Great class with a great professor. He will make sure you understand the material as well as reward you with a decent grade as long as you put in the effort. The vast majority of the class got B's with quite a few getting A's. Very few got C's or failed.

I need the concepts from this class for Math 2420 so yes.

Gives a lot of bonuses and curves however HW is difficult and really tricky sometimes. Don't expect to finish the HW in 15 min (It took me around 2hr/assignment) The dates he assigns the assignments are when we finish the topic which ranges from twice a month to once every 3 days. Gives more than enough time to finish it, tho. The first test was online at the testing center and 2nd test was at home(open notes/internet for 2nd). Beware that the 2nd test will kill you if you don't know the material extremely well, even with free internet use. He does his best and teaches very well, but the class will feel dry at times. Also, he does one of the weekly problem sections himself(TA does the other and my god he is a godly TA) and expects you to have at least an idea of how to do the stuff from th...read more

The material after the first test triples in difficulty so expect far more learning and getting stuck more often cuz the concepts get really hard.