No homework, but if lecture doesnt have enough practice problems that it will rly help during exams imo. But the questions he lists are good practice. Discussion quizzes are fair, especially if u have a good TA/LAs. Test are pretty hard, especially if u dont do HW. I failed the first midterm, but was able to do better on the second one and the final, and got a B-, with the second grading scheme.

Professor Wong talks realllyyyyy slowly and kind of dry. But the information is also delivered pretty clearly. Easy to do well in the class due to extra credit and group quizzes as long as you put in the work. Homework is optional but it really does help to do it.

This class is interesting because some people taking it are sophomores and have already taken a few math courses at UCLA while others are freshmen who took calc bc their junior year of high school. As the latter, I found this class on the more difficult end of my courseload, but it was not anything unmanageable. Professor Wong is very down to earth, easy to approach, fair, and makes an effort to make the subject matter as clear as possible. I was nervous going to office hours because he's quieter than my other professors, which I was intimidated by, but in all honesty, he is really nice, and I don't have anything negative to say. As many of the other reviews on here have said, there is no homework grade, so it is all quizzes, midterms, the final, and the challenge problem sets. The TA for this class REALLY MATTERS because of the challenge problem sets. My TA graded super harshly, so I ended up with about 70% on the first set, but after fixing it and completing the second set, which were graded differently, I got 100% on both. My advice for these is to collaborate as much as possible. Use the textbook, slides, and your classmates to make sure what you're saying is correct. You are supposed to work together, so make use of the groupme and campuswire. The thing I struggled with the most were the exams, and in my opinion, it was because they were relatively inconsistent. The first midterm was very easy, the second very difficult, and the final was a completely different format from the first two exams (likely due to the TA strike). It is a challenge to figure out how and what to study because each exam is different. The distribution of material on the final is pretty even, so it isn't like some of the LS classes where focus is put on the last 3 weeks. Overall, I really enjoyed the class, but it was a solid wake up call for what college classes are as an incoming first year.

Professor Wong is a very nice guy! He’s receptive to student feedback and offers things like extra credit, revision opportunities, and dropping your lowest midterm to make students feel less stressed about grades so that they can focus on learning. His slides were always well-organized and easy to follow. I found the class to be pretty manageable especially since homework wasn’t mandatory, but I still recommend doing it just to make sure that you’re on top of all the topics from class (usually only takes half an hour to one hour). Wong’s Challenge Problem reports were helpful for learning but personally, I didn’t like how we didn’t get to discuss the solutions—if you didn’t understand it, you’ll never really find out why unless you go out of your way to ask at office hours (and even then I don’t think they’d be straightforward about how to think through the problem). I also can see how the Challenge Problem reports can be really confusing conceptually. For instance, the first Challenge Problem was related to planetary motion and I didn’t understand how to interpret the math until I asked someone to explain physics concepts like tangential/centripetal acceleration. Overall, I still recommend Professor Wong as a solid option for this class, and you’ll do great if you put in the work.

One more note: If you’re like me and haven’t taken Calculus in two years, don’t worry too much—just do some basic review of limits and derivatives before the quarter starts. You also will need to know how to solve basic integrals, but it’s not a huge part of the class. Wong gives out a calc review sheet at the beginning of the quarter and you’ll be fine if you can solve those problems. The class doesn’t use difficult calculus nor does it really start calculus until a few weeks in. You got this!

Professor Wong is a great lecturer, and I'd recommend him to my friends if they needed to take this class. I liked how he made all of his slides available on Canvas before each lecture so we could download them and copy the annotations that he makes on the slides during lecture. It made this class easier in the sense that I didn't have to worry about writing down core concepts since they were already on the slide. He also uploaded the annotated slides after every lecture so you could look back and see if there was anything you missed. Additionally, he recorded all the lectures via Zoom in case you couldn't join in person, and made the recordings available to watch after lectures in case you couldn't tune in during lectures. This saved me a lot when I got sick for two weeks and didn't attend classes in person.

During discussions, you would work on a quiz on your own, and then after like 10-20 minutes, you could work with your group (that's assigned at the beginning of the quarter) or whoever you wanted to on the quiz to compare answers or ask the TAs/LAs questions about the problems. You also had a 24-hour period to submit both what you did individually and with your group, and while both submissions would be graded, only the group submission grade would count towards your grade. The questions weren't too difficult and these quizzes were definitely a grade boost.

His midterms and finals are definitely tough, but I think that if you understand the concepts well enough you can figure your way through them. I didn't really understand the concepts during lecture, so I had many office hours with him just to clear up my questions and ensure that I was able to understand the concepts. The homework for this class is optional, but it's definitely worth doing to practice using the concepts for the midterms and final.

He has two of these assignments called Challenge Problem Reports, where a concept is applied to the real world and he wants you to not only solve the problem but write your explanations like a textbook. These assignments were interesting but time-consuming, so starting early on them is the key to succeeding on them. He allows you to revise the first one for a higher grade since he understands that it's probably the first time you're doing this type of assignment, which is really useful since you can talk to him or your TAs about what you can do to get a better score using his rubric. You can ask him any questions about the problems after class or during office hours if you need, and even run your work by him to see if you're correct. These assignments also help your grade a lot if you do well on them, so it's important to take the time to do them as well as you can.

Overall, this class was appropriately difficult. With proper time management, doing the optional homework when you can (the flexibility of not having to do homework by a certain date is nice), and going to office hours, this class is doable. It was definitely a challenge for me but not to the point where I thought that this class is too much.

Workload: 7/10. Workload was decent (~4-5 hrs/week) but fair for the material and manageable. The two challenge problem reports take much longer than normal assignments (5+ hours each).

Quizzes/Exams: 7/10. Tests were reasonable for the material and never contained anything completely unexpected. Occasionally, there would be a slightly tricky question requiring some creativity with the concepts but nothing too far outside standard textbook questions.

Grading Scheme: 9/10. Two alternate grading schemes are offered, with the professor choosing the one that nets you the best overall grade. Both offer reasonable balances of quizzes, challenge problem reports, and major exams.

Material: 5/10. Material is a fair difficulty and doing the optional homework from the textbook is essential to doing well in the class. Having the textbook is highly recommended.

Lectures: 9/10. Lectures are well-organized and professor Wong is very proficient at lecturing concisely and clearly.

Support: 7/10. Professor and TAs value supporting students and hold review sessions for midterms/final.

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I forgot to do a review last quarter, so here's my review for spring 2022.
I liked Professor Wong's slides a lot, since they are very well organized and it is easy to just review them on your own instead of attending lecture. Regular homework wasn't required, so there was a lot of flexibility with how you could study for this class.
However, I have issues with his exams and projects. Many reviews also noted how his exams seemed like they were meant for another class, but since he curved so weirdly at the end, basic studying meant I was fine, even if it didn't look like that on the raw score. His "challenge problem sets" were very unique. Yes, they helped you work in-depth to the concepts, but I did feel like they dragged on longer than needed, and many of us needed TA help. They had a weird grading scheme based on writing style which I thought didn't fit for a math class, but it was ultimately a grade boost so I'm ok with it.

I took this class as an incoming freshman, not really knowing what to expect. Professor Wong's lectures can sometimes be pretty unengaging, but he is super helpful and the exams were very fair. The grades mainly consisted of Challenge Problem Sets (4 decently constructed assignments throughout the quarter), two midterms, and the final. Everything about this class was consistent and as long as you put in the effort (as it is an honors course), you will be fine.

It has been a while since I took Wong's 32AH, and I have to say that his math classes constructed my unique experience as a freshman. He is friendly and willing to help, though to some extent unclear in the lecture(and he may confuse us in the proof); his exams are fair as an honored class, not easy nor difficult. In general a professor who is willing to teach classes well, but as a student in this class, you need to rely on yourself for 90%. Do more self studies, and practice your proof skills for upper division math classes.