01-13-2015 at 12:27 PM
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Math 1AA3 disappointing
While Stewart's book does try to prove things, the professor simply tells us the results to everything without any attempts at mathematical rigor. I've got to ask, why is calculus so dumbed down at Mac? At U of T for example they have Mat 137 (a decent balance between calculations and proofs) as well as Mat 157 (a full-out course on analysis).
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01-13-2015 at 03:12 PM
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It must just be the prof or the course itself causing you to feel this way. Speaking from experience, engineering 2nd year term 2 calculus was death. Fucking Gabardo...
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01-13-2015 at 04:25 PM
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Who is the prof? When I took it, we did proofs.
It's pretty unfair to generalize your experience in one course with one prof to all calculus at Mac. Also, the author of the textbook is a former Mac prof (he died about a month ago).
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01-13-2015 at 04:31 PM
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I'm pretty sure it's just because all our tests are multiple choice anyways and theyre not expecting us to know/understand the proofs so they don't bother teaching it
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01-13-2015 at 05:53 PM
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Take 1XX instead.
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01-13-2015 at 06:29 PM
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Originally Posted by starfish
Who is the prof? When I took it, we did proofs.
It's pretty unfair to generalize your experience in one course with one prof to all calculus at Mac. Also, the author of the textbook is a former Mac prof (he died about a month ago).
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The prof's Andrew Nicas. I'm not badmouthing Stewart, and I already heard that he died in December.
I read ahead in the textbook and just sit around in class while people copy dumb downed notes.
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01-13-2015 at 06:34 PM
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The prof's Andrew Nicas. I'm not badmouthing Stewart, and I already heard that he died in December.
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I never said you were badmouthing him. Since you seemed to approve of the textbook, I was merely pointing out that the author used to teach math at Mac - it was an example as to why your generalization about calculus being so dumbed down at Mac is false. |
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01-13-2015 at 06:46 PM
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I've taken 3-4 courses with Nicas and his notes are always very straightforward and simple. His tests are mainly computational as well, but he will include some harder questions that are algebraically rigorous as well as some MC on theorems. His exams are usually harder than the midterms, which are pretty easy. You have to remember that Math 1AA3 is calculus for science students and math courses that provide motivation for topics in real analysis would be Math 1XX3, 2X03, 2XX3. I highly recommend you take advanced calculus next year (it requires Math 1AA3), but it's mainly computational as well. If you're looking for a challenge, then take Math 1C03 (Introduction to Mathematical Reasoning) with Haskell. It's offered this term and still open.
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01-13-2015 at 09:49 PM
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It must just be the prof or the course itself causing you to feel this way. Speaking from experience, engineering 2nd year term 2 calculus was death. Fucking Gabardo...
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We do not speak his name.
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01-14-2015 at 07:28 AM
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I'm pretty sure it's just because all our tests are multiple choice anyways and theyre not expecting us to know/understand the proofs so they don't bother teaching it
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Just because tests are multiple choice, doesnt mean you arent expected to know/understand the proofs. How do you think you get to the correct answer of a multiple choice question (aside from guessing) without performing the proof/calculations?
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LMAO this is some He Who Must Not Be Named shit right here! |
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