<p>Any recommendations for calculus - M408L or Soc 302? Thanks!</p>
<p>For M408K and M408L, Radin is by far the best professor out there. She knows her stuff and is very willing to help you, especially in office hours. Don’t be intimidated by her in class, she’s really very nice. Whatever you do, don’t take Prof Allcock for 408L unless you want your grade to plummet. He doesn’t help in office hours either.</p>
<p>I noticed that Radin is teaching the natural sciences calculus. When I took the CNS M408K, all the professors teaching that class would assign the same homework (there was a ton!) and give out the same exams.</p>
<p>I don’t know if she will have to conform to their teaching methods, but it would make her class less enjoyable. I never had Radin, but I’d like to take her for 408L (or now known as 408S).</p>
<p>EDIT: I just looked at the course schedule and it looks like she’s teaching regular calculus. I could swear I saw her teaching CNS calc. Oh well, I’m probably going to register for her class now!</p>
<p>Ok I just figured it all out. Everything I wrote ^^ up there applies to Irwin, not Radin. Radin actually has mediocre reviews according to myedu. Irwin has raving reviews.</p>
<p>So the same situation applies. Irwin will be teaching the CNS calculus. Does anyone know if she has to conform to what all other professors in that group do?</p>
<p>Yes, CNS calculus is different from business (regular) calculus in that CNS calc has both quest homework and problems from the book assigned. Book problems are like how you had to do before college-- show your work and all of your work (the steps you wrote out to get the answer) is graded. Quizzes/tests have short answers where you have to show your work. Irwin definitely does all of this.</p>
<p>Regular calc classes only have quest homework and all tests are in quest format except on paper/scantron without the multiple attempts of course.</p>
<p>I believe CNS calc is strictly for science majors. They do have more homework of course because of the book work. I took just the normal calc with Radin for M408K even though I was a bio major and it counted just fine.</p>
<p>I, as well as many of my peers, really like Radin. She’s very helpful if you go to office hours and of course go to your TA sessions. My TA worked out problems from the homework the entire time so we got at least half of our hw done in session. Her class times are around noon, give or take an hour so they’re not too early and not too late in the day. She has a northeastern accent but she’s perfectly understandable and doesn’t have a monotonous tone or say things like “Mmmk?” every 10 seconds. She knows more about the curriculum and grading procedures than the other professors. In add-drop periods, I was having trouble getting into a calc class and attended classes for Berg, Zheng, and ended up in Allcock’s class. I had put myself on 2 waitlists to get Radin and went from 38 to 2 on the waitlist by the time add-drop closed. People who have had the other professors talked about how they preferred her over the others and went to her for help. Even my own professor told me to talk to Radin about the grading scheme.</p>
<p>Bottom line-- if you’re taking CNS calc, then probably go with Irwin (although in my case, I didn’t, and it was fine) but if not, then go for Radin. Even in M408L, her class had some of the highest test averages out of the 5 classes for regular calc. Neitzke is also another good professor (M408L). He’s new to UT but he’s very helpful and explains things well in class. He also actually shows his class graphs of the grade distribution after tests and how his classes fared with everyone else in the course. Most of the 408L class test averages are failing (50s and 60s each time) and low grades are expected each year which is why L gets a bigger curve than K at the end of the semester.</p>
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<p>So if I don’t get Irwin you recommend Radin?</p>
<p>^If you take Radin make sure you have a thick skin because if you don’t understand a concept you should no she will shove it down your throat (well, not really). Avoid Berg and or Gualadani.</p>
<p>Basically, if you stink at math take it at a CC. If you think you have good math skills take it at UT.</p>
<p>I have good math skills and I am a physics major so i need to have good math skills haha</p>
<p>I’m taking Soc 302 in the fall with Green. A girl who had just graduated this year told me to listen to everything my professor says - basically word for word - because she gets specific in her tests - like ''In this lecture…blah blah blah"</p>
<p>and be sure to take advantage of the private tutoring and drop in tutoring at Jester. They are EXTREMELY helpful especially if you’re struggling in your classes and don’t feel like your professor or TA are helpful enough. Private tutoring is about $13/hr and you get several free credits before you have to start paying for anything. Credits replenish each year. You can use bevo bucks once your run out of credits. Drop in tutoring is free all the time and you can get help from both tutors and fellow classmates. Try not to go late Monday afternoons though because that’s when it’s usually packed and may take 30 min for a tutor to get to you since everyone waited until then to do homework. Quest homework is always due Tuesday morning at 3am. There are tutors for calculus, bio, chem and many other subjects.</p>
<p>Here’s the link for more info: [UT</a> Learning Center](<a href=“http://www.utexas.edu/student/utlc/tutoring/]UT”>http://www.utexas.edu/student/utlc/tutoring/)</p>
<p>Does anyone know anything about G Hamrick for calculus?</p>
<p>I will take Calculus 408C with Davis next semester. Are the tests multiple choice?</p>
<p>None of the calculus tests are multiple choice…</p>
<p>Not true iambored10, I know of at least two professors (Gonzales and Gilbert) who have tests with multiple choice.</p>
<p>I’m pretty sure ALL M 408C, M 408D courses are fill in test… K,L,M- some have multiple choice</p>
<p>I know for some (actually, maybe all) M408K and M408L, the exams are all quest based multiple choice. 408N and 408S are mostly written with some quest multiple choice questions.</p>