MATH 171
Stochastic Processes
Description: Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Requisites: courses 33A, 170E (or 170A or Statistics 100A). Discrete Markov chains, continuous-time Markov chains, renewal theory. P/NP or letter grading.
Units: 4.0
Units: 4.0
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Winter 2024 - This is one of the worst upper div math classes I have ever taken. I have no idea why it existed. The class goes into meaninglessly tedious details that will not be used in any other upper-division math classes--including graduate courses. The useful contents can literally be finished in 2 weeks. The grading is HARSH. Those who get 95%+ get an A, and he decides who gets an A+, not based on grades. He posts no lecture notes, no extra materials, no past/practice questions, no grade distribution(not even mean and median), no nothing. They take points off your exams and hw questions just because your notations do not match his, even if your entire calculation is correct. Plus, he would never tell us the grade cutoffs until one of my classmates asked him. He does not know how to be a teacher. his lectures are kinda shit. His first midterm was extremely easy, and the second one was then way too much... I am done talking more about this professor. Just run.
Winter 2024 - This is one of the worst upper div math classes I have ever taken. I have no idea why it existed. The class goes into meaninglessly tedious details that will not be used in any other upper-division math classes--including graduate courses. The useful contents can literally be finished in 2 weeks. The grading is HARSH. Those who get 95%+ get an A, and he decides who gets an A+, not based on grades. He posts no lecture notes, no extra materials, no past/practice questions, no grade distribution(not even mean and median), no nothing. They take points off your exams and hw questions just because your notations do not match his, even if your entire calculation is correct. Plus, he would never tell us the grade cutoffs until one of my classmates asked him. He does not know how to be a teacher. his lectures are kinda shit. His first midterm was extremely easy, and the second one was then way too much... I am done talking more about this professor. Just run.