For 269A, the class is not hard, and the first half of class covers almost the same material at 151B. Midterm was easy and final was a bit harder, but the class is relatively easy as a graduate course.

Overall, this class is essentially Math 151B with a few more topics appended to it. This was my first class after a year and a half of covid where I did not learn too much. I think had I learned 151B properly (and knew how to code with MATLAB), this class would be an easy A. The midterm and final are comprised with computational problems, 5 true/false and a few conceptual questions. The grading scheme is 55% HW, 20% Midterm and 25% Final. Even though it is a graduate course, it doesn't have a curve so you need a 93%+ for an A. Anderson is a pretty nice guy and always open to help. I would definitely take another class with him. I only went to lectures for the first half of the quarter because I got tired of waking up for 9ams. Our TA Cameron Kissler is one of the nicest people I've met and any class with him as the TA I would enroll in. One great thing about Anderson is he grades super fast. Less than a week turnaround for both exam scores. The exams itself are both 50 minutes (midterm around week 5 and final friday week 10). They are very fair and everyone seems to do well on them. The homework took a while for me but that's because I didn't go to lectures nor knew how to code that well (first time coding in MATLAB). Overall, If you did well in 151AB and want to try a graduate course - I'd recommend this course. If you are a graduate student, this should be probably the easiest graduate course you take.