Catherine is a sweet professor who wants to ensure that her students thoroughly understand the material but man, this was a tough class. The material was very interesting in some parts of the class, a little drier in others. Online class but if you are having a busy summer, do not take the class. It is required that you dedicate a lot of time.

Gautier is a genius, she assigns a lot of homework (but is an easy grader), and she doesn't take b.s. from students. .... If you've been accepted to UCSB, that means you should be a good student, and you shouldn't have any trouble with this class.

Her SBDART program wouldn't open on my Macbook, my Dell computer, or the library computers at the university and it's a shame because we have to use the program for the exams. The workload is manageable; mostly busy work with some note-taking. Lectures seemed kind of redundant in focus and she requires attendance. I'm dropping the class today!

The summit requires A LOT of work both outside and inside the class. BUT I think Gautier is very nice, down to earth and willing to help. Probably one of the most rewarding classes I've been in. Worth taking for the experience, despite lack of sleep.

This was a 3 week mock summit class that was A LOT of work. No structure to class but the grading was very fair. The class requires pretty much your whole day and night so don't take it if u want any free time. Gautier does not know how to cater the class to students and can be very harsh at times. Be prepared...

Prof Gautier is a nice lady who will try to help you if you need it. However, the structure of the class could use a little improvement. For example, I did not see any point in using sbdart. Plus the TAs did not seem to have thorough knowledge of how sbdart worked. The workload was also way more than necessary. Otherwise, she is a good teacher.