Muddiest Point #1

In all honesty, I think I followed pretty much all of the first lecture without too much difficulty. I'm a little unclear as to how deep in depth we will be going in all of the different topics. While I wouldn't move to a more difficult class even if I was completely sure (my specialty isn't technical, consequently an easier class with a better grade would make more sense for me as opposed to an advanced but more difficult course), I'm wondering how basic the topics covered will be.