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Terence Long MATH206 Anonymous 03/14/2024	you can seriously finish this course in one afternoon. you are likely to be challenged by maybe one out of the 8 assignments but you'll probably figure it out after a little bit of racking your brain. if not, the TA will probably just give you the answer. this is a pretty great credit filler if you need an extra credit, and honestly knowing a bit about MATLAB isn't a bad idea either
Terence Long MATH206 Expecting an A xXx_T3STUD0_xXx 10/06/2023	MATH206 is said to be a very easy class. Some of the problems were a struggle, but the TA was very helpful (shoutout Geoffrey Sangston), Terence was very responsive too in helping when I had problems with the website. Definitely recommend if you want to learn MATLAB or if you need the refresher on how to think while coding.
Terence Long MATH206 Expecting an A akl2025 09/22/2023	The class is virtual asynchronous. The TA and Terence respond to the email and questions well. There are 8 assignments total with 2-4 sub problems, and you complete on your own time before the due date. The last 2 assignments are quite difficult because it requires your math problem-solving skills. Overall, it's pretty easy and you can easily complete this in one or two weekends when the semester starts.
Terence Long MATH206 Anonymous 09/13/2023	This was asynchronous but NOT easy.
Justin Wyss-Gallifent MATH206 Expecting an A+ HashedString 05/26/2023	Easy A+, there's not a lot of work in this class, just remember that you actually have homework due around every week. Some of the later ones can get conceptually tougher (esp if you aren't a CS major) but you always have OH. This is basically an entire async class where you will never have contact with anyone. Just self paced homework. Pretty simple GPA booster
Justin Wyss-Gallifent MATH206 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 05/25/2023	Everything was on Matlab for this class. Posted all the assignments online the earliest day possible and you do everything at your own pace. There are deadlines for each of the individual assignments, but I just finished the whole class over the span 8 hours. Around 5 minutes - 1.5 hours for each of the 8 modules. The first couple assignments are super easy. As a CS Major, it was not hard. The directions were straightforward and I didn't need to contact Justin or use the office hours (definitely take advantage of if you get stuck though). One of the easiest classes I've taken. I joined the class a week late and had no problems finishing everything before the third week of school. - Joe
Justin Wyss-Gallifent MATH206 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 05/16/2023	Look up "math206 umd" on reddit. People speed-run this entire 1-credit class in an hour. It's the easiest 1 credit you'll ever take.
Justin Wyss-Gallifent MATH206 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 02/18/2023	Great course design! Modules were helpfully written with adequate instruction to figure out the project. Projects were extremely manageable with my limited programming experience. Never had any contact with Justin, but the course runs so smoothly. Highly recommend taking this course in preparation for future math classes needing matlab. Just stay on top of deadlines!
Justin Wyss-Gallifent MATH206 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 01/24/2023	Extremely easy course if you have programming experience, finished in less than a day
Justin Wyss-Gallifent MATH206 Anonymous 01/05/2023	Easy class, chill prof.
Justin Wyss-Gallifent MATH206 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 12/27/2022	Self paced course where the grade is based off of public tests so you know your grade. Can knock out the entire course in a couple days.
Justin Wyss-Gallifent MATH206 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 12/24/2022	Easy 1-credit class to fill 120 credits. TA was responsive and helpful. All assignments were posted within the first week of classes, so I could get them all done then I didn't need to care about it after that. MATH206 was an online class, so I didn't have a chance to meet Justin. I will take MATH241/406 with him next semester to see how good he is. If you have programming experience, then take it. If not, it's good for practice but would be time-consuming
Justin Wyss-Gallifent MATH206 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 10/07/2022	If you have coded before, this class should be fairly easy. If not, you will still find this to be fairly simple as long as you put in some effort learning MATLAB and basic programming principles. It's essentially a free A because you can contact your TA or Justin if you have any questions MATLAB or non-MATLAB related.
Justin Wyss-Gallifent MATH206 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 09/24/2022	It's Justin. Enough said
Justin Wyss-Gallifent MATH206 Expecting a C- Anonymous 09/23/2022	This class is not as easy as people claim to be honest, especially if you have no programming or math background. Please read carefully if that's you and don't let the other reviews sway your judgement. Matlab is a programming language comparable to Java and C++, maybe even C. Heck, it was built with C. I didn't know anything about programming when taking this class, and I had to essentially teach myself C first, and dweldge into some nasty low level operating systems concepts (which is in the scope of CMSC 412, the hardest undergraduate computer science course offered here) to even comprehend how to do those complicated math equations in MATLAB. This course sucked up so much time - I came in thinking it's an easy 1 credit, but boy oh boy oh no. It warranted weekly office hours - that is - whenever I had the time. This class, for each week's assignment, would suck up more like 10-20 hours a week and living at office hours. The fact that there is no lecture for this class doesn't help. The one saving grace of MATH 206 is the generous curve - I passed with a 49%
Justin Wyss-Gallifent MATH206 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 06/03/2022	Super easy class if you've coded before (even just in Java). Never directly interacted with Justin because the course was pretty much self-taught, but I do recommend taking the course for an easy A and MATLAB experience.
Justin Wyss-Gallifent MATH206 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 05/31/2022	This class is very easy, and as long as you do the work you should get an A/A+. Most people tend to forget the assignments because they're asynchronous, so don't forget to do them. The only thing I dislike about this class is MATLAB grader as it's hard to debug compared to MATLAB because the errors that MATLAB grader show cannot be easily traced, so I recommend writing code on MATLAB and then just copy-pasting it into MATLAB grader. In my opinion, learning MATLAB code and finishing the assignments can be a little bit annoying, but the TAs and Prof. Justin are very accessible, so make sure to reach out to them if needed.
Justin Wyss-Gallifent MATH206 Expecting an A+ wmy78b 05/25/2022	This class is super easy. Everyone can get an A/A+ if you learn. I know Prof. Wyss-Gallifent is super popular and busy, but he replies email really quickly.
Justin Wyss-Gallifent MATH206 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 06/26/2021	Given the format of this course he's more of a manager than an actual instructor—the course itself is pretty easy, however.
Justin Wyss-Gallifent MATH206 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 01/27/2021	For MATH206, you have unlimited tries and instant feedback. This is probably the best 1-credit course at UMD, and is pretty much just MATLAB practice.
Justin Wyss-Gallifent MATH206 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 01/12/2021	MATH206 with Justin Wyss-Gallifent is one of the best one credit courses offered at UMD. It is a very reasonable amount of work and is not too difficult.
Justin Wyss-Gallifent MATH206 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 01/01/2021	Justin didn't teach this class really since it was very much do work at your own pace. The class itself, especially if you have previous coding experience, is really easy and you get as many tries as you want for every problem. If you really wanted to, you could finish the class in a day, but for me it only took about a week and then I never had to worry about it again with was nice, but a lot of people waited to the last minute for deadlines and didn't have enough time to figure everything out, so the TA begrudgingly extended some deadlines
Justin Wyss-Gallifent MATH206 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 05/13/2020	His explanations are super thorough and easy to understand. The course is supper easy and goes at a reasonable pace. I came in with no coding knowledge and left with a 100% in the class and knowledge on the basics of MatLab in 6 short weeks
Justin Wyss-Gallifent MATH206 Expecting an A Anonymous 01/06/2020	Pretty simple class if you've done any type of programming before. He gives you 2 tries to submit each assignment for full credit, so you can fix any mistakes you made on your first submission
Justin Wyss-Gallifent MATH206 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 12/21/2019	MATH206 course was very, very easy. 3 projects, each of which take less than an hour. I also took MATH401, of which he wrote the curriculum, though it was taught by a different professor. It was a very interesting course and the textbook/homeworks are very well written.
Justin Wyss-Gallifent MATH206 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 10/25/2019	Multiple opportunities to turn in the assignments. 3 very easy matlab projects. Can get it done in the first week of classes.
Justin Wyss-Gallifent MATH206 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 10/09/2019	MATH206 is a great course! Easy 1 credit online class that took maybe 3 hours to finish and a great way to add that you know Matlab on your resume. Most other math courses use Matlab as a supplemental tool where you learn the commands useful for that course but you never actually learn the basic framework. Math206 is a great way to do that. Don't worry about this course, the tutorials are great, the professor is great, the TA is great, and the resubmit policy will make it hard to not get a good grade.
Justin Wyss-Gallifent MATH206 Expecting an A+ StardustGogeta 05/25/2019	This class was entirely digital and lasted less than half the semester, but I have absolutely no complaints. If you know MATLAB, then the class is extremely easy, and it takes a sum total of three hours to complete all work for the course. If you don’t know MATLAB already, then there is a collection of helpful (and humorous) tutorial documents provided on Canvas to help you teach yourself, and there is a very forgiving resubmission policy to help you out if you make some small mistakes.
Justin Wyss-Gallifent MATH206 Expecting an A- Anonymous 01/04/2019	Everyone pretty much says to take MATH206, but I'll give a contrasting opinion here. I would recommend to take the class, but be wary of the grading scheme used. The grading scale is: Project 1 - 100 pts, Project 2 - 100 pts, Project 3 - 200 pts. After you submit a project, you have 1 day to fix the project in order to get full points, otherwise you can only get 80% of points. Because the grading scheme is lopsided, I got 100% on the first two projects, and got an 80% on the third project, giving me a 90% in the class. You can't see what errors you have unless you submit the project, so you only have one chance to redo the project. Justin is great at responding to emails, but is fully strict in following what is on the syllabus without leeway.
Justin Wyss-Gallifent MATH206 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 05/11/2018	Honestly, if you're a CS major who's taken 132 or is in 216 or higher, you can pass this class no problemo. It's very very basic coding. You follow the project description step by step, and use the MATLAB pdfs he provides on each topic to do it. I only put in at most 2 hours of work on each project, and he gives you 3 weeks to do each project. Would recommend for easy grade booster, or if you want to know programming in MATLAB basics.
Justin Wyss-Gallifent MATH206 Expecting an A+ muon 01/28/2015	Didn't think he would live up to the hype, but goddamn, he did. I took Math 206 with him and sat in on his Math 241 class, and most of my experience with him was for 241. I had already taken 241 in high school, but I felt like I learned the course entirely anew. Incredible, incredible guy. He reminded me why I pay for college. If there is an option to take your class with Justin, work the rest of your schedule around it. Make this a priority.
Justin Wyss-Gallifent MATH206 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 12/03/2014	I had him for the online MATLAB course over the summer. I never once met him in person, but for an online class, it was great. He had all of his PDFs laid out and available. They were concise and had plenty of examples. The assignments were overall fairly straightforward, though you may have to think for a few minutes about a couple of the later ones. You get a second chance to get a 100% if your code is incorrect after the first submission, which was a nice bonus. He always got back to my e-mails pretty quickly and did his best to help with any errors I was having in my code just through e-mail. I got a 100% in the class and would definitely recommend his intro to MATLAB course.
Justin Wyss-Gallifent MATH206 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 03/17/2013	Justin is amazing if you don't already know. I had him for calc3 and he was boss. My review is more for the Matlab course. If you need a GPA booster, take this class. Justin is really helpful, and provides awesome tutorials. Also, the TA is amazing. If I wasn't sure about something, I just emailed the TA, and he made things really clear, so definitely take advantage of him (he's grading your projects anyways). There are only three projects and Justin gives you a lot of time to do them. The last project is a little tricky but the TA offers a lot of guidance. Take this course, you won't regret it.
Justin Wyss-Gallifent MATH206 Expecting an A Anonymous 11/30/2012	MATH206 was a very easy class. There were 3 online project using matlab, and all of them are posted on the first week, so if you finish all of them, you're basically done. This is an online class so you never actually see the professor, but the T.A.'s are very helpful, and Justin's online is very interesting/easy to read and understand.
Justin Wyss-Gallifent MATH206 Expecting an A Anonymous 09/19/2012	Never actually met him because this is an online course. But it was a great class. A great introduction to MATLAB. He explained things on his website very clearly and had plenty of examples and practice problems. He was also always willing to answer questions through email and was very respectful. There were three projects I think. They were pretty easy but last one took a little bit of time to do but was still very doable. I felt like the class was extremely helpful especially since I was taking differential equations at the same time which uses MATLAB. Plus the class is only like three months long. I highly recommend the class.
Justin Wyss-Gallifent MATH206 Expecting an A Anonymous 10/11/2011	I have never actually seen the man teach as I'm taking his online MATLAB course, but I love him. He's so accessible, even to his online kids. And everyone on campus seems to use his guides for all their math classes!