18.901
Table of contents
- Course Info
- Realistic Prerequisites
- Subject Matter
- Course Staff
- Lectures
- Problem Sets
- Exams
- Resources
- Grading
- Advice to Future Students
Course Info
Class Size | 20 |
Hours/Week | 7.6 (8 responses) |
Instructors | George Lusztig (Lecturer), Joshua Amaniampong (UA) |
# of Responses to Course 18 Underground Questions | 6/20 |
Realistic Prerequisites
- 18.100 is a hard prerequisite.
- Experience with proofs and some set theory knowledge is helpful.
Subject Matter
- The course material is very theoretical, broad, and useful in future topology courses.
- “More theoretical, and helped me better understand parts of 100B I was confused on. Allowed me another way to look at analysis which I found particularly useful.”
Course Staff
- The professor was kind but not a good lecturer.
- Students did not have much interaction with the TAs.
Lectures
- Many students did not find the lectures helpful and studied from the textbook instead, which had similar content and was better organized.
- Lectures were generally difficult to follow.
Problem Sets
- Problem sets were doable, but sometimes tedious and challenging.
- Problems were from the textbook and generally well-chosen.
Exams
- Students felt prepared for the exams following the lectures.
- Exams were fair and did not require much creativity.
Resources
- Students highly recommend the textbook Topology by Munkres. This was the main resource many students used throughout the course.
Grading
- Grading policy was generally clear, but not entirely transparent. Also, grade cutoffs were not released.
- Grading was sometimes harsh and too semantic on psets and exams.
Advice to Future Students
- “Topology is an excellent class to take …“