MAT 017B
Calculus for BioSci
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Prof: John Challenor / Winter 2022
May 26, 2022
The class is quiz-heavy, with two midterms and one final. There are weekly quizzes that have 2 questions each that are based on that week's content. That means you're practically never going to be weeks behind on end, which is good if you tend to fall behind. That being said, professor challenger gives non-graded homework after every lecture and he does not provide the answers to the Homework. Although the HW isn't graded, you need it to study for the weekly quizzes.
The class is quiz-heavy, with two midterms and one final. There are weekly quizzes that have 2 questions each that are based on that week's content. That means you're practically never going to be weeks behind on end, which is good if you tend to fall behind. That being said, professor challenger gives non-graded homework after every lecture and he does not provide the answers to the Homework. Although the HW isn't graded, you need it to study for the weekly quizzes.
I don't like math. BUT Dr. Challenor made me actually enjoy math a bit!! Lectures went by so fast which means he's so good at engaging his students. I loved his lecturing style. He's great at walking students through questions, especially ppl who struggle. Best math professor I've had at Davis so far.
> Use online derivative, antiderivative, and other calculators to confirm ur HW answers. > Pray ur discord is active and ppl help each other out with the HW answers. It went well for me with everyone's document sharing.
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Prof: Daping Weng / Winter 2022
May 26, 2022
Class was not very exciting in terms of material. We went over a lot of proofs and examples that helped a lot on the weekly quizzes. Overall, not terribly exciting but its also math, so there's that.
Very dependent on material in Mat 17a, but the later units are pretty standalone. Also, whatever you learn here is not very applicable to Mat 17c, especially in the later units.
Weng was a pretty good teacher. His lectures were somewhat dry but he was always willing to clarify material if anyone asked. Had weekly quizzes when I had him which consisted of an frq and mcq. Also had one midterm which was 25% of the grade, so make sure you study for that. Overall, not that hard to pass the class as long as you put a little bit of elbow grease into it.
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Prof: John Challenor / Fall 2021
Dec 16, 2021
This course was pretty challenging overall. Homework wasn't "required" but DEFINITELY do it if you want a passing grade in the class. Office hours were also extremely helpful
Very fair with grading and had a really big curve. You could tell he cared a lot about the class and wanted everyone to pass
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