She's better at lecturing than most other profs I've had, but it's very fast-paced and at 8 am. Definitely interrupt her to ask questions in lecture, otherwise she will keep talking forever. ALSO, if you are a DSP student, you will have to fight her for accommodations. She has the mindset "if you're failing, just work harder and don't be lazy."

This class was insane. Although it is only 3 units, it easily occupied the most time out of all of my courses (and I took 4 upper division physics courses). Keep in mind that the homework takes a LONG time to complete, and that the exams are incredibly difficult. Moreover, there is no curve.

There are too many assignments. I prefer Dr. Banta's style of a few difficult problems and second pass where we can revisit the miss-steps for half credit. The jumping around feels jarring and the lectures a rough. I have to do a lot of self teaching. She clearly cares about her students though and promptly answers emails.

Such a boring professor and too many useless assignments.

I have seen professors that read off of slides. I have seen professors that just copy their lecture notes on a blackboard and then read it. Yet I have never seen a professor that hasn't written ANYTHING in lectures before this class. Prof Carlson basically reads her pre-made lecture notes and makes us attend all lectures for "participation grades".

half of the assignments in the class are completely useless. their only purpose is to pad your grade. a better solution would be just to curve the class. my time spent on all these assignments would be better spent reviewing lecture and solving actual helpful HW problems. so many of the HW problems do NOT reinforce what we learned in class. useless