AMAZING PROFESSOR. really nicely structured

Nice professor, could explain things a bit better tho

This class is an easy A due to Greene's generous grading policies. I would highly recommend it. At first I was scared to take math 31B since I'd heard it's a difficult class but with Greene it wasn't.

Lectures were in-person and recorded. Greene didn't use slides. She drew out a lot of examples on the board. I found the examples to be highly relevant for the homeworks and exams. Attendance wasn't mandatory, so I preferred to watch the recordings since Greene talks slowly. I think she explained the concepts pretty well. I didn't need to use outside resources to understand the content.

Each week there was one written homework assignment and most weeks there was also one online Achieve assignment. The homework problems were a bit harder than the in-class examples but pretty doable. The lowest two written homeworks get dropped.

Discussion was mandatory. The TA's began taking attendance in week 2 and we got two excused absences, which was great. The discussion worksheets were good preparation for the tests.

The first midterm was quite tough and the class average was 59%. Greene refused to curve, saying we had failed because we didn't attend lecture/discussion, which just wasn't true. However, I think she realized the first midterm was too hard because she made the next midterm and the final much easier. Greene's tests are pretty simple and straightforward. Most of the questions are on a similar level of difficulty as the in-class examples and homeworks. There aren't any trick questions or complicated things like proofs. With the exception of the first midterm, the time given was plenty and I didn't feel rushed at all.

There were two grading schemes -- in the first, each of the three exams would account for 20% of the grade, and in the second, the lowest midterm would be dropped, the other midterm would account for 20%, and the final 40%. So there's some flexibility if you don't do well on a midterm. Moreover, you only need 90% overall to get an A in this class, which is wonderful.

The overall time commitment for this class was quite reasonable. I only needed to set aside one day of the week to work on it, including watching the lectures and doing the homework. Overall, I'd highly recommend this class!