I'm leaving for orientation tomorrow and want to hear some of your suggestions on good MA141 teachers. I wanna have a good idea of what I'm gettin into when I make my schedule and pick instructors. I'm sure this thread has been made in the past...so i apologize to those of you that will be answering this post for the ump-teenth time...thanx

7/22/2006 1:40:53 AM

i think my roomate always told me McConnel

7/22/2006 1:44:22 AM

n00b, haha had to be said...

with that said, here is the link to Grade Distributions...

http://www-records.ncsu.edu/cgi-bin/grddist.pl

hope that helps

7/22/2006 1:46:35 AM

Dang...I luv this Wolf Web thing...ppl respond so quickly...thanx yall

Probasesteal, there have got to be more MA 141 teachers than that...does that link show all Calc I instructors?

7/22/2006 1:50:34 AM

^ you'll learn soon enough


if i remember correctly, don't they assign you your first semester of classes? most of the 141 teachers will be grad students.

7/22/2006 2:10:20 AM

You're going to get a grad student, so it's hit or miss.
http://www.math.ncsu.edu/Courses/Fall06.txt
As you can see, only 3 teachers have been assigned for 141. Just find a time that fits well and don't worry about the grade distrubution. The grad student will help you out to make sure everyone passes.

7/22/2006 2:38:55 AM

ma 141 instructors are usually grad students who don't teach the course for more than a semester or two

7/22/2006 2:50:07 AM

Or non-tenure track faculty/post-docs.

As virga mentioned, your courses will automatically be assigned, probably this afternoon. You are free to change them around provided you can find an open section of the same course. Unless there's something really weird about your schedule, I wouldn't try to change too much around your first semester.

[Edited on July 22, 2006 at 8:54 AM. Reason : .]

7/22/2006 8:53:43 AM

Yeah, dist'b only list courses with >20 people or so...

For classes like Calc 1, statistics and few others they throw you in with Grad Students.

If i were you i would just sign up for one that fits well for now, and keep an eye on Reg and Recs to see when they list teachers. At that point possibly try to switch by asking people about specific teachers and consulting grade dist'b.

Also if you are signed up for CH 101 and you have "Brown" switch out immediately.

[Edited on July 22, 2006 at 10:56 AM. Reason : s]

7/22/2006 10:55:14 AM

I HIGHLY doubt that they teach calc I, but if for some reason Dr. Hong or Pittenger (he is actually ThePitts here on TWW) are teaching it, I recommend them... I had them for Calc III and II respectively and they were really good teachers.

Try to avoid Tsynkov or Silverstein if given the opportunity.

[Edited on July 22, 2006 at 12:18 PM. Reason : ]

7/22/2006 12:17:49 PM

You'll more than likely get a grad student with choppy english. They know their calculus, though.

7/22/2006 2:13:13 PM

given the chance, take alston or westbrook (cicco? though I don't know if she's teaching anymore, or if she'll teach 141). braymer is good, and stay away from bostic.

7/22/2006 2:39:22 PM

Take my roomate, dank math teacher

[Edited on July 22, 2006 at 4:02 PM. Reason : Petersen]

7/22/2006 4:01:30 PM

haha you pothead you

7/22/2006 6:05:00 PM

If Paddy Taylor is still teaching it, TAKE HIM ..... he = awesome.

7/22/2006 10:29:45 PM

Thanx so much guys (and gals)...I'm heading out tomorrow and I'll definitely keep ur suggestions in mind...

7/22/2006 11:17:22 PM

i had a my first semester classes assigned for me and i got a grad student for my MA141 teacher.

i hated the man with an undying passion that almost manifested itself into physical confrontation.

hope it works out better for you though.

[Edited on July 23, 2006 at 4:10 AM. Reason : ]

7/23/2006 4:10:10 AM

DO NOT

i repeat DO NOT take silverstein

7/23/2006 4:25:08 AM

post a picture of yourself

7/23/2006 10:32:12 AM

Dang

7/23/2006 10:59:02 AM

on the left.

7/23/2006 11:44:08 AM