This class was tough. Beware

Nice class, but not easy. Kinberg clearly put in a lot of effort for the course, but it was beyond stressful. Instructions are not clear, harsh grading, quizzes are based on the most nit picky details, and it's just too intense overall. I learned a lot, but I don't know if it was worth it. Expect a lot of group work. Almost every assignment is group work, so if you get a bad group, you're screwed. Beware of plenty of cold calling. If you have anxiety around this kind of stuff, the class is not for you. The guest speakers were great and definitely at the top of their fields. Kinberg really knows her stuff. If she likes you, you're in luck.

Kinberg has class favorites, and she makes that abundantly clear to everyone. Her favorites are her grad students as well as people with foreign accents. She was extremely mean to one student in particular. No one ever figured out why.