Async version: lectures were very dense and took a long time to go through if trying to understand all the proofs. OH by TAs or Feldman help a lot for HW, and make sure to really understand the info to get good quiz scores. Since the final project is 50%, really make sure model is good, go over final product with her, she expects a high standard.
Don't take her is you want to have a strong GPA
Doesn't care student feeling, lazy to reply email for grade argument, disrespectful!
The online version of 174 was pretty bad. There were 4 quizzes, very long weekly homeworks, and a final project. At least you can work pretty much at your own pace and just have to learn enough to keep up with the quizzes. The final was terrible and nuked my grade from an A to a B. Overall only positive is that it's ASYNC
Feldman was incredibly helpful and knowledgeable. Lectures are clear and recorded making it easy to review. She responds to emails and has plenty of office hours. There is a weekly quiz which can be retaken after she reviews the answers in OH. Final proj is 50% of the grade but guidelines are clear & she has a lecture where she does it step by step
Raya is a very knowledgeable and firm instructor, with her support proving useful most of the time. Said support is practically necessary to pass the course, due to extremely dense lectures and assignments, difficult online quizzes (which she allows retakes on), and a project worth half of the grade. But she provides these tools useful to succeed.
Tough but very kind and patient professor
Raya is amazing, but you have to work/ study hard.
Prof. Feldman is very helpful in and outside of classroom. She provides all lecture notes, slides and example questions. The lectures are a bit math-heavy but the formulas and concepts needed for homework/quizzes are given explicitly in the course materials. Also she gives a complete guide of final project and you can meet with her in OH for help.
Truly excellent instructor.
Homework was quite difficult; I recommend taking advantage of office hours as much as possible. Final project was 50% of the grade, but you get a ton of support. One lecture was just the professor doing the project herself, code included. She will also meet with you one-on-one to discuss your project if asked; be sure to do this!
Lectures are uninteresting and slides are too dense. Not the best lecturer. She lets you retake quizzes which is nice. Quiz on Friday, office hours Monday where she reviews quiz answers, retake same quiz Tuesday. Go to office hours! Take the final project seriously since it's worth 50% of the overall grade.