple of tricky questions, but overall they're not too bad. The problems come from the textbook. You can find the solution manual online if you know where to look.

During discussion sessions, we were put in small groups of 3-4 students which lasted the whole quarter. Every week we would be given a small group assignment that could be completed within the time allotted for the section. The questions there are a bit challenging since they are meant to be solved as a group. Doing the assignment somewhat helps in understanding the material, and it counts as participation credit.

EXAMS

There are two midterms and one final. All are half multiple choice and half written. The multiple-choice portion is exactly the same format as the pre-class assignments that I mentioned earlier, and the written portion is similar to the weekly homework problems. Questions are doable but definitely challenging. Exam averages always ranged between 85-93%, so they were never curved. The final exam felt noticeably longer than the two midterms.

HELPFULNESS

Not only is Professor Rose very helpful in answering questions during class and office hours, but she is also very considerate. She would provide accommodations for students who need them, and give extended due dates whenever CCLE randomly shut down. She also cares about fairness -- one time she found that some students had cheated on the two midterms and sent an 1800 word email explaining why that was wrong and how it is disrespectful to everyone involved. Of course, she didn't punish the whole class for the actions of the few.

TLDR: Professor Rose really cares about her students! The course material is definitely challenging, but the class isn't graded harshly. 10/10 would recommend others to take any class she teaches.

I love you professor!!!!!

Prof. Rose is literally the SWEETEST!! She actually cares for her students and did everything she could to make online learning go smoothly. Whenever anyone is confused, she does her best to explain the concept again and is extremely patient. On top of that, Ben was my TA and he is amazing so this class was a 10/10!!!!