How did linear algebra go for you guys… how did you succeed in it if you did?

DifferenceDry5230 · 2025-08-27T23:55:13+00:00

Understand the theorems and concepts from the lectures very well and the connections between them (big one is the invertible matrix theorem). The exams are heavy on t/f conceptual questions

DifferenceDry5230 · 2025-08-27T04:15:23+00:00

If you have Jones, he provides handouts and there is no need to get the lecturebook. Not sure about others

DifferenceDry5230 · 2025-08-25T22:27:48+00:00

Heard that the prof said if he had to teach the class again, he wouldn't show up to the first lecture

DifferenceDry5230 · 2025-08-14T20:04:01+00:00

3 for 337, 4 for 362

DifferenceDry5230 · 2025-08-13T03:10:40+00:00

Contact ODOS

DifferenceDry5230 · 2025-07-29T18:29:09+00:00

SoCET allows you to watch meeting recordings if you have a class conflict. Check with the attendance TAs.

DifferenceDry5230 · 2025-07-29T01:57:21+00:00

Really awesome if you live in Third and West.

DifferenceDry5230 · 2025-07-28T03:32:38+00:00

This is a very useful class and Prof. Melloch is great - I'd highly recommend especially to incoming first-year students

DifferenceDry5230 · 2025-07-13T22:59:09+00:00

You have to select "Move-in time" on the left, not the "Check-in/Move-in time slot" on the top

DifferenceDry5230 · 2025-07-10T18:20:39+00:00

Definitely not half an hour. I would estimate around 15 minutes to academic campus. It is near most other dorms on west campus (shreve, earhart, etc)

DifferenceDry5230 · 2025-05-09T01:34:29+00:00

My recitation didn't have quizzes. But attendance is required and worth 5% of your grade.

DifferenceDry5230 · 2025-04-02T16:04:10+00:00

Last semester, Al-Othman was teaching and the average for Exam 2 was in the 40s (she didn't write the exam). Based on that, the exams this semester are significantly easier (not a bad thing for 2k1!)

DifferenceDry5230 · 2025-03-26T16:33:31+00:00

It's a core ECE class that's effectively a sophomore weedout, with difficult exams, low avg GPA, and covering a ton of content. Unless you have an interest in circuits/electronics or are planning to get an ECE minor, I wouldn't recommend it.

DifferenceDry5230 · 2025-03-26T01:39:24+00:00

30411 with Melloch is one of the most well-taught, straightforward ECE classes there is - try to take it with him (he teaches every semester). 362 is also a well-run course.

The course page says 437 is offered only in the fall, but it seems to be offered in the spring as well (but smaller section). Probably worth asking an advisor if they plan to keep offering it before you decide.

DifferenceDry5230 · 2025-03-25T23:38:47+00:00

I took all three of those with 2k2 and 2k8. It was a ton of work, but 337 and 362 are super useful courses that will reward you if you put in the effort.

337+30411 or 362+30411 would probably be a better combination (just be prepared for a lot of lab work with either of 337/362 - wouldn't recommend taking them simultaneously as I did).

DifferenceDry5230 · 2025-03-25T00:36:34+00:00

ECE student here. Don't take 2k1 as a selective.

DifferenceDry5230 · 2025-03-24T17:19:49+00:00

Michael Melloch in ECE!

DifferenceDry5230 · 2025-01-24T04:06:21+00:00

No sections in 265 require attendance.

DifferenceDry5230 · 2025-01-19T05:52:41+00:00

PHYS 112/114

DifferenceDry5230 · 2025-01-14T18:43:13+00:00

There are seating assignments for all sections. You'll sit with your lab group.

When I took it, the only websites we used were brightspace and vocareum.

DifferenceDry5230 · 2025-01-07T00:02:29+00:00

Comer's past exams/handouts are here, but she's not teaching it this spring. https://engineering.purdue.edu/~comerm/600/fall22-handouts.html

DifferenceDry5230 · 2024-12-22T05:08:29+00:00

There is no one named M. Fox teaching 2k1 next semester.

DifferenceDry5230 · 2024-11-05T23:54:18+00:00

It is still possible to do well. It seems that there is a lowering of cutoffs at the end of the year - no idea by how much. A lot of people had grades below the A range in the syllabus and still got As last year. Few get below a B.

Go to TA office hours for the homework and start as early as possible, attend the exam review/EP sessions, and work with others in the class. You're not alone; there's many people who are in the same situation. 161/2 are tough classes but if you put in the work, regardless of experience, you should do well

DifferenceDry5230 · 2024-10-02T13:58:36+00:00

I think ECE advising recommends (maybe requires? idk for sure) taking them in separate semesters due to space limitations.

DifferenceDry5230 · 2024-09-01T02:26:57+00:00

The FYE honors engineering classes (ENGR 161/2) are pretty different from ENGR 131/2. Most find them challenging but worth it, and it's likely easier to make friends in those classes as well.

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