Professor
Yuki Takatsuka
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Most Helpful Review
Spring 2020 - The class wasn't bad overall, but it was online because of COVID19 and there were a lot of technical issues. Aside from that, the grading scheme consists of only tests: 30% for each midterm and 40% for final, but she adjusted it into three different grading scheme because of blm, which I thought was accommodating since the department wouldn't allow finals to be cancelled. I thought the tests were pretty straightforward; they were nothing tricky so as long as you study enough you will be fine. There are no homework for the class, so some things I recommend doing are reading the textbook, going to lectures and taking lots of notes, going to discussions if your TA is helpful, and doing the mindtap problems. Also, go to office hours with questions, she's pretty helpful during OH. She even gave 2% extra credit if you do a mindtap assignment near the end of the quarter.
Spring 2020 - The class wasn't bad overall, but it was online because of COVID19 and there were a lot of technical issues. Aside from that, the grading scheme consists of only tests: 30% for each midterm and 40% for final, but she adjusted it into three different grading scheme because of blm, which I thought was accommodating since the department wouldn't allow finals to be cancelled. I thought the tests were pretty straightforward; they were nothing tricky so as long as you study enough you will be fine. There are no homework for the class, so some things I recommend doing are reading the textbook, going to lectures and taking lots of notes, going to discussions if your TA is helpful, and doing the mindtap problems. Also, go to office hours with questions, she's pretty helpful during OH. She even gave 2% extra credit if you do a mindtap assignment near the end of the quarter.
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Fall 2020 - Yuki is the sweetest professor. She really cares about her students and it made me sad to see not a lot of people go to lectures/have their cameras on because I can tell she misses teaching in person. Her lectures are not necessary to go to at all as long as you thoroughly read the textbook and look over her slides and also do the homework problems and sample questions, as you'll find everything there that you need to do well on exams. She can be confusing when she tries to explain something, but she does her best and is very knowledgeable about the class. Overall, this is a very laid-back, easygoing class. Yuki may not be the clearest professor, but I personally didn't find her difficult to follow, and she is the nicest person.
Fall 2020 - Yuki is the sweetest professor. She really cares about her students and it made me sad to see not a lot of people go to lectures/have their cameras on because I can tell she misses teaching in person. Her lectures are not necessary to go to at all as long as you thoroughly read the textbook and look over her slides and also do the homework problems and sample questions, as you'll find everything there that you need to do well on exams. She can be confusing when she tries to explain something, but she does her best and is very knowledgeable about the class. Overall, this is a very laid-back, easygoing class. Yuki may not be the clearest professor, but I personally didn't find her difficult to follow, and she is the nicest person.
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