Professor
Zvi Bern
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Extremely easy professor, and this is coming from a dumb guy. If you attend lecture, you'll know what you need for the exams. The book reading will only be over what was emphasized in lecture, which he makes fairly clear. The exams curves were generous. On the first, a 17/25 was an A-. On the second, an A- was a 19/25. The final was obviously more difficult, but FAIR. He even recycled a few old questions from the previous exams. But be careful -- professor Bern can be a tricky fellow: make sure to read the questions CAREFULLY. Bern also likes demonstrations. Most of the time they didn't work, but they're still helpful (when they work). Overall, Bern is a good professor. Highly recommended.
Extremely easy professor, and this is coming from a dumb guy. If you attend lecture, you'll know what you need for the exams. The book reading will only be over what was emphasized in lecture, which he makes fairly clear. The exams curves were generous. On the first, a 17/25 was an A-. On the second, an A- was a 19/25. The final was obviously more difficult, but FAIR. He even recycled a few old questions from the previous exams. But be careful -- professor Bern can be a tricky fellow: make sure to read the questions CAREFULLY. Bern also likes demonstrations. Most of the time they didn't work, but they're still helpful (when they work). Overall, Bern is a good professor. Highly recommended.
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Spring 2024 - Loved this class, I felt a bit baited into the midterm because it was harder than expected, but it was fair. Homework is short but really hard and not sufficient for getting a good grade. Prof is really nice and his office hours are very engaging and he will always answer your question very thoroughly. Make sure you repeat all the examples from the textbook before attempting homework problems to be extra prepared. Get a copy of Taylor to read before you read the recommended text (Taylor is a bit too simplified but Marion is just horribly thorough for a first read). His lectures are straight outta Marion so make sure you give it a bit of a read before the lectures after reading Taylor (I know a lot of reading but it helps a lot) The material is kinda rough, you can definitely get through the class without understanding how anything actually works and just memorize procedures but it's a very enjoyable class if you give it time and effort. The prof is great but his exams are hard so come prepared
Spring 2024 - Loved this class, I felt a bit baited into the midterm because it was harder than expected, but it was fair. Homework is short but really hard and not sufficient for getting a good grade. Prof is really nice and his office hours are very engaging and he will always answer your question very thoroughly. Make sure you repeat all the examples from the textbook before attempting homework problems to be extra prepared. Get a copy of Taylor to read before you read the recommended text (Taylor is a bit too simplified but Marion is just horribly thorough for a first read). His lectures are straight outta Marion so make sure you give it a bit of a read before the lectures after reading Taylor (I know a lot of reading but it helps a lot) The material is kinda rough, you can definitely get through the class without understanding how anything actually works and just memorize procedures but it's a very enjoyable class if you give it time and effort. The prof is great but his exams are hard so come prepared
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Professor Bern explains the material very well. He is also very reasonable about workload and exam difficulty. The final was incredibly hard but however that was compensated by his grading policy. His class is overall rather difficult but that was only because complex variable theory is difficult.
Professor Bern explains the material very well. He is also very reasonable about workload and exam difficulty. The final was incredibly hard but however that was compensated by his grading policy. His class is overall rather difficult but that was only because complex variable theory is difficult.
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