<p>I've seen his grading policy and everything. But I want to know what to study, what to look for, and just things to know for his class? What can I do to prepare before it (it's been a year since Calculus 1).</p>
<p>For tests, what should I study? I saw on ratemyprofessor he uses variations of homework, and I definitely intend to do my homework. How are the quizzes?</p>
<p>And most importantly, how hard is an A to pull off if I do all of my homework and study?</p>
<p>Since the course is a combination of calc1 and calc2, calc 1 material will be reviewed in the beginning of the semester, so you really don't have to review anything beforehand. But if you want, I would suggest reviewing:</p>
<p>*Pre-calculus (mostly trig identities)
*Limits/sequences
*Differentiation/Integration Rules</p>
<p>Mostly just try to learn the formulas from calc so you don't have to waste time learning them during the semester. Calc 2 is mostly a course of series, so to get a head start, I would look through the convergence tests, region of convergence, Taylor series, etc. Series is considered the most difficult topic in the course. </p>
<p>Edwards will fly through the calc 1 material {limits; continuity; differentiation of algebraic, trigonometric, exponential, and logarithmic functions; applications of the derivative; inverse trigonometric functions; differentials; introduction to integration; and the fundamental theorem of calculus}. The focus is on calc 2, so if you review the material from calc 1, you will ease into the material. </p>
<p>Edwards definitely tests out of homework/class examples. So if you pay attention to his class examples and do some of the homework, I think you should be okay. </p>
<p>BTW: I never took MAC 2512 (I went into MAC2312 instead), so I'm not sure how the quizzes are or how hard getting an A in the course is, but I know Edwards (I took an upper-level course with him) and if you follow what he says in class, I think an A is pretty doable. </p>
<p>Thanks GatorEng, once again, you've been a wealth of information lol. You're like a UF questions DB. Thanks for that.</p>
<p>But, for people in the class, aside from what GatorEng, can you give me first-hand information about the actual class?</p>
<p>If you do the homework, you should be in good shape for the tests. And Edwards lets you work with a partner for quizzes in class, and they are usually really easy. The discussion section quizzes are a little tougher but still pretty easy. Try to do well on all your tests, so you don't have to take the final. I heard it was pretty tough. An A is not hard in this class if you just go to class and do the work.</p>
<p>What is the difference between a class quiz and a discussion quiz? And I really appreciate your information jenco. :)</p>
<p>The quizzes given in lecture are given MWF in main lecture with the professor. The discussion quizzes are given TR in your individual discussion section by your TA. You can usually work with someone for the lecture quiz, but you have to take the discussion quiz alone. They count differently towards your grade (see the syllabus). You can drop a few of each, but I would try to take all of them so that way if you bomb one or two you can drop them. Plus, that way if you do well on all of the ones you take, you won't have to take the last few quizzes. I seem to remember that the lecture quizzes are at the end of class on what you just learned that day (pretty easy questions), but I'm not sure if that is right or not. The discussion quizzes were usually on whatever homework had been assigned earlier in the week and you were going over that day in class.</p>
<p>How are the TAs in the class? Are they good? Can I ask them questions?</p>
<p>And btw, thanks for the information Jenco. :)</p>
<p>And since you took it, do you recommend I review anything?</p>
<p>My TA was excellent. And yeah they lead the discussion sections where you are encouraged to ask questions. As for review, I took Calc AB senior year, and I found I didn't really need to review at all. The first test is basically a review of calc. 1.</p>
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<p>TAs change every semester, so hard to tell. With that said here are the ones for fall. </p>
<p>Lucchetti: <a href="http://www.math.ufl.edu/%7Elucchett/%5B/url%5D">http://www.math.ufl.edu/~lucchett/</a>
Arslan: <a href="http://www.math.ufl.edu/%7Eogul/%5B/url%5D">http://www.math.ufl.edu/~ogul/</a>
Bhattacharya : <a href="http://www.math.ufl.edu/%7Esouvik/%5B/url%5D">http://www.math.ufl.edu/~souvik/</a>
Guo: <a href="http://www.math.ufl.edu/%7Eningguo/%5B/url%5D">http://www.math.ufl.edu/~ningguo/</a></p>
<p>ASMAJ, where do you find all of this lol? You and GatorEng may as well work for UF. You guys know it all like the back of your hands.</p>
<p>You can get the information here: <a href="http://www.math.ufl.edu/%7Efrank/cgi-bin/schedule_csh.cgi?sem=f&yr=2007&submit=GET+LIST%5B/url%5D">http://www.math.ufl.edu/~frank/cgi-bin/schedule_csh.cgi?sem=f&yr=2007&submit=GET+LIST</a></p>
<p>Look for you section number to see which TA you have.</p>
<p>Tell me more please. :)</p>
<p>Grade Distributions would be something good to start off with. More about his tests would be good too. :)</p>
<p>I know my Physics-professor-to-be psosts all of his old exams. I couldn't find that with Edwards. Does he change his tests each year? If he DOES change them, could I get any copies of past exams to study from? If he DOESN'T change them, then I won't be needing them (the last thing I'd need is to get in trouble, lol).</p>
<p>Oh, and my TA is Souvik Bhattacharya, does anyone know much about him or her? I'm not familiar with that type of name so I don't know if that person is a guy or a girl. Is Souvik knowledgable? Willing to help? Good person?</p>
<p>Thanks in advance.</p>
<p>Math professors tend * not * to post their exams for that very reason. Edwards is the same way. He changes his exams. If you know someone who took the course, you can get them that way (or if you're in a frat, they have databases of old exams -- it's one of the advantages of joining one). </p>
<p>Never heard of your TA, but ASMAJ posted his website:
<a href="http://www.clas.ufl.edu/%7Esouvik/%5B/url%5D">http://www.clas.ufl.edu/~souvik/</a> (which I see isn't helpful) </p>
<p>I tried looking him up on the instructor evaluation website, but he is not on there (probably because they haven't uploaded the Spring 2007 evaluations yet).</p>
<p>BTW: Here is the UF instructor evalution website-
<a href="http://www.aa.ufl.edu/aa/dass/tcheval/%5B/url%5D">http://www.aa.ufl.edu/aa/dass/tcheval/</a>
The above link along with, <a href="http://www.ratemyprofessors.com/SelectTeacher.jsp?sid=1100%5B/url%5D">http://www.ratemyprofessors.com/SelectTeacher.jsp?sid=1100</a>, is a good way to get a feel for how good your professor will be.</p>
<p>Souvik: a guys name
Bhattacharya: He could come from India or Bangladesh. Bengali is most likely his first language if he was born there.</p>