Steven Krantz
3 courses · 16 reviews
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His lectures were very fast and he barely went over details. He just wrote examples and never elaborated them. He stood in front of what he wrote, so it was hard to take notes during lectures. On the other hand, his exams were very easy, and the textbook for the class is very helpful. You could do well in the class just by reading the textbook.
8/25/2024
6-8 hrs/week
Lecture is fast paced but textbook is very good and aligns perfectly with content (the prof did write it after all). Webwork doesn’t align with content and is way harder. Practice exams have very similar structure to real exams so makes studying much more approachable.
5/19/2024
2 or less hrs/week
Pretty easy to get an a because Krantz gives you practice exams that are nearly identical to the exams. However, this makes the class a memorization exercise. Krantz only teaches to the 3 people in earshot and refuses to speak up or write bigger. Even if you are in the front, his teaching is unorganized and not particularly helpful. The concepts are cool, but if you want to actually learn you will need to put in a good amount of time outside class. If you don't want to learn, you don't have to and can get an A
5/19/2024
2 or less hrs/week
Took it with Krantz— unorganized but tests are relatively easy(except for the second exam be warned). Towards the ebd the concepts are super confusing. Dont take this as a “math” class, take this an a engineering mathematics technique course. Made harder by all the kiss ass mech E freshman
5/18/2024
His lectures go by stupidly fast and are pretty hard to pay attention in (so if your calculus is not very strong, you WILL suffer). If you can't keep up with his lectures, try to use the textbook-he wrote it, and his lectures tend to pretty much just be a copy of his textbook sections. However, his understanding of the content is second-to-none.
5/6/2024
Avoid taking any course with Krantz at all costs. He may be a great mathematician but a horrible teacher. You can cheese the exams really easily but don't expect to actually learn anything. Most days he ends class early, stands in front of the board, and writes extremely small. He doesn't care about his students at all.
12/15/2023
Krantz is passionate about differential equations and math as subject. He is generous when grading exams and homework, but that is unfortunately a necessity. Krantz's lectures are paced too quickly and he frequently stands in front of the bord he is writing on, not allowing to you so take notes until he's already moved on to the next section.
12/13/2023
Krantz class is very straight forward. His lectures are very example heavy which is amazing. He isn't the most elaborate lecturer but it suffices. His exams are near identical to the practice and aren't difficult. The homework isn't too much and it covers most everything you'll need to know for exams plus some. Try and you'll succeed.
8/31/2023
Besides being a quite potent form of anesthesia, Krantz is extremely quiet when lecturing and writes very small on the board, making it impossible to glean any information whatsoever from lecture. But he sticks to the textbook pretty well, so just read that instead of going to class.
2/8/2023
I took Professor Krantz\'s Math 310 in 2018, and he was very nice and easy, but Complex Variables is a mess. He teaches rigorous complex analysis so fast and vague that nobody could follow his writing on the board, and he breaks his "tradition" of easy exams by a tricky final that is very different from all the practices. I learned very few math.
5/4/2022
Great teacher! Admittedly I would get lost in the lectures, as he is incredibly smart, but I wrote it all down and, come test time, I realized that I knew everything that was asked on an exam. Very reasonable exams and very helpful in office hours
1/22/2016
Really great prof! Lectures were interesting and engaging. Not really the warmest prof ever, kind of brutishly funny. Homeworks got to be incredibly difficult, but exams were ridiculously easy because he was just looking to see that you know the very basics (and he means it). Would definitely take another class with Krantz.
12/19/2014
Homework was longer and more difficult, but on the exams he really wanted to make sure you understood the fundamentals. He also told a lot of funny side stories in class, but they didn't take too much class time either. Everything was explained well, with theory first and simple examples afterwards.
4/23/2014