BME 2315

i found the class pretty easy. lectures were slow and somewhat dull, but saucerman is extremely kind. just pay attention to the math and know how to do it and your set. homework was pretty simple. if you don't know how to code go to office hours for help and to check your answers. a lot of the exams are very similar to the practice exams so utilize those

This class is awesome. Yes, the problem sets can be frustrating at times, but I honestly feel like I learned a lot in this class. Professor Saucerman is really good at explaining the math concepts and giving examples in class that are similar to the homework and the tests. The tests are very manageable if you practice the problems outside of class and have a solid understanding of the numerical methods. I grew to love matlab while taking this class and improved my skills a ton. BME majors are required to take this, but I would recommend it as an engineering elective for other majors as well.

I really enjoyed this class, aside from the weekly problem sets. The problems sets are expected to take you about 6-9 hours outside of class, and they were pretty difficult if you had not been exposed to MATLAB before, like me. The tests were pretty easy (averages were 91 and 86) and you get 1 cheat sheet for each. On the final, you can have a cheat sheet with 3 sides of paper (you can use the 2 from the midterms). Overall, not a bad class but time consuming.

This class is essentially a math class for numerical methods that you might use later on as a BME major. It seemed very daunting at first, as I didn't take CS beforehand - but I ended up fine. The lectures got a bit dry sometimes as everything that needs to be known is on the ppt slides on collab - and thus attendance went pretty down. Can see them changing this in the future, though. Weekly problem sets were the biggest thing, making up like 40% of the grade- which entailed coding each numerical method and solving a few handwritten and application problems. Go to office hours - work with friends, You get a cheat sheet for each exam. It isn't that bad, just stay on top of it!

I heard bad things about Dr. Saucerman, but very much enjoyed him as a professor. I found his lectures to be straightforward and think that most people didn't like them/him because they just didn't pay attention. He goes over the material you need for your problem sets in class if you keep up. Furthermore, he's funny, very bright and willing to help.

This class is pretty much straight homework and Matlab. Really the only thing that's hard about it is learning Matlab's strange syntax. However, if you come in with programming experience like I did, fundamentals help a lot. Go to office hours if you can't figure out any of the homework because you won't be alone and you can figure it out with the other students. If you don't like programming this class can and will be a pain. But if you do, it can be kind of fun (and agonizing) sometimes. Matlab is a pretty good language to learn for going into the research and programming fields so take time to really get it down. Saucerman is pretty meh as a professor. He's kind of awkward sometimes and doesn't know how to teach certain things well. But he knows what he's doing and he's not awful or anything. The tests aren't too bad, just be sure you know the material well and know the little bits of syntax details they may test you on. Overall not too bad and I did fine (B+)

This class is very silly. The class basically makes you review all the math you took up to differential equations. You have weekly homework problems where you just program these math methods and then do a bunch of problems with them by hand. Good review, but a very annoying and busy-work like class. If you are bad at programming, it is a nice practice to get you up to engineering speed, but if you already got the hang of it its super boring and annoying