An Introduction to Brownian Motion and Stochastic Calculus
An introduction to Brownian motion and stochastic calculus, covering Ito integrals, Ito's formula, and stochastic differential equations.
Summary
Historical reviews of Hao Shen: The course is rated as difficult, requiring students to self-teach from the textbook due to ineffective lectures.
Grade history
↗letter grades
All recorded terms · compare terms & instructors
Prerequisites
Course map(MATH 521 and STAT/I SY E/MATH/OTM 632) or graduate/professional standing or member of the Pre-Masters Mathematics (Visiting International) Program
- MATH 521
- ISYE/MATH/OTM/STAT 632
- graduate/professional standing or member of the Pre-Masters Mathematics (Visiting International) Program
This is a best-effort interpretation; check the catalog requirements above.
Prerequisite text tree
- Any of
- MATH 521
- ISYE/MATH/OTM/STAT 632
- graduate/professional standing or member of the Pre-Masters Mathematics (Visiting International) Program
Professors
Fall 2026No instructors recorded for this selection.
Historical instructors & teaching patterns
Historical reviews for Hao Shen indicate poor lecture effectiveness, with one student reporting they learned nothing from his instruction. The reviewer suggests that students must rely entirely on the textbook for learning, resulting in a low quality rating for his teaching.
HAO SHEN is recorded teaching in Spring 2020, Spring 2022, Spring 2024, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
Calendar & sections
Fall 2026Schedule loads here as you scroll.
| Section | Mode | Enrolled / capacity | Waitlist |
|---|
Times are Central. Select a meeting for details; export includes recorded dates for the selected sections.
Meeting source records
No records available.
Student experience
the class
Historical reviews for Hao Shen indicate a poor lecture experience, with students reporting they learned nothing from class and had to rely entirely on the textbook.
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2022: 3.38 GPA, 54.5% A/AB (n=33 letter grades); Spring 2024: 3.34 GPA, 63.6% A/AB (n=22 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.70 GPA, 85.2% A/AB (n=27 letter grades).
difficulty & workload
Historical reviews of Hao Shen: The course is rated as difficult, requiring students to self-teach from the textbook due to ineffective lectures.
Historical reviews of Hao Shen: Students found the lectures unhelpful and frustrating, feeling forced to learn the material independently rather than through instruction.
Topics
Skills
Grades
Latest available · Spring 2026— not enough history to project Fall 2026.
Grade distribution · % of letter grades
Grades over time
Through Spring 2026
More grade details Grade mix, volume & source data
Not enough comparable courses for Fall 2026 in UW–Madison.
Sources & history
Catalog & offerings
Descriptions, prerequisites, and recorded course offerings.
Catalog observation history
Observations at scan time; dates do not imply when a catalog change took effect.
Selected offering source records
No offering records for the selected term.
Raw records
[]
Student reviews
Original comments behind the course and instructor summaries.
Read original reviews
Grade history
Recorded grade distributions by term, section, and instructor.
Explore recorded gradesModel outputs & technical records
LLM outputs across runs
Full model traces
Recorded model configuration, reasoning, and tool conversations.
Model & dataset provenance
{
"model": "nvidia/Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-NVFP4",
"model_revision": "1355db6a052410cfd62085d94b58866fd0f2c3c5",
"task_version": "14",
"output_id": "30c97bd1919ebc881392edaefd302f86199bd9362b2b7eea6cfa3f85f8c232a4",
"requirements_status": "valid",
"dataset_revision": "e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349",
"observed_at": "2026-09-07 15:55:43.033547+00:00"
}