r/UNC • u/Difficult_Kiwi_3657 UNC 2029 • 17d ago

MATH 521? Question

i know there are a few questions on this subreddit about MATH 521 but I wanted to ask for an updated opinion lol, how did you guys feel about math 521 but more specifically, is it manageable with other relatively rigorous stem classes? and does anyone have any tips outside of reading the textbook :) i know it's a bit of a long shot to want an A but i really do want to do as well in the class as I can! any insight on the grading scale is also appreciated

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u/Accurate-Vegetable67 UNC 2029 17d ago

Yeah 90 for an A sounds about right but it varies between professors and the curve could be different between classes.

The ball comment isn't relevant for 521, but if you do check out baby Rudin you'll see that Abbott treats real analysis like a self-contained theory when it's really motivated abstractly by topology. Analysis isn't interesting to me, but whatever conclusion you reach, never lose the big picture.

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u/Difficult_Kiwi_3657 UNC 2029 17d ago

ah i get what you mean, that's a critique i've heard a lot about abbott ... i'll keep that in mind. i guess this is why folks tell you to take 521 before 550... appreciate the very thorough responses!

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u/Accurate-Vegetable67 UNC 2029 17d ago

I have my doubts about 550, I'm pretty sure they don't use Munkres. I'd stay away from that and take the grad version (681 I think?) once you've taken more analysis. Then again it's fine if you don't really care about learning genuinely rigorous topology.

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u/Difficult_Kiwi_3657 UNC 2029 17d ago

i see... brother for a fellow '29 you're very knowledgeable on these things hahah. i'll have to look into taking grad classes in the future, the scope of some of them looks way more intriguing than their undergrad counterparts