Alfred Friedland - Baruch College

Professor: Alfred Friedland

Department: TBD

College: Baruch College

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: MTH4220
• Grade Received: WD
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Worst prof. Everr!!! I really regret not dropping his class as soon as I walked in. All about memorizing for sure. I'll tell you run!!!

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: MTH4210
• Grade Received: C+
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

3 Test. 1 Final. Everything based of lectures, homework was kinda useless imo. Basically an dead class where you read off the board, write and memorize everything he writes on board and write it on tests. Very bad pacing slow beginnings, rushes last topics. Keep you overtime even 20+ minutes some days. No curves. Strict grading on tests. Don't take

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: MATH4200
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

horrendous teaching style,his writing is mostly unintelligible on the board,then he stand in front of what he writes,don't answer questions asked to him,gets confused easily with "complex" questions,as a result he leaves many doubts among students,if you present a solution different than what he knows and don't understand it then is incorrect AVOID

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: MATH4200
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

I would take Friedland as a last option now, terrible guy overall.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: MTH4200
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Grades are based only off 3 tests and the final. Make sure to take good notes and have the ability to do everything he did in class by yourself and you'll do fine. He keeps the class usually 10-15 min after class is over to finish a proof (sometimes even starting something else after class should be over). For that alone I wouldn't take him again.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: MTH4200
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

In some other math classes, there is lots of room for error, you come up with creative proofs, trying to figure out what you can. I came into the first exam of this class with that mindset and... it ended very poorly. Once you understand that you must follow the _same_ proofs, methods, and definitions he gives during his lectures, you will do well.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: MTH4200
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Professor Friedland is a WONDERFUL teacher. All you need to do is pay attention in every class and you can get an A. He cares about his students. Explains everything clearly. The courses he teaches are generally not so simple so it is not an easy A but if you are taking these courses you should be ready to put in at least this much effort anyway.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: MTH4200
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

He always goes over the allotted time, there isnt a grading criteria, so you never know what youre grade is. He always rushes material towards the end of the period but talks about nonsense during the beginning. 4 exams including final, there is homework but he never collects them. On exams, if your answer isnt EXACTLY like he taught it, its wrong.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: MTH4200
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

wow what a joke! worst teacher at the math dpt. He doesn't know how to explain the material but expect from you perfection in exams. He takes point off for everything: grammar, dates, if you write on back of paper and you don't tell him, etc. awful experience. I took him knowing he was bad because of my schedule but did not image he was this bad!!!

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: MATH4200
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

WARNING!!, I have taken approx 14 math classes and I can say that Friedland is the worst teacher of math in Baruch: He spent 30% of time talking nonsense then he rush the material, he makes a lot of mistakes and confuse himself and students, harsh grader, takes points off for grammar spelling, if you write too much or too little, etc. Terrible guy!

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: MTH3030
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

GPA KILLER- he doesn't give partial credit on his exams, doesn't curve, and genuinely does not care if he fails you.. avoid.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: 3030
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

crams everything at the end in the course of 3 weeks you will have to study for 3 tests smh, but the work is not too bad just study the hws

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: 4030
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

This professor teaches so slowly and keeps repeat the same things over and over again. It is as if he thinks we're little kids. This is good for people who want a light introduction to math or don't like doing calculations. His exams are mostly trivial questions and definitions so remember those and you should get a good grade.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: 3030
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

He'll teach you more english than math (which is annoying). He really crams at the end of the semester (like 12 massive chapter parts in 1 week). In general he's quite a lazy professor (he won't give quiz's cause he doesn't want to grade them etc.) Since when is showing your math work not asked for (this means you don't really get e.c) Try to avd.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: MATH4010
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Need to say that the concepts sometimes are not that easy to understand, the reason for people saying the lecture is boring is that they probably do not understand the content during the class, and just busy copying down the notes on board. He actually explains everything very well, and the exam is just the things he talked abt on class. No tricks

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: MTH3020
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Prof Friedland is one of the best math professors I have ever had. The exams are exactly what we did for homework and in-class, and if you study they're not hard at all. Lectures are very coherent and in-depth, although he does go off many tangents. Very helpful and happy to answer any questions no matter how specific. Take him if you love math.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: MTH3020
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

He teaches slowly and reviews a lot--even middle school math--which will either bore you to tears or save your grade depending on what type of student you are. His tests have simple problems from the HW and he lists all the topics on them beforehand, so if you understand the HW, it should be a relatively easy, stress-free A.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: 3030
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Exams are exactly like homework. If you are lazy but need to pass this class with a good grade, he's your best bet. You can get a B by cramming. If you keep up with the HW, it's an easy, but not free A. His pace was kind of messed up. The first half of the semester was nice and slow, then had to rush to fit all the material in the lectures.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: MATH3030
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Take another Professor or even another course, he will kill your GPA, stay away from him!!

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: MTH5020
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Disagree with the comment below. Friedland is among the best professors that I've taken so far. By all means not an easy A, but it's not just memorization - if you just listen in class, you notice you only encounter about 8-10 theorems in the semester. Most are from Cal I. The guy below probably missed 10 lectures, as the class was very easy.