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I have to agree with all the things that have been said about him. However, for math majors like me he's probably the best teacher in Baruch. I found his expalnations clearer than the book's ones.

this lecture is too much detail than other professor. if u pay attention on his note and explanation, u will understand quickly. even though he came late and stay late all time, i do believed he is a great professor! Enjoy~

Great professor. made Calc III look much easier than Calc I & II. lectures r great, but i think u really need an interest in mathematics to understand him. he talks a lot about abstract theoretical concpts and really goes off tangent

If you spend a reasonable time for studying, you will do well in his class. In other professors' classes, it was hard for me to get the material no matter how much I studied. Their explanations weren't as detailed as his.

The best professor for advanced math classes

Great professor. On the exams, he lets you stay and continue taking the exam as long as you want.

Do the HW, and look up things in the textbk if you dont know. He's a good teacher, but he didnt explain everything. He is very enthusiastic about the subject though. The best thing is that he gives lots of time to take the exams.

Very good professor. His explanations are very clear.

He is really nice professor. He also offered a free rewiew class. He is extremely helping and answer every question and makes Math interesting. But you have to be very accureate for his exams.

Lets make it clear! all the students who complaied in my class that he was bad were lazy ones who do not study anything and expect A. If you are a good student, meaning getting A or B-s TAKE HIM. I got 100 out of 100 on his exams. And believe me I am not a genious. Bottom line, good students take him, bad students you won't get an easy good grade.

He is the BEST teacher I have had in Baruch. Those guys who say he is bad don't understand anything. He explained so good in the classes that I even did not take any notes the whole semster and got 100s on all my exams. And plus his exams are soooooooo easy. They are all multiple choice. you don't have to show your work at all.

Not a bad teacher. It would be nice if you did have some type of history in Calc before taking him, however. I failed calc before taking him and I felt like he did a good job explaining things I didn't really understand last semester.

Amazing professor, extremely clear and understandable. Very interesting lectures but you need to do some homework. Take him if you want to learn math and expand your critical thinking

Im taking his class now. im not a good at math but im doing well so far, and test are easy multiple choice and some written work. if you have knowlege of pre-cal i garrantee that you will get an A and at least B. But make sure that you are qualified either pass math test or got B+ in pre-cal. if you are not he forces students to drop his course.

Prof. Friedland is math fanatic, but that is why he teaches math, right? I'd rather have a teacher who has passion in what he does.It is more inspiring.He shows respect to his students, helpful to the greatest extent and understanding. It is not easy to get A in his class, but he doesn't make it harder than it should be.Exams MOSTLY multichoice.

He is a GREAT professor!!! MTH 4010 was a very interesting class. It was a great pleasure to be in his class. MTH 4010 is not an easy class, but the professor do the BEST to explain a material as easy and clear as it is only possible.

It feels like people who grade him bad don't like math(so they will grade bad any one), because he is good professor. Very clear and helpfull. I had fun in this class. Of course you will need to study beside the class room to do good, but is it smthing you have to do? as far as i know he is one of the best proff. in baruch math department.

This guy expects absolute perfection from everyone. There is not partial credit, everything is either right or wrong. He also keeps class for 20-30 minutes past the period. I honestly would not recommend him to anyone because like I said there is no room for error. If you want a stress free semester I would defiantly stay away from this guy.

Actually, there was partial credit. When I got a multiple choice question wrong, he took off 1 point when it's worth 4. He speaks fast when he talks about stuff not related to math. He's a cool guy, straight forward, knows the subject well. He doesn't check hw, and only 3 class exams and 1 final. Final's not multiple choice and I still got an A

2tests(2/3)1final(1/3).The way he teaches is clear, the first test is the hardest because he is really looking for perfection,you have to know the theorems and their applications,proofs can be tricky but you should do well if you study seriously. Overall,I really liked the class but the way he teaches is old school and a bit boring.Opposite of Shaw

Clear in explanations. Expects perfection and precision at everything related or unrelated. Good professor.

An easy A if you take notes and understand his lectures. Nothing hard but maybe a little bit boring since u need to take notes in the whole class. But never mind! U can get A very easily!

Took topology with Friedland and got a B+, I'm pretty sure that had I taken the class with someone else, i would've failed. He writes extensively and encourages you to understand, not just solve problems. Barely gives any homework, even if he does, he never checks it. Be prepared to take good notes - "he will write a book", and a really good one :)

If you got this far in math, you should know your stuff. He explained things over and over so everyone understood (sometimes it was boring because he was so slow). The thing I was upset about was that we ran out of time for the last topic and rushed through it, and I did poorly on that test which affected my grade. Not a difficult A. Do the hmwk.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

Professor Friedland gives HW, but doesn't grade it. His tests are the only determiners of your grade -- they are not difficult if you read over the HW and read his solutions. You will not get an A in the midterms by just reading lecture notes, you must follow the way he answers HW questions. You will not get an A by using Chegg. You must study HW.