Professor: Bisshopp Course format: Lecture Number of respondents: 5 Total Enrollment: 17

Class Composition Froshs: 4 Sophs: 7 Jrs: 3 Srs: 3 Concs: 2 Non-Concs: 2 Don't Know: 0	Instructor Average: 2.57 Course Average: 1.90

"Introduction to Computing in the Sciences" is an introduction to MatLab as a programming environment. Applications of such a program to various fields of mathematics, as well as learning to solve problems in a more simple and interesting way is the role of this course. The only requirement for this course was basic calculus.

Professor Bisshopp was not the students' all-time favorite teacher, but most believed believed he effectively taught the material such that students could complete the projects. His lectures during class were sometimes dull and somewhat disorganized, but students discovered that talking with him outside of class was much more productive.

The work in this course consisted of four projects and a final. Each project was assigned one week before it was due, and they were all time consuming. During the weeks that a project was due, students often felt overwhelmed by the demands of the course. Other weeks, there was no work to do.

Of the few students that responded, they seemed to enjoy the class and learned something, but weren't sure how they would apply it later.

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