Reviews of professor Steven Heilman

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Would never take him again. the "teaching" that he tried to do was 90% theory as opposed to examples. Made mistakes in his math every single lecture, would never answer questions clearly, went on weird tangents for 20+ mins and also made mistakes in grading both of my midterms. there were students in that class who would've taught it better.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
He's super nice and genuinely tries to give you a good grade. The second half of the class is hard and should really be named Caculase4 instead of probability. Find good study partners for the homework and do all the practice before exams and you should be good.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Prof. Heilman is inspirational. His class forces the best out of you. The class will be challenging but it will provide you a strong foundation not only in statistics but also mathematics in general, as it will teach you how to do proofs. His lectures are always fascinating, and he is available to help you understand the concepts. Would take again.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor Heilman is by far the most organized professor I've ever had in the math department. The lectures were information-heavy but very well-organized and inspiring. HW is probably the only part I dislike, which is difficult and provides few practical takeaways. Grading is pretty lenient, with similar past papers to practice + b-avg curving.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Professor Heilman is nice and chill, but his materials could be very hard. His homework sometimes gets extremely hard that even TA and ppl from the math center can't do it. Exams are relatively doable but still hard. A final paper is required, which is kind of confusing and time-consuming. Best choice of 407 if you do want some challenge.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
As a student from Engineering department, this is my first course in MATH department and Prof. Heilman did a wonderful job in teaching the material. His lectures are highly organized and homework questions are intriguing. Exams are not tough if you attend lectures and solve homework thoroughly. My overall experience was excellent with Prof. Heilman

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
thumbs up

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Extremely difficult. Heavy expectation to be proficient in MATLAB despite no coding prerequisite for the course (for context: other section of 458 with different professor had no coding the whole semester. This section had 75% coding on every homework, and the final was split into two parts, one being entirely coding).Take at your own risk

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Pros: 
- Great lecturer
- Cares a lot about his students
- Fair grader
Cons:
- Highly rigorous and theoretical - if you're not familiar with proofs this will be a hard class
- Homework is long and difficult, and exams can be difficult to study for
- No exceptions kind of guy

He's  one of the best professors in the department but very difficult.