Professor
Shu Liu
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Winter 2023 - Shu Liu is amazing, and is one of my favorite professors at UCLA. Grading Scheme was 50% HW, 15% Midterm, 34% Final, 1% Evaluation Survey at the end of class. You could also drop the Midterm for the Final. HW's were very straightforward and he gives you more than enough time to do them. Exams are very similar to the practice exams. He records lectures, and is very accessible in Office Hours. If you have any coding experience prior to taking his class, you can put in very minimal effort and expect an A. I can't say enough good things about this guy, take his class.
Winter 2023 - Shu Liu is amazing, and is one of my favorite professors at UCLA. Grading Scheme was 50% HW, 15% Midterm, 34% Final, 1% Evaluation Survey at the end of class. You could also drop the Midterm for the Final. HW's were very straightforward and he gives you more than enough time to do them. Exams are very similar to the practice exams. He records lectures, and is very accessible in Office Hours. If you have any coding experience prior to taking his class, you can put in very minimal effort and expect an A. I can't say enough good things about this guy, take his class.
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Spring 2024 - Went to class only once; he offers a hybrid (Zoom) option so that you can choose whether you would like to attend class in person or online. If you have taken APCSA in the past, the first 75% of the class will be very easy (I took it junior year and forgot what I learned but it all came back to me very very fast). The content is very easy to self-learn, especially if you have taken prior PIC classes; it's a bit difficult to understand Prof Liu during lectures, so I instead resorted to self-studying from extra slides he posted on BruinLearn (use Pham Minh's, they're so easy to understand). Homework assignments are VERY manageable and he gives a lot of time to complete them, too! And was very accommodating and understanding with the protests. Study for your midterm and final and you will be good ~ you are also allowed 1 double sided sheet of paper on the midterm, and 2 for the final. Recommend this class, doesn't take up much of your time (I kept forgetting I was taking this class), but still ended the class with over 100% with extra credit. (A+ ended up being 103%+ out of 104% possible).
Spring 2024 - Went to class only once; he offers a hybrid (Zoom) option so that you can choose whether you would like to attend class in person or online. If you have taken APCSA in the past, the first 75% of the class will be very easy (I took it junior year and forgot what I learned but it all came back to me very very fast). The content is very easy to self-learn, especially if you have taken prior PIC classes; it's a bit difficult to understand Prof Liu during lectures, so I instead resorted to self-studying from extra slides he posted on BruinLearn (use Pham Minh's, they're so easy to understand). Homework assignments are VERY manageable and he gives a lot of time to complete them, too! And was very accommodating and understanding with the protests. Study for your midterm and final and you will be good ~ you are also allowed 1 double sided sheet of paper on the midterm, and 2 for the final. Recommend this class, doesn't take up much of your time (I kept forgetting I was taking this class), but still ended the class with over 100% with extra credit. (A+ ended up being 103%+ out of 104% possible).
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