This class was a struggle ngl. Lectures were good, but I stopped going around week 4-5 when everyone was getting sick bc that room was stuffy af and I did not appreciate getting coughed on on all sides lol. Anyway, I fell behind bad because the lecture recordings are almost impossible to understand bc the audio is so scuffed, and Phillips uses a laser pointer in lecture that you can't see in the recording. She's a great lecturer tho and super helpful! Queen tbh. So yeah, go to lecture if you can, unless they update the recording equipment smh. I'm pretty sure Bruce Tsai isn't TAing again but just in case he is, FIGHT FOR YOUR LIFE TO BE IN HIS SECTION. He's so dedicated and helpful and chill and accessible fr there is no better TA on this campus. We believe in Bruce supremacy.
The class itself had ~4 problem sets, some photo/content submissions, a midterm test, and a final problem set. Honestly, the content wasn't that difficult, it was just the issue of lectures being inaccessible that made this class difficult.

Professor Phillips is outstanding- she makes the topics super interesting and easy to understand. The course requires work but isn’t hard if you spread our studying and coding work.