| Just make sure you get a good teacher. I had to switch my 114 course, for instance, a few times because the teachers were just so bad. One of them would just start scrawling crap on the board that had little to do with the sections we did homework in/did reading for. He'd get so excited and flustered, and in 20 minutes the entire chalkboard would be FULL of scrawling that was impossible to read and he'd be talking a mile a minute. It was almost like watching a human get caught in an infinite while-loop, going into some crazy overdrive mode. I seriously wonder if he knew what class he was teaching. I am pretty sure he was let go, since he no longer teaches here. EDIT: ROFL, his course review page shows my opinion is shared by pretty much everyone who turned in an evaluation.
The math books generally do have plenty of examples that show how certain concepts/functions are derived and how they are applied, which is always nice. I think the math department could use some better teachers, but if you love math, try to find the best teacher you can get and you should have a decent time in the course. |