Alright, I figured ill write a little review.
This class is definitely one of the more interesting courses I've taken so far at Mac. However, with all interesting courses that usually means that the material is much more difficult. The major issue I have with this course is the testing. Dr. Ullal, who I should mention is a fantastic prof, likes to test on the most minor details. For example, on a test where you studied 15 lectures, and have an insane amount of material floating in your head, he'll ask you a question which is found on the last slide as a footnote. Pretty ridiculous if you ask me.
The first midterm had an average of I believe 60 percent. In all fairness, I studied my ass of for this and did pull of a very good mark. Then the second midterm comes.......... yikes. The class average was around 40 percent...... Of course Ullal didn't mention anything about this, ie some kind of mark compensation.
There was also an assignment which was basically re-writing an article in your own words, or thats essentially what I saw it as. The class average was high on this.. around 85 percent. I guess that was to compensate for the terrible mark on the second midterm.
The final exam had a HUGE amount of material for you to memorize. With that being said, I felt it was pretty reasonable.
Somehow I still finished with a very poor mark, I cant imagine how the class average was at the end, I cant have seen it being very good. There's no way a 12 is possible in this course, unless you only pay attention to this course and neglect your other 4.