I suffered in MATH 256 so you won't have to | UBC Engineering

"I expected you guys to do better on the last midterm."
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All information referenced in this video was MY experience from taking MATH 256 during the 2023/2024 school year with Professor Miranda Holmes-Cerfon in Winter Term 1. All information is subject to change in the future, but should still give a good overview of what to expect from MATH 256. Additionally, I do NOT share my notes from my classes.
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0:00 Intro
1:02 What is MATH 256 About?
1:33 Course Structure & Required Materials
4:06 Course Content
6:43 Grading Scheme
7:39 Survival Tips & Advice
10:44 Final Thoughts
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[@dpdpdp]

I graduated UBC EE 1997. Big difference I see is that MacLeod building underwent a massive facelift inside. Cheese Factory is no longer there. There's other buildings nearby that weren't there before. Courses have changed, so have course numbers. We did MATH 153/154 first year (Calc I, II), then MATH 253/254 (Calc III, IV), MATH 255/257 (ODE,PDE). Not sure what Math 256 is. What textbooks are you using? Or is it all pretty much online nowadays. Back in the day, internet was Netscape Navigator, Yahoo was the main search engine (or Excite or AltaVista), and the wasn't much resources online at all. Good luck in 3rd year (all of us paid the price dearly ELEC 359 Signals and Communications, ELEC 364 Magnetic fields and waves... not sure what the equivalent is these days). Looking back, 3rd year is the toughest for sure. I have more horror stories if you're interested.

[@AveryCheng]

Thanks for sharing your perspective; it's nice to hear what an alumni has to say, and to hear about how much things have changed! MATH 256 is pretty much just ODE's, and we actually don't really use textbooks for many of our courses anymore (at least, they're not "mandatory").
Damn, I didn't think it could get any worse than second-year. I guess the new equivalent of those third year courses are ELEC 311 (electromagnetic field and waves) and ELEC 221 or ELEC 341 (signals and systems). I'd like to hear more about what third year was like!

[@dpdpdp]

@@AveryCheng I see that UBC has moved away from textbooks and towards open/free materials. I think this is good as it saves you buying expensive textbooks. Plus if you need more resources for a course, then there's plenty of tutorials online (plus lots of other online resources). We didn''t have that back then!! Just ourselves and our study groups. Plus, I see that almost all assignments/midterms are almost all online now. How many people in 2nd year EE? I think it was 110 - 120 when I was there, I forget. Obviously EE, Mech, Civil were the big 3. Then Chemical, then smaller ones like Materials, Mining, Eng Phys, etc... I haven't visited UBC campus in quite a few years. I'm sure it's changed a lot.

[@AveryCheng]

Interesting! I think we have around the same number of people in our year (~110-120) as well. If you do visit campus again, you're probably gonna see a lot more housing than you remembered!

[@NeharikaShah-qj7qu]

Hey Avery,
Just wondering, on rate my prof, how would you find all the profs that teach a certain course in order to compare, because I haven't taken admission yet so I don't know many profs at UBC

[@AveryCheng]

You aren't able to directly view it on RateMyProf, as professors teach different courses each year. You'll have to wait until you can see the profs on your course lists before course registration in order to see who will be teaching a certain course

[@helpme8742]

These videos are gold!

[@AveryCheng]

Thank you!

[@mokapoka5565]

What courses are you planning to take next year? UBC EE trailer 2024😅

[@AveryCheng]

I don't even know what I'm having for lunch tomorrow, so it's safe to say I haven't even thought about what courses I'm taking next year yet LOL

[@KINGDOY8000]

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[@AveryCheng]

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