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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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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Stay away unless you already know everything about 31B. It was difficult to understand her at times, she always seemed nervous and unsure of what she was writing, and she did not do a very good job of explaining concepts and procedures. Her tests were not ridiculously difficult but you will need to study to do well. As long as you keep up with homework, get a good TA (I had Brent Woodhouse), and don't mind nervous professors, then go for this one.
Stay away unless you already know everything about 31B. It was difficult to understand her at times, she always seemed nervous and unsure of what she was writing, and she did not do a very good job of explaining concepts and procedures. Her tests were not ridiculously difficult but you will need to study to do well. As long as you keep up with homework, get a good TA (I had Brent Woodhouse), and don't mind nervous professors, then go for this one.
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Winter 2016 - The professor seemed like a nice guy and like he cared about the students understanding the concepts. He did make mistakes quite often in his examples that other students would often catch- although I don't know if he made mistakes any more often than other professors. His exams are pretty fair. Not the best math professor ever, but definitely not the worst either.
Winter 2016 - The professor seemed like a nice guy and like he cared about the students understanding the concepts. He did make mistakes quite often in his examples that other students would often catch- although I don't know if he made mistakes any more often than other professors. His exams are pretty fair. Not the best math professor ever, but definitely not the worst either.
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