Reviews of professor Steven Heilman

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Steven is the best math prof I've seen at USC thus far. He knows his stuff and is very organized. Homework was a bit demanding but tests were doable. Fair grading. He also actually cares to listen to students' requests, which is rare with professors. Highly recommend.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Prof. Heilmans 408 lectures are clear and organized. On the flip side, his 408 is hard and theoretical. HW every other week, quizzes too; not easy but manageable. Exam questions are mainly from lectures. His grading is lenient though  many people dropped so he decided to give more A/A-s than usual too. Will take him again.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Seems good

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
I never went to class. I was in 425b and 471 at the same time as this class, Heilman assigned noticeably more homework. His notes that he provided were certainly good enough to get me the A, and the prior exams and solutions were very helpful. He effectively reuses problems from previous semesters' homeworks and especially exams, so study those.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Really good professor with a lot of knowledge in the field. He has a class note on his website which compose of all the materials you will learn in this class. The midterms were ok with average around 80s but the final was really difficult. He also talked about the most important theorems in the last few classes. Do the sample finals and HW.