I feel really ambivalent about real analysis with professor grujic. Here's why:
The material is somewhat hard (it's a proof based coursed with unfamiliar concepts)....but the class isn't hard. HW takes some time but go to his office hour and he tells you the answers. Tests questions are based off HW questions so if you know how to do the hw, you get decent grades.
His lectures are not great (kinda bad actually). He talks a lot during class (this man never stops talking), but he doesn't take time to explain important concepts. (Ex: :Because of theorem xyz, we know this ______. " But he doesn't explain why theorem xyz actually allows us to conclude _____). I think to really understand his lectures, you have to read the book first to get a sense of what he talks about during lecture.
But if you go to his office hours, he is super friendly and will go over the concepts with you (ask questions tho). I think I learned all the important concepts in office hours.
Conclusion: It's not the world's worst idea to take this class with Professor Grujic. Material is hard and lectures are bleh, but grades are good and office hours are great. Take it if you have no better option (since UVA math dept as a whole seems to be wack)
Grade Distribution
7 Reviews
Content is pretty dry but Professor Grujic is great and manages to make the class somewhat enjoyable
The course material is difficult and confusing. I thought I was going to do very poorly in the class until the first midterm, which ended up not being as difficult as expected.
He's amazing. He makes this hard class full of fun. Exams are not hard. Have fun
Very helpful professor.
Grujic is one of the best Math professors at U.Va. The course isn't so difficult if you pay attention in class, as homework problems (and exam problems) differ little from the class material.
Grujic is good professor for Basic Real. It's still a very difficult class, and I would not recommend it unless you need it or are really truly interested in where Calculus comes from. But Grujic was fair on exams, and his office hours were very helpful for homework.