MATH 3A
Calculus for Life Sciences Students
Description: Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Preparation: three and one half years of high school mathematics (including trigonometry). Enforced requisite: successful completion of Mathematics Diagnostic Test (score of 48 or better) or course 1 with grade of C- or better. Not open for credit to students with credit in another calculus sequence. Modeling with functions, limits, and derivatives, decisions and optimization in biology, derivative rules and tools. P/NP or letter grading.
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Fall 2018 - Okay I have a lot of thoughts about Prof. Wink. I had him for Math 3A the first time that he taught. I took calc AB in hs and I did very poorly, and I was super worried coming into this class. The material is difficult, and even people who were wizards in AB and BC struggled because of the way he taught it. He loved using proofs and being conceptual instead of plugging in numbers and showing examples. His tests are difficult but there isn't anything that catches you off guard. The only problem is that for the midterms, he doesn't give us enough time so I felt really rushed and I was never really confident with my answers. However, on the final, we had wayyy more time so I performed a lot better. The final wasn't easier than the midterm, we just had more time. You definitely have to be a fast test taker. He is a very sweet guy, and I definitely would take the class with him again if I had to. He is not very forgiving but he's reasonable and I personally liked him. Tiny guy too, looks like a student when he walks in. I get why people give him low ratings, but I liked the way he taught. By teaching with pure proofs, he was making sure that we actually understood the material rather than just plugged and chugged. I got a B- (like super borderline C+) in calc AB and I did well in this class.
Fall 2018 - Okay I have a lot of thoughts about Prof. Wink. I had him for Math 3A the first time that he taught. I took calc AB in hs and I did very poorly, and I was super worried coming into this class. The material is difficult, and even people who were wizards in AB and BC struggled because of the way he taught it. He loved using proofs and being conceptual instead of plugging in numbers and showing examples. His tests are difficult but there isn't anything that catches you off guard. The only problem is that for the midterms, he doesn't give us enough time so I felt really rushed and I was never really confident with my answers. However, on the final, we had wayyy more time so I performed a lot better. The final wasn't easier than the midterm, we just had more time. You definitely have to be a fast test taker. He is a very sweet guy, and I definitely would take the class with him again if I had to. He is not very forgiving but he's reasonable and I personally liked him. Tiny guy too, looks like a student when he walks in. I get why people give him low ratings, but I liked the way he taught. By teaching with pure proofs, he was making sure that we actually understood the material rather than just plugged and chugged. I got a B- (like super borderline C+) in calc AB and I did well in this class.
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