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...transition period, which is only now coming to a close, has caused several problems, including an unclear focus and an outmoded textbook, according to Course Assistant Alex H. Saltman...
Students in the course almost universally condemned the textbook as too advanced and unclear...
...textbook was not really written for someone who's learning the material for the first time," says Jordanna P. Schutz '02. "It's not at all conducive for learning...
Course assistant Michael L. Develin '00 called the textbook "very bad." "The course would have been better with just about any other textbook, or maybe with no text at all," he says. "One of the major problems was that the book was no longer coordinated with the aims of the course...
While the math department has promised a new curriculum and textbook for next year, Samit Dasgupta '99, president of the Math Club, says change should have come sooner...