Professor
Kunihiko Taira
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Most Helpful Review
Winter 2024 - If I were to take this class again with Taira I'd do it in a heartbeat. Taira not only knows his material but also knows how to teach it. I never really had to use the textbook for learning aside from doing a few practice problems before the midterm and final. He weighed the midterm and final to be 25% and the homework to be 50%. Don't be fooled, the homework is NOT easy. Taira was a math major before he was an engineer, so some of his homework's involve deriving fundamental equations or proving something (unnecessary imo but whatever). The homework itself takes a lot of time unless you know your stuff; anywhere b/w 2-4 hours in my experience. However, the level of difficulty went down substantially after the first midterm. And they are doable by the way its just that some problems are just designed to make you sit for an hour debating if this class is worth it. Aside from this, the midterm and final are really just reflections of homework problems and often times easier. So if you survive his homework, you'll survive on the tests given that you actually solve the homework on your own. Last piece of advice: do not go to office hours expecting him to give you the homework answer, try solving it first. His guidance is going to be very vague, so partner up with someone. Best of Luck :)
Winter 2024 - If I were to take this class again with Taira I'd do it in a heartbeat. Taira not only knows his material but also knows how to teach it. I never really had to use the textbook for learning aside from doing a few practice problems before the midterm and final. He weighed the midterm and final to be 25% and the homework to be 50%. Don't be fooled, the homework is NOT easy. Taira was a math major before he was an engineer, so some of his homework's involve deriving fundamental equations or proving something (unnecessary imo but whatever). The homework itself takes a lot of time unless you know your stuff; anywhere b/w 2-4 hours in my experience. However, the level of difficulty went down substantially after the first midterm. And they are doable by the way its just that some problems are just designed to make you sit for an hour debating if this class is worth it. Aside from this, the midterm and final are really just reflections of homework problems and often times easier. So if you survive his homework, you'll survive on the tests given that you actually solve the homework on your own. Last piece of advice: do not go to office hours expecting him to give you the homework answer, try solving it first. His guidance is going to be very vague, so partner up with someone. Best of Luck :)
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