Suzanne Safayeni - University of Waterloo

Professor: Suzanne Safayeni
Department: Computer Science
College: University of Waterloo
Rating # 1
Overview:
  • Course: CS430
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
I really enjoyed her class and exceptional teaching style. take her courses if you can - you will not regret it. Her lectures were 4-5:30 on Fridays!!!! but I did not miss a class. Very enjoyable. I learned a lot from her course.
Rating # 2
Overview:
  • Course: CS432
  • Grade Received: A
  • Overall Rating: 4.5
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Suzanne is wonderful! I normally don't do these but everyone should know how great Suzanne are. It was super useful and very easy to retain. Her in-class participation examples are very helpful for the exams. Make sure you pick a good group for the assignment. If you need help, go to her office hours and she'll make sure you're on the right path.
Rating # 3
Overview:
  • Course: CS432
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Great prof and good course
Rating # 4
Overview:
  • Course: CS430
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
I took both CS 430 and 432 with her. CS432~ she was good. CS 430~ kill me! She is a hard, hard marker and even though you explain what you did and why it may be correct, she will NOT agree. Basically her way or the highway. Other than that, she is okay. Take her. Nothing wow... just take it
Rating # 5
Overview:
  • Course: CS430
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 3.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Way too much content on slides... Basically have to study every single little detail in order to do well on test and assignments (because of the strict marking scheme). Have to put in a lot of work to get the mark you want in the class.
Rating # 6
Overview:
  • Course: CS430
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Awesome prof, if you show up to every class and keep up, you will do great. She isn't easy, but I'm not buying marks, I'm buying the chance to learn, and get a degree that actually means something. If UW profs were easy, then our degrees would mean nothing. She tries hard to make a boring subject interesting, and does a good job at it.
Rating # 7
Overview:
  • Course: CS430
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Great prof and very usefull course
Rating # 8
Overview:
  • Course: CS430
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.0
  • Course Difficulty: 1.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Took both CS430/432. If you keep up with the work (which is not difficult), you will enjoy any term where you have her as your prof :). It also helps to be fluid with English, because she will get somewhat irritated if you are not clear (aka asian) with your communication! Great prof, were the only 2 courses I actually enjoyed.
Rating # 9
Overview:
  • Course: CS001
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
I took both cs 430 and 432 from Suzanne this term. I had her back to back for almost 3 hours. She did a superb job in both courses. always well prepared, very enrgetic, good examples and great delivery. I don't know my marks yet, but I am confident I did well in both courses and I learned a lot from these 2 courses.
Rating # 10
Overview:
  • Course: CS430
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.5
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Overall, she is a very "OK" prof. The good: Her slides are very complete and organized (but I would hope they would be since she's been teaching the course for a decade!). Her accent is awesome. The bad: Her classes are not interesting (partially due to the subject matter) and she gets very frustrated when no one participates in class.
Rating # 11
Overview:
  • Course: CS430
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Excellent teacher and great course. I learned a lot from this course and suzanne did superb job teaching it. Wish i could take more courses from her. She cares about her students.
Rating # 12
Overview:
  • Course: CS432
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
She is the BEST. I was her TA and also took her course. She is the best prof I've had at UW. Treats students with respect and is very friendly and approachable. I love her teaching style -knowledgable, clear, good examples. I will be taking cs 430 with her next term. If she is teaching the course take it, you will not regret it.
Rating # 13
Overview:
  • Course: CS430
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 1.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Did CS 430 and 432 with her in winter '09. Best prof. ever.I can bet on that!Very caring and friendly, excellent teaching,great sense of humour.Is always ready to help, even way outside her office hours.You see her name against a course, just enroll.You would love her and her way of teaching, guaranteed!!
Rating # 14
Overview:
  • Course: CS001
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Useful course, great Prof, and fair exam. She really cares about her students ? answered my email question, even on weekends. Used excellent examples, related to our coop jobs, so we could relate the course material to our job experience. I?ll be taking 432 in Fall & I hope she will be teaching it.
Rating # 15
Overview:
  • Course: CS430
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Took both 430 & 432 from her this term. Enjoyed both courses. Very useful & practical courses. Just did a job interview last week & found out today I have a job as business analyst. Used lot of things I learned in these 2 courses during interview. Excelle prof. treated everybody nicely but did not take BS from some students who were totaly lost
Rating # 16
Overview:
  • Course: CS432
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
One word to describe her class = boring! She makes it way harder than it needs to be by marking extremely strict and not being flexible at all about it. Class consisted of an hour and 20 minutes a day of dry and slow lectures.
Rating # 17
Overview:
  • Course: CS430
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Horrible prof, very boring, midterms were so hard (and class average so low!) she had to bump up the marks and shift some of the midterm weight to the final Avoid at all cost!
Rating # 18
Overview:
  • Course: CS002
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 3.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Dry! she seems like a nice lady but lectures were dreadfully boring and unhelpfull exam was diffucult, the labs help alot over all the class was BORING and more difficult then it should have been. SWITCH ASAP!
Rating # 19
Overview:
  • Course: CS432
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
CS 430 may have been itty easier than CS 432, but Prof Safayeni is terrific for both courses. These courses are not too difficult if you do the assignments and read through the notes a few times. There is a lot of memory work involved, but the prof is always available for help if needed. Wish she taught more CS courses!
Rating # 20
Overview:
  • Course: CS430
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.5
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Prof Safyeni is awesome. I bugged her for help a lot outside of class, and she was always available. Though I did fall asleep a few times during her lecture, I think that was due to the boring subject matter as opposed to her actual lecturing. She is a great prof, and I look forward to taking another class with her.
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