Professor Radke is such a nice guy. He clearly cares for his students and loves to teach. The lecture content is well-organized and his exams are actually able to be completed in the intended timeframe. I highly recommend taking a math class with Radke; you won't regret it.

Professor Radke is a great teacher, he made my first online quarter at UCLA a better time. I actively looked forward to his class because of how he taught and his energy.

The absolute greatest!!!

Prof. Radke was extremely clear in his lectures and office hours. We are given 24 hours to complete the examd (midterms and final) which is amazing and takes away the time pressure and anxiety that is present in traditional testing environments. The content tested was exactly what we covered in lecture and homework. Radke is a genuinely nice guy and I would definitely take his course again. Don't hesitate and just take him. You won't regret it.

Professor Radke is perhaps one of the best professors I have ever had. He is a really down-to-earth and chill guy. He genuinely wants students to succeed in his class, and he is always so patient and helpful in explaining the material. If you just participate and pay attention during lectures, you will get a lot out of this class, I guarantee it. Professor Radke just puts so much care and time in to this class and gives us everything we need to pass. He even said, "I don't mind if everyone gets an A in this class; it matters to me more that you guys learn the material". This is the kind of professor UCLA should have more of. I had him during the coronavirus pandemic, and I have to admit this is definitely a class I am happy to have taken. I definitely would want to take another class with Professor Radke.

P.S. There are a lot of extra credit opportunities in this class so you guys should try to be active participants!

He assigns a LOT of homework. It's going to take you a while. He's funny in lecture, but you're better off reading the textbook if you want to actually understand the material and not just know the computation portion. Exams are on the easier side where many problems are directly covered in lecture.

He is the most caring, the best, the most understanding professor ever. Everything he teaches makes sense, maybe it also helped that 33A really isn't hard itself. His tests are reasonable and 100% correlates to the hw problems and his examples in lectures. NO complaint. BUT he said he would give an extra credit but i got the exact grade i received even tho 1% would've made it an A.

Our grades were comprised of 45% homework, 25% midterm, and 30% final. Letter grades supposedly follow the standard grading system, but his syllabus notes that grades include "consideration of class participation", so I'm not sure how that factors into the grading scheme listed above. There were 7 homework assignments total, each of which included 3 book problems. These problems were fairly long and challenging and even stumped the professor during office hours a few times, so don't take homework lightly (especially considering that it's the biggest component of your grade). The exams were challenging but fair, and we were given 24 hours for both the midterm and the final. He even said that we could use the internet for ideas as long as we came up with original solutions. He also constructed questions in a way that tested our understanding of general concepts rather than focusing on minute details of certain algorithms and proofs. However, I will say that each exam isn't worth that many points (34 points on the midterm and 45 points on the final), so even a small mistake could significantly impact your final grade, which was definitely a source of stress throughout the quarter. His lectures felt a little fast and I couldn't fully grasp concepts before he was introducing new ones, but that's pretty standard for math classes and you just have to review the material after lectures. The professor is more than happy to answer questions during classes, and his explanations were able to clear up any points of confusion. He genuinely cares about student learning, as he was willing to stay late during office hours to make sure everyone got a chance to ask him questions. On an unrelated note, he likes to start classes with memes or pictures/videos of animals, which was a fun intro to lectures.

Radke is the man.

Really chill class and professor. The course is just homework sets, two midterms, and a final. Content is not particularly difficult, but can be quite confusing conceptually. Homework tends to be really long, but exams are manageable. The professor also posts notes from office hours, which is really helpful. Overall, good class!