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YUKUN YUE

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Raw average: 2.03/5 from 29 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

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MATH 331
Quality 5/5Difficulty 3/5
He is an excellent professor. One midterm in Math 331 was tough, but you can do well by studying the practice problems, which the exams closely follow. I earned an AB after working hard and scored 98.5 on the first midterm and 85 on the final. Overall, he is a great instructor and even wrote me a recommendation letter.
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217 · course not matched
Quality 1/5Difficulty 5/5
Yukuns class is extremely old fashioned and lecture heavy. I don't think I've seen chalkboard lessons since elementary school. Aside from that, he's a nice guy just not a great teacher and his test content doesn't match his teaching style. Also, too many proofs
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217 · course not matched
Quality 1/5Difficulty 4/5
Yukun is a nice guy so I feel bad giving him a 1, but his teaching is so incredibly bad. He is obsessed with proving basic math, but then flies by the actual problems that are causing the class issues. On most occasions we have to beg him to finish the problem he was on so we can understand what he was doing. Avoid him if you can.
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Classes with YUKUN YUE

MATH 535

Mathematical Methods in Data Science

3 credits

MATH 535 teaches mathematical methods for data science, including matrix factorizations, optimization, and probabilistic models.

No offering record · Spring 2026

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Yukun Yue

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Fall 2021–Spring 2026

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TermCourseTitle
Spring 2026MATH 390Undergraduate Research with Madison Experimental Mathematics Lab
Spring 2026MATH 535Mathematical Methods in Data Science
Fall 2025MATH 320Linear Algebra and Differential Equations
Fall 2025MATH 390Undergraduate Research with Madison Experimental Mathematics Lab
Fall 2025MATH 535Mathematical Methods in Data Science
Fall 2024MATH 222Calculus and Analytic Geometry 2
Fall 2024MATH 331Introductory Probability
Fall 2024MATH 390Undergraduate Research with Madison Experimental Mathematics Lab
Spring 2024MATH 390Undergraduate Research with Madison Experimental Mathematics Lab
Fall 2023MATH 213Survey of Calculus 2
Fall 2023MATH 322Applied Mathematical Analysis 2: Partial Differential Equations
Fall 2023MATH 390Undergraduate Research with Madison Experimental Mathematics Lab
Fall 2023MATH 698Directed Study

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