MATH 31B
Integration and Infinite Series
Description: Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Requisite: course 31A with grade of C- or better. Not open for credit to students with credit for course 3B. Transcendental functions; methods and applications of integration; sequences and series. P/NP or letter grading.
Units: 4.0
Units: 4.0
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Fall 2017 - Easy class, confusing lectures. I had to teach myself most of the course material because Professor Tang had a very roundabout, complicated teaching style. (To be fair, it was his first time teaching, and he definitely improved over the course of the quarter.) One thing I did appreciate were the timed in-class examples we did, because I would already have some kind of idea of how to approach problems for the homework we had. We had about four homework assignments the whole quarter, and the midterm and final were both very straightforward and simple.
Fall 2017 - Easy class, confusing lectures. I had to teach myself most of the course material because Professor Tang had a very roundabout, complicated teaching style. (To be fair, it was his first time teaching, and he definitely improved over the course of the quarter.) One thing I did appreciate were the timed in-class examples we did, because I would already have some kind of idea of how to approach problems for the homework we had. We had about four homework assignments the whole quarter, and the midterm and final were both very straightforward and simple.
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He is a fair professor and grader. He does make the occasional mistake during his lectures but he knows what he is talking about. Some other people mentioned that he focuses heavily on memorizing formulas but that's not true. He allowed us to use a note card on the final so that we could focus more on problem solving as opposed to straight memorization. Math 31B is not the most enjoyable class but Professor Taylor definitely makes it better.
He is a fair professor and grader. He does make the occasional mistake during his lectures but he knows what he is talking about. Some other people mentioned that he focuses heavily on memorizing formulas but that's not true. He allowed us to use a note card on the final so that we could focus more on problem solving as opposed to straight memorization. Math 31B is not the most enjoyable class but Professor Taylor definitely makes it better.
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Spring 2023 - Professor Tong is by far the worst math professor I have ever had. The content of this class is actually manageable but it felt so difficult because the professor was horrible at explaining concepts and merely read off from the textbook. The only reason I did well was because I had an amazing TA (Eric) who would go the extra mile to help us out. Professor Tong was so bad at explaining concepts even when you asked her questions directly. She also did not give any midterm or final practise papers and we went into these exams not even knowing the format of the paper. Would not recommend this class to anyone unless you're willing to go to the math center almost every day for help or if you're lucky enough to get a good TA.
Spring 2023 - Professor Tong is by far the worst math professor I have ever had. The content of this class is actually manageable but it felt so difficult because the professor was horrible at explaining concepts and merely read off from the textbook. The only reason I did well was because I had an amazing TA (Eric) who would go the extra mile to help us out. Professor Tong was so bad at explaining concepts even when you asked her questions directly. She also did not give any midterm or final practise papers and we went into these exams not even knowing the format of the paper. Would not recommend this class to anyone unless you're willing to go to the math center almost every day for help or if you're lucky enough to get a good TA.
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