MATH 32A
Calculus of Several Variables
Description: Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Enforced requisite: course 31A with grade of C- or better. Introduction to differential calculus of several variables, vector field theory. P/NP or letter grading.
Units: 4.0
Units: 4.0
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Summer 2020 - After receiving a B- in Math 31A and a A- in Math 31B, I was expecting a very low grade in this class, since Math is not really my thing, However, I honestly feel that the material covered in Math 32A is easier than the content in both Math 31A and Math 31B. Professor Wang is a young, quirky, and funny professor all around. She often would give us long breaks (about 10 mins per 2 hour session). In terms of her teaching style, Wang was very conceptual and often disregarded doing examples for the class. As a result, I did honestly rely on the textbook very heavily for studying for the exams. However, I did find the textbook to be very sufficient, as most of the topics explained on there were articulated concisely. For the Summer, she had two grading schemes, and she took the higher of the two grades. (Scheme 1: 20% HW, 15% Quizzes, 15% MT 1, 15% MT 2, 35% FINAL, Scheme 2: 15% HW, 10% Quizzes, 20% MT1, 20% MT2, 35% Final). There was one quiz per week and the material from the previous two lectures were tested. I personally felt most of the quizzes were pretty straightforward. She even made mistakes on a few quiz problems and ended up giving full credit to everyone. The main thing that sucks about this class is the Homework. Literally my summer was eaten up by doing the homework all day. Like some of the problems took up an entire page or so. I remember on 4th of July weekend I was stuck trying to finish up and upload a 32 page document to gradescope. When I say she gives a lot of homework, I literally mean a good 70 questions per week. So be wary of that. The first Midterm was pretty easy. Midterm 2 she assigned two problems that were merely impossible to do in the time limit. As a result, she ended up giving full credit if you partially solved them. These two questions were so difficult that even my TA had trouble solving these during his discussion section. Just try to show your work as much as you can and you will receive full credit. Likewise, the Final exam was slightly difficult, but they give a lot of partial credit and they don't take away that much points for wrong answers. So once again, show your work and write EVERYTHING you know! All in all, I had a moderate experience in Math 32A with Wang this Summer. Another complaint is that she took very long to get our grades in for some reason. She uploaded them almost a week past the due date. Stephanie is very approachable so don't be afraid to reach out to her for help! If you study hard and do a lot of practice problems you'll be fine!
Summer 2020 - After receiving a B- in Math 31A and a A- in Math 31B, I was expecting a very low grade in this class, since Math is not really my thing, However, I honestly feel that the material covered in Math 32A is easier than the content in both Math 31A and Math 31B. Professor Wang is a young, quirky, and funny professor all around. She often would give us long breaks (about 10 mins per 2 hour session). In terms of her teaching style, Wang was very conceptual and often disregarded doing examples for the class. As a result, I did honestly rely on the textbook very heavily for studying for the exams. However, I did find the textbook to be very sufficient, as most of the topics explained on there were articulated concisely. For the Summer, she had two grading schemes, and she took the higher of the two grades. (Scheme 1: 20% HW, 15% Quizzes, 15% MT 1, 15% MT 2, 35% FINAL, Scheme 2: 15% HW, 10% Quizzes, 20% MT1, 20% MT2, 35% Final). There was one quiz per week and the material from the previous two lectures were tested. I personally felt most of the quizzes were pretty straightforward. She even made mistakes on a few quiz problems and ended up giving full credit to everyone. The main thing that sucks about this class is the Homework. Literally my summer was eaten up by doing the homework all day. Like some of the problems took up an entire page or so. I remember on 4th of July weekend I was stuck trying to finish up and upload a 32 page document to gradescope. When I say she gives a lot of homework, I literally mean a good 70 questions per week. So be wary of that. The first Midterm was pretty easy. Midterm 2 she assigned two problems that were merely impossible to do in the time limit. As a result, she ended up giving full credit if you partially solved them. These two questions were so difficult that even my TA had trouble solving these during his discussion section. Just try to show your work as much as you can and you will receive full credit. Likewise, the Final exam was slightly difficult, but they give a lot of partial credit and they don't take away that much points for wrong answers. So once again, show your work and write EVERYTHING you know! All in all, I had a moderate experience in Math 32A with Wang this Summer. Another complaint is that she took very long to get our grades in for some reason. She uploaded them almost a week past the due date. Stephanie is very approachable so don't be afraid to reach out to her for help! If you study hard and do a lot of practice problems you'll be fine!
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Fall 2022 - Wong is a great professor. He uses a slide deck which is super helpful in my opinion because you can go back and look at his annotated slides to see how he explains each concept. The midterms were pretty challenging and honestly can really very. I did really well on the first (97.5) and then tanked the second (75), but your grade is so spread out on group quizzes your guaranteed to get 100% on, problem sets that aren't that hard and just require thoughtful explanations, and he even has multiple grading schemes to help get you the best grade. Compared to other 32A professors, Wong is a godsend, and I would totally take him again.
Fall 2022 - Wong is a great professor. He uses a slide deck which is super helpful in my opinion because you can go back and look at his annotated slides to see how he explains each concept. The midterms were pretty challenging and honestly can really very. I did really well on the first (97.5) and then tanked the second (75), but your grade is so spread out on group quizzes your guaranteed to get 100% on, problem sets that aren't that hard and just require thoughtful explanations, and he even has multiple grading schemes to help get you the best grade. Compared to other 32A professors, Wong is a godsend, and I would totally take him again.
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