Ahmed Gheith - University of Texas at Austin

Professor: Ahmed Gheith
Department: Computer Science
College: University of Texas at Austin
Rating # 1
Overview:
  • Course: CS439
  • Grade Received: C
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Dr.Gheith is a great lecturer, really just came to class with a dry erase marker and started lecturing from the dome. The class is 50% coding assignments that vary in difficulty but be prepared for at least 15 a week and up to 30 for the harder assignments. Would definitely recommend for OS.
Rating # 2
Overview:
  • Course: CS439H
  • Grade Received: A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Dr Gheith continues to be a great OS professor. Honors and nonhonors versions were pretty much the same. The honors version had CSB and Turing. Regardless while the projects expectedly take time, you learn a lot of interesting content. I suggest having a friends to study with to get through projects, or someone to discuss with if you're stuck.
Rating # 3
Overview:
  • Course: CS439
  • Grade Received: B+
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
I am thrilled that I took OS with professor Gheith. He knows and understands the material so well, literally walks in and starts speaking, and the content makes sense. The only problem is that the projects are VERY time-consuming. This class sucked my soul away for a semester, but Gheith and the TAs made the class doable.
Rating # 4
Overview:
  • Course: CS439
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
The class is lecture-heavy, there are weekly projects and quizzes that cover that week's topics. The projects are HARD, period. Tough graders, it's somewhat ridiculous. The quizzes are alright if you attend lecture except for one question each week that barely anyone gets right. Participation is 10% of your grade. Getting an A seems very difficult.
Rating # 5
Overview:
  • Course: CS429H
  • Grade Received: Not sure yet
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Dr. Gheith's Arch class this semester had 9 individual projects, each a week long. They are pretty time consuming and you may lose some sleep. There is a huge learning curve in this class. I learned a lot more than expected, very satisfying. The class heavily uses Piazza. Quizzes every week, pay attention. Dr Gheith loves memes, jokes, and convos.
Rating # 6
Overview:
  • Course: CS439
  • Grade Received: B+
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Dr. Gheith is a true gem of a teacher. Like an emerald (or platinum, etc.). He TEACHES like an ideal lecturer: always introducing concepts from the basic, trivial cases and gradually explaining the next natural step to take. Some parts of an OS are ugly, per se, but Gheith explains the theory + code for EACH component you build. Terrific.
Rating # 7
Overview:
  • Course: CS439
  • Grade Received: B+
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
I took Gheith's 439 class online during COVID, and I can say I was pleasantly surprised that the class was not as terrible as made out to be. Lot of work, but mostly in the beginning. The last 5 or so weeks, the workload was pretty light. No tests, and quizzes are graded easily. Participation counts. Biggest advice: get started on projects early.
Rating # 8
Overview:
  • Course: CS439
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Yasss!!!! Absolutely amazing teacher that teaches, cares for, and helps you. Weekly quizzes ensure you're on top of the material and programming assignments are interesting AF! Piazza discussions are engaging. He makes boring material super interesting. Take his course and it will be the one of your best decisions.
Rating # 9
Overview:
  • Course: CS439
  • Grade Received: Not sure yet
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Probably one of the best lecturers I've ever had. Thoroughly answers questions in lecture and explains concepts very clearly. Projects are very time-consuming; start early. Weekly quizzes can be annoying, but if you paid attention in class you should be fine. Very flexible and listens to feedback from his students.
Rating # 10
Overview:
  • Course: CS429
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: No
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Tied for best professor at UT (along with Mike Scott). Taking OS with Gheith is a real learning experience. I would highly recommend taking OS with Gheith instead of Norman, for all the reasons outlined on this page (I did both).
Rating # 11
Overview:
  • Course: CS439
  • Grade Received: B
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
The hardest CS class could not have been taught by a more caring professor. He genuinely wants you to succeed and will stay late to help students with projects. It's hard to fail the class, but at the same time it's as tough as advertised. Attend the lectures and office hours, and you'll be ok.
Rating # 12
Overview:
  • Course: CS439
  • Grade Received: B
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
OS is going to be difficult with whoever you take. That being said, Gheith's class was not overwhelmingly difficult. He makes you work for your grade but so long as you work, you will pass. Lectures are not mandatory, but if you miss one you will be very far behind. He is extremely knowledgeable, lectures from memory. He cares about his students.
Rating # 13
Overview:
  • Course: CS439H
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
First things first, anyone saying that they got an A+ in this class or that attendance is mandatory is lying. Keep that in mind when you see all these positive reviews. Lectures still aren't interesting but are more related to the projects. Projects are more designy than Arch. Quizzes were hit or miss. Tests are open book but way too fast paced.
Rating # 14
Overview:
  • Course: CS429
  • Grade Received: A+
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Best teacher I've ever had in my life. Gheith is a treasure of the UT CS department, and explains OS concepts in an approachable easy to understand format entirely from memory. Projects are hard, but Gheith and the TAs are more than willing to help you through them.
Rating # 15
Overview:
  • Course: CS439
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Class was hard but rewarding at the same time. Gheith is a great lecturer and I actually wanted to go to lectures because of how good of an educator he is (BAMF lectures completely from memory). Assignments are rough but capped at around 40-50 hours for a given assignment. Going to office hours saved me a bunch of time on the assignments.
Rating # 16
Overview:
  • Course: CS429
  • Grade Received: A-
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Walks in with nothing but a whiteboard marker, and delivers amazing lectures.
Rating # 17
Overview:
  • Course: CS429
  • Grade Received: A-
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
This guy sucks. Nothing against him personally, just really didn't enjoy his class. Lectures are super slow and go around in circles. Projects are time-consuming and not related to class material. Quizzes are random. Tests are open-book so questions ended up being either super easy or super hard. I did learn a lot but not due to his lectures.
Rating # 18
Overview:
  • Course: CS439
  • Grade Received: A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Dr. Gheith is one of the most amazing professors I've had at UT. His lectures are easy to follow and he manages to make complex subjects very easy to understand. Projects were difficult and time consuming but easily doable if you started early. My only complaint would be that it isn't really possible to study for his tests except by coming to class
Rating # 19
Overview:
  • Course: CS439H
  • Grade Received: A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Dr. Gheith is probably the best undergraduate professor in UTCS. OS is usually seen as the hardest class of undergrad, but Dr. Gheith's amazing lectures made it a much better experience. He's always available at office hours too. The class is hard but grading is fair and you will come out of it with so much more knowledge than when you went in.
Rating # 20
Overview:
  • Course: CS439
  • Grade Received: B+
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Dr. Gheith's OS is very project based, and you'll know it. Assignments are weekly, and take anywhere from 20 to 60 hours of work. However, he's a great lecturer, is very helpful during office hours, and is easily one of the best professors I've ever had. But with all the late nights in the lab, I never want to take that class again. 10/10.
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