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Old 12-21-2010 at 11:24 AM   #1
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Math 1F03
Hey Guys!

So I am taking Math 1F03 next semester, ( I just finished Math 1k03 this semester) I was wondering how difficult is this course, any advice, opinions etc regarding this course. I am planning to take Math 1LS3 in the summer ( I am in the process of a program switch hence all the math sadly :( )

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Here's a course review of Math 1F03 : http://www.macinsiders.com/showthrea...tr=M&t=28 093

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Old 12-21-2010 at 11:29 AM   #3
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Neither of those are bad, from what I've heard. I haven't taken them, but 1F03 is basically a high-school course, and 1LS3 is applied very well, so you can approach the material from a "life sciences" perspective, from what I've heard. You don't need to be at all interested in math to do well in them.ain

In any case, 1F03 will contain a great deal of stuff you tackled in 1K - that is, the rules of differentiation and applications thereof. The analytic geometry part should be the only thing that's new to you (unless you took high-school physics), but that shouldn't be too bad either. 1LS3 will basically give you all the differential and integral calculus you would normally need for the life sciences (unless you end up going into biomathematics or something), so you'll review differentiation again before moving on to differential equations (equations that relate functions to their various derivatives), and solving these will introduce integration (in-practice) to you. The integration bit should be the most challenging part of 1LS.
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Old 12-21-2010 at 11:41 AM   #4
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So far so good, Thanks alot!

my prof is post doctoral student ( i was hoping for mclean , ah well)I wonder how their teaching differ from permenant profs?
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So far so good, Thanks alot!

my prof is post doctoral student ( i was hoping for mclean , ah well)I wonder how their teaching differ from permenant profs?
No difference really. It all depends more on their teaching style not necessarily their academic standing. I had a post-doc this term for Bio 2B03 and she was an amazing lecturer, explained things really well, etc. You never know, s/he might turn out better than a permanent prof
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Old 12-21-2010 at 04:16 PM   #6
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Wonderful, Thank you !
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the final exam for this was 85% because the average of the class was 57% lol
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for math 1ls3 , make sure u get lovric. i had the new foreign prof n he sucks

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Yeah I am hoping for Lovric..
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Oh yeah, Lovric was awesome. Although at 8:30 AM it definitely had its downsides. But nonetheless, I've heard a couple of the other profs for the course are good as well
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