So I was signed up with Kurtz for MA 242 and I guess she just bounced because the class is closed leaving me with either MA 242 with "Staff" as the instructor or MA 242 with Norris through distance ed. Not too sure what to expect out of an online Calc class...SO which would you recommend, MA 242 ED or MA 242 with some "Staff".

BTW, I'm new here so I'm supposing staff is just a TA, right?

Thanks

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8/8/2009 12:16:42 AM

morning bumps

8/8/2009 2:19:45 AM

well, one you can re-watch the lectures, the other you can go to office hours--so it's probably a wash

8/8/2009 2:31:45 AM

staff sometimes means the teacher is undecided, so you probably wont find out till the first day of class. distance ed has a drawback in that you'll be paying extra tuition money for it, but hey if you don't feel like going to class, it works for ya.

8/8/2009 2:42:40 AM

All great points. Thanks. Just gonna jump on the wait list for some other MA 242s and choose DE as a last resort.

8/8/2009 3:08:29 AM

Norris's class is going to have a lot of maple assignments, so if you don't like maple, don't take that section.

8/8/2009 8:02:22 AM

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"staff sometimes means the teacher is undecided, so you probably wont find out till the first day of class. distance ed has a drawback in that you'll be paying extra tuition money for it, but hey if you don't feel like going to class, it works for ya."

This is not true, they'll list a name and then change it if they aren't sure (according to Scroggs). Staff means it's a Grad Student.

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8/8/2009 4:38:29 PM

Quote :

"Norris's class is going to have a lot of maple assignments, so if you don't like maple, don't take that section."

Quote :

"Staff means it's a Grad Student."

8/11/2009 7:43:19 AM

hell, I had a grad student teach me for MA 141 and MA 241 and they were far better than the professor I had for MA 242

Actually I would say almost every time I had a grad student they were better except for my econ courses

8/11/2009 8:37:53 AM

Somewhat risky going with staff. It means either a grad student or a random professor to fill in to teach the course if they can't cancel the section. Sometimes works out, sometimes doesn't.

If this is your first course DE, and you'll need the learning in this course longer-term, don't take it DE. Find another section and waitlist it.

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8/12/2009 9:44:49 PM

Right on guys. Thanks. MA 242-enrolled (Capps).

8/13/2009 2:13:35 AM

Capps is an awesome teacher for 242, that's who I had it with.

8/17/2009 7:46:42 AM