Class has no textbook which is nice. Kim gives all the material you need to know. Lecture's are super clear, turning in your notes gives you 5% extra credit on your final grade! Only downside is all notes are hand drawn by him on a chalkboard, so you have to be there live or watch recordings to get the notes (no slides).

super super super fair professor who goes above and beyond for his students! taught all sections, graded all work, did lectures, hosted office hours, etc. all by himself during TA strike. though lectures can seem a bit confusing they make sense when doing the homework and all material (homework, quizzes, exams) are super consistent in problem wording and difficulty

I really enjoyed this course! Professor Kim thoroughly explained each concept, and the content of the exams were essentially what he lectured on. My only concern going into the course was the lack of a textbook (and therefore extra practice problems) to fall back on. However, Professor Kim prepared us well for the exams, so it worked out!

kim is a great prof and teaches really well, 100% reccomend

Professor is very accommodating to students' needs and teaches in an engaging format. Labs and exams are graded very fairly, recommend doing the practice hw posted.

He's a good professor and the HW for the class isn't too time consuming or hard. The discussion section wasn't mandatory and all the coding for the lab could be easily explained by the lab manuals he posted online.

No textbook for the class which means no reading. The class was overall pretty easy since the midterm and final were mostly mcq. Labs were centered around coding in R which is completely different from mathlab if you took LS30 series before taking this class.

Honestly the hardest part about this class is taking notes. The notes are super long and a lot of it is quite unnecessary but I would just do it out of respect for the Prof. Everybody loves Prof. Kim and although he strictly follows the rules he sets like no late credit or you have to label your HW perfectly he makes up for that by giving 5 percent extra credit if you turn in all your HW. Additionally, the tests are all multiple choice and you have a front and back cheat sheet which makes it pretty easy to get a full score. I missed one point off a dumb mistake, but I fully trust that with a couple hours of studying you can get a full score.

TAKE DR. KIM! He was a very lenient professor who would always comment that the students were “running” the class and made sure that we were given enough resources to study for the midterm and final.

super good class that is not too difficult. professor wants you to do well on exams & offers a sort of EC with the overall grade distribution of 5%. i would take this class again!