Geeta Johal

Best advice for this class is make sure to attend every lecture. She posts all the notes online, but only the theory is filled out, and you have to complete the examples in class. Johal explains the theory pretty well and welcomes class participation but she doesn't always answer questions the best way, and can sometimes get annoyed at people for asking the "wrong type" of questions. Biggest problem with Johal is that she writes extremely fast. If you're the type who doesn't write quickly, sometimes you'll have to decide whether to copy down what's on the board or actually try to understand what she's writing down. If you commit to the former your hand will hurt at the end of class, no joke. Not that this makes the class not worth taking, but something folks should keep note of. She is also a very generous corrector. Compared to other teachers I've taken, she will give you points even if you have no idea how to solve the problem, if you apply certain parts of the theory correctly. I somehow managed to pass both my midterms despite the fact I should have failed both of them. However, I'm not recommending to slack off, on the other hand, do the work problems. Both the WWs and the Labs are very useful. I've found that the Labs cover more edge case scenarios while the WWs are structured more like the questions you'll find in the exams. Either way, you should practice on both in order to adequately understand the material, plus the completing the WWs each week gets you a couple additional points (which help if you're struggling).

i had for cal2 and i really liked her! her tests aren’t too bad and she teaches very well.. she doesn’t have a lot of office hours, but she’ll accommodate you based on your schedule if you ask..

TOOK HER FOR CAL 1 AND I LOVE HER. Tests are very fair just make sure to attend class because she only posts the empty version of her notes online! Would take her again!

If you can do online exercises you should be fine. But the little details might not be fully covered in class, so beware.

I had Geeta Johal for Calculus 1. Make sure to print the notes templates that she posts online and to bring them to class. She bases her classes heavily on her notes that she fills in in-class. To pass this course, attending every class is a must. The homework assignments are on WebWork and count for 5% of the total grade. Doing them helps greatly, as the only practice we get for the material is during lab periods. We get a quiz a couple of weeks in the semester to help assess whether we understand the material so far. There were 2 midterm assessments and one final exam that together make up 90% of the grade, so be sure to study hard for them. Redo the WebWorks and the labs, as exam questions are very similar to them.