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Class Ratings

5Amazing Class
2Hard
5Very Interesting
2Barely Useful

Professor Rating

5Amazing Prof

Prof: Anil Rao / Fall 2025

Feb 6, 2026

Comments on the course

Difficult conceptually, but he gives guidance in office hours for every HW, project, and quiz. The quizzes are more like mini project involving derivations which are based on his course notes (fully open note and untimed). Requires basic programming/MATLAB skills and a strong foundation in DEQ/calc.

Course Content

Orbital elements, orbital propagation, orbital transfers. Very interesting but probably not very useful for most people's career paths. This class does however teach useful analysis skills and will improve your understanding of MATLAB.

Comments on the professor

Professor is excellent and really cares about his students succeeding/learning. Would take more courses with him if I could.

Advice

If you go to office hours when you are stuck, he will help you will succeed and get an A+. There are plenty of extra credit opportunities too. This class does require a lot of effort to understand, but I was never stressed about grades. Each assignment builds on the previous, so don't get behind.

Course: EAS 4510Delivery: In personGrade: A+Workload: HeavyTextbook Use: Optional
Project HeavyAssignment Heavy