assigns a group project over thanksgiving! 2 exams 2 essays 1 group project weekly discussion posts due on Sundays Lot of information each day , very interesting but he is a little boring. he is funny though at times.slides are easy to take notes off of so going to class is not very neccsary.
often unavailable, difficult to reach, more interested to stack all of his meeting during one day of the week so he can be off campus dating.
Good class overall. Lectures had interesting content which was presented well. Professor used an online discussion forum which we had to subscribe to that was kind of expensive and got to be very tedious throughout the quarter. Course content felt easy enough to process, but the exams were kind of tough at times. Other assignments were easy enough.
Professor Nielsen is such a nice guy and a great lecturer. If you follow the essay rubrics exactly you will get very good grades. He is very funny and will make you LOVE class
Professor Nielson is a pretty personable guy. Participation does matter, he took it through in class surveys through this website called PackBack. The essays were graded pretty easily but the exams would have some unfamiliar material. First two exam were not cumulative, final is cumulative. Good guy overall though.
Didn't like that we had to pay ~40$ just for a forum post site. BUT besides that he's a good prof. Funny guy. Understanding & accessible, listened to students and made exams online, not the easiest A I've gotten, but he is not a tough grader on the writing portions. Couple MC midterms, weekly posts, and a final + research paper & "group" project
Manageable workload- 2 essays (one is reflective), 3 mc tests, a group presentation, and weekly discussion posts. They aren't graded harshly if you follow directions. He also gives lots of interesting/funny anecdotes and TONS of book recommendations in class. He does cancel lectures every now and then, but overall I did learn a lot.
This prof sucks. Cancelled class at least once a week. I attended 2 lectures, passed with a B+. He just goes over the slides and that's all you need to pass. I didn't learn anything. I took 126 AND 131 in the same qrtr. I got an A in 131, didn't go to a single class. Didn't even do the packback questions... and got an A. Dont ask me how.
He cancel classes for sure, and I think you don't have to go to the class to write the paper. I think he is very nice, knowledgable and easy grader. He care less about citations and styles which makes it easier to write papers. I think he replies email fairly quick. Overall it is easy and fun.
40% HW, 40% Final, 20% Quizzes. Very good at explaining concepts and answering questions. Quizzes have some tricky questions, but homework is straightforward and the final exam was fair. He is awesome.
Professor Yu's lectures are clear and organized. The homework is based on R but he gives very clear instructions on how to code in R. The homework (40%) is straightforward based on lectures and quizzes (20%) are really helpful for reviewing the course contents. No midterm. Final (40%) is easy if you can understand lectures well.
Professor Nielsen never answers emails, cancels in-person classes and doesn't post online lectures. I've never had a teacher with such bad teaching skills. You can only do well if you have a good TA. Criteria is always so unclear on every single assignment, so it made class hard. I would not recommend taking any class with him at all.
Class is graded on Midterm/Take Home Final/4 HW/4 Quiz. Midterm content was fair and was primarily lecture material. Midterm had multiple choice and free response. Homework was reasonable and was based off lab assignment topics and code. You could work with a partner on the homework and the final. Overall good instructor. would take again
Kind of insane how disorganized this class was this quarter. Not once, but twice he failed to post the exam for us to take on schedule. He did not respond for at least 3 days when students emailed him to ask what was going on. This included the final btw. He seems like a very wholesome person but this class was frustrating. Pretty easy though!
I have never had such an unorganized professor. It seemed every week at least one class was canceled, insanely slow on grading (3 weeks before end of quarter and nothing was graded), exams not getting posted online the day they are scheduled, boring lectures. The class is easy, I mean we barely had class and I still did well but I learned nothing.
Lectures are solid and he really tries his best to simplify down complex ideas to make them understandable. Homework is more like follow along learn as you go rather than challenging to complete, and really helps with understanding models. Lectures can be a little math heavy but he doesn't expect you to memorize, instead focuses on concepts
Probably the best professor in PSTAT department. He gives 50% of people A.
Easy A class. Final grade with 71.1% people A (he also gives 2% extra credit, so no curve down lol: ) A+: 98.5 - 100 --> 4.44% A: 94 - 98.5 --> 42.96% A-: 90 - 94 --> 23.70% B+: 87 - 90 --> 8.15% B-: 83 - 87 --> 5.19% C+: 80 - 83 --> 2.22% C: 77 - 80 --> 2.96%
He curves down. there are 4 quizzes which are tricky. Final was hard. Avoid him if you can.
One of the best profs in the stats department. Clear lectures, homework's correlates with lecture material and are pretty easy to follow. Quizzes were bit tough, but do-able. No midterm. 4 HW's, 4 Quizzes. Fair final exam, but proofs were a bit difficult. Overall a really great prof and one of the easier PSTAT classes I have taken thus far.
Not so good. He doesn't round up the score and there is no curve. The Grading system is strict.
Hes so awful omg don't take him
His first time teaching. He's not understanding and gives you less time to do work when he says he will give you 2 weeks
Literally the worst professor ever. I had a 89.7 and he didn't round up. He doesn't curve, he's horrible at teaching. Take an actual professor and not a grad student.
