Do not ignore the other reviews on this page for S25. The class felt like a mess and much of it has to do, in my opinion, with some questionable decisions by the professor.

- Replacing discussion sections completely with limited 1-on-3 "tutoring sections" was in no way helpful to students' learning. The discussion format worked for every other lower division math course perfectly well.
- The test questions are very similar to those on the worksheets given in class, which sounds good until you learn that there will be no solutions posted, and obviously with the volume of questions per class there isn't time to solve all of them during them, so what can students do to prepare? You're on your own!
- Tests are graded (or, more "factored") on an arbitrary scale. No, seriously, I don't know how my grades are calculated even though I know my score on every single homework, quiz, and test, along with the weights.

Honestly if you do end up in this class, your biggest challenge will probably be his tests. They are hard, but not insurmountable. I genuinely hope that some of these mistakes will be fixed in the future to give the students a better learning experience.

I took this class as an undergraduate with background in MATH 134, 135. I really enjoyed this course overall. The things we covered is very similar to MATH 134 and 135 with a bit more rigour and a few additional topics such as Green's functions. Professor Roper is a complete delight and I have been very fortunate to have a class with him. I was very scared of the difficulty spike (and there was definitely one) but he is one of the nicest, most patient professors I have ever had. Also, his lectures are very digestible and it was a real joy showing up to class. His exams are very low stress and really focuses on the learning aspect rather than the grade. He curves the course a lot so I wouldn't worry about the grade. I have never learned more from a math course until this one. Our TA Raymond moves a bit fast through things but he is a nice grader and always happy to help. Overall, I would recommend highly recommend this course.

Worst professor I've ever had, and probably will ever have. Roper acts very jolly and kind on the outside, but it's complete BS. I knew he was going to be horrible after the first lecture. He has a narcissistic personality, and whenever anyone asks a question, he looks at you as if you are dumb. Flipped class with long videos explaining concepts, but never any examples. Time-consuming and difficult Pearson lab homework,s usually 10-20 questions after EVERY lecture (3 HWs a week). Weekly quizzes (every Wednesday). Midterm and Final were extremely difficult and nothing like the practice test, worksheets, homework, or examples. Averages were around 50-60%. He spoke about curving the test, but nothing was done in the end.