The course is very interesting and quite easy. There are not a lot of unique topics, so the class progresses at a rather slow pace. This enables the development of a deep understanding of the material.

The course grade (for the honors section) is based entirely on four in class exams. However, the exam questions are very straightforward and simple. If you keep up with the (optional) homework, you should have no trouble getting an A.

Dr. Robinson is wonderful. His lectures are very insightful, and his explanations are splendid. He is very passionate about moths and will occasionally take some time to talk about and show pictures of them.

I highly recommend taking the honors section as Dr. Robinson is an excellent professor. Do the homework. It may not be graded, but it is still incredibly beneficial to regularly complete it instead of putting it off or ignoring it.

MAA4402 was a great course and was very manageable with Dr. Robinson. The class was exam-heavy, but the exams were fair and very similar to the practice exams. The grading was generous, and the course was a useful introduction to complex variable theory.

The course covers complex numbers, complex functions, analyticity, contour integrals, Cauchy’s theorem, Cauchy’s integral formula, series, residues, and related topics. It was very useful because it introduced a beautiful and important area of higher mathematics.

Dr. Robinson is an excellent professor. He is passionate, funny, caring, lectures clearly, and is always happy to help in office hours. He genuinely cares about students and has a patient, parent-like warmth. He gives a practice exam before each test, and the exams are very similar.

Use the practice exams carefully because they are very similar to the actual exams. Go to office hours if you need help, keep up with the material, and do not assume the course is automatic just because the grading is generous. There is no extra credit, but the class is very fair.