Professor
David Taylor
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Winter 2020 - Professor Taylor did a fine job teaching in my opinion, and also structured his class in a favorable fashion. Other reviewers are correct in that he would seem to confuse himself at times, but overall he did a decent job at conveying the necessary information. The grading scheme, as has been noted, is 25% quizzes, 25% midterm, and 50% final. Therefore, there is no homework, but the quizzes are based on assigned problems. However, because only five of nine quizzes are counted for a grade, and because of their very straightforward problems, these are not a concern. The midterm was fair but tough, as the problems were nothing surprising but often required some fairly messy work. As for the final, I took mine during the COVID-19 pandemic, so this part may not be applicable to future quarters. My final was take-home, open-notes, and open-book, which obviously will be different than ensuing iterations of this class. The final was 18 pages and 12 problems, most with multiple parts. It would have been very tough to complete in three hours had it been in-person. The problems, likewise, were fairly challenging as well, but this was less due to the concepts being tested and more because of the substantial amount of steps that were required to reach a solution in most cases. Overall, this class was alright, and Professor Taylor did an adequate job teaching. Just know that he definitely does care about "u"!
Winter 2020 - Professor Taylor did a fine job teaching in my opinion, and also structured his class in a favorable fashion. Other reviewers are correct in that he would seem to confuse himself at times, but overall he did a decent job at conveying the necessary information. The grading scheme, as has been noted, is 25% quizzes, 25% midterm, and 50% final. Therefore, there is no homework, but the quizzes are based on assigned problems. However, because only five of nine quizzes are counted for a grade, and because of their very straightforward problems, these are not a concern. The midterm was fair but tough, as the problems were nothing surprising but often required some fairly messy work. As for the final, I took mine during the COVID-19 pandemic, so this part may not be applicable to future quarters. My final was take-home, open-notes, and open-book, which obviously will be different than ensuing iterations of this class. The final was 18 pages and 12 problems, most with multiple parts. It would have been very tough to complete in three hours had it been in-person. The problems, likewise, were fairly challenging as well, but this was less due to the concepts being tested and more because of the substantial amount of steps that were required to reach a solution in most cases. Overall, this class was alright, and Professor Taylor did an adequate job teaching. Just know that he definitely does care about "u"!
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Winter 2015 I had mixed feelings to professor Taylor. He clearly did a lot of work and prepared his notes and powerpoints carefully. However, he became nervous and disorganized during lectures. He made many mistakes, that is true. His midterms were not difficult. Some of the questions were even identical to the book problems or only changed slightly. But this class itself required a lot of calculation. Practices always make you faster and more efficient in solving problems. His final was harder. Those in part b were tricky. But it won’t be a problem if you have followed the material. My advice is if you don’t really care about going to lectures, he is definitely a good choice. But if you rely your study on effective lecutres, you should compare him with other professors. He might not be the best choice, but definitely doable.
Winter 2015 I had mixed feelings to professor Taylor. He clearly did a lot of work and prepared his notes and powerpoints carefully. However, he became nervous and disorganized during lectures. He made many mistakes, that is true. His midterms were not difficult. Some of the questions were even identical to the book problems or only changed slightly. But this class itself required a lot of calculation. Practices always make you faster and more efficient in solving problems. His final was harder. Those in part b were tricky. But it won’t be a problem if you have followed the material. My advice is if you don’t really care about going to lectures, he is definitely a good choice. But if you rely your study on effective lecutres, you should compare him with other professors. He might not be the best choice, but definitely doable.
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ok this is definitely funny. I'm studying 12 hours right before the final because I did not attend the last half of his lecture (as he makes so many mistakes every time in lectures.) So everything went smoothly but i was stuck on several problems forever because no matter how many times i solved those problems, i got the completely different answer to his solution provided. I was feeling hopeless about the exam, as well as my life. So i woke up my buddy who mastered at math at midnight and i let him to check.. he went mad because there was nothing wrong with my solution!!! but guess what?! I was right all the way, his solutions were wrong... I'm speechless and feeling more stupid right now... Professor Taylor is a nice, hardworking, easy going and handsome guy. but his problem of committing too many mistakes in lectures and solutions are definitely making the course harder to learn... Although i hope he'll miss some mistakes i make when grading my exams.
ok this is definitely funny. I'm studying 12 hours right before the final because I did not attend the last half of his lecture (as he makes so many mistakes every time in lectures.) So everything went smoothly but i was stuck on several problems forever because no matter how many times i solved those problems, i got the completely different answer to his solution provided. I was feeling hopeless about the exam, as well as my life. So i woke up my buddy who mastered at math at midnight and i let him to check.. he went mad because there was nothing wrong with my solution!!! but guess what?! I was right all the way, his solutions were wrong... I'm speechless and feeling more stupid right now... Professor Taylor is a nice, hardworking, easy going and handsome guy. but his problem of committing too many mistakes in lectures and solutions are definitely making the course harder to learn... Although i hope he'll miss some mistakes i make when grading my exams.
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Professor Taylor is a pretty decent professor. Math 132 involves a lot of theorems and concepts that you have to fully understand. Although it was a lot of work to understand all of the concepts in the class, Professor Taylor did a good job of explaining them during lecture. Some people get frustrated with complex analysis, but you need just to do a bunch of practice problems to understand it well. Midterm and final were very fair. They were moderately difficult, but the questions were not trick questions. He simply tests you on the material you learn. Overall, Professor Taylor is a good professor.
Professor Taylor is a pretty decent professor. Math 132 involves a lot of theorems and concepts that you have to fully understand. Although it was a lot of work to understand all of the concepts in the class, Professor Taylor did a good job of explaining them during lecture. Some people get frustrated with complex analysis, but you need just to do a bunch of practice problems to understand it well. Midterm and final were very fair. They were moderately difficult, but the questions were not trick questions. He simply tests you on the material you learn. Overall, Professor Taylor is a good professor.
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Spring 2020 - I really don’t like him. He posts slides and videos (we use zoom this quarter) way later than I needed. Like he posted Wednesday’s lecture on the next Monday, which is hard for people in different time zone to catch up. That’s why I feel he’s not devoted in teaching. He talked lots of unrelated things in class as well, which made a 50min lecture 80 mins
Spring 2020 - I really don’t like him. He posts slides and videos (we use zoom this quarter) way later than I needed. Like he posted Wednesday’s lecture on the next Monday, which is hard for people in different time zone to catch up. That’s why I feel he’s not devoted in teaching. He talked lots of unrelated things in class as well, which made a 50min lecture 80 mins
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