do not take this class. very difficult material and professor is hard to understand.

This class is manageable. Class structure is lecture on Thursday and Q&A on Tuesday. Jane is a really nice person. She’s interested in interacting with her students and she was very considerate of her students.

The lectures are somewhat slow. Also, every Thursday she assigns a horrific amount of videos for you to watch. Learning from about five to eight 15-40 minute videos every week is not ideal, but this class could be much worse.

Homework and notes are assigned everyday Thursday and due the following Thursday. They’re all graded on completion, so don’t worry. There’s a weekly quiz, but it’s not that bad because you get three tries and unlimited time. Labs are somewhat difficult, but I had the best TA ever (John), so I got the help I needed.

The midterm and final weren’t bad because it was open note for 24 hours. The tests are very similar to LS 30A tests. However, I wouldn’t have been able to get an A on the tests if they weren’t open note, so I’m glad I took this class online. We also had a group project instead of a second midterm. Project was fine and you can ask the TA’s for help.

If you take 30A and 30B-do it with Dr. Jane! She is a really helpful professor. During covid, she made herself available for extra help and office hours more than any other professor. She genuinely wants you to learn and understand the material. She gave us a PDF of the textbook -which she wrote herself- and it's a useful addition to her lectures. The homework felt like busywork sometimes, but come exam time, I was happy to have had all the extra practice. I disliked the pre-class videos each week because they were so long, but otherwise her lectures were worthwhile. She also picks stellar TA's who are very knowledgeable about writing code.

Professor Shevtsov is a great professor. I took this class when quarantine started, so there was a bit of an adjustment period for online classes, and Prof Shevtsov was very understanding and accommodating. She's really helpful during lecture, answers questions clearly, and is thorough in her explanations. Lectures can be slow sometimes, but that was because she went through each problem step by step to make sure everyone understood the process and how to do it. She's also one of the people who wrote the textbook, and it is clear that she is passionate about what she teaches!
Compared to 30A, 30B is pretty similar in terms of class logistics but more difficult in content overall. If you did well in 30A, then 30B shouldn't be too bad.

Dr. Jane is wonderful! The topics covered in LS30B are a bit more complicated than concepts in LS30A, especially when you get to chaos. Labs aren't too difficult as long as you remember the stuff you learned in LS30A (you can always go back and read your old CoCalc files anyways). The class structure is interesting but I feel like it works; one lecture a week introduces new content and the other lecture is a Q&A session for clarification. Homework isn't too bad, most of the time I completed it the day it was due (do not recommend). The midterm and final exam were both online over a 24-hour period, so there was plenty of time to complete the work. The exams weren't bad at all, I felt like they were fair but challenging. Overall, the class isn't difficult as long as you do the homework. Minimal work is required outside of the homework. Dr. Jane hosts study sessions for the exams that are very helpful, so please go to them if you'd like to do well on the tests!

Jane is super sweet and funny. She is the only professor that genuinely made an effort to help students get to know each other during covid that I had. The group project was really fun and interesting. The tests were quite easy if you payed attention to what she said.