Reviews of professor Steve Putterman

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Putterman is a bit of a disorganized lecturer. If you have a feel for the material early on, then the disorganization won't cause too many problems. If you have trouble, then reach out to Grace/Steve and get on track. This class builds on early content a lot. If his in-class lectures aren't enough, read the book, as he assumes you do before class.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
JUST A QUICK REMIDER: IF YOU DO NOT TAKE FM EXAM( A EXAM NOT RELATED TO THE CLASS, AND YOU NEED TO PAY 225 DOLLARS FOR THE EXAM), YOU AUTOMATIC LOSE THE 5% OF OVERALL GRADE.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Professor Putterman is a great person and a fun professor That being said, RM 410 was a lot of work outside of class. You have to write notes for multiple videos every week on top of doing homework assignments. Classes were mandatory and they were dedicated to going over example problems rather than teaching content. Does prepare for FM exam thou.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
For everyone complaining about Steve's lectures, these classes are to teach you to self study so you know how to prepare for exams later. Don't try to learn from lectures, come to class prepared. Steve is hilarious and if you know what you're doing you'll be more than fine.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Terrible class. He teaches completely out of the Coaching Actuaries manual. I recommend using Coaching Actuaries or a similar program to study and do practice problems because the lectures are not helpful at all. I wish Steve was more passionate about teaching and actually cared about our success on the FM exam.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Weekly HW based on Exam P material, and group Excel HW every few weeks. Exams have low averages, but the class gets curved such that 1/3 of the class gets A- or A. In my opinion, don't take this unless you're required to in order to take STAT414 and MATH 231 concurrently.