anybody have him? know anything about him? I need another course next semester and MA 416 is the best fitting

12/9/2005 5:19:58 PM

carla savage?

12/9/2005 5:31:28 PM

^^
Why the assumption a math instructor is male?

MA416 is cross-listed with CSC416 ... Carla Savage is from the computer science department. Her main research is in graph theory, parallel algorithms and combinatorics. She's a full professor and does a fair job teaching/grading/amount of work from what I've been told by others.

12/9/2005 6:43:58 PM

Quote :

"Why the assumption a math instructor is male? "

http://www.math.ncsu.edu/departmental/faculty_dir.html

12/9/2005 7:00:36 PM

i saw a considerable amount of females in that directory, not to mention all of my math teachers have been female, save one, but I guess thats the luck of the draw

[Edited on December 9, 2005 at 7:11 PM. Reason : other than that I did not really prefer savages teaching style but I suppose she was fair]

[Edited on December 9, 2005 at 7:11 PM. Reason : then again i dont think she graded anything]

12/9/2005 7:11:10 PM

I had Savage for CSC226. she definately made the class harder than Bitzer but oh well. I think she's a pretty average teacher tho

12/9/2005 7:13:23 PM

http://www.thewolfweb.com/school_instructor.aspx?department=CSC&instructor=2115

12/9/2005 8:15:09 PM

okay, thanks. And I think since coming here I've only had two female teachers, and a couple female TAs, so it's a pretty natural assumption for me.

one more question. It has the prereqs as "MA 242 or CSC (MA) 224, and proficiency in a programming language." So I'm wondering what proficiency is. I don't think I'll have too much trouble following logic or anything, but I've never bothered much beyond the basics with actual coding (though I am taking java next semester.)

12/10/2005 1:17:17 AM

Looks like you might have to model some of the things from the class using programs. I would guess that some examples would be provided since it is cross listed as a MA course. (might even have the code, but you have to modify it to the application at hand.)
Anyway, just send Dr. Savage and email and she will let you know.

12/11/2005 12:29:20 AM