Not a great lecturer, unclear but does provide notes, slides, homeworks. Unpredictable tests and midterms

wern yeen yeong COUNT UR DAYS. i literally used prof leanard who carried me through this quarter, but even he could not save me from the wrath of that final
EDIT: i actually ended with an A- so maybe i take everything i said back

Based on the reviews I read from last quarter I thought this class was going to be the end of me, but it really was NOT THAT BAD. Listen, 32B is a really difficult math class and I found it to be the hardest math class I've ever taken. But that's not the professor's fault, its just a hard class. Based on what I've heard, she's definitely improved since the last quarter and I think she'll keep improving every time she teaches! Now for the specifics, I don't think she's a very good lecturer (YET!) but I still found going to class to be the best for me, though you can just self study if you want. For the midterms, I didn't think they were that "hard" content-wise because she gave practice midterms before-hand so you knew exactly what the test would look like, the tests just generally had harder functions (esp trig), though even then she didn't expect us to know any trig identities. The main thing that made the midterms really difficult was time, in which I would very, very highly recommend doing the practice problems that she gives outside of just the homework. If you're struggling with the concepts or doing it slowly, it will make a difference. All in all, not the best professor I had but absolutely not the worst, and you will absolutely get out of the class what you put into it, so make sure you study :).

Yeong is not a bad prof. She teaches from the book, and people are complaining about that, but honestly the book is good so the overall learning experience was fine She keeps her topics organized and is a decent lecturer. Sometimes she stumbles when asked questions, but it's not that bad. People are complaining about the final, but the "hard problems" she literally taught in lecture the week before. We spent a whole lecture on this "challenge" problem that showed up on the final. If you pay attention, you will be fine. The midterms are light, its literally just hw problems. If you need help, go to the goat professor leonard.

I'm still in the process of completing this class, but this is just for those considering taking her next quarter. Some of the old reviews are definitely overly harsh. Yeong has learned a lot from her first quarter teaching. Now, the lectures are recorded and all her notes are posted. She also posts note templates ahead of time which is very useful for those taking notes digitally. During lecture she teaches by filling out the templates, which is a good pace for taking notes. Homework is 10 problems a week and very managable. Midterm 1 was very similar to the practice test, I'd say easier than homework, and it was fair and relatively easy in general, with the average being around an A-. She is still sometimes not confident enough in lecturing and makes mistakes, but it's understandable for being a new professor.

Prof Yeong is a pretty standard lecturer, not too engaging but gets the points across. If you are ever confused in lectures, a quick look at the textbook will clear things up since most of her examples are taken directly from it. The class is decently organized and I think many of the other reviews are unnecessarily harsh. The final was harder than anticipated but she did offer an extra credit question on it for 10 points. I believe she did curve the final grades after the final exam so that there were a larger amount of A's, then B's and C's. All in all, a pretty average experience, but the class & professor is not as bad as others make it out to be.

Never went to class or discussion, they were useless. Reading the textbook chapters and understanding/doing well on the HW was enough to prepare for exams, so I liked the simplicity of what I had to do to be successful in this class. Overall though it was an extremely meh experience with a pretty inadequate professor, but if you like individual study I would recommend taking this class and never going, and you’ll do just fine. Her practice tests are very similar to the actual tests which is nice. I think most reviews are overly harsh because the professor just lectured word for word from the textbook (but somehow poorly lol), so if you cut out the middleman you should be just fine.

Wern Yeong does not actually teach you anything. She merely just reads off of the textbook and jots things down quickly and messily on the board, but is terrible at answering questions and does not make the material digest-able whatsoever. It's impossible to actually learn anything from her lectures. If you take this class, be prepared to learn all of your material through the textbook on your own time.

Her tests were also insane. Midterm 1 was very difficult. And THE FINAL was out of this world. It was so insanely difficult and such a terrible reflection of everything we were expected to learn this year. Do not take a class with Yeong if you can avoid it.

I would not recommend taking this class. Professor said 70% average on midterm was good enough because it's passing. Poor lecturer. Prof. said that she'll make practice final easy but the actual final hard, like what? I got every solution on a midterm correct, but got an 85% because I didn't show "enough work" on the simplest problem and questions expected solutions in different forms that weren't explicitly stated.

Math 32b is notoriously the hardest math lower division, and taking the class with Wern made that experience an utmost reality.

Wern is an extremely kind and gentle person. Yes, it's Wern's first year teaching here, but honestly, the entire scheme of the class was so absurd. Lectures were taught from the textbook, but the explanations seemed so unabsorbable! Reading the textbook helped me a lot with Midterm 2, but for me, Midterm 1 and FINAL were just NOT it.

I cannot forget to mention that there is basically zero partial credit for the exam questions; it is insane. I spent a good while chatting back and forth with a TA to justify some partial points, but still nothing. For those who are genuinely great at math, you'll do well in this class, but overall, it was not a pleasant experience for me. I am no genius, but I do put in effort to learn; this section didn't make it any easier.

DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS.