➪ MATH 137

Quick Facts:

Predecessor	None.
Next-in-line	MATH 138
Assignments	About 10 in total. Total worth: 10%. Best 9 assignments count towards final grade.
Midterms and Final	Yes and yes.
Professor Recommendations	Doug Park. He's funny, and the best thing about him are his recommended practice problems before finals and midterms. Do those questions and you're golden.
Fair Warnings	You’ll be asked to memorize quite some theorems and definitions for the midterms and finals. Make sure to do this, since these are just easy marks.

I loved this course, despite failing its midterm (the pass mark needed in order to progress to the next course in the math faculty is a 60. Finished the course with a 78 though :) ).

This is your standard Calculus course, but don't be fooled.

This course turns out to be the underdog of 1A courses. 1st month of the semester passes and you're essentially revising all the concepts you did in high school. What a sense of joy and victory. You feel you're finally doing well in one course. Something finally makes sense. But sadly for you, the professors know that too. So they come up with a rather interesting midterm. Actually no. I'm not being completely honest. In retrospect, the midterm was actually quite fair. It was I who wasn't prepared. Which brings me to a very essential piece of advice. For those of you who'll start skipping classes (I was one of those people too, I found my calculus class a rather unappealing excuse to stay awake for 50 minutes), make sure to attend at least the last week of classes before midterms and finals. I was lucky enough to have a professor who would give out a list of questions to do from the textbook to help us prepare for the impending exam and trust me, those were invaluable. Most of the questions he would give out were pretty good reflections of what we got on the final and midterm.

Do those questions.

Even if you haven't attempted a single assignment question, make sure to successfully attempt and complete these questions. They've been assigned for a reason. Generally speaking, try to stay awake during this class. It can get pretty dull. If you're anything like the rest of us, this class might be your downfall. So stay cautious.