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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HORRID. If you can get out, get out! He is the worst professor I've ever had. You literally just have to memorize proofs. The entire class has no idea what he's talking about half the time, and he is a very poor communicator. Only take if you enjoy hearing "uh" or "um" every ten seconds. Seriously. First day of class I counted. I hit 100 "uh" or "um"s in 12 minutes. Biggest problem is that he assumes the students can see what he sees. He'll do complex math in his head and not show that step. very few people seemed to be able to follow his work very well. My TA was very frustrated with the questions he gave for midterms. Just run. Run.
HORRID. If you can get out, get out! He is the worst professor I've ever had. You literally just have to memorize proofs. The entire class has no idea what he's talking about half the time, and he is a very poor communicator. Only take if you enjoy hearing "uh" or "um" every ten seconds. Seriously. First day of class I counted. I hit 100 "uh" or "um"s in 12 minutes. Biggest problem is that he assumes the students can see what he sees. He'll do complex math in his head and not show that step. very few people seemed to be able to follow his work very well. My TA was very frustrated with the questions he gave for midterms. Just run. Run.
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1st midterm was very easy, 2nd was harder but fair (everyone thought it was going to be easy). the final was difficult. micheli posts the answers to all tests and homeworks. he is prompt about posting stuff, although i have to warn you that his homeworks tend to be a little long. micheli cares a lot about his students (he responds very quickly! i emailed him around 11 pm once, and he replied about 5 min. later!) he's very approachable and hilarious! I would definitely recommend him! (i took his class again the following quarter even if I didn't do so well!).
1st midterm was very easy, 2nd was harder but fair (everyone thought it was going to be easy). the final was difficult. micheli posts the answers to all tests and homeworks. he is prompt about posting stuff, although i have to warn you that his homeworks tend to be a little long. micheli cares a lot about his students (he responds very quickly! i emailed him around 11 pm once, and he replied about 5 min. later!) he's very approachable and hilarious! I would definitely recommend him! (i took his class again the following quarter even if I didn't do so well!).
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He is kind of hard to understand and his writing is messy too. He's good if you understand what he is saying, but I didn't. For his tests, most of the questions aren't too hard, but he gives you many many problems so most people run out of time. If you are the kind of person who does math very fast, then take him, but if you aren't really fast then don't.
He is kind of hard to understand and his writing is messy too. He's good if you understand what he is saying, but I didn't. For his tests, most of the questions aren't too hard, but he gives you many many problems so most people run out of time. If you are the kind of person who does math very fast, then take him, but if you aren't really fast then don't.
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Fall 2017 - This review is for MATH 32A. Mou is not an interesting professor. He does not use slides are animations, preferring instead to draw out diagrams and writing on the board. This means class goes slowly, but at least if you zone out, you can just check the board for anything you missed. His tests are disproportionately dependant on proofs, and I can almost guarantee his delta-epsilon proofs will get you a poor grade on the test. However, he tries to be helpful and spends the week before the final just covering topics that students have trouble with. Overall an OK professor. Edit (6/7/2018): MATH 32A has been added as a course taught by Professor Mou. I have edited this review to be on the correct course (formerly was on MATH 170).
Fall 2017 - This review is for MATH 32A. Mou is not an interesting professor. He does not use slides are animations, preferring instead to draw out diagrams and writing on the board. This means class goes slowly, but at least if you zone out, you can just check the board for anything you missed. His tests are disproportionately dependant on proofs, and I can almost guarantee his delta-epsilon proofs will get you a poor grade on the test. However, he tries to be helpful and spends the week before the final just covering topics that students have trouble with. Overall an OK professor. Edit (6/7/2018): MATH 32A has been added as a course taught by Professor Mou. I have edited this review to be on the correct course (formerly was on MATH 170).
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Winter 2021 - Homework isn't overwhelming, and two of them are dropped at the end of the quarter. Prof. Nam gives short lectures that typically have a couple of example problems to help explain his points. The tests weren't that bad since we had 24 hours to complete them, but he wasn't very lenient on giving partial credit. Great personality and always had a positive attitude. Edit: his final was very very difficult. Made no sense.
Winter 2021 - Homework isn't overwhelming, and two of them are dropped at the end of the quarter. Prof. Nam gives short lectures that typically have a couple of example problems to help explain his points. The tests weren't that bad since we had 24 hours to complete them, but he wasn't very lenient on giving partial credit. Great personality and always had a positive attitude. Edit: his final was very very difficult. Made no sense.
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