Ayman El-Sawah - University of Ottawa

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Ayman El-Sawah - University of Ottawa

Professor: Ayman El-Sawah

Department: Engineering

College: University of Ottawa

Rating # 1

Overview:

Course: CEG3136
Grade Received: A
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 5.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: N/A
Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Second time taking his course. Questions in (two) Quarterly, Midterm and Final are far advance the examples discussed during lectures. The average is very low. Do not take his courses. LESSONS PAID FOR IN BLOOD.

Rating # 2

Overview:

Course: CEG3136
Grade Received: Not sure yet
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 5.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: No
Would Take Again: No
Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Once you take his course, you should be aware of you will have nothing to review for all tests, 4 tests are in total (final included), TA reading essays during TUT, no example at all for all lectures, no assignments, no quizzes, the past exam is not available, the closest past final from course hero is from 2010.

Rating # 3

Overview:

Course: CEG3136
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: No
Would Take Again: No
Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Can't check the answers I put in for quizzes and midterm. When he reads off the ppt, he always uses the same tone and it is hard to focus because it is so boring. The questions in the tests are not just what he read in the ppt. The lab is always a mess, got to use something that was not even taught in the lab. It is painful to have his class.

Rating # 4

Overview:

Course: CEG3136
Grade Received: WD
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 5.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: No
Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

course is a mess. completely different things being done in the lecture, tutorial and lab. lectures are just him reading through slides at 0.5 speed and confusing himself because it is clearly his first time reading the powerpoint! no preparation, enthusiasm or effort on his part!!! I don't know why they let him teach such an important course!!!

Rating # 5

Overview:

Course: CEG2136
Grade Received: Not sure yet
Overall Rating: 4.0
Course Difficulty: 3.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: Yes
Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

He answers quickly all the questions posted on the forum for the class. The labs are not hard but demand a lot of time. The quizzes and midterms are fair, questions are similar to the ones given in the tutorials.

Rating # 6

Overview:

Course: SEG4145
Grade Received: A
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 1.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: No
Would Take Again: No
Attendance: N/A

Comment:

This has to be the worst prof I have had over the course of my university career. He is condescending when answering students, does not explain concepts well at all, and does not give any practice exercises at all. Please avoid this prof at any cost!

Rating # 7

Overview:

Course: SEG4145
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 5.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: No
Would Take Again: No
Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

The worst teacher I ever had! Teaching is not for him. He is just talking and losing his words every time and not explaining anything at all. His exams are like a black-box. You get grade on formulas/concepts you did not see in class. If that class is not mandatory for you, Don't spend your time and money on this prof. You will learn nothing.

Rating # 8

Overview:

Course: CEG2136
Grade Received: INC
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 5.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: No
Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

avoid at all costs. he has a full time job but teaches part time for some reason even though he is terrible at it. lectures are extremely lazy, just him reading off the powerpoint. doesn't bother giving us any examples and then puts content on the quizzes/midterm we never learned and purposely tries to confuse us. he is the aziz of second year.

Rating # 9

Overview:

Course: CSI3131
Grade Received: B+
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: No
Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

I tried hard in this course and still struggled. You have to understand (not just memorize) everything very well to do well.

Rating # 10

Overview:

Course: CSI3131
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 5.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: No
Would Take Again: No
Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Doesn't teach very well and the evaluations (quizzes, midterm, final) had very tough questions. It doesn't matter how much you studied you still wouldn't be able to do some questions. Assignments and labs were fair but tedious.

Rating # 11

Overview:

Course: CSI3131
Grade Received: A
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 5.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: No
Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Labs are full of errors (the C++ labs were a nightmare) and he asks questions on stuff he barely covers in class. Didn't really provide practice for quizzes or midterms and then he acts like everything is super easy even though it really isn't.

Rating # 12

Overview:

Course: CSI3131
Grade Received: B+
Overall Rating: 2.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: No
Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Prof is terrible at answering questions and frequently will just answer with nothing. Zybooks is required, lectures are boring and any old exams or review work given is practically meaningless as he doesn't give the answers so you have no idea if you're right or not. Would not recommend

Rating # 13

Overview:

Course: CSI3131
Grade Received: Not sure yet
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 5.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: No
Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

You could not find the answers from the course slides and textbook for the concept questions. The zyBook was mandatory. It took me 50+ USD and we actually didn't use it.

Rating # 14

Overview:

Course: SEG2105
Grade Received: B
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: No
Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Worst prof so far in university. Constantly talks under his breath, and doesnt even make sense when you can hear him. Pretty much just explains the textbook but badly. Runs pop quizzes which are terribly organized. Assigns assignments on Friday nights that are due on Sunday. Wrong solutions on the midterm, not sure if we were compensated for it.

Rating # 15

Overview:

Course: SEG2106
Grade Received: A
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: No
Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Terrible professor..... will refuse to speak to you after class if you have a concern and doesn't respond to e-mails. I once e-mailed him 4 times about the same issue and never got a response. If there is another prof available for the course, avoid this one at all cost.

Rating # 16

Overview:

Course: CSI3121
Grade Received: B
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 5.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: No
Would Take Again: No
Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Worst prof I have had so far in my university career. Try to dodge taking operating systems with him at all costs.

Rating # 17

Overview:

Course: SEG2106
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 5.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: No
Would Take Again: No
Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Hard midterm? Confusing lectures? Random 20 min monotone youtube videos that are boring af? Irrelevant labs with a different random software never used every lab along with useless slides? Terrible lecture notes? Confusing even at office hours and unapproachable? Did i want to kms whole time i was in his lectures? AVOID!!!!!!!!

Rating # 18

Overview:

Course: SEG2106
Grade Received: Not sure yet
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 3.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: No
Attendance: N/A

Comment:

He doesnt prepare for his lectures and it shows. Sometimes when he tries to explain it just brings more confusion.

Rating # 19

Overview:

Course: SEG2106
Grade Received: A-
Overall Rating: 3.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: No
Would Take Again: Yes
Attendance: N/A

Comment:

The key with Ayman is doing the readings he assigns at the end of lectures. They're long but super helpful. He's not the best lecturer ever but certainly not the worse, they're dry but it's not the most interesting subject matter so it's not completely his fault. Do the readings, stick out the lectures, and you'll do fine.

Rating # 20

Overview:

Course: CSI3131
Grade Received: B-
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 1.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: No
Would Take Again: No
Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

It's a horror that they allocate a professor such as him to teach such an important and fundamental course to the comp sci and soft eng. students. This professor has no idea what he is talking about, his assignments, his labs and his exams are not reflective of anything we learn. His averages are lower than 55%, he talks until he confuses himself.

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