Reviews of professor Daniel Halpern-Leistner

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Really nice and funny guy. Some of the tests are excruciatingly hard though. 1920 is known to be an engineering weed-out class. His lectures are kind-of all over the place

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Daniel was teaching tough material to a fairly unreceptive crowd (of 15-20 at most since attendance wasn't required), so lectures were informative but pretty dull. Oftentimes he would get sidetracked in explaining things way beyond what we needed to know for the class and hard exams. However, he really enjoys the material and will answer questions.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Fine lecturer (nothing outstandingly good or bad), granted I stopped going about mid-way. Sort of funny, accessible other than that you probably have class during his OH. I find that if you're diligent about reading the textbook and taking notes on your own in advance, the lectures don't add much. Exams are harder than the homework problem sets.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
This professor sucked. He would not answer all questions, and he was really a smart alek. As a humanities major, this class was recommended because it was said to be easy and this was not at all the case... don't take this class unless you're ready to put 5-10 hours a week on homework that was always unclear.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Professor Halpern-Leistner was excellent! He would not only answer your specific questions about the materials, but also quickly identify your conceptual problems and give clear, succinct explanations. Very knowledgeable and understanding. Would definitely take again!