Excellent professor! Very thorough explanations. I really can't say anything bad about her except that her lectures can be pretty slow sometimes. For midterms and finals, just study the practice exams and you'll be well prepared.

This class definitely had a bit of a learning curve because it uses calculus principles in an extremely unorthodox way. If you took calc in high school, you should be OK for the first half of the semester, however after the midterm they started introducing new material that could be a little bit confusing. The coding labs weren't too bad and the lab practical was fair. I would highly recommend attending the problem solving sessions, since they cleared up a lot of my initial confusion. As for professor Shetsov, she was not nearly as bad as the other reviews made her out to be and she is definitely very knowledgeable on the subject.

As nice as Prof. Shevtsov is, it’s very very difficult to understand her and the overall course is mismanaged because the labs do not really correlate with the material sufficiently enough. Homework is due weekly as well as labs, the former grades for completion but the latter being extremely difficult/tedious. Tests are fair enough (Go to weekly problem solving sessions!!!).

If you liked calculus, biology, and a little bit of coding, this class will be a breeze. There is a learning curve in the first couple of weeks and the topics feel very abstract, but trust me when I say that everything will eventually click. Please please please attend labs, because the coding assignments are graded based on accuracy (due at the beginning of the next lab). The TAs are super helpful with going over both the lecture and coding material.
Lecture is honestly not as bad as people make it out to be. There are clicker questions, but they're graded based on participation. If you sit near the front pay attention, Prof Shevtsov is engaging enough and really isn't that hard to understand.
The homework was honestly long and stress-inducing, but they were helpful in clarifying stuff that Shevtsov may have been unclear with during the lecture. (And again, if you're confused, ask your TA for help!) Luckily, they were graded based on completion.
For the midterm, if you are able to do the practice tests Prof Shevtsov gives out, you will be completely fine. On the other hand, the final felt slightly different from the practice exams. The general consensus was that it was harder than the practice, but that might just be because I sucked at them. Although I never attended a single Problem Solving Session, I have heard they were very helpful and the TAs and LAs gave out questions similar to those on these exams.

This class was not fun. Usually when a professor is bad at teaching, they compensate themselves by giving out less work, being more accommodating, or providing ample resources outside of class. Not Shevtsov. Aside from the class being extremely disorganized and confusing, she also assigns a lot of homework, and this year she even created a new Lab Practical which is 10% of our grade.
The TAs were the only people holding this class together and given the recent strike, this class is disastrous. Prof.Shetsov does not seem to understand the gravity of the strike and insisted that students go to Labs regardless. Unsurprisingly, a lot of the labs are canceled, but Prof.Shevtsov is determined to carry on business as usual. We have to complete our Labs by ourselves (granted, there is 1 zoom makeup lab section so far, but many cannot make it to that time), which is near impossible unless you have previous coding experience.
Overall, this class made me regret taking the LS30 series and lose faith in my mathematical abilities. I have never missed calculus this much. Think twice if Shevtsov is your professor, you geniunely would be better off with Math3A - even if the content is said to be "harder".

Dr.Shevtsov was a pretty good professor but Winter 2022 was an unusual quarter since the first half was online and the second half was in person. Her online lectures were definitely better but her in-person ones were not as good because of the lack of slides she had before and some tech/audio issues that were out of her control. One thing about the class is the homework. She assigned so many problems in the textbook and many of these problems were so weirdly worded or just difficult to answer. Other professors like Jukka assign fewer problems from the textbook. Her tests were somewhat fair, definitely a bit more difficult than the practice tests given by other professors. These tests make you think a lot. However, her coding practical (basically a coding test) was very easy since it was just simple concepts you already learned before. The TAs were really helpful and nice! The coding part was time-consuming but I found it to be a lot of fun (due to my prior coding background).

TLDR: Dr.Shevtsov is not a bad professor to take it with! Bit tougher tests and more homework, but all of that is manageable if you stay on top of the class (class concepts are pretty easy if you've taken AP Calc).

Literally, avoid Shevstov at all costs. I'm serious, the 30A/B series is a freaking scam from our school. It's a fake math series and you're going to be better off taking the 3 or 31 series. This whole series was created to spite the math department basically and it still isn't accepted for some graduate schools; however, the 3 and 31 series are.
But, really from what I've heard recently, they've made the 30 series harder since they actually test on coding now. Shevstov herself is a pretty bad lecturer and 99% of the time you will not be able to understand her.

Do not take it with her!

Literally get any other professor. love her as a person… but this class was awful. if you haven’t taken calc before you will very likely fail the midterm and final , she gives no intro into calc material even though it is not listed as a prerequisite. people that had calc background did fine , still sucked .

not that bad lol. go to office hours and use chatgpt for the labs if you dgaf abt coding tbhhhhhhhhh