MATH 3B
Calculus for Life Sciences Students
Description: Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Requisite: course 3A with grade of C- or better. Not open for credit to students with credit for course 31B. Applications of differentiation, integration, differential equations, linear models in biology, phase lines and classifying equilibrium values, bifurcations. P/NP or letter grading.
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I really liked Professor Sinclair. Although his exams were difficult, as long as you understood the material, went to OH, and reviewed homework problem you could get an A in his class. He is a very conceptual professor and cares a lot about his students. He is also very approachable and always willing to help and answer any questions. He gave weekly quizzes, but as long as you did the HW and understood it you could 10/10 on all your quizzes. He had 2 midterms and 1 final, they are hard, but like I said if you understand the material you should do fine, plus he gives a generous curve. That being, said if you put in the time and effort and not simply memorize everything you should do fine and get an A!
I really liked Professor Sinclair. Although his exams were difficult, as long as you understood the material, went to OH, and reviewed homework problem you could get an A in his class. He is a very conceptual professor and cares a lot about his students. He is also very approachable and always willing to help and answer any questions. He gave weekly quizzes, but as long as you did the HW and understood it you could 10/10 on all your quizzes. He had 2 midterms and 1 final, they are hard, but like I said if you understand the material you should do fine, plus he gives a generous curve. That being, said if you put in the time and effort and not simply memorize everything you should do fine and get an A!
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He was alright. He would be serious and have a grave look on his face most of the time, but would have the occasional random joke you would say. He had a funny accent. You could tell he knew his stuff very well, but at times he had some trouble having the class know the stuff as well. He was fair with his grading.
He was alright. He would be serious and have a grave look on his face most of the time, but would have the occasional random joke you would say. He had a funny accent. You could tell he knew his stuff very well, but at times he had some trouble having the class know the stuff as well. He was fair with his grading.
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Weinstein knows his material, but there is No partial credit on grading tests, when we took our test he quickly graded the tests with the TAs in the testing room as soon as all the students left. The homework is worth 10pts each, also, his first test was not so bad, but the second one caused many students to drop because apparently he teaches material that is not required, that other 3B teacher don't teach but he does, so you get to learn extra stuff, if you like that. Overall, he was nice but it was akward talking to him when I had questions.
Weinstein knows his material, but there is No partial credit on grading tests, when we took our test he quickly graded the tests with the TAs in the testing room as soon as all the students left. The homework is worth 10pts each, also, his first test was not so bad, but the second one caused many students to drop because apparently he teaches material that is not required, that other 3B teacher don't teach but he does, so you get to learn extra stuff, if you like that. Overall, he was nice but it was akward talking to him when I had questions.
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Winter 2015 grade distribution: 25% midterm 25% quizzes 50% final OR 100% final Professor Weisbart: The professor was very strangely in love with math. It was cool to see he was so passionate about it, but it was still kind of creepy. Haha for me personally, I didn't like his teaching style. He kind of freestyles lecture, and I'd rather a professor who had a set plan for teaching. It was really hard to understand the concepts he was teaching because of how abstract he made things seem. TA: My TA was Cassidy Mentus, and he was actually really helpful in going over examples. He basically went over problems by himself on the board, and he went pretty fast. But it was still easy to follow him, and he would answer any questions you had while breezing through a ton of examples. I thought attending discussion was really helpful. Midterm grade: 39/50 78% He sent out a practice midterm and solutions for those problems that had more questions (8) than were going to be on the midterm. I think they would have been helpful if I reviewed it more. It was 4 questions with multiple parts. Quizzes grade: 48/80 60% There was no homework, only suggested problems (and I suggest you do them). I did really bad on the 8 quizzes he sporadically did. He would let you know at least two days before that there were quizzes. You needed to print out your own quiz form, and in the beginning of class he'd give you a bit of time to do two problems. I hated those quizzes. Final grade: 62/80 77.5% He also sent out a practice final with 8 questions and solutions. The actual final was a less than 8 questions though. It was really weird because during the final he made us stop, look up, and he'd take a big camera and take a picture of all of us. And when we turned in our final he'd make us hold them up with our BruinCard and he'd take a picture. He says it protects people in case they lose their exam, but it also helped against cheating. The final was similarly formatted to the midterm. Overall grade: B Thank goodness the class was curved. I did so well in 3A that I was really discouraged with this class. I didn't like his teaching style, but if I worked harder at learning on my own, I feel like I would have done better in the class.
Winter 2015 grade distribution: 25% midterm 25% quizzes 50% final OR 100% final Professor Weisbart: The professor was very strangely in love with math. It was cool to see he was so passionate about it, but it was still kind of creepy. Haha for me personally, I didn't like his teaching style. He kind of freestyles lecture, and I'd rather a professor who had a set plan for teaching. It was really hard to understand the concepts he was teaching because of how abstract he made things seem. TA: My TA was Cassidy Mentus, and he was actually really helpful in going over examples. He basically went over problems by himself on the board, and he went pretty fast. But it was still easy to follow him, and he would answer any questions you had while breezing through a ton of examples. I thought attending discussion was really helpful. Midterm grade: 39/50 78% He sent out a practice midterm and solutions for those problems that had more questions (8) than were going to be on the midterm. I think they would have been helpful if I reviewed it more. It was 4 questions with multiple parts. Quizzes grade: 48/80 60% There was no homework, only suggested problems (and I suggest you do them). I did really bad on the 8 quizzes he sporadically did. He would let you know at least two days before that there were quizzes. You needed to print out your own quiz form, and in the beginning of class he'd give you a bit of time to do two problems. I hated those quizzes. Final grade: 62/80 77.5% He also sent out a practice final with 8 questions and solutions. The actual final was a less than 8 questions though. It was really weird because during the final he made us stop, look up, and he'd take a big camera and take a picture of all of us. And when we turned in our final he'd make us hold them up with our BruinCard and he'd take a picture. He says it protects people in case they lose their exam, but it also helped against cheating. The final was similarly formatted to the midterm. Overall grade: B Thank goodness the class was curved. I did so well in 3A that I was really discouraged with this class. I didn't like his teaching style, but if I worked harder at learning on my own, I feel like I would have done better in the class.
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Yan had a hard time structuring his lectures, and only covered particular portions of the class. But combined with the TA and his office hours, help could easily be found. Additionally, his curve was very fair and it is very possible to get a good grade in his class. The homework was graded on correctness, which was a little difficult since he only covered certain concepts in Lecture. Overall, the class was a little hard to maneuver but in the end is very fairly graded.
Yan had a hard time structuring his lectures, and only covered particular portions of the class. But combined with the TA and his office hours, help could easily be found. Additionally, his curve was very fair and it is very possible to get a good grade in his class. The homework was graded on correctness, which was a little difficult since he only covered certain concepts in Lecture. Overall, the class was a little hard to maneuver but in the end is very fairly graded.
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