Not a difficult class and his lectures are thorough. You can expect to get a good grade if you put in the work, but at the cost of a professor who is not approachable and does not respect his students

As long as you are on top of your work, the class is not too difficult and the content is understandable. However, the professor gets frustrated easily and is not approachable. He sometimes takes out his frustration on his students and is not easy to deal with.

Although not an extremely difficult class and the content is quite interesting, Professor Balkind does not respect his students and clearly remains stubborn in his ways. He does not help the students and often seems frustrated.

Class was overall super easy. The weekly quizzes were easy and the final was exactly like the quizzes. The labs were okay for the most part. Even if you didn't get full points they would often give you a lot of extra partial. His lectures were not very helpful for the labs or quizzes. They were just boring and unnecessary. He does seem pretty nice.

Doesn't cares about his students. Easily irritated and set off when asking questions.

Professor Balkind is very disrespectful to students. He often seems busy or preoccupied and chooses to take it out on students. My success in this class came despite him, not because of him.

The best professor and mentor!!! You'll find out he's beyond amazing once you get to know him. Very knowledgeable and passionate about his field, shows in lectures. Extremely supportive and loves to talk to students about anything: career stuff, studying abroad, or even his cats, he's so chill. Soft-spoken with a fun Scottish accent and mustache.

In my experience, Balkind is the most supportive professor in this department by a mile. I took 154 last year and, even though the workload was more than I could manage at the time and I really struggled as a result, I have only good things to say about him as a professor and a mentor.

Professor Balkind is super knowledgeable, never leaving any a question unsolved at the end of class. He shared very inspiring cutting-edge research conducted by himself & in the field, and really willing to hear about any stuff you're doing in the field. He's also very accessible outside class, and he designs really fun projects for us to work on.

Pretty interesting lectures, but a lot of topics were really complex and hard to follow. The good thing is that all the grading (quizzes, midterm, final) are all online, so you can reference your notes for the hard stuff. A lot of the labs were hard, and they're worth 40% of your grade, so make sure to go to OH and get help early in the week.

His lectures are very thorough and he explains everything you need to know well. You can tell he's really enthusiastic about what he does. Some labs are really difficult, and some are really easy. Get started early. Weekly quizzes are hard at times too. The final was cumulative, and he expects you to really understand all the concepts he teaches.

A lot of lectures with little support outside of office hours. Concepts, while clearly explained, are sometimes lost in the assignments. Lab and quiz heavy. The final is cumulative and touches on every aspect of the course. Be ready to truly understand the material as he expects you to have the same level of understanding as he does by the end.