Ding is honestly a great teacher; typically Math 31B/Calc II is notorious for being the hardest in the lower division calculus pedagogy, however Ding's lectures and tests made it extremely manageable. You have homework once a week consisting of problems of various difficulty and length of questions. Majority of midterm and final questions stem from the homework and things talked about in class. He's also somewhat funny. One con is that he isn't necessarily the greatest at explaining things in multiple ways, so I'd probably save majority of my questions for the TA's. Overall, great teacher, great class, 10/10, would recommend.

Pros: really funny guy, engaging lectures, goes over content fast paced (could be a con too) which leaves time for questions and clarification

Cons: sometimes overcomplicates things/teaches theorem we don’t end up needing. tests can be hard

The course load for this class is difficult but the professor taught it well while keeping review sessions to strengthen the concepts.m

- funny professor (once let a student teach b/c he was tired)
- curves exams
- allows cheat sheets (index card size)
- lectures not required nor discussions
- lectures can be a bit confusing and hard to hear and see if at back of class
- weekly homework sets due sunday

taking 31b with professor ding lowkey saved me 🙏 he was a pretty fair professor and although 31b itself is quite difficult (imo) his class was manageable. his recorded lectures were kinda hard to understand sometimes but not bad enough where i had to attend lecture. as he's a new professor, he was very receptive to student feedback and adjusted the difficulty of exams according to our previous performance and feedback. i got a 96% on midterm 1, an 84% on midterm 2, and an 85% on the final. he didn't allow a cheat sheet on the midterms, but allowed index card(s?) on the final which was super helpful with all the sequences and series content. because he was new, he also made a policy that final grades that were 90+% were considered As but i'm not sure if he'll continue to do that. homework is basically a guaranteed 100% so just do very well on the first midterm as the content is much easier and try to get around an 80% on the final and you'll be fine