Prof Russel is awesome! She really encourages you to actually understand the material by calling on people during class. It isn't targeted tho and she is really patient. There are pop quizzes, but they are usually really easy or based on worksheets she gave the class before. She will give hints if she is going to have a pop quiz.

Lectures are very engaging because she randomly calls on people, or goes row by row. So you have to somewhat pay attention. There are also 4–5 pop quizzes throughout the quarter, so you have to attend. The tests were not very difficult though, and she does not curve. She did my round my grade from 92.51 to 93, which was nice.

Decent person but a bad teacher. Lectures are mostly rambling, which makes her seem unprepared. Exams have 30+ MCQs plus 2 FRQs in about 65 minutes - way too much. She skips through content, assuming we're experienced CPAs, leaving gaps in learning. Tests are stressful and fast-paced. Avoid this class and take it with someone else if you can.

If you do the practice Brief Exercises, read the textbook, and attend lectures and discussion section, you will be alright.

Required calling on students randomly in class and going around to solve a problem (introvert nightmare). Doesn't explain foundational 3A/3B concepts adequately for transfer success. Tests are difficult, lectures are anxiety-inducing and scattered. Nice person, but wait for a different prof for the 136 series, or prepare to self-study constantly.

Not a great teacher the teacher stucture is kind of a mess. I would recommend fulkerson or harmon instead for 136A. I averaged like 90 on the tests but the Wileyplus was single try and it was really unclear what you needed to know for the pop quizzes and i missed one entirely bc it was online without warning unlike the 2 prior. Good TA needed