The best aspects of this course included the interesting course material and the professor, who was an effective teacher and motivated students. The worst aspects of the course included the dense and confusing textbook, as well as the repetitive classes in which the professor taught content directly from the book. The course could improve if the lectures were clearer and more focused on the complex concepts. Prospective students should know that this course is somewhat intensive and there wil be lots of homework problems to complete week by week. It is recommended that you have a strong foundation in math and are familiar with proofs before you decide to take this course.

Students praised this course for its interest subject matter and manageable workload. Multiple students found lectures to be disorganized and difficult to fol ow. Suggestions for improvement included a desire to see increased structure in lectures, and that additional time be spent on difficult concepts to al ow students time to learn. Prospective students should know that students found the course’s workload to be very manageable; there were no midterms or finals. Students also found that some work outside the classroom was required to be successful.

Students praised this course for having an energetic and thorough instructor who was responsive to students and provided useful feedback on work. Perceived issues with the course included a general feeling from multiple students that the course was fast paced and covered fairly challenging subject matter. Suggestions for improvement included a general feeling that the course’s homework could be excessively long and a request that solutions to problem sets be posted online. Prospective students should know that students found the course was significantly difficult and required students to commit a lot of time.

The best aspects of the course were the lectures which complemented a fairly informative book as well as the heavily weighted homework assignments that were good boosters for student grades. The worst aspects of the course were the dul lectures, large amounts of assigned homework and the overal level of difficulty that students met with in this class. The professor taught many of the lectures from the book and went at a very fast pace for the second half of the semester. The course would improve if the workload were lessened and if the class went at a steadier pace throughout the semester. Prospective students should expect a fairly challenging course with lots of proofs and problem sets.

Most students gave the material itself the highest rating for the course. However, the difficulty of the material and the quick pace of the course were rated the worst aspects of the course. Suggestions for improvement included more discussion of the concepts in class, along with shorter and more frequent meeting times. Prospective students should know that the course can be quite difficult, especial y without prior knowledge of theoretical math.

The best part about this course was the user-friendly textbook that made it easy for students to review topics they were uncomfortable with. Students agreed that the professors were invested in their students and were wil ing to help students work through the material. However, some students suggested that the lectures were often disorganized and not always helpful. Many students found the amount of homework to be overwhelming and the work to be tedious. This course could have been improved by creating smaller problem sets for homework. Prospective students should have a strong understanding of proofs.