Reviews of professor William Carman

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
The grade for the class was comprised of three midterms, a weekly lab assignment, a weekly one or two question quiz, and a final. The midterms, labs, and quizzes were not hard for the most part and were not designed to trick you, but the final, written by all Calc II profs, was very difficult. Awesome guy fun class no required hw

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Professor Carman is one of the best math professors I've had. Super clear lectures, but a bit fast-paced. He has a bit of humor to him and clearly likes what he's teaching. I would be confident coming into a math class knowing he's teaching it. Of course, put in the work. Calculus is no walk in the park. He's a very particular grader as well.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
An incredibly unpleasurable experience with him. He is harsh in his grading and his feedback. Says he's available for help but will patronize you and make you feel dumb for asking. In general, he is very arrogant and difficult to approach. The workload is an assignment/week while expecting you to watch up to 300min of lectures/week.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Excellent teacher for a tough class. Class moves very fast by the design of the curriculum, but he is very accommodating and willing to take time out of his day to help students. He will stay for hours after his office hours have officially ended to help students better understand the content.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Super accessible outside of class and always willing to help during office hours. The midterms were similar to the practice midterms, and he can be picky with notation. Textbook homework isn't required but always do it!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Carman is a great professor. He took a kind of difficult class and simplified it well. The homework is easy, and the ungraded problems seriously buff your chances of scoring well on exams. Office hours not necessary, but super helpful for work. Lectures can be a bit proof heavy at times, but Carman is really into the subject. Take him if you can.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
He is a good professor with accessible office hours, but it seemed like he was not very interested in the content. The lectures were essentially just writing theorems and examples from the textbook on the board. Fair grader but picky about notation.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Dr. Carman is a great professor.  As good as they'll come for calc I.  Take it very seriously if you take it over the first summer session like I did.  Brutal final week.  Great, clear lectures.  His grading is very tight, so be careful.  You can get 3/5 points on a problem you did right if you don't make your work perfectly clear.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Prof Carman is very caring and accessible outside the class. Definitely a solid choice for math