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He takes some getting used to. The beginning of the class is easy, if you took AP Calculus, regardless if it was AB or BC. His tests are fair, and the class always does well. He does a lot of proofs, most of which are superfluous, since all you need is the formula. Go to lecture, pay attention in lecture, do the homework. He's really chill, which isn't all that good when he's explaining a concept, but a good TA will clarify it up. He won't screw you with the curve, which is a definite plus.
He's a pretty chill professor. The class didn't get difficult until about half way through when you start modeling populations and doing multivariable. His lectures were often confusing, but after doing the homework they usually made sense. Tests weren't terribly difficult, but (besides the first midterm) weren't terribly easy, either.
Pretty easy professor.
Clear, coherent speech.
Just do the homework, attend lectures and understand all the concepts and it should be a fairly easy class.
I really liked professor Oberlin.
Only drawback: He doesn't do the best job explaining some of the more difficult concepts.
1. The 2 midterms were EXACTLY like the homework. Do the homework, and you'll do well on the midterms
2. Lecture could get a little confusing because he moves pretty fast through the material. Ask him a question to slow him down
3. The beginning integration material is what most of the course is, and since it's really easy, it put the class average really high. When we got into multivariable calc, you could tell everyone was getting confused, and this is what might have changed the class average, because half the final was on multivariable calc
That being said, this was the class I was least worried about, because if you do the homework and understand it, you'll do well in the class. Oh, also, my TA(Sherwood) was AMAZING. If you have any questions, ask your TAs during discussion. I also recommend taking a Thursday discussion, because homework is due Fridays, and by Thursday you should have your questions prepared.
He is not the best math professor you're going to have, but then again, it's tough to find good math professors. He spends a lot of his time proving an equation that you're going to use rather than just giving you the equation. You don't necessarily have to go to lecture to get the material; you can read the textbook. Make sure you do all the homework though because that really helps and homework also counts 10%. The class must have been pretty easy for majority of the people because the averages were usually pretty high, especially for the midterms. He gives 2 midterms and one final. Midterms both worth 25% each and the final worth 40%. The final was definitely more difficult than the midterms, but still, the class did pretty damn well. 80-89% range. So my suggestion would be to do the homework and extra homework problems if you need it and you should be fine.
He takes some getting used to. The beginning of the class is easy, if you took AP Calculus, regardless if it was AB or BC. His tests are fair, and the class always does well. He does a lot of proofs, most of which are superfluous, since all you need is the formula. Go to lecture, pay attention in lecture, do the homework. He's really chill, which isn't all that good when he's explaining a concept, but a good TA will clarify it up. He won't screw you with the curve, which is a definite plus.
He's a pretty chill professor. The class didn't get difficult until about half way through when you start modeling populations and doing multivariable. His lectures were often confusing, but after doing the homework they usually made sense. Tests weren't terribly difficult, but (besides the first midterm) weren't terribly easy, either.
Pretty easy professor.
Clear, coherent speech.
Just do the homework, attend lectures and understand all the concepts and it should be a fairly easy class.
I really liked professor Oberlin.
Only drawback: He doesn't do the best job explaining some of the more difficult concepts.
1. The 2 midterms were EXACTLY like the homework. Do the homework, and you'll do well on the midterms
2. Lecture could get a little confusing because he moves pretty fast through the material. Ask him a question to slow him down
3. The beginning integration material is what most of the course is, and since it's really easy, it put the class average really high. When we got into multivariable calc, you could tell everyone was getting confused, and this is what might have changed the class average, because half the final was on multivariable calc
That being said, this was the class I was least worried about, because if you do the homework and understand it, you'll do well in the class. Oh, also, my TA(Sherwood) was AMAZING. If you have any questions, ask your TAs during discussion. I also recommend taking a Thursday discussion, because homework is due Fridays, and by Thursday you should have your questions prepared.
He is not the best math professor you're going to have, but then again, it's tough to find good math professors. He spends a lot of his time proving an equation that you're going to use rather than just giving you the equation. You don't necessarily have to go to lecture to get the material; you can read the textbook. Make sure you do all the homework though because that really helps and homework also counts 10%. The class must have been pretty easy for majority of the people because the averages were usually pretty high, especially for the midterms. He gives 2 midterms and one final. Midterms both worth 25% each and the final worth 40%. The final was definitely more difficult than the midterms, but still, the class did pretty damn well. 80-89% range. So my suggestion would be to do the homework and extra homework problems if you need it and you should be fine.
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