Over all the course was meh. McLean was funny and very kind but just not that great. I wouldn't recommend this it you don't need to take it.

They tried to make it interesting but is just wasn't useful.

Study. Study. Study.

Math 1LS3 is not a difficult class, a lot of concepts were from high school math courses, the new concepts were not too difficult at all, and the class had a good workload that did not feel too heavy. The pace of the lectures was good, the coursepack was a very useful resource, and the childsmath assignments were also great practice!

This is a calc 1 course. Many concepts in this class were covered in grade 12 calculus and advanced functions. The new topics mainly focused on Eulers method, integration, and approximation techniques. A downside to the course content were the jupyter online coding labs which even comp sci students didn’t know how to do because it wasn’t like actual coding but it was coding assignments that related to the course content. However, if you asked the TAs or profs for help they walked through and did the coding problems with you. Overall this course is useful and prepares you well for calc 2 courses such as math 1LT3 or math 1AA3. Math 1LS3/1LT3 and Math 1A03/1AA3 are similar courses, they cover similar topics and are not extremely different other then the fact that 1LS3/1LT3 are more applicati...read more

Dr. McLean explained concepts in a clear and simple way and did not overcomplicate things. Many people found that he taught at a faster pace, however if you are good at math than that should not be a problem. I did not find the pace of his lectures to be too fast at all. He also talks in a loud way that keeps you engaged for the whole lecture. However, he does have messy handwriting but this shouldn’t be a problem if you are following along/taking notes during lectures.

Don’t stress, this course isn’t too difficult especially if you took grade 12 calc then a lot of the content is pretty easy. I did not ever feel the need to do the textbook problems for extra practice as the coursepack was more than enough practice! Also, if you do want to do textbook problems don’t buy the textbook, you can find a pdf of the textbook online for free.