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Calin Martin
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I had him for winter quarter of 2009 and i must say he is very dull. I could not understand him because he was very messy. He has no personality. His midterms are okay but not too hard. The first two midterms and the final all had an average of around 50 but the curve is generous. I ended up with a B in that class but that's okay for me, considering that i never went to lecture after the third week.
I had him for winter quarter of 2009 and i must say he is very dull. I could not understand him because he was very messy. He has no personality. His midterms are okay but not too hard. The first two midterms and the final all had an average of around 50 but the curve is generous. I ended up with a B in that class but that's okay for me, considering that i never went to lecture after the third week.
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Martin will not be the worst math professor you will ever have. Unlike some of the previous reviewers, I never had any idea what was going on in lecture, probably because his monotone voice lulled be into boredom -- which is of course, not his fault. But when I did pay attention I found that some of the concepts were simply jus not very well explained. I always taught myself the math later when I was doing the homeworks. Thats another thing actually -- the homework. I actually really enjoyed his pace on the homework. Having had a professor who only enjoyed proof problems the previous quarter, most of Martin's assigned problems were straightforward. What I appreciated the most was that he didn't assignment homework the first week of class or 10th week. So thank you Martin, that was nice of you. To get an A in his class, you just need to be able to do the hardest problems in each of the sections -- if you can do that, and actually understand the material at least somewhat, you should be fine and way ahead of the rest of the class. I think the curves are pretty generous, especially when I thought I failed the second midterm and ended up coming out with a score 11 points over the average. I don't know what the minimum requirements for an A were, but for the first midterm I had 15 points over the average, second 11, and for the final, 64 points above the average. The best advice I can give you is do not get low scores on the the midterms! If you do, then the final will end up being 65% of your grade, and thats a chance you probably don't want to take.
Martin will not be the worst math professor you will ever have. Unlike some of the previous reviewers, I never had any idea what was going on in lecture, probably because his monotone voice lulled be into boredom -- which is of course, not his fault. But when I did pay attention I found that some of the concepts were simply jus not very well explained. I always taught myself the math later when I was doing the homeworks. Thats another thing actually -- the homework. I actually really enjoyed his pace on the homework. Having had a professor who only enjoyed proof problems the previous quarter, most of Martin's assigned problems were straightforward. What I appreciated the most was that he didn't assignment homework the first week of class or 10th week. So thank you Martin, that was nice of you. To get an A in his class, you just need to be able to do the hardest problems in each of the sections -- if you can do that, and actually understand the material at least somewhat, you should be fine and way ahead of the rest of the class. I think the curves are pretty generous, especially when I thought I failed the second midterm and ended up coming out with a score 11 points over the average. I don't know what the minimum requirements for an A were, but for the first midterm I had 15 points over the average, second 11, and for the final, 64 points above the average. The best advice I can give you is do not get low scores on the the midterms! If you do, then the final will end up being 65% of your grade, and thats a chance you probably don't want to take.
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lol at all of you in his 32a. for 32b, basically multivariable integration and line integrals etc, he had easier tests than 32a. he can be hard to understand especially when youre not laughing over teeta, beeta, youshual (usual) etc. his midterms are fairly difficult but his grading policies allow you to drop your lowest one and increase the percentage worth of your final. final was not that bad. a lot of the questions are those tricky homework problems
lol at all of you in his 32a. for 32b, basically multivariable integration and line integrals etc, he had easier tests than 32a. he can be hard to understand especially when youre not laughing over teeta, beeta, youshual (usual) etc. his midterms are fairly difficult but his grading policies allow you to drop your lowest one and increase the percentage worth of your final. final was not that bad. a lot of the questions are those tricky homework problems
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