Christopher Matthes
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
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4.0
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Easiness 2.0 / 5 How easy the class is, 1 being extremely difficult and 5 being easy peasy.
Clarity 4.0 / 5 How clear the class is, 1 being extremely unclear and 5 being very clear.
Workload 3.0 / 5 How much workload the class is, 1 being extremely heavy and 5 being extremely light.
Helpfulness 4.0 / 5 How helpful the class is, 1 being not helpful at all and 5 being extremely helpful.

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Quarter: Fall 2023
Grade: A
Verified Reviewer This user is a verified UCLA student/alum.
Jan. 12, 2024

Lectures: Reverse lecture style, where you watch lectures on Youtube and he does examples in class. The lectures are from Hopkins, who is a mechanisms expert in his own right. He's got good lectures, and depending on your preferred learning method, you may or may not enjoy it. I highly recommend attending Matthe's supplementary lectures as the examples he goes over are similar to homework and exams.
Homework: Not too long, 3-4 problems per week on average.
Discussion: Because of the reverse lecture style, the discussion takes up one of the lecture spots. Definitely go to the discussion, the TA will go over problems ripped straight from old exams. If you're resourceful you can figure out how Matthes likes to structure his exam questions.
Exams: Like the homework but slightly more difficult, with longer questions. Nothing unfair but there are a lot of topics.
Project: The best and worst part of the course. The design problem itself is pretty fun. If you get a good group it'll be pretty straightforward, arguably pretty MATLAB heavy but not bad. If you get a bad group you'll find yourself shouldering a large portion of the work alone. In addition, the groups are 10 people, so unless you somehow have 9 friends taking the class with you, you're going to have a few slackers. Good luck!
Overall: Don't get complacent and think this is 102 pt.2. While in some ways it is, it's a bit less intuitive if you don't practice. Make sure to keep up with both recorded and live lectures. If you fall behind, it's hard to learn the material all at once, as there's a lot of nuance.

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Verified Reviewer This user is a verified UCLA student/alum.
Quarter: Fall 2023
Grade: A
Jan. 12, 2024

Lectures: Reverse lecture style, where you watch lectures on Youtube and he does examples in class. The lectures are from Hopkins, who is a mechanisms expert in his own right. He's got good lectures, and depending on your preferred learning method, you may or may not enjoy it. I highly recommend attending Matthe's supplementary lectures as the examples he goes over are similar to homework and exams.
Homework: Not too long, 3-4 problems per week on average.
Discussion: Because of the reverse lecture style, the discussion takes up one of the lecture spots. Definitely go to the discussion, the TA will go over problems ripped straight from old exams. If you're resourceful you can figure out how Matthes likes to structure his exam questions.
Exams: Like the homework but slightly more difficult, with longer questions. Nothing unfair but there are a lot of topics.
Project: The best and worst part of the course. The design problem itself is pretty fun. If you get a good group it'll be pretty straightforward, arguably pretty MATLAB heavy but not bad. If you get a bad group you'll find yourself shouldering a large portion of the work alone. In addition, the groups are 10 people, so unless you somehow have 9 friends taking the class with you, you're going to have a few slackers. Good luck!
Overall: Don't get complacent and think this is 102 pt.2. While in some ways it is, it's a bit less intuitive if you don't practice. Make sure to keep up with both recorded and live lectures. If you fall behind, it's hard to learn the material all at once, as there's a lot of nuance.

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4.0
Overall Rating
Based on 1 User
Easiness 2.0 / 5 How easy the class is, 1 being extremely difficult and 5 being easy peasy.
Clarity 4.0 / 5 How clear the class is, 1 being extremely unclear and 5 being very clear.
Workload 3.0 / 5 How much workload the class is, 1 being extremely heavy and 5 being extremely light.
Helpfulness 4.0 / 5 How helpful the class is, 1 being not helpful at all and 5 being extremely helpful.

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