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

There are a lot of padding assignments and EC in this class so its fairly easy to get a good grade. But it's hard to learn anything from the 2nd half of this class. The lectures become overly complicated and dont prepare you for the HW. You basically have to teach yourself, but the textbook is also useless because its meant for review, not learning

Do not take - so many homework and active learnings (plus section requirements and problem presentation) means you'll be writing about trivial obvious problems step by step for hours. This is more of a handwriting class than a math class. So mind numbing.

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."

Her lectures are a bit too fast, but the lecture notes do help. Tests are fair, there is a practice final that is very similar to the real final, and lots of extra credit. You need to write a paper for the course (which is kind of weird), and it takes a lot of effort, so be ready to spend 12 - 15 hours each week on this course.

She is incapable of speaking in a clear and direct way. She overcomplicates everything. The topics are not too difficult, but she goes out of her way to put everything in terms of pure math, so lectures are impossible to follow unless you think that way too Lectures are super fast paced, attendance is required, and you'll have to learn on your own

It's in the shorter summer session so her lectures are always out of pace and not very-well-explained, but the 250 pages of lecture notes do help. Get ready to read and study more beyond the textbook and lecture notes. Homeworks are from Boas, though could be a bit challenging but really helpful. Exams are fair. Lots of extra credits.

Dr. Carlson cares a lot about her students and the effort she puts into her lectures and lecture materials makes this clear. Although she is not the greatest lecturer ever, her tests are usually very fair. Heavy on homework, but gives extra credit and willing to help her students succeed.

Terrible teaching style, and incapable of explaining course materials clearly.