BA-911
CONV OPT
Not in Fall 2026
Term
Overview
Feedback is mostly positive. The strongest signal is that teaching clarity stands out. Difficulty runs on the high side even without a single dominant complaint theme. Best for students who want a structured class rather than chaos.
DepartmentFUQUA
Terms offeredFall
Typical enrollment8–20
Semesters of data2
5.8
Hrs / week
15
Responses
28
Enrollment
54%
Response Rate
Evaluation Scores
Overall quality
Teaching, content, and experience combined.
4.4
Intellectually stimulating
Challenges students to think deeply.
4.4
Instructor effectiveness
Explains concepts and facilitates learning.
4.6
Difficulty
Higher means harder.
4.1
Feedback Analysis
Feedback Analysismedium
Analysis based on student evaluations
Based on 31 comments across 2 sections
Feedback is mostly positive. The strongest signal is that teaching clarity stands out. Difficulty runs on the high side even without a single dominant complaint theme. Best for students who want a structured class rather than chaos.
Student Reports
How hard is the A?
Hard to get an A
Students repeatedly frame high grades as something you have to earn. This reads as hard to ace rather than casually easy, especially once the course pace or grading standards ramp up.
Homework Load
Heavy homework load
Homework load is one of the clearest friction points. Students repeatedly describe assignments, readings, or problem sets as time-consuming.
Lecture Load
Regular lecture load
Lectures matter here, but the evidence points to a fairly standard lecture burden rather than a course dominated by long or exceptionally dense lectures.
Strengths
• Teaching clarity stands out; students repeatedly say the material is explained clearly and effectively.
Tradeoffs
• Difficulty runs high even when comments do not settle on one dominant complaint.
Best fit for
Best for students who want a structured class rather than chaos.
Watch out for
• A large share of the evidence comes from one instructor's version of the course, so this may not generalize cleanly.
Student Responses
optimization
Fall 2024 · Wei, Yehua
Try to understand the logic behind the proof. Provide visual representations of the properties to help remember and gain intuition. Based on basic properties, try to generalize the conclusion.
Fall 2024 · Wei, Yehua
Theoretical understanding of optimization algorithms.
Fall 2023 · Wei, Yehua
-The course was designed to provide mathematical foundation for linear optimization and convex optimization. -Proof techniques for optimization problems. -Mathematical programming.
Fall 2023 · Wei, Yehua
1. how to formalize an optimization problem. 2. how to possibly reformulate a problem to the class that we are familiar with. 3. how to theoretically analyze an optimization algorithm.
Fall 2023 · Wei, Yehua
Rating History
Rating history
Error bars show \u00B11 std dev
| Term | Instructor | Overall | Difficulty | Hrs/wk | Enrolled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2024 | Wei, Yehua 4.5Rate My ProfessorsQuality4.5Difficulty3.7Would retake83%Based on 6 ratingsClick to view on RMP → | 4.6 | 4.2 | 5.2 | 8 |
| Fall 2023 | Wei, Yehua 4.5Rate My ProfessorsQuality4.5Difficulty3.7Would retake83%Based on 6 ratingsClick to view on RMP → | 4.2 | 4.0 | 6.4 | 20 |