How much personal attention do C&M students get?
Almost as much as they want. Attached to each C&M campus class is an instructor and an undergraduate class assistant. About 2/3 of the C&M class meetings are in labs in which the instructors and class assistants work one-on-one with their students. To get a consultation during lab time, all a student has to do it to raise a hand. Everyone gets to know each other in a way impossible in the lecture model of teaching, Frequently the friendships built in C&M extend way beyond C&M itself.
Comments from Students
I dreaded taking Calc II. I saw it as a bunch of formulas I needed to know to get through Calc III. C&M certainly made it interesting . . . I don't think I am lacking anything as far as comparing it to a standard calc class. I am able to do things on paper and able to read a calc book and understand, more so that a few engineers who got A's in (traditional) Calc II.
Tech Support
Techs support both the lab machines and the software used in this program.
In the event of a problem, send an e-mail to tech@cm.math.uiuc.edu.
