She is very nice to chat with and I highly recommend her classes because she really knows how to explain things well.

She is not hot. She is good though. she teaches really good. If people say they don't understand, is because they are stupid. Engineering is hard, don't forget that. She rocks.

She's a really good professors. One of the possible reasons that there are some upset students could be that this course is a hard course. I'm a 3rd year Engineering student. I took this course too late because I was always feared to take it as I'd been told so many times that it's a terrible course

Office hours are great! Accent is hard to understand at times. Very helpful if you ask. Funny in class.

I think she has the potential to be a helpful and she tries so hard to be helpful, go to her office hours you will get your answers

She is great. fair exams and assignments. use her office hours.

unlike other here, i think she is great. very clear and organized and fair exams.

Very good teacher. Cares a lot about for students and spends time to help us understand. The course was not easy but she tried to make it fun and showed us practical examples and applications. Fair exam.

She tries very hard to get everyone involved

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Good teacher, but hard course. I was delightfully surprised when she offered a weekly tutorial using her spare time. Not many professors would do this since they don't get paid more.

Honest opinion -> Dont take any courses with her. Her lectures are clear and make u feel that you understand stuff, but exams are brutal, really hard. From her teaching, you can never tell what is important to know and u get surprised in exams. I was scholorship holder but she ruined my gpa.My advice-> Avoid her if u can

Atousa uses grades as a weapon to punish us for the low class attendance. Don't worry, the grade you get is not a reflection of how you are doing. I am a graduate student now; but I got D in her ENSC220 many years ago, but A- in the subsequent ENSC320. Also B+ in ENSC225 and B in ENSC325. Keep your heads up guys!

not very difficult-she is kind of OK,but remember to read the book and do more problems than she give you if you want to get a good mark.

I think she is now a changed person. She made ENSC220 much easier now. Maybe too easy. =/

I took 150 and 220 with her in 2006. I appriciate her now even more than before. She was so kind and caring towards our needs. Very well organized, knew what she was talking about, and her door was always open to us even outside of office hours. I wish she would teach more courses.BEST

I think she is a very good teacher.very helpful and kind.use her office hours.

she is rally a gud prof...always helpful and do explain well...do take this course.:)

I don't know what you people are talking about, she's such a good prof. She's so easy, crystal clear, you don't need the textbook at all, her notes are golden. You do have to be at every class, it is definitely worth going, so don't skip. The final exam, everyone finished the exams in like 30 minutes.Five percent of grade is drawing a straight line

She's awesome, Go Atousa

best prof ever!!!

If you understand concept that she wants then you will get A+ for sure~!

it is super easy~! she teaches really well~!!everything came from lecture~!

She is all good. Right now I'm taking Ensc 150 with her and I previously took ENSC 220. She comes out of her way to help students, and has a very clear way of explaining stuff. And guys who are complaining just please stay quiet (I'm sure you are a bunch of first-year students who still don't know what university means). I strongly recommend her.

Atousa is a good instructor. She does have a tone with her class which reminds me of highschool teachers, but believe it or not this gives a sense of friendliness with the class. It's always fun and there's several occasions where everyone laughs because of the way she reacts to mistakes. She's friendly, clear and helpful.

Excellent professor. This course is easy so u just need to attend lectures. That's all.

Quizzes and tests are very easy; Explains things very well; Generally supportive towards students.

She really make the class easy and midterm, final are not tough. As long as you can understand her slides, you will pass this easily no matter you listen to the class or not. I didn't go to class after midterm but still doing pretty well.

I think I was the worst student in the class at the tests, labs, and soldering, but even though it took me five times longer to finish everything I still passed by a large margin. I think you would have to actively and purposefully sabotage your own work to fail the labs, so even if you barely pass the tests and the project you'll be fine.

Showing up to lectures is optional since it's recorded and posted on canvas. ENSC120 labs are basically just following instructions. For the midterm and final, prepare a few days in advance and practice using the devices. The class average was an A+ so really just show to labs and you'll do fine.

Good teacher, had her for 280 Not lower than 3.5 -4

Very nice prof, probably the best I have taken in Engineering at SFU so far(taken 280 and 220 with Atousa). Ready to help and explain if you come to her office hours and show your interest. I would love to take a course with Atousa again.

I found her lectures and explanation of key concepts very helpful and easy to follow.

Lectures are short and most of it was examples. Homework is long, but exam is easier than the homework. The syllabus said there will be 34 labs only, but there was 5 labs. All on LTspice, so if you use Mac, make sure you know how to use it. Exams are fair and easy if you understand the lecture.

ENSC 120 was a pretty easy class with this professor, and as long as you review the labs and tests beforehand you'll get a solid grade.

Kinda dry lectures, but is tolerable. Fairly easy exams. You have to be trying REALLY hard to actually fail this class.

She does so many things to make your life easy, like allowing collaboration during quizzes, grace period policy, and lectures on Zoom with recording if you don't want to go to class. Exams are fair and doable if you prepared for it. Pre-midterm material is almost trivial. Post-midterm material however is surprisingly challenging, so beware.

This class was very straightforward and taught me a lot about using electronic instruments such as the DMM, power supply, oscilloscope. There is one group project where you solder some components onto a circuit board, but it is marked very generously. Atousa is helpful. Show up to the labs, practice for the midterm and final and you'll do fine.

This class was very straightforward, Atousa is helpful and nice. Make sure you show up to labs and practice for the midterm and final, and you'll do fine. There is one group project, where you solder components onto a circuit board, but it is marked very generously.

Most of the grades for this class come from labs. It seems daunting at first, but all the instructions are very detailed, and if you actually read them it's very easy. Unfortunately, your success is dependent on your lab partner which is randomly picked. Lectures (at 8AM btw) are not entirely necessary, as she just goes over the lab in more detail.

knowledgeable and caring

Very easy class. The only way to do poorly is by ignoring the class and not reading instructions. All assignments, midterms, and final, are given ~1-2 weeks beforehand and are very detailed. It practically gives you the answers and deducted marks are usually just because of rounding errors. The prof is nice, people just don't like her accent.

Very easy class. The labs are pretty easy. The midterms and final are given 2 weeks beforehand and help prepare for the actual test itself. The prof is nice, she's very open to answering questions during lecture.

The class is insanely easy and the prof is nice. Lectures are the most boring thing ever, but you can live through them. Midterm and Final were discussed 2 weeks before they were given, which gives you plenty of time to practice. Overall easy course.