Wern Yeen Yeong
Department of Mathematics
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2.8
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Easiness 2.5 / 5 How easy the class is, 1 being extremely difficult and 5 being easy peasy.
Clarity 2.4 / 5 How clear the class is, 1 being extremely unclear and 5 being very clear.
Workload 3.0 / 5 How much workload the class is, 1 being extremely heavy and 5 being extremely light.
Helpfulness 2.7 / 5 How helpful the class is, 1 being not helpful at all and 5 being extremely helpful.

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Quarter: Spring 2024
Grade: B+
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Aug. 21, 2024

Wern is getting way over-hated here. She is a super nice woman and I think her lecturing has improved a ton since she started and I'm sure she will continue to get better. She helped me in my hour of need when everyone else abandoned me. I love Wern.

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Quarter: Spring 2024
Grade: A
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July 8, 2024

This class is definitely the hardest math class I've taken thus far. That has less to do with the Professor Yeong and more to do with the subject itself, so be fair in your expectations for how easy this class is. Professor Yeong is an average lecturer but her office hours are very helpful, so please attend those often. There are two midterms and one final. The first midterm was incredibly hard to me but the second one was very manageable. The final was cumulative and quite fair. Each homework assignment consists of 10 questions and there are around 8 assignments in the quarter. Regarding the first few weeks of class, make sure to learn triple integrals in spherical, cylindrical, and cartesian coordinates as well as possible. It takes a lot of practice and not knowing them well will make the first midterm much harder.

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Quarter: Spring 2024
Grade: A
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July 6, 2024

ngl she was my math queen this quarter i really enjoyed her class but maybe that was just me appreciating a prof that was not ebert... n e way but yeah i really liked this class and i think she did better spring than fall bc my friends that had her winter did not like her. her lecture material i thought was good however there were times where she assigned homework that was not covered in class which i thought was kinda annoying but the thought process behind doing it made sense. i would say she does a good job of teaching most things, there is just some stuff you have to teach yourself bc she just won't go over it at all in class. i pulled multiple all nighters for this class also but you 100% dont need to, just dont procrastinate on the homework like i did. also, DO THE PRACTICE PROBLEMS SHE GIVES ON THE LECTURE NOTES THEY ARE THE MOST HELPFUL THING EVER. also, do the practice tests she gives too bc those are really good practice.

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Quarter: Spring 2024
Grade: A
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June 23, 2024

The old reviews make her seem way worse than she actually is. I was initially terrified to take this class, but I ended up getting an A through self studying most of it. As a professor, she's not the best, but there are so many external sources that you can use to learn concepts that are difficult to grasp. Her midterms are definitely fair, just time crunches. With practice, you will breeze through them. Most people complaining are doing so probably because the class itself is difficult. Make sure you solidify every concept and you will be fine. Also, the first half of the class is way harder than the second, so if you do poorly on the first midterm, don't freak out.

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Quarter: Spring 2024
Grade: A-
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June 22, 2024

I found this class to be very challenging but the past reviews are extremely harsh. It's clear Wern tries her best to make the content understandable, which is difficult considering how this is the hardest lower div math course. She was very understanding about our concerns with the final and ended up curving it pretty generously. I got a C on both midterms and still ended with an A- in the class. The tests can be challenging but they're around the same difficulty as the homework problems. The weekly discussion worksheets were graded by completion and there's 10 HW problems each week, which can take a while to complete but will ultimately help a lot with the exams. I would say to not be deterred from taking her class by past reviews. I was scared too when I first started but after taking the class, I found it really wasn't too bad, especially considering how my math wasn't as strong as a lot of others in the class.

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Quarter: Fall 2023
Grade: F
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June 19, 2024

This class sucked. if you take 32b with yeong, you should not be taking other difficult stem classes. i was taking 33a with this class and it was too much for me. 33a was fine, but 32b was just unmanageable especially with the difficult midterms. and omg, the final was crazy.

prof yeong is not very helpful in her lectures as she pretty much just reads off the textbook material and uses the examples straight from the textbook. so basically you have to teach yourself all the material. don't go into this class expecting to understand any of the material from lecture. i took this class fall quarter 2023, and i think the prof was new, so i think that could be part of the reason why she was bad at teaching lol. i heard she's gotten better? like her tests are slightly more fair or resemble a few practice questions. but def take everything with a grain of salt. to be honest, it was also my fault for not putting enough time and effort into the class, but this class is just unmanageable with other mid-difficult level stem classes since it's hard conceptually. if you want to do well on her tests, you have to spend a lot of time practicing problems but not just the ones she gives you in lecture or on the hws, she made her test problems much harder so you would have to do practice for 32b questions on a more difficult level. so it's a pretty big time commitment in terms of studying.

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Quarter: Spring 2024
Grade: A
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June 16, 2024

Professor Yeong receives way too much hate. Sure, her lectures are a tad convoluted, but the homework is light work, the weekly worksheets are helpful, and the midterms are completely fair. Also, she has plenty of office hours and drops the lowest midterm score, which is more than I can say for other math professors here.

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Quarter: Spring 2024
Grade: A
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June 10, 2024

Feel nice Professor, ignore her past reviews, very accommodating and tests are not as bad as people say (mad cause bad); homework is not hard and easy to check via online sources.

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Quarter: Spring 2024
Grade: N/A
June 4, 2024

Professor Yeong is a great professor! Her exams are very straight forward. The only suggestion I have is to go to her lecture and really do the practice exams. You will be fine.

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Quarter: Winter 2024
Grade: A
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May 13, 2024

Went into her class preparing for the worst since the quarter before was her first time teaching and she got absolutely blasted, but I did really well in her class.

Her lectures and slides were simple and nothing special (definitions, then theorems and formulas, then example problems), but I thought she was very clear and she was organized.

HW was fine, but as with most math classes, Quizlet Plus helps a lot. My discussion did a 15 min. review, then handed out a worksheet (or could be found on Canvas) that could be done there or turned in 24 hours later, but it wasn't graded on completeness, just evidence of some effort.

The two midterms were moderately challenging, but the final was nothing crazy or unexpected in my opinion. (Although, there was one part to a question that was more intuition than material knowledge. It was about partial derivatives and took me 40 mins. to finally get out of the 3 hour exam but I had the time and she gave a hint on where to start.) The final was my highest score of the three exams too. I thought her practice final was similar to what was one the actual final too.

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Quarter: Spring 2024
Grade: B+
Aug. 21, 2024

Wern is getting way over-hated here. She is a super nice woman and I think her lecturing has improved a ton since she started and I'm sure she will continue to get better. She helped me in my hour of need when everyone else abandoned me. I love Wern.

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Quarter: Spring 2024
Grade: A
July 8, 2024

This class is definitely the hardest math class I've taken thus far. That has less to do with the Professor Yeong and more to do with the subject itself, so be fair in your expectations for how easy this class is. Professor Yeong is an average lecturer but her office hours are very helpful, so please attend those often. There are two midterms and one final. The first midterm was incredibly hard to me but the second one was very manageable. The final was cumulative and quite fair. Each homework assignment consists of 10 questions and there are around 8 assignments in the quarter. Regarding the first few weeks of class, make sure to learn triple integrals in spherical, cylindrical, and cartesian coordinates as well as possible. It takes a lot of practice and not knowing them well will make the first midterm much harder.

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Quarter: Spring 2024
Grade: A
July 6, 2024

ngl she was my math queen this quarter i really enjoyed her class but maybe that was just me appreciating a prof that was not ebert... n e way but yeah i really liked this class and i think she did better spring than fall bc my friends that had her winter did not like her. her lecture material i thought was good however there were times where she assigned homework that was not covered in class which i thought was kinda annoying but the thought process behind doing it made sense. i would say she does a good job of teaching most things, there is just some stuff you have to teach yourself bc she just won't go over it at all in class. i pulled multiple all nighters for this class also but you 100% dont need to, just dont procrastinate on the homework like i did. also, DO THE PRACTICE PROBLEMS SHE GIVES ON THE LECTURE NOTES THEY ARE THE MOST HELPFUL THING EVER. also, do the practice tests she gives too bc those are really good practice.

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Quarter: Spring 2024
Grade: A
June 23, 2024

The old reviews make her seem way worse than she actually is. I was initially terrified to take this class, but I ended up getting an A through self studying most of it. As a professor, she's not the best, but there are so many external sources that you can use to learn concepts that are difficult to grasp. Her midterms are definitely fair, just time crunches. With practice, you will breeze through them. Most people complaining are doing so probably because the class itself is difficult. Make sure you solidify every concept and you will be fine. Also, the first half of the class is way harder than the second, so if you do poorly on the first midterm, don't freak out.

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Quarter: Spring 2024
Grade: A-
June 22, 2024

I found this class to be very challenging but the past reviews are extremely harsh. It's clear Wern tries her best to make the content understandable, which is difficult considering how this is the hardest lower div math course. She was very understanding about our concerns with the final and ended up curving it pretty generously. I got a C on both midterms and still ended with an A- in the class. The tests can be challenging but they're around the same difficulty as the homework problems. The weekly discussion worksheets were graded by completion and there's 10 HW problems each week, which can take a while to complete but will ultimately help a lot with the exams. I would say to not be deterred from taking her class by past reviews. I was scared too when I first started but after taking the class, I found it really wasn't too bad, especially considering how my math wasn't as strong as a lot of others in the class.

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Quarter: Fall 2023
Grade: F
June 19, 2024

This class sucked. if you take 32b with yeong, you should not be taking other difficult stem classes. i was taking 33a with this class and it was too much for me. 33a was fine, but 32b was just unmanageable especially with the difficult midterms. and omg, the final was crazy.

prof yeong is not very helpful in her lectures as she pretty much just reads off the textbook material and uses the examples straight from the textbook. so basically you have to teach yourself all the material. don't go into this class expecting to understand any of the material from lecture. i took this class fall quarter 2023, and i think the prof was new, so i think that could be part of the reason why she was bad at teaching lol. i heard she's gotten better? like her tests are slightly more fair or resemble a few practice questions. but def take everything with a grain of salt. to be honest, it was also my fault for not putting enough time and effort into the class, but this class is just unmanageable with other mid-difficult level stem classes since it's hard conceptually. if you want to do well on her tests, you have to spend a lot of time practicing problems but not just the ones she gives you in lecture or on the hws, she made her test problems much harder so you would have to do practice for 32b questions on a more difficult level. so it's a pretty big time commitment in terms of studying.

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Quarter: Spring 2024
Grade: A
June 16, 2024

Professor Yeong receives way too much hate. Sure, her lectures are a tad convoluted, but the homework is light work, the weekly worksheets are helpful, and the midterms are completely fair. Also, she has plenty of office hours and drops the lowest midterm score, which is more than I can say for other math professors here.

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Quarter: Spring 2024
Grade: A
June 10, 2024

Feel nice Professor, ignore her past reviews, very accommodating and tests are not as bad as people say (mad cause bad); homework is not hard and easy to check via online sources.

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Quarter: Spring 2024
Grade: N/A
June 4, 2024

Professor Yeong is a great professor! Her exams are very straight forward. The only suggestion I have is to go to her lecture and really do the practice exams. You will be fine.

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Quarter: Winter 2024
Grade: A
May 13, 2024

Went into her class preparing for the worst since the quarter before was her first time teaching and she got absolutely blasted, but I did really well in her class.

Her lectures and slides were simple and nothing special (definitions, then theorems and formulas, then example problems), but I thought she was very clear and she was organized.

HW was fine, but as with most math classes, Quizlet Plus helps a lot. My discussion did a 15 min. review, then handed out a worksheet (or could be found on Canvas) that could be done there or turned in 24 hours later, but it wasn't graded on completeness, just evidence of some effort.

The two midterms were moderately challenging, but the final was nothing crazy or unexpected in my opinion. (Although, there was one part to a question that was more intuition than material knowledge. It was about partial derivatives and took me 40 mins. to finally get out of the 3 hour exam but I had the time and she gave a hint on where to start.) The final was my highest score of the three exams too. I thought her practice final was similar to what was one the actual final too.

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2.8
Overall Rating
Based on 57 Users
Easiness 2.5 / 5 How easy the class is, 1 being extremely difficult and 5 being easy peasy.
Clarity 2.4 / 5 How clear the class is, 1 being extremely unclear and 5 being very clear.
Workload 3.0 / 5 How much workload the class is, 1 being extremely heavy and 5 being extremely light.
Helpfulness 2.7 / 5 How helpful the class is, 1 being not helpful at all and 5 being extremely helpful.

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