Kassab's lectures were pretty dry and not too engaging. The content was also a mix of different topics, which was not only hard to follow but also difficult to see the usefulness of. Even the TA said that he did not know why this class existed. Looking back though, it did provide an introduction to some important concepts for later courses, like norms, and reinforce linear algebra topics, like matrix decomposition.

One thing was that we were not given much on what to expect from the midterm or final, and there were no previous tests we could practice on. It ended up being mostly a regurgitation of lectures, including some minute details. Overall, it was not a fun class to be in, but I guess it did help me somewhat in later classes.