This class is honestly not hard, its actually extremely easy. The professor is not a very good lecturer, and did not respond to a single email all quarter, and was always behind with content, but it didn't matter because the final and midterm were so easy to get A's on, because they were group projects with your lab mates. Way easier than 30A, very light workload, I got an A+ and I never took any AP math class in high school. The coding was kind of difficult for me, but the TA's help you a lot if you are confused.

I was initially really nervous about having Dr.V this quarter, especially since I had Jukka last quarter, and even more so after reading so many harsh comments about her class. But honestly, if I could go back knowing what I know now I would have taken ls30a with Dr.V. This class is super laid back and was definitely the least stressful out of all my classes last quarter. Although her lectures might be difficult to understand at times, she more than makes up for it by being extremely accomodating and understanding. She is probably the nicest and sweetest professor I've had all year and I can tell that she genuinely cares about her students and their well-being. I highly recommend taking this class with her, it was stress-free and probably one of the easiest As I've gotten.

This is not the class to take if you want to actually learn anything -- I taught myself the materials using the textbook and lecture slides because Venugopal is unengaging and hard to listen to. It's an easy A, and she's a decent professor if you can stand to listen to her, but it's not enjoyable at all and I'd recommend trying a different professor instead.

Honestly, I felt like Dr. V wasn't a bad lecturer at all. There are polls during lecture, so you will have to attend to receive participation points. The workload was very light in my opinion. Many people stressed over the bi-weekly study guides, but it was only difficult if you made it difficult for yourself. For all of my study guides, all I did was take screenshots of the slides and upload them on my document for each objective and I still received full points for it. The midterm and finals weren't too bad because she allows you to work with your group members, which makes it was easier. I would definitely take her again! It was a class I slacked off on the most.