<p>I'll second Frechet for Chem 3A... lol and Ive never had him before... its just that my girlfriend talked about him all the time last semester.. about wanting to marry him and whatnot!.. but yea, ive also heard from other people besides her that hes amazing..</p>
<p>any recommendations for MATH 1A / MATH 1B..??
good teaching style
and not unnecessarily difficult?</p>
<p>For math 1A, I heard Borcherds was an automatic A (but not that great of a teacher). One of my friends never studied for that class and got an A basically relying on the knowledge learned from high school. But NEVER and I repeat NEVER take Professor A.K. Liu for ANY math class (he's not teaching math 1A this fall so you lucked out). Frechet for Chem 3A is also a great teacher.</p>
<p>Anyone taken a class from Alan Code?</p>
<p>He's pretty famous, but I don't know anyone who has taken a class with him. I might sit in on methaphysics (or maybe take it, who knows).</p>
<p>Are you a philosophy major?</p>
<p>Yes I am, and I'm considering taking that class.</p>
<p>nobody from the Economics department..honestly, it has the worst profs.</p>
<p>But the History department, I'll say Anderson and Einhorn.</p>
<p>For English, Goodman.</p>
<p>DRAB...ok, so an attorney has recommended that I take Philosophy 12 (intro to logic) if i want to go to law school. Supposedy it's really beneficial, and helps you with the LSAT too.</p>
<p>I however am worried, because I heard that class is tough.</p>
<p>Is it really bad for someone who isn't majoring in Philosophy? Or is it doable if you work at it?</p>
<p>If you're a math/science type, you'll find it to be fine. It's the underlying patterns of mathematics, afterall. You should take it and it will help you in many ways, from the LSAT and law to talking to people evreyday. You could always take it pass not pass, but really, you will likely come out with a decent to good grade if you try hard, are adept at the sort of thing, are interested, and aren't overloaded with other courses. It's doable if you work at it- for some, no matter how hard they work, they have trouble with logic (my mom says she's like this). For some, they can hardly try and ace their logic classes (my brother at UCLA). Take it!</p>
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<p>I think you should take a look at the textbook and see if you can handle it.</p>
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<p>Ratemyprof.com has many good ones. How about Hamid Shomali, Kenneth E. Train, David Sunding, Charles Jones, Galina Schwartz, Roger Kaufman, Ronald Lee, Martha Olney, Jeffrey Perloff, David Roland-Holst, Christina Romer, or Paul Ruud? All of them have more than 5 (some as many as 60-something) overall very positive reviews.</p>
<p>Drab...I like math a lot but I dislike chemistry a lot, if that makes sense.</p>
<p>Drab...well I've taken 5 Economics courses, 4 being upper division, and I haven't had either of those people. So I guess I've just been unlucky.</p>
<p>Have you had DeLong as a professor for Econ before? Is so, how is he? I might have him next semester..</p>
<p>If you like math, you'll probably like logic. Logic is more like math then chem. My naive understanding is that mathematics is at least in part an extension of logic. (For a more information, take the Philosophy of Mathematics course, or read about it online).</p>
<p>anderson for history 5 was great</p>
<p>Economics has a very low satisfaction rate among Berkeley students, and it has it for a reason.</p>
<p>Hey, hey, let's not bash my major's faculty too harshly, now, shall we? Econ doesn't have sub-par professors. It's just that everything (professors included) looks like crap when you put them in Evans Hall. Worst building ever. :-P</p>
<p>commonsense: I had DeLong for 101B. Sort of an oddball, but definitely knows what he's talking about. From my experience, has fairly easy classes, even for harder subjects, which is a plus. He also somehow nabbed the faculty chair for the PEIS major (which is coincidentally my second major), so if you're interested in that branch, getting to know him is a good idea.</p>
<p>I've had very good experiences with David Card and Paul Ruud. Both entertaining, knowledgeable, approachable.</p>
<p>last time I checked English 1A was completely taught by Grad Student Instructors. but don't fret, they're Berkeley English Grad students so they're pretty good.</p>
<p>pines and frechet are fine professors great charmers witht the ladies, but i think pedersen is the backbone of the berkeley undergrad lower division chemistry: clear, concise, and informative chemistry.</p>
<p>Perhaps it's true of English 1a, but it's not exclusively grad students in all departments.</p>