MATH 2310

Cool dude, taught course conceptually. Tests were fair in that they focused on whether you understood the general ideas, not necessarily super difficult examples.

Prasit is a great teacher and a funny and cool guy. He made the first exam extremely hard, the average was like a 60 and everybody was really mad, but he realized that and said that if you do better on the final, it replaces the first exam. The average on the second midterm and final were both about 90%, as the tests were extremely doable if you understood how to do the material. I ended up with an A+ after bombing the first exam and I think he rounded up a little at the end also. I highly recommend this class, Prasit is a great dude who loves his Jacobians. My favorite day in class was when he wore a sweatshirt with a giant triangle cut in the back for some reason and no shirt underneath.

I took this class with Prasit my first year, just having come out of Calc BC from high school. Let me tell you... this is the first math class I've taken that has truly challenged me. However, do NOT shy away from this class. The first two weeks were stressful, but trying to visualize math in three dimensions takes time; admittedly, I almost tried to move down to calc 1320 the first week because I was so stressed. My advisor (who was run the math department) told me to give it a week before I made any decisions. I'm so glad I stayed in the class, because it has been so foundational. The first midterm's average was a 69, but honestly it wasn't that hard-- a lot of kids in my class didnt come to lecture or actually review. As someone who was horrible at visualizing/ graphing functions in R3, I got a 95 on both midterms just by reviewing all his notes frequently and doing tremendous amounts of practice problems. The only way to do well in this class is to sit down and grind out a bunch of problems from the textbook (which is where Prasit gets all his in class examples from). Overall, not a really difficult class if you're willing to put in the effort; those who didn't certainly didnt do well.

Prasit is a good lecturer, and makes sure to emphasize important concepts during class. Even though he doesn’t take attendance, you should go to every class, because it is fast-paced (on average, we learn two sections in the book per day). You get homework problems from the textbook that you have to submit every week, and he also gives you worksheet problems, which you don’t submit but are assigned so that you can practice learning the necessary concepts. However, I didn’t like the homework and textbook problems because they were unnecessarily nasty and required too much algebraic/numeric computation. But you still should do them because they help you learn the underlying concepts.

Even though Prasit is good at lecturing, he’s not really that great at explaining individual math problems (e.g. if you’re struggling to do a particular problem). That’s why I found it kind of awkward to go to his office hours, and he’s really not that approachable and sociable as a person. So if you’re not that great at math and if you struggle a lot, Prasit is probably not the best teacher. However, if you want to take the class, try to get Matt McCarthy as your TA. He’s really good and explains the concepts well during discussions.

Other than that, Prasit is a pretty funny and quirky guy. He always wears these colored socks to class every day. One day he biked to class, and came in with some type of bike/athletic clothes.

I took this course with an 18 credit course load, and it was...a lot. That being said, I would recommend taking this course if you're not taking many tough classes. Towards the end of the term, Prasit was going way too fast through the material and a lot of people ended up having to teach themselves everything before the midterms. The homework questions were unnecessarily long and you would have to spend hours just doing the calculations. As for the final, it was also ridiculous in that there were a gazillion typos. Also, office hours just weren't helpful because everyone was there and he doesn't tend to explain problems well. He's not approachable and kind of scary, not gonna lie.

I will preface this by saying that I didn't do as well in this course as I would have liked, but I don't think this is a particularly good course. This prof is cool (climbing through windows and making math jokes), but as far as instructors go, he is not the most effective and often fails to adequately answer questions. He often dismisses material as being "intuitive" and doesn't go into depth with it as a result, which can make lectures confusing. The lectures themselves consist of Dr. Bhattacharya simply reviewing an outline he made of the textbook without any additional insight or other problems for explanation. Homework consisted of ten practice problems for the week, which were often extremely easy and did not particularly help as practice. The worksheet problems were similarly useless as it was unlikely that much of the material from those problems would make it into the exams.
Overall, I'm very disappointed in this class because Calc 3 has some incredibly interesting topics to teach, but Dr. Bhattacharya manages to make it boring and painful, and often presents it as trivial. I would recommend taking this course with a different professor or maybe at community college instead to find a better teacher. Dr. Bhattacharya may be a genius, but it seems like he has difficulty explaining concepts at a level that undergraduates can understand.
The one consistent good about the course was the grad TA, Matt McCarthy. He was an excellent TA and explained things really well. It was unfortunate that his office hours overlapped with the class lecture, but I wish he would have taken that opportunity to just go to lecture with us and help out explaining things. I really wish he had been our prof because I believe I would have been better able to understand the material if he was given more time to explain it to us.
All that being said, it is very easy to do well in this class because of the grade inflation, but don't expect to get the most out of it.

I did well in the class, but found it extremely difficult. I had a hard time following Prasit's lectures because he didn't explain topics in depth, and he wasn't very helpful when seeking explanations of topics in office hours or after class. The pace was also much faster than other sections of Calc III.
The homework was tedious and lengthy, but helped clear up concepts. Exams were fair (uncurved); the first exam was harder than the second. The final was difficult but curved.
I had McCarthy as a TA. He really helped to explain things, and his quizzes were super simple. However, the discussion often did not keep pace with lecture.

stay on top of the work at ALL times. If you make sure you do all of the worksheet problems on time and read the textbook ahead of time, you will be fine. Do not skip lecture, trying to catch up just via textbook is pretty tough. During class, Prasit's lectures are clear and he is more than willing to answer questions.

At first, he honestly seemed incredibly intimidating to me. However, as the semester goes on, I ended up appreciating and even liking Prasit. He has a good sense of humor, and he employs this skill to use at least once a class. With that said, he does go very fast. I remember being a chapter ahead of my friends who took Calc III with other professors. I was often incredibly confused coming out of lecture. Try to pay attention the best you can even though it can sometimes get boring and difficult. However, if I stared at the problems, textbooks, and notes long enough, I eventually understood the material and what Prasit was talking about. Also, don't be dumb like me and not do the optional worksheet problems; those help a lot in terms of understanding what you go over in lecture. All in all, if you're motivated enough to take the time outside of class to learn and understand the material thoroughly, Prasit is for you.