Topics in algebra, analysis, applied mathematics, combinatorial mathematics, functional analysis, geometry, statistics, topology, by means of lectures and informal conferences with members of staff.

Prerequisites: consent of instructor. may be repeated for credit.

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Ken Goodearl
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117 . Goodearl K 1 Year, 2 Months Ago

If you're not a good test-taker you might want to avoid this fella, as the grade distribution 25% each midterm and 50% final (homework is optional but used for rounding up.) The class itself is hard but taking it is a good way to gauge other upper division math classes. His lectures are good and he does well clearing up questions. Very nice guy.

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MATH4A . Goodearl K 1 Year, 9 Months Ago

boring but gives helpful information. many people stopped going to class and simply looked at his lectures online as he just read off the slides. highly recommend CLAS

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MATH4A . Goodearl K 1 Year, 11 Months Ago

Lectures are big and run like clockwork, without time to ask questions, so don't zone out. Skipping lectures is a bad idea, so of course I did that, and if I hadn't I'd have gotten an A. Regardless, class is mediocre in terms of content, difficulty, and interestingness. If you took every college math course and averaged them together, this is it.

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MATH4A . Goodearl K 1 Year, 11 Months Ago

Anybody who didn't get an A in this class simply didn't care enough to try. The Professor himself had monotonous lectures, but the material was simple to comprehend. I did not attend any lectures. The homework and practice exams were helpful, and exams were EXTREMELY easy if you understood the BASICS of the content. Do homework+ watch YT videos= A.

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MATH4A . Goodearl K 1 Year, 11 Months Ago

Lectures are a bit monotonous and are formatted as power-points which aren't the easiest to follow. Tests are just like the homework and easier than practice midterms. Very generous with partial credit as well.

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MATH4A . Goodearl K 1 Year, 11 Months Ago

Lectures consisted of him just reading off slides, I ended up essentially having to teach myself the material by reading the lectures and textbook. One thing that I did like is that he had three ways of grading using various percentages for the midterms, homework, and final and gave you the highest grade out of all the possible options

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