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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Winter 2020 - This is my second quarter with Prof Hsu- I took 31A with her last quarter. She's a fantastic lecturer and professor, and I honestly enjoyed taking these classes even though I wasn't the best at math in high school. She's super fair in terms of content on the midterms: the first one had a lower average at around 60ish (most people had issues with timing instead of actual content), while the second had an average around the mid-70s (less questions after we gave her feedback) if I remember correctly. She 'curved' by adding a 12 point extra credit problem to the final using M1 content. Be warned: we had a take-home final this quarter due to the virus and campus shutdown, but her finals are much harder in terms of content and application compared to the midterms. A few things: she added a quiz section to this quarter: there's four in total, with the lowest grade dropped. It's two questions, done in discussion, that are pulled from the previous week's homework, which you don't have to turn in. Lowest homework is dropped as well. She offers two different grading schemes that allow you to use the max of your two midterms or the average of the two. All in all, I couldn't recommend taking her classes more. She's always super clear and helpful, and I loved learning from her.
Winter 2020 - This is my second quarter with Prof Hsu- I took 31A with her last quarter. She's a fantastic lecturer and professor, and I honestly enjoyed taking these classes even though I wasn't the best at math in high school. She's super fair in terms of content on the midterms: the first one had a lower average at around 60ish (most people had issues with timing instead of actual content), while the second had an average around the mid-70s (less questions after we gave her feedback) if I remember correctly. She 'curved' by adding a 12 point extra credit problem to the final using M1 content. Be warned: we had a take-home final this quarter due to the virus and campus shutdown, but her finals are much harder in terms of content and application compared to the midterms. A few things: she added a quiz section to this quarter: there's four in total, with the lowest grade dropped. It's two questions, done in discussion, that are pulled from the previous week's homework, which you don't have to turn in. Lowest homework is dropped as well. She offers two different grading schemes that allow you to use the max of your two midterms or the average of the two. All in all, I couldn't recommend taking her classes more. She's always super clear and helpful, and I loved learning from her.
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He was clear, concise, and overall a really good first quarter professor for math. His test averages were high because the graders were generous with partial credit, but the final kind of surprised everyone with its electic problems. I thought I was going to get a B in the class due to the high averages, but then I got one of the top scores on the final, so I got the A in the end. His policy : there's no restriction on the number of A's in the class! He must have given like 30% A's.....
He was clear, concise, and overall a really good first quarter professor for math. His test averages were high because the graders were generous with partial credit, but the final kind of surprised everyone with its electic problems. I thought I was going to get a B in the class due to the high averages, but then I got one of the top scores on the final, so I got the A in the end. His policy : there's no restriction on the number of A's in the class! He must have given like 30% A's.....
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Normally, my philosophy is that math is math. I learn from the book and exercises. However, the lectures I did attend were about as interesting as a math lecture can be. I'm sure all the professors here know their math, so the only separating factors are lecturing and grading. Kucherenko puts a lot of personality into her lectures and I thought her accent was more entertaining than it was confusing. As far as grading, homework is due once a week and worth 10-20% I don't remember exactly. There are no quizzes, two midterms and the final. The tests will be slightly more complicated than the homework but she gives practice tests if you want to use them. You are not required to attend discussion or lecture, simply to show up and turn in homework every friday. For the tests, she gives partial credit but also takes partial credit away so make sure to show your work. I found the right answer to a problem and only got 3/15, but that was my only complaint. Also make sure to look over your test in her office hours. Two of my friends argued for 10 extra points that way. I recommend taking Kucherenko if her class fits in your schedule but I wouldn't go out of my way unless you don't have any other decent options.
Normally, my philosophy is that math is math. I learn from the book and exercises. However, the lectures I did attend were about as interesting as a math lecture can be. I'm sure all the professors here know their math, so the only separating factors are lecturing and grading. Kucherenko puts a lot of personality into her lectures and I thought her accent was more entertaining than it was confusing. As far as grading, homework is due once a week and worth 10-20% I don't remember exactly. There are no quizzes, two midterms and the final. The tests will be slightly more complicated than the homework but she gives practice tests if you want to use them. You are not required to attend discussion or lecture, simply to show up and turn in homework every friday. For the tests, she gives partial credit but also takes partial credit away so make sure to show your work. I found the right answer to a problem and only got 3/15, but that was my only complaint. Also make sure to look over your test in her office hours. Two of my friends argued for 10 extra points that way. I recommend taking Kucherenko if her class fits in your schedule but I wouldn't go out of my way unless you don't have any other decent options.
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