Skip to main content 18.675: Theory of Probability
Table of contents
- Course Info
- Realistic Prerequisites
- Subject Matter
- Course Staff
- Lectures
- Problem Sets
- Exams
- Resources
- Grading
Course Info
Class Size | 20 |
Hours/Week | 12.1 (12 responses) |
Instructors | Yair Shenfeld |
Overall Rating | 5.8/7.0 |
Realistic Prerequisites
- Some measure theory was realistic prerequisite.
Subject Matter
- Very theoretical, with a deep study of probability with applications near the end.
Course Staff
- Some students found the professor difficult to approach.
Lectures
- Lectures were good, though psets and lecture notes were more useful.
Problem Sets
- There were bi-weekly psets.
- Students found the problems difficult and spent about 15-20 hours on average across two weeks.
Exams
- Exams were longer take-home psets that were closed note, with no collaboration.
- Students found the exams quite difficult.
Resources
- Lecture notes were readily available and some textbooks were suggested.
- The Durrett textbook was mentioned as particularly useful.
Grading
- No distribution was grade communicated, but students found the psets grading to be fair.