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Average Course Rating (from 6 Students)
Course Difficulty Rating
Easy 17%
Medium 33%
Hard 50%
Top Course Tags
Great Intro to the Subject
Many Small Assignments
Math-heavy
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Not too easy. Not too difficult.
Course Overview:
I have never been a math person but I think that anything is possible with the right professor. Professor Boneh understands that students learn differently so he values different options for solving problems and does not move on with his lecture until he feels that everyone is on the same page. I am very lucky to have him as a professor!
Course highlights:
The highlights are learning multiple ways of doing things and being extra careful. I learned the importance of organization and presenting your work clearly because this is important in being a successful statistics student.
Hours per week:
3-5 hours
Advice for students:
DO THE HOMEWORK!!! The exams are very similar to the homework and if you keep up with assignments, you will get easy A's not the exams! Professor Boneh is not trying to trick any of his students, he rewards them for being proactive outside of class.
This class was tough.
Course Overview:
The professor explained everything in great detail while making it easily understandable and fun! I was never bored in this class and I learned a lot about how to use statistics in the real world.
Course highlights:
The final project was one of my favorite parts of the course. We had to write a math-heavy final project—though it mostly contained graphs and charts—and develop a hypothesis which we would either reject or fail to reject in the paper. This project used everything I had learned during the course and wrapped it all up nicely. I learned how to use statistics to analyze real-world issues, and how others can misuse statistics to try and convince you to agree with them.
Hours per week:
3-5 hours
Advice for students:
It is wise to do all of the homework and also the extra, non-credit handouts that have practice problems on them. Study well for the quizzes and keep them because the exams are essentially all of the material on the quizzes put together. Don’t forget what you learn when moving on to a new topic in the class because the final exam is cumulative. It is more important to do the math homework for the course online than it is to do the reading, as long as you make it to the classes. Everything that is in the book is explained in detail during the class periods, but if you miss a class you can read so that you do not fall behind. Even though attendance is not mandatory, I would highly recommend that you go to all of the classes because the professor is very good at explaining the material.
This class was tough.
Course Overview:
Online math courses are brutal! If you need someone to show examples I recommend a classroom setting.
Course highlights:
Honestly; I learned how to navigate through my examples like a pro.
Hours per week:
6-8 hours
Advice for students:
If your strong subject is not Math; take the classroom sessions.
