Bill Peterson
MATH
Bill Peterson is a wonderful instructor. While this is a traditional lecture class, and you can tell he is sharing with us things he really enjoys. That being said, a lot of content is covered, and the class takes quite a shift 2/3 of the way through the semester from the discrete, fun casino games into the continuous and lots of seemingly abstract calculus. While I still found it interesting, I could understand why it would be jolting for some. Problem sets were often inconsistent in the amount of time they would take and difficulty, but they were still fair time-wise compared to other 300-level math classes I've taken. There are two midterms and a cumulative final exam, all of which are harder than the problem sets and require some study, but Peterson provides old exams and solutions as practice. Overall, a great course that I'm glad I took, but not for everyone and certainly a 300-level math class.
Bill Peterson is a wonderful instructor. While this is a traditional lecture class, and you can tell he is sharing with us things he really enjoys. That being said, a lot of content is covered, and the class takes quite a shift 2/3 of the way through the semester from the discrete, fun casino games into the continuous and lots of see …Read more
This is an awesome class. The material is interesting and Peterson is such a great professor. His lectures are always engaging, interesting, clear, and well-organized. His personality and humor comes through in his teaching. I cannot emphasize enough how great Peterson is. It's not an easy class, by any means, but it is intuitive and Peterson is always willing to help students. There was one problem set every week for homework, which prepare you well for the exams.
This is an awesome class. The material is interesting and Peterson is such a great professor. His lectures are always engaging, interesting, clear, and well-organized. His personality and humor comes through in his teaching. I cannot emphasize enough how great Peterson is. It's not an easy class, by any means, but it is intuitive and …Read more
Professor Peterson is a great professor who was able to keep a relatively boring class interesting. The workload was very manageable with weekly homework assignments and labs. Exams were not too difficult, there is just a lot of material to memorize.