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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Park is a really good professor. I had him for two quarters and I'd definitely recommend you take him. His class is pretty straightforward, as long as you study the practice midterms. If you don't do well, he's very helpful in office hours too. He definitely wants his students to do well, and he'll do a lot to make sure you get the grade you deserve.
Park is a really good professor. I had him for two quarters and I'd definitely recommend you take him. His class is pretty straightforward, as long as you study the practice midterms. If you don't do well, he's very helpful in office hours too. He definitely wants his students to do well, and he'll do a lot to make sure you get the grade you deserve.
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Winter 2016 - Professor Penneys is a mediocre professor. He teaches exactly out of the textbook which is not effective considering tests use problems that vary significantly with the formatting of the textbook problems. Because his lectures was mostly out of the textbook, his teaching style was mostly one-dimensional. The examples used were textbook examples and because of this, it gave little incentive to show up to lecture. His grading policy made up for this. Having the 20% quizzes,20% midterm 1, 20% midterm 2, 40% final breakdown of our grades or the second option of dropping the lowest midterm was very helpful and needed. His tests were mostly straightforward and doable. Nothing extraordinarily surprising. What I think would make me more successful in his class would be more examples in lecture that I could not find in the textbook. Overall, Penneys is a great person and all I wish out of him as an instructor is to put more effort in ensuring students' understanding of the material instead of just writing stuff down I can look up in a textbook.
Winter 2016 - Professor Penneys is a mediocre professor. He teaches exactly out of the textbook which is not effective considering tests use problems that vary significantly with the formatting of the textbook problems. Because his lectures was mostly out of the textbook, his teaching style was mostly one-dimensional. The examples used were textbook examples and because of this, it gave little incentive to show up to lecture. His grading policy made up for this. Having the 20% quizzes,20% midterm 1, 20% midterm 2, 40% final breakdown of our grades or the second option of dropping the lowest midterm was very helpful and needed. His tests were mostly straightforward and doable. Nothing extraordinarily surprising. What I think would make me more successful in his class would be more examples in lecture that I could not find in the textbook. Overall, Penneys is a great person and all I wish out of him as an instructor is to put more effort in ensuring students' understanding of the material instead of just writing stuff down I can look up in a textbook.
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It took time getting used to Professor Radko's softspoken voice and her accent, but after the first two weeks, her lectures were easy to follow. However, she pretty much took examples from the book, which meant that the only reason to go to class was to turn in homework. She gives you all of the assignments ahead of time, so if you're the kind of person that skips class, just make sure to show up on Fridays. She always got our exams graded in a very timely manner, which was nice. It was my first and only (so far) A- at UCLA, and but that's because it took me some time adjusting to the way her exams were structured; 4 questions, and 5 T/F questions (where NO partial credit was given for this part). Our final was extremely hard, but the curve was generous.
It took time getting used to Professor Radko's softspoken voice and her accent, but after the first two weeks, her lectures were easy to follow. However, she pretty much took examples from the book, which meant that the only reason to go to class was to turn in homework. She gives you all of the assignments ahead of time, so if you're the kind of person that skips class, just make sure to show up on Fridays. She always got our exams graded in a very timely manner, which was nice. It was my first and only (so far) A- at UCLA, and but that's because it took me some time adjusting to the way her exams were structured; 4 questions, and 5 T/F questions (where NO partial credit was given for this part). Our final was extremely hard, but the curve was generous.
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Ralston was an overall good professor. His lectures were easily understandable and he seemed to know exactly how to teach the class. He sort of even yelled at one of the other Math 32A professors because he was teaching his class something he shouldn't be spending his time on. The tests are comprehensive and predictable, and for my class, the quizzes were online which basically meant free points. Overall a decent professor. Nothing wrong with him.
Ralston was an overall good professor. His lectures were easily understandable and he seemed to know exactly how to teach the class. He sort of even yelled at one of the other Math 32A professors because he was teaching his class something he shouldn't be spending his time on. The tests are comprehensive and predictable, and for my class, the quizzes were online which basically meant free points. Overall a decent professor. Nothing wrong with him.
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