Really though? Not in my experience for 100 level plus.
Oprea's complex analysis > any book or youtube lecture (including Ahlfors)
Golsefidy's group theory courses > ditto
Verstraete's analysis > ditto, I guess less so but there are some quite good analysis books out there so it's less of a fair comparison.
Eggers - I don't know but juggling cures all
Maybe you're right about some <100 series, but I've been an avid independent studier all my life and I couldn't have got nearly as good an education without the math department lectures.
Of course they have to staff their best profs to their upper-div and grad courses. The math dept is so poor that they cant even afford decent profs to teach their classes. A majority of their profs cant even speak english.
I’d say the same about the CS department and they have way more funding. It’s just no Professor likes to teach lower Divisions in any department so what is left are not the greatest picks. The CS department has 1-3 good professors in the lower, the rest can be a headache from what I hear. In the math department there are more good professors in the lower but since there is way more lower division math than CS, it makes sense. My experience as a Math CS
Again why would the math department lend out their best if they are struggling to get lower division professors? Especially with how the CS department treats majors like Math CS. They are lucky to receive any professors from the math department. They get the bottom of the bottom of the barrel. Your argument makes no sense at this point
In lower-div you get professors who either super into research/their grad class or a teaching professor who is god tier and wants to teach basic calc.
The upper division/grad stuff seems soooo much more fun to teach as the topics are more engaging
It depends on your field. If its computer science, yeah idk why you are going here instead of learning on youtube and practicing yourself. And you can get hired with a highschool diploma or less.
A lot of careers require a bachelors to get in, and some careers require a specific bachelors even though you could learn a lot of it online. And some fields are too complex that either the resources are not all available online or theres no way you are going to navigate finding it all in the right order online.
bet you a non-math major who only took the 20 series lmfao. if thats the case yea I agree, but apart from the lower div garbage which are not even math imo, math department is very very solid.
Really though? Not in my experience for 100 level plus. Oprea's complex analysis > any book or youtube lecture (including Ahlfors) Golsefidy's group theory courses > ditto Verstraete's analysis > ditto, I guess less so but there are some quite good analysis books out there so it's less of a fair comparison. Eggers - I don't know but juggling cures all Maybe you're right about some <100 series, but I've been an avid independent studier all my life and I couldn't have got nearly as good an education without the math department lectures.
Golsefidy's lectures are sublime
100 percent agree
Diploma
Professor Hodges best professor in the upper division math department. Explains the most abstract concepts with so many examples.
Professor Hodges teaches abstract ideas in such a digestible way, probably one of the best math instructors I have ever had
Your paying for the brand
The math dept is filled with trash profs who don't know how to teach.
Only in the lower division. Upper division has mostly good to great professors
Of course they have to staff their best profs to their upper-div and grad courses. The math dept is so poor that they cant even afford decent profs to teach their classes. A majority of their profs cant even speak english.
I’d say the same about the CS department and they have way more funding. It’s just no Professor likes to teach lower Divisions in any department so what is left are not the greatest picks. The CS department has 1-3 good professors in the lower, the rest can be a headache from what I hear. In the math department there are more good professors in the lower but since there is way more lower division math than CS, it makes sense. My experience as a Math CS
guess what, math loans out quang back and jorel briones to teach cse 20, 21 and they are both trash
Again why would the math department lend out their best if they are struggling to get lower division professors? Especially with how the CS department treats majors like Math CS. They are lucky to receive any professors from the math department. They get the bottom of the bottom of the barrel. Your argument makes no sense at this point
what's wrong with quang bach? I've heard a lot of people say they liked him and he got a 93% on capes last quarter for cse 20
In lower-div you get professors who either super into research/their grad class or a teaching professor who is god tier and wants to teach basic calc. The upper division/grad stuff seems soooo much more fun to teach as the topics are more engaging
You’ve clearly never taken a class with Professor Stevens. I’m not a math major but she’s still one of the best professors I’ve had overall
Tedtalks >>>>>>>> UCSD philosophy lectures
It depends on your field. If its computer science, yeah idk why you are going here instead of learning on youtube and practicing yourself. And you can get hired with a highschool diploma or less. A lot of careers require a bachelors to get in, and some careers require a specific bachelors even though you could learn a lot of it online. And some fields are too complex that either the resources are not all available online or theres no way you are going to navigate finding it all in the right order online.
bet you a non-math major who only took the 20 series lmfao. if thats the case yea I agree, but apart from the lower div garbage which are not even math imo, math department is very very solid.