Genuinely terrible experience, she won't even show up to the lecture and does it on zoom (why i put that this is an online course). I have never experienced a more incomprehensible lecture because of how many terms she just pulls out of nowhere and references without even explaining. Im praying for my entire cohort of students

Pretty good professor, really nice and knowledgeable. Explains concepts well. Exams are pretty difficult but the quizzes are really helpful.

Way better than MCDB 6, but still be prepared to memorize key terms and important concepts. Watch the videos and then test yourself on the material, go to her office hours to clear up confusing topics. Doable compared to Low.

Thomasson is just a really disorganized professor. The lecture slides are not very clear and it is really hard to follow what she is saying at times. Thankfully, she knows that we just had come from MCDB6 and made it clear to us that she would make this course way easier, which she did. Tests are super simple and curved heavily.

She was awesome and very responsive to emails. Although she expects you study off relying on slides and not a study guide

Okay Thomasson isn't THAT bad. It is true she often didn't explain well in her lecture videos, but I attended OH and cleared things up with her during that time. Watch her review session OH because she gives hints of what the tests will be on. Her tests are easy and ask basic questions. Quizzes often had unclear wording. She curved tests a lot.

Not an ideal professor. If there's another option, I would take them. Tests are often difficult and unclear, going beyond material covered in lecture. Doesn't give any practice exams and is very slow to respond to emails. Lectures are disorganized and doesn't go into enough detail. Didn't even show up to our second midterm. L prof hired by L uni.

Worst prof I've ever had. We didn't have class, she would just post awful lectures where you can't ask questions. Got a good grade but had to study more than any other class ever. She says wrong information and corrects herself almost every sentence. Her tests are horrible and are not worded in a way that is fair. She gives nothing to help you.

This was her first quarter with flipped class, and I hope she continues it. You watch the factual content on your own time: maximum of two hours of videos a week, and live lectures Tuesday morning. Get the book, and read it each week, the tests are truly quite fair and aren't that nitty-gritty, especially compared to MCDB 6. I really liked her!

Almost impossible to reach by email. Every exam we have had so far has errors and she often grades incorrectly. The class is pretty much now run by her TA's who are great, but they are only expected to know about the lab portion of the course and cannot help with a lot of the lecture/exam content. Only positive is that she offers extra credit.

Worst class I have ever taken at UCSB. Lectures are long, she has no motivation to teach, hard to get a hold of for office hours. Makes exams extremely difficult, provided example problems two days before exam. Not helpful at all.

Probably the worst professor I've ever had. Completely disorganized and uncommunicative. She gives no information/review on tests and her lectures don't cover half the stuff on assignments. Misspelled and unfinished questions on tests and quizzes, poor writing, typos and terminology errors. Wouldn't recommend.