Every math class I took at BYU was bad. They wanted you to learn how to be a

Oct 31, 2024
7:30:38pm

novacoug1 All-American

Math professor, not understand the material.

Every class in diff eq we spent the whole time going over the proof but the test and HW were on the content which was not explained at all - other than how to think about the proof

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What was the worst class you took at BYU?

Archaea

12:38pm

Chemistry 105, followed by Econometrics

Japan Coug

12:40pm

I always wanted to take enconometrics and had to learn it on my own.

Archaea

12:42pm

I took both of those, completely agree!

reddead

12:48pm

Econometrics is a lot easier if you’ve already taken linear algebra. The problem was, at least at the time, they didn’t

Brisket

1:01pm

Econometrics is like a dog. Don’t act scared and it won’t hurt you.

Genghis Spreads

7:28pm

Chem 105 dissuaded me from doing pre-dentistry or anything science related.

BYUHawk

7:39pm

I just came here to say Econometrics.

Heath Squashwell

7:40pm

I did well in econometrics, so I TA'd the next semester for different professor

Riseandshout81

8:07pm

Chem 105

DirtyWater

12:40pm

Game theory

El Careeb

12:41pm

A fascinating topic.

Archaea

12:43pm

At least when I was there it wasn’t taught very well. Different university with a different teacher it was better.

Brisket

12:59pm

Only class I dropped in college.

conetah

1:27pm

I liked that class with Lambson I think.

dfudge

8:00pm

Statics

Niiineteeen84

12:41pm

OChem

KingDave

12:43pm

Yeah, I hated OChem lab.

Archaea

12:43pm

O chem would have been fine if the class plus lab counted for 8 credit hours

Joe Banks

12:47pm

Try ten hours. They require an unreasonable amount of time to master.

Archaea

12:56pm

I loved it. It was basically potions class at Hogwarts

EQD2

1:11pm

I TA'd for OChem lab! Loved it waaay more than gen chem.

TheCougarBunch

1:37pm

Nobody has been able to explain to me why organic chemistry was so much easier for me compared to general chemistry

SaturdaySpecialDay

3:41pm

Less math?

JuicyJam

3:47pm

ECON 110 with Kearl

MajorZeus

12:43pm

Some loved that class. Why was it your worst?

Archaea

12:43pm

Teacher. I took it again with Wimmer and was great.

MajorZeus

12:44pm

"Self, Great Day!"

SWKTNative

12:44pm

WRONG

MarylandFan

12:50pm

I had 110 from Arden Pope, but that was the class where I took maybe 3-4 pages of notes all semester

BYUMizzou

12:46pm

I took him as well, really enjoyed the class.

dfudge

8:06pm

Should have done it with Clayne Pope...

westsidecoug

1:09pm

I remember when Kearl argued with people about free trade. Then I went to grad school and took multiple trade classes.

Brisket

1:10pm

Agreed! I probably spent 1/2 my time that semester on it. Unnecessarily tough

hardcorecoug

7:59pm

Business 401

Jesse Pinkman

12:43pm

What kind of finance?

Brisket

1:11pm

That was 30 years ago - more of a blur now than back then

Jesse Pinkman

1:29pm

I don't remember the course number, but it was a political science class

BYUMizzou

12:44pm

I majored in Poli Sci

reddead

12:56pm

Poli 110. Useless class with papers arbitrarily graded by students.

byuler

12:45pm

Was Magleby the professor?

reddead

12:57pm

I don't remember. Maybe it was Hawkins but I forget because TAs ran most of it.

byuler

7:06pm

Any class that wasn’t aligned with my major. If you know what you want to do,

SpecialKC

12:45pm

Chem 111

LeonMarek

12:46pm

I had Dr. Elliott Butler

Archaea

2:43pm

I don't remember the number, but it was Differential Equations

RedHeadedStranger

12:47pm

Lamareaux. I TA’d 190 for him. Was ok for that class. I dropped PDE’s from him

jvquarterback

1:04pm

The math dept really struggled at BYU once upon a time

Mitty

3:19pm

Every math class I took at BYU was bad. They wanted you to learn how to be a

novacoug1

7:30pm

Anatomy by braille- my class partner was a dude which made it less than fun.

Reach

12:48pm

Chem 106

2ndTrombone

12:49pm

American Heritage w/900 of my closest friends in the JSB auditorium

Tare

12:49pm

I loved American Heritage.

cougarmeister

3:26pm

Honors section Book of Mormon taught by Eloise Bell

gilbertatty

12:50pm

Depends what worst means. P-chem was probably the hardest, but it at least

JuicyJam

12:52pm

My favorite bumper sticker from college: "I survived PChem."

Archaea

12:57pm

American Heritage

Blueto

12:56pm

Hate to say this, but it was a Book of Mormon class.

DizzyDean

12:56pm

Religion courses are so hit or miss

reddead

1:03pm

The current faculty have PhDs from:

Still Open

4:04pm

RE: The current faculty have PhDs from:

Archaea

5:52pm

I failed my Book of Mormon final the same day I got my mission call

byujag

1:31pm

Physics 122

Submariner

12:57pm

History of Jazz. Loved the topic, but super hard class

dallasbyu

1:01pm

I took that from Professor Harker, it was hard but amazing

Jennerstein

1:19pm

Chem 106,107 followed by Chem 351,352.

Wizbang

1:02pm

Math 346. Mathematical Analysis 2. That class was absurdly difficult.

OlanchoCoug

1:08pm

Theoretical Syntax, Hands down worst class at BYU!

ike

2:27pm

What is "theoretical syntax" supposed to be about?

Archaea

2:36pm

Required Linguistics course arguing over what part of speech a word is.

ike

2:46pm

RE: Required Linguistics course arguing over what part of speech a word is.

Archaea

3:13pm

Hence it is all theories.

ike

3:39pm

RE: Hence it is all theories.

Archaea

5:49pm

Yumyum is my favorite Turkish word. It means cannibal.

ike

6:51pm

I think it was the multi-vector calculus, prof was a real nice guy but just a

Mitty

3:16pm

I had a Russian visiting math professor: his English was horrid and his

Archaea

3:22pm

Profs that can't speak English is completely inexcusable. Hate it. It's hard

Mitty

3:29pm

Yeah, grasping math was tough enough, and then to have someone

Archaea

5:53pm

Linear Algebra? Such a useless subject.

El Jefe

4:03pm

This post could not be more wrong. Linear algebra is super useful.

OlanchoCoug

5:23pm

Like I said, I'm sure it's useful to someone

El Jefe

5:49pm

It's pretty much the foundation of some of the most valuable technology rightnow

novacoug1

7:33pm

PoliSci 201 (I think) So much writing....

TheLoneCougar

4:08pm

"Worst" was Zoo 373. Made Chem 105-107, 351-353, and 481-482 feel easy by comparison.

unctoothman

4:28pm

American Heritage, dropped it right away

Gustav

4:44pm

D&C from a prof who didn't usually teach religion classes. He taught inaccurate

CougaRR4L

4:55pm

Until classes are taught like divinity classes elsewhere, they should be P/F.

Archaea

6:29pm

Physics 551 was pretty tough

LaserCoug

6:18pm

Math 214

Genghis Spreads

7:32pm

Humanities. It was hell

Roy D Mercer

7:45pm

Family History

dfudge

8:18pm

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