Prof Petzold is so sweet but unfortunately is a terrible lecturer. It feels like she's learning the material with us, will often get certain things wrong, and seems like she doesn't understand matlab herself. TA's and office hours are the only way to pass the class. HW is extremely challenging if you only go off lectures.

If you want to do great in this class just go to your TA's section and their office hours. Petzold is nice and tries to make the class engaging but ultimately she is slow in teaching the material that you learn it yourself and she's weeks behind. Work looks hard at first but you can ultimately get it done on time. Class itself is not hard.

Lectures weren't super helpful towards specific homework problems, but they at least gave you an idea of the concepts that would be covered. The assignments are pretty engaging. Go to section and go to office hours for the homework and projects, the TAs are super helpful.

This course is really dependent on your TA's, (especially for difficulty of the tests). Section was a lot more helpful than lecture, and the online modules are sufficient to teach most of the material on your own. Petzold was always available to clarify and answer questions. Destroyed by the final, as someone who came in w no coding experience.