Keith J Oberlander - Pasadena City College, Pasadena, CA

Professor: Keith J Oberlander

Department: Mathematics

College: Pasadena City College, Pasadena, CA

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: STAT50
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Prof Oberlander is a lovely guy. He is caring and nice. However, this class was tough and hard to understand. He assigns homework for every chapter. His tests are pretty hard but he does curve the scores. Make sure you learn and revise by yourself outside of the class.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: STAT50
• Grade Received: WD
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

This course was tough and super fast paced. The whole class including myself struggled (even the smart students). This tests were tough and he didnt explain the content well. You have to be a fast learner in math or go to his office hours daily in order to truly understand the content. But other than that he was super sweet, hes like a grandpa!!

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: STAT50
• Grade Received: C+
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

He a kind and caring professor he want you to pass. You have to catch up and study hard on your own. Go tutoring everyday it will help you and his office hour he there to help you. He share story about his life. He offer extra credit. Don't miss class he take out points. I recommend to study pre-test. Work hard don't slack off.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: STAT50
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

nice and funny professor! but didnt teach well, he assigns hw everyday and basically reads off a book so you have to teach yourself. He also goes through like 2-3 sections a day and goes off topic A LOT. He likes to tell us stories about his previous students and teach us material that we wont be tested on because its useful for our future

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: STAT50
• Grade Received: B-
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Take this class if you are good self teacher. Take good notes in your book, you can use it on the tests and Final. Go to office hours he's a better one on one teacher.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: STAT50
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

He is a very nice teacher however he doesn't actually teach. If you're brand new to stats and have no background in math then do not take him. He only reads out of the textbook, quite literally just reads what is in the book and doesn't break down or help you to understand. If youre retaking stats then this class would be helpful.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: STAT50
• Grade Received: WD
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

HES SUPER NICE, FUNNY, CARING, &always smiling. However, he tends to go off topic a lot & makes mistakes when doing examples for the class which ends up confusing everyone. He also forgets things quite often but curves test/lets you use your book. Take this class if you are good at teaching yourself & plan to study A LOT!! Also lots of homework

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: STAT50
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

He does a great job of teaching the material. I find that his stories are great because Statistics is more about life, logic, and possibilities than just the numbers. He is strict, but extremely fair. The course is challenging because this is the same class colleges require for the GRE and want to see on your transcript for transfer.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: STAT50
• Grade Received: B-
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Professor Oberlander's STAT 50 was a good class overall. While he may go off tangent quite frequently during his lectures, he is explains the concepts in further detail at his office hour He's a nice guy and his tests are curved. Plus he allows students to use resources during the test. Do the homework, study for the test and ask questions for an A

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: STAT50
• Grade Received: C
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

He is a very nice professor he wants you to pass. He lets you use your book for test. He goes very fast with every chapter. He goes off topic a lot. We pretty much covered the whole book when other stats classes did not. Do all the homework and the extra credit!

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: STAT50
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

This class is difficult because you have to somewhat teach yourself while taking this class, but if you go to his office hour you will understand him better! He allows you to use the book and calculator during test (helps ALOT), test are mainly curved. He is a very nice prof, but goes off topic a lot his stories are funny! Recommended class!!

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: STAT50
• Grade Received: C
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

He's pretty decent professor and helpful if you have any problems or questions for the homework or exams and make sures you understand the lecture. It may seem confusing and hard at first but later on you'll will get most of it once you gain more understanding. Overall there is 6 exams, 6 sets of homework all due on test day, and a final.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: STAT50
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

He's great, his lectures are simple and he cares that you learn the material. However, he tends to get off topic and tell random stories. They're interesting, but in math classes, even the most clear and easy lectures may not be understood by students who have trouble with the subject. He could direct that time to more lecturing for those in need.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: STAT050
• Grade Received: WD
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Very kind professor who cares about students and is very knowledgable. Read upcoming chapters BEFORE class or you will be completely lost and wasting your time. So much homework and tests are super tough. You have to dedicate a lot of time outside of class to studying so say goodbye to your social life! Lectures were confusing.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: STAT50
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Over all really enjoyed having this professor. At times when things got confusing in class he really encouraged students to visit him during office hours, and he goes over any problem you have trouble with. Gives good amount of homework, but that helps as practice for tests. Open book tests. Friendly & funny professor.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: STAT50
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

A very kind and helpful professor but his tests are hard and you should expect to ask a lot of questions because there is a lot of material to absorb. A lot of self-studying but the class is manageable. Out of all the professors I researched for Stats 50, he is definitely the best bet out of all the professors at PCC. I recommend taking him.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: STATS050
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Very nice guy, but NOT a good teacher. Mid explanation he'll take roll or talk about something unrelated. Reads from book quickly with no inflection. Must self-study. Show up for attendance points and for clarification on self study. I would have failed this class without Professor Leonard on YouTube. Open book test. Make lots of notes in book.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: STAT50
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Terrible professor. Doesn't teach anything, just talks about his own life and his boring stories that are unrelated to the class. The tests are open book so if you can self teach it'll be easy to get a good grade. Very tough grader- if you leave out one tiny detail that doesn't even matter for the answer, he'll give no credit. PS he supports trump

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: STAT50
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

The class is fairly easy, if you can self teach. His lectures are a little scrambled and hard to understand, but if you really focus on the homework and study on your own, you can definitely pass, as he is very lenient and curves tests, gives extra credit opportunities, etc. Just make sure you ask a lot of questions during lectures.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: STATS50
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

It's pretty easy to pass the class but it's difficult to get an A. There is one test per week; open book and he gives big curves. There is one very easy project. Really fast lectures but if you are good with math then you'll do fine. He provides all the answers to homework before it's due and will help you with any questions if you ask.