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“If you want to pass his class , you should get your own private tutor , his test questions are complety different than homeworks, there is no partial credit , no curve , you either get full points or 0 points for the question, doesn't matter the steps just the final answer that you put it in the box, i am shocked by this test system, don't risk it”
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super cute. thats about it.
This guy really knows his stuff... He explains things well, he gets his point across, and he's got great hair.
This guy should not be allowed to teach. He is incompetent.
This teacher is completely incompetent. Any time we wanted help he couldn't really help us. Many times he would tell us the wrong way to do the homework but still take off points when we turned it in. His #1 concern was his research not the performance of the student which he conveyed many times. Homework is nearly impossible even with his help.
Very clear, organized, helpful, and fair. Cares about student learning. And a very, very nice, good, decent man to boot. Does not exhibit any of the arrogance commonly seen in faculty. A breath of fresh air. Learned a ton and enjoyed it. Highly recommended.
don't know why everyone is complaining about this guy. tests come from mostly notes and some hw probs. helpful in office hours. teaches material well. work is not overwhelming especially considering it is an eng class. highly recommend.
This is a course mainly about math. But he seldom use the board to write down the formula and derivation. And he didn't prepare for this course at all, just use some professor's slides to teach. How can you learn the math just from his saying, not writing. His teaching really sucks. Grading is also not fair. Don't take his class or you will regret.
This's a special topic-Advanced Linear algebra & optimization. I only got C. The instructor has the worst teaching I ever know. He doesn't know how to teach and didn't prepare anything for this course. Everytime I asked some questions during his office hours, he always said he doesn't have much time. One should never take his course. You'll regret.
Unclear teaching. Unfair grading. Only got a B-. Be careful if you want to take his class. The worst professor I have ever seen.
He is good, but not so great. He is helpful when asked questions.
He is cool. Helps outside class. Could look at students more during lecture. Exams are reasonable, HWs are hard.
Class starts off okay, then gets really hard right away. Homework is not given often but they're worth a lot of points and extremely hard. He lets you make a cheat sheet (front and back) for exams. Exams are really hard but he gives a lot of partial credit so write as much as you can. Kind of stutters during lectures. Friendly guy
Good professor. Knowledgeable in communication systems. Exams come from notes and are fairly straightforward. No curve balls.
Very good lectures and examples. He goes into great detail about concepts and derivations of the equations. He always explains "why" after making any statements. He makes you work for the grade but I learned a great deal.
Best Professor for Wireless Communications!!
He is a good guy. He has a sense of humour but he shy abit that he barely looks at students. most of the exams were from the homework. he explains well but he is not flixible. attendence we not mandatory. calculators were not allowed in the first exam but then he allowe them in the second and the final. 2 tests and final. I got A+
This is the Advcd Linear Algebra and Opt course. It seems that he's a good electrical engineer but he does not know a thing about optimization or opt algorithms. He normally gets confused, when a student asks him about something that he is not prepared he gets very nervous and extremely anxious. He shouldn't be a professor.
Adv. Linear Algebra course. My advice: take this class with a proper math professor. Cihan is an example of an engineer who knows a couple linear algebra tricks, but has not established an intuitive mindset for the material. He uses Dr. Boyd's lecture slides (that's right, he doesn't even provide his own material for the class).
The prof never show explanations for theory. He just click through ppt slides that wasn't even his. Average mid term was 50%. No one I know likes this class. Everyone teach themselves cause he doesn't offer good explanations.
Doesn't help the student know which material is important. I think that is the most important job of a professor. He seems like a nice guy, but not much of a teacher.
Inadequate teacher. Has a special talent explaining easy things in a hard way or making no sense. This is how he explained dB: "d is a deci and Bell is the name of someone who did something". Do not recommend him
Very bad class. The content was not in depth at all. Please avoid him if you can. Grading was not logical at all. He didnt even tell us the cut offs for each grade. Exam was very bad and tested material out of class portions
Dr. T is realistic about what you as a future engineer should know (frequently references trigonometric identities and equations himself). He could be clearer on grading criteria for HW and exams, but his grading is fair. He is one of the best professors in the electrical engineering department I've had so far (I'm taking his 552 course next).
Doesn't help with exam preparation at all. Allows cheat sheets , which is a good thing, but all questions are problem block diagram based, so you wouldn't know what to write. Lectures can be seen online as well , so the attendance is not mandatory. Not the best lecturer grader one would expect. Tough subject with tough grading never helps.
Lectures are really good, you don't get babyfed material, which is nice. But he doesn't review for exams. Stuff he taught is really useful in my current internship. Good experience, I'm going to be taking his Digital Comm class later
test are painful ,and his grading is worse than the test it self. never take any class with him. our avg on test 2 was 54 and he is not thinking about any curve
Professor doesn't cover material clearly and in an understandable manner. Gives test questions that far exceed the scope of the class. Grading style is unfounded and no defined grading scale is made available. All test averages for this class were less than a D, and mostly likely there will be no curve. Take any other professor, this guy's bad.
run before he gets you. tests are hard. grading is brutal. if you are expecting an A+ you will git a lovely C.
Dr Cihan is a real man. His tests are sometimes hard. You can take a class with him but be prepared to act like an engineer. There is a big chance that you are never going to fail in his class.
Cihan is a decent guy, but we were thrown into the first exam without much preparation. After most of the class failed, he would go out of his way daily to call us stupid and accuse us of not paying attention rather than improve his teaching. Subsequently, he gave up on teaching us anything -- needless to say, this made the course much easier.
I have two main qualms about the course. 1) His lectures are way too long. Expect to watch on average about 4-6 hours of lectures per week. All engineering lectures are boring IMO, so imagine watching that many! 2) Final grades for the class are unfairly curved. People at the lower end of the curve get bigger boosts.
Dont bother going to class as all he does is rewrite the book onto the board, exact same examples, everything. Most people failed the second exam and he was back and forth on if he would curve or not. He comes across as condescending and a lazy professor. If you can, get a private tutor.
You will need to teach yourself, other comments are correct he only does the exact examples from the book.
He is one worst and lazy professor that I had . He just ask for correct answer on the exam and you would not receive any partial credit from your work done. If you are going to take class with him do not pay attention to his videos, because you are not going to learn any thing, Just study the whole book Then you will be success at his class.
I really enjoyed Professor T's class. His lectures were high quality and it was obvious he had a passion for the subject. His exams are mostly trick questions- there is usually a big picture concept that will allow you to answer the question without much math and instead just using intuition. If you start to write an integral you're doing it wrong.
If you want to pass his class , you should get your own private tutor , his test questions are complety different than homeworks, there is no partial credit , no curve , you either get full points or 0 points for the question, doesn't matter the steps just the final answer that you put it in the box, i am shocked by this test system, don't risk it.
I personally struggled with this class. Email and office hours are always open. Very open to appointments if needed. The trick is to get used to the online format of the exams, and discipline for the lecture. Does his best to give visual representation to arbitrary data. But, You're either right or you're wrong. If that's not your style, then FYI.
He is very nice and gives a great curve.I love that guy
This is a hard course and gave a hard final exam, however, he curved a lot and still get an A.
Long lectures, unforgiving tests, Homework and lectures alone do not prepare you for the tests.
This class literally just made no sense with him. I had a better time understanding electromagnetics than this, which electromagnetics is usually the hardest class for engineers. Tests don't match hw or lectures. HW is practically useless for test prep. Tests are 85% of grade and hw is 15%, so you cannot afford to slip up in any of the 3 tests.
Had an awful experience in this class. The homework doesn't prepare you well for the exams, the final looked nothing like the other exams or homework. Really needs to accept some handwritten work for partial credit or assign some quizzes to soften the blow of exams.
Subject is boring. Both midterms were easy but final was very difficult. The professor is nice and helpful during office hours. So make sure you go to his office hours.
lectures aren't intresting
Hated the class and his grading scale.
Overall a good, but not great, professor. His explanations of concepts are adequate and the homework will develop your understanding of the material. Tests are clearly laid out and reasonable. His lecture pace is SUPER slow though, he takes 30 minutes to make a point that should take 5. Is occasionally very genuinely good-humored.
I've never seen a boring lecture like this. Cramming teaching.
This was the worst class and learning experience I have ever witnessed. Explain to me how I can have a 3.5 GPA, getting an A in electromagnetism and this class I cant even get a C? Its obviously not my studying, I have 2 Bs and an A in my other 3 classes this semester. This guy could careless if you do well and had the worst class structure
This professor gives some extra credit for exams. Our final exam average was 47% after extra credit and there was not a curve on the final or course. This was easily my least favorite class in my EE path so far mainly because of how the material is presented and how the tests are structured. Cihan is pretty short in e-mail communication.
His Lecture has basically no structure. There are no slides or online notes, but whatever he wrote on the board is just based on what he remember. You will get confused in class because I feel like even himself is getting confused. Tests are not too difficult, but you will still get a 70grade even you studied because nth from hmwk look like it.
Class wasn't too hard. Possible to not watch lectures and just do HW with the book. First 4-5 modules of lectures are necessary but after that it's just so time consuming. Practice exams are about 60-80% of what is on the actual exams so study those very well. The teacher is great at responding on Piazza. I barely spent any time on this course.
Had him for EEE 203 Signals and Systems. No organization to the lectures. The material is tough so one has to study. Ended with a B, and boy did I earn that. Taught myself a bunch. Taking him next semester for EEE350. Anybody got advice or tips for passing 350?
One of the most terrible professor I have ever met. The lectures are not so hard but the review section is not helping at all. You will not meet what is in the review section and also the practice exams in the actual exams. The exams are only fill in blank base on your calculation. There are only few extra credits. So there are no fault tolerance.
Cihan is a teacher without patience. He doesn't answer questions in a kind manner, eventually eliminating most questions from the students just from sheer terror. His tests were some of the hardest I've seen, with solutions never given, questions the entire class missed, and even blaming students despite the fact that he had never really taught.
Okay, I wasn't doing good for the class and especially Exams were very though. I was wishing nothing but D so I can take senior design. It seems like he had to pass certain students and some how I was passed with B. I don't wanna know how and not gonna ask him. but it seems like at the end he gives out good grades to everyone.
He is by far the worst professor I've ever had in my academic career as this EE degree is my 2nd engineering degree. The lectures are meaningless so I had to rely on the textbook. Exams account for 80% of the grade which sucks. He isn't very helpful and blunt with answers and doesn't care about his students.
I would suggest you NOT take this course under this professor, especially if this is a core course. The professor himself is average at best at lectures and is not good at answering questions, expecting you to be proficient at all times. Do not miss any lectures. The only redeeming quality is that if you do your homework you can make it in the test
The first 2 midterms are your chance to set yourself up for an A. I CAN NOT STRESS ENOUGH, do the practice tests prior to the exams. I will say tho that the practice final was like 40% different than the actual final. Divide weekly lectures so you do not fall behind because they are very long. Show him that you are actually trying and he'll help!!
Online exams suck. Only one attempt to answer a Q, no going back. Zero partial credit, answers graded by Canvas' auto grade system. Deceiving questions. A few simple errors gave me a 45% on the first exam when i earned at LEAST an 80+% . Not being conceited, i promise. Avoid his online format at ALL COSTS. He is setting you up for complete failure.
The lecture videos are obtuse and painful to watch. The videos shift from understandable material into "math I'm never going to touch again so help me god" with no change in the narcolepsy-inducing teaching style. So appalling was this course, that I pored over my major plan to make sure I'd never see it again.
Professor Tepedelenlioglu sets you up for failure. His quizzes seemed to baffle everyone in my class. Even if I did the work, I never got above 50%. This would be acceptable on its own - some classes are just hard, after all, but what really convinced me to drop was that there was no way to tell which questions you got wrong, no way to improve.
DO NOT TAKE. Lectures were useless, you will have to teach yourself everything. He keeps the grade locked so I will have no idea what I have until the very end. Not much to go in grade except hw, quizzes, and final (no tests). Quizzes were incredibly hard and couldn't even see what I got wrong. No idea if I'm even gonna pass this class.
Watching paint dry is more entertaining and informative than this guys' lectures. Just stay away from those. Teaching yourself is your only option, but these concepts are so hard its nearly impossible. The quizzes are hard and there's no partial credit. You will learn nothing and you will earn nothing. That's the ASU promise.
I cant even begin to explain how horrible this dude is. The material in this class goes from bearable to making absolutely no sense. What makes it worse is how he doesnt clearly explain anything well so expect to teach yourself. His reviews are nothing like his actual tests (the ones he gives no partial credit). STAY AWAY.
The rudest teacher I have ever had. I contacted him about a grading dispute, because we are in a forced online semester during a pandemic, the final was 35% of final grade with no partial credit. He said nothing can be done to help me and that I didn't give the class the hours it deserved assuming he knows my schedule and how hard I worked.
Class format basically allows him to do no work. No partial credit canvas quizzes instead of tests, sounds nice but it is a nightmare and a crime for an engineering class. Essentially everyone gets the easy questions right, and no one gets the harder ones correct so everyone has a 50%-60% average, so study time wont matter. Avoid this professor.
Reviews are nothing like the exams. No extra credit, everything is fill in the blank. Exams are about 80% of the course grade. Avoid at all cost.
The class is 80% based on 2 midterm exams and 1 final. so if you mess up on one of these you are screwed. Reviews don't help at all for tests. The tests are not like real exams and on the exams you answer one question at a time and you can't go back. DO not take this class unless you have to. The worst professor I have ever had.
Worst professor I've ever had. Why is he even on ASU payroll? Can professors be fired from their university? He does the online lectures and does a horrible job of explaining the material. Exams are a nightmare situation. Good luck.
Tests are 80% of the grade, practice exams help to only a certain extent about 1/4 to 1/2 of the questions are similar(along with the TA guided review) test questions are nothing like the homework problems/lectures, really not sure how anyone is expected to do well on them. WORST CLASS in EE major, pretty annoying its required.
Pretty much everyone's main complaint here is the exam formatting, and I agree. As an actual professor, he's quick to reply on the online forum and gives thorough responses to course-related questions. With that said, he fails when it comes to grading exams. No leniency whatsoever to prevent cheating, no partial credit.
Tests are unreasonably difficult, way too many "which of the following is incorrect" with no partial credit. He doesn't seem to care about any of his students. Smart dude, but doesnt focus on students learning, just avoiding cheating. Very few HWKs to try to learn from before taking the exam, and what little HWK there is doesnt reflect exam q's
Terrible class that is unfortunately required and only taught by him. I had a 4.0 GPA until this class. Be prepared to spend countless HRs studying and watching lectures on YouTube. HW is HARD, doesnt reflect test Qs. Test are formatted so you can only answer one question at a time and you cant go back or skip ahead, so dont get stuck on first Qs.
Exams for this class were given through Respondus and Canvas. During the exam, you may not go back to any previous problems, and this means you never get partial credit. He makes participation on Piazza mandatory, but never states how much you need to participate in order to achieve credit for that part of the class. Avoid this professor.
GPA executioner. Prepare to work hard, and then due to the screwed up testing style/grade scheme not receive an adequate grade (or adequate education). You might as well not try, he will curve your 43% course grade to a D or C anyway (while those who grind for a measly C or B will receive no curve). Aaand talks politics/COVID alot. Not good.
Participation grade is vague doesn't specify how much you need to post on piazza. Keeps grade locked to keep you in the dark how you are doing. Test questions are presented one at a time and do not allow you to go back. He's also the only professor teaching this class. What a waste of time and money and no way to retake with another professor.
This class material is garbage and so is the professor. Take someone else. 80% of your grade is the three exams you have, good luck passing.
Literally by far the worse professor at ASU. No one else can even come close to this guy. I am certain that I would have learned less if I actually went to his lectures to talk about his Honda Civic or treat us like ungrateful school children. DO NOT TAKE AT ALL COSTS. You will find more enjoyment in being waterboarded.
By far the worst professor I have ever had. It's unfortunate that he's been the only one available to teach this class. 2 midterms and the final exam are worth 80% of the grade, all questions on the exams are fill in the blank. Lectures or exam reviews are nothing like the exams, I would avoid at all costs if I could.
The format of the lectures is not engaging whatsoever and usually consists of proofs and him going on tangents, but the main issue is the exams. There are three exams which make up 80% of the grade, and there is no possibility for partial credit for any of them. What is supplied in the lectures is not nearly enough to be successful on the exams.
Homework often had problems that weren't covered yet. He changed exams so you can go back, but no partial credit. 2nd midterm had a 46 average, he refused to curve, suggested students just weren't prepared. Class has adjusted grading scale where 50 is passing. I have a 4.0 gpa and this will be my first class with less than an A. Unnecessarily hard
Possibly the worst professor at ASU. Genuine concerns by students over the first two exams were dismissed with a "study harder", when the average for the second was a 46%. He refuses to curve the exams, despite them being a complete departure from the lectures, homework, and practice exam.
Better off spending that tuition money on Shiba Inu crypto, its a better return on investment than taking this class. Worthless lectures, thoughts are so disorganized and impossible to follow. Honestly feel as though I deserve a refund. Dont waste your time, you will get nothing out of his class except a hit to your GPA
Lazy lazy lazy teacher. Exams are 80 % of your graded. Exams are nothing like the practice test and are calculated to 3 decimal places. If you round incorrectly you are still wrong. When you ask the proffesor to review the rounding error he says he is too busy, but the guy is just lazy. Does not grade homework so you have no feedback...
Hands down worst professor in existence. He starts the first day in the semester telling you not to believe the reviews because they are not true!! I wish I listened to the reviews! He has absolutely no work ethic at all! long story short : the lectures are not related to homework which is not related to exam reviews which are not related to exams!
Don't take his class, but if you are online you are stuck with him. Average in my class was a D. which as a pre-req for eee 554 all you need is a D or better which I haven't heard of until taking this class. Another ASU class that you spend more time looking at free online resources that cover the subject more effective then an actual University.
He let us take the midterms twice, and average the two. The circuits in the exams were similar to the homeworks. His lectures are average. If you go to class or follow on zoom it is not that bad.
I was wishing nothing but D so I can take senior design. It seems like he had to pass certain students and some how I was passed with B. I don't wanna know how and not gonna ask him. but it seems like at the end he gives out good grades to everyone.
He is pretty responsive on email and office hours. He has quizzes throughout that he allows two attempts. Class is pretty straightforward, but he is not too enthusiastic during lectures.
His lectures are straight from the book. The exams are problems from the textbook. There are too many problems, so knowing how to solve the circuit is needed to do well in the exam. The tests have some extra credit. He responds to e-mails on the same day. I have had better professors, but he is not bad.
He responds to emails. Also had a few zooms with him and he was approchable. The exams are average, not too hard or too easy. Much similar to textbook examples.
The class follows the book closely. It is basically node and loop equations for the entire class. The lab could be more practical. The teaching was average.
Went by the textbook. It is a lot of kircovs law equations to solve for current/voltage questions. The prof was mostly fair. Questions were mostly like back of chapter questions in exams.
I am glad I took this class in-person rather than pre-recorded online. The lectures were meh, but the professor was approachable outside of class. Exams weighed heavily, but not too difficult.
DO NOT TAKE THIS PROFESSOR; if ASU does not offer an alternative professor, transfer to another school. Class resources are minimal, lectures are lacking, and test reviews are a waste. The amount of time you have to put into this class is not worth it. So the purpose is to kill GPA; ASU is very aware of it and does nothing to correct this class.
Tests are 80% of the grade, no partial credit. He allows a second attempt and will take the average. If you do not do well on the first couple exams there is not much hope. This is a stats class, not geared towards engineers in the slightest. I found up to the 2nd midterm to be not very difficult but after the lectures got very confusing.
The course is mostly meh. The exams were most of the grade. It is mainly a math course. If you have taken discrete math or done well in the calcs you should do ok. The prof is responsive to e-mail, but doesn't go out of his way to help.
Not the most inspirational lecturer. He covers the stuff in the syllabus. Similar content to my undergraduation probability class but with more random signals. He is pretty good about responding to e-mail, or zooming to talk about the material.
There were 5 labs and 3 exams. Had to stay on top of it all during the semester. The lectures were ok. He responds to questions better than his lectures. He is nice in general if you ask him about the material and doesn't blow you off like some other profs.
I took him for EEE 554. He came prepared for the lectures, but it wasn't anything inspirational. This material is useful for machine learning, which is what I am doing my PhD on.
The guy can't stand still in lectures, his body swings like a pendulum. Homework is not related to exams at all. The exam format needs a serious restructure.
He is approachable in class, and responsive by e-mail. The exams questions are mostly from the lectures, but not very related to the homework. His lectures are average.
The course is mostly probability, and not a lot stochastic processes. Would like to see more applications in reliability engineering, and signal processing. The prof. was decent, but nothing special. He was pretty good about responding to e-mails, but not a lot of details.
Course is initially about card counting, set theory etc. Then it viers off into random variables, different distributions, axioms of probability and the like. The material is well-organized. The presentation followed the textbook closely. The prof responds to questions by e-mail. I once even got on zoom to ask questions, and that was fine.
This is an important course as it is a prereq for a lot of the signal processing and comms courses in EE. The prof went through the basics, but there weren't many killer apps.
So much counting and dice rolls. Not much detection and estimation in the course. He replies to e-mails, but is pretty short about it. I got a hold of him on zoom once, and there he answered my questions in detail.
Got an A with little effort. I had some background in probability, so that helped. The course starts from coin flips, then all of a sudden, it is stochastic processes. Covers lots of ground. The prof hisself is a nice guy and approachable. The lectures are from the book, so no use attending in person.
Do yourself a favor and do not take this class with him, ever. The class is hard but the way he teaches is even worse. Exams are far from homework and lectures, take up 80% of your grade and are about either right or wrong, no partial credit because you don't get to show your work. Easily the worst professor at ASU.
Responsive on e-mail. Average in every other way.
The lectures are logically organized. The delivery was not enthusiastic. The prof responds to e-mails, or meets for office hours and does not blow you off.
This is more like applied signals and systems. If you did well in 203, you should do ok on this one. It is a good foundation for DSP and comms classes.
He has a heavy accent. We want more native speakers.
It was easy while we did counting. Then there was a bunch of stuff that required hardcore calculus. Never understood the applications, until I took the followup course on detection estimation which is more about signals. Teacher is approachable but sometimes fidgety.
Nothing like an old bait and switch. Study the practice exams then have nothing about it on the exams. Furthermore, make all the questions different from practice homework problems. I left feeling like I learned absolutely nothing and really tried with this class. This is my first D in my engineering and am just happy to not repeat with this prof
Didn't show up to any of the classes, and skipped all of the exams. I still got an A+.
Got hottub folliculitis over the weekend and sent an e-mail for exam extension. He said no at first, but then caved. Glad to pass with an A-.
Professor has great personality and can be approached with ease. Lectures are great and very understandable. Exam's are the absolute worst and have nothing to do with any of the review material or homeworks. It's almost like it was designed to make students fail.
The professor was friendly and lectures were clear. I heard that he changed his curving policy and heavily curves at the bottom of the scale.
Probability is hard but no one wants to do the reading in read-watch-do. Test complaints come from those who don't put the work in to genuinely understand the concepts. If you actually understand the concepts, despite questions not exactly mirroring homework, you'll know how to solve the test problems. A- rounded up to A. Lots of gimme questions.
The exams emphasize the concepts. The calculations required were simple once you have the concepts down. I contacted him for a meeting early in the course. He is very responsive on e-mail.
Did average in this average class for this average professor. He was helpful, if asked, but didn't go out of his way. He is responsive to e-mail, and willing to meet if requested, at least in my case.
Dr. Cihan knows the material well, and he repeats important concepts as the semester goes on. The homework and expectations during exams are clear, but to do well in this class (i.e. not lose your mind) you should practice regularly, and take part in the discussion posts. Ask for help, talk to your peers, spend time learning not griping.
The course is built on undergraduate math, and it is basically a math course. Very little engineering applications.
Had heard horror stories about Cihan, but his class really wasn't that bad at all. He was very quick to respond to any and all questions on Ed Discussion, and the homework was taken directly from the textbook and very straightforward. The exams were more conceptual so make sure you understand the material well, don't just focus on the equations.
Engineering applications of probability theory. Like a more difficult version of undergraduate probability at the graduate level. The prof is helpful outside of class if you contact him. Lectures are fine but nothing special.
The course is built on discrete counting arguments, and then develops into continuous random variables. It is mostly a math course with little applications into computer science.
This course starts from coin flips and ends with stochastic processes. It starts simple, but gets sophisticated real quick. The prof did a pretty decent job of keeping it intelligible.
Similar to a probability class I took in my undergraduation. Random variables, coin flips etc. Not very hard, but math-heavy.
Good ol probability. Counting, cards etc. You can tell the professor tries, but he may be making it harder than it is. In any case, it is a mandatory class with an average prof.
The prof was decent and approachable. The math in the course was similar to my undergratuation courses. Nothing too spectacular, but also not too difficult.
He records his lectures on zoom, so you can attend online. The exams are a bit hit or miss, but we mostly did fine in his class.
prof is pretty engaged in this graduate class. he records lectures so don't have to attend if you don't want. not gonna lie and say he is the best lecturer, but the A was effortless if you math fundamentals are solid.
I don't know what everyone was on about in the previous reviews for 350, he's fine. Admittedly he's not the best lecturer and I stopped going to class in September, but his exams reflect the material fine. Tests are weighed heavily and YOU MUST READ THE TEXTBOOK for them. If you can do the practice tests first try you'll be fine on the real tests.
You need to put ALOT of effort into learning the material 'conceptually'. The practice exams do not help with the concepts in my opinion. Lectures are long (about 6-11hrs per module) and I watched about 3/4 of them all. The professor himself isn't bad. He is responsive and answers questions on Ed Discussion promptly.
When I was forced to take Cihan's class this semester for 350, I was looking for reviews for his class and they were overwhelming negative. I was honestly expecting to take a D in the class and run. Turns out this man has completely transformed in the last 6 months or a year because the class wasn't bad at all.
Didn't love it, but I learned a lot from this course. Cihan was responsive and polite.
Answers e-mails quickly. Doesn't go out of his way to help you unless you show for office hours.
Walker's review sessions were a life saver. He should teach the course. Walker and Cihan's quick to respond on Ed, it is not as bad as I feared in terms of grade.
Tests made up 90% of the grade and he would consistently put stuff in the test that was not on the reviews. Kind of frustrating to deal with. I know on the midterms I scored above average and I still failed the class.
Doesn't give a-, b- etc.
Only letter grading. Copies homework questions from other books and recommends the most useless book for the class. You can get through the course if your Calc. fundamentals are solid. His classes are an absolute joke as he reads from slides and rarely does problem solving. For a math professor he does a lot of calculation mistakes.
Professor Cihan made the class pretty reasonable compared to what other reviews say. He doesn't do exams, which is very nice. He breaks the class up into 7 modules, each with a quiz. The homework came from the textbook and wasn't too bad if you looked over his slides and took notes during lecture. Half the class never showed up. Just go to class!
Really not a hard class. If you put in the work and show up to lecture you'll get an A or B. His lectures are boring, but he gives you everything you need to do fine. Take the quizzes seriously as each one is worth 5% of the total grade (they aren't hard you just have to know the material sorta well). Lots of resources for this class, Tepe is fine.
Professor Cihan is an exceptional professor who genuinely cares for his student's academic success. He consistently displays high responsiveness regarding emails and engages in educational discussions on platforms like EdPlus. It is evident that Professor Cihan values honesty and rewards it with fair grading.
Tests are completely unrelated to lectures, homework, or practice tests. You're on your own. Unless you can memorize every theory presented in the book you will likely do bad.
He is mediocre as a teacher, but responds to e-mails and active on Ed. If you are good with calculus and discrete discrete math, this course will be a breeze.
Convolution in time is multiplication in freq. That is pretty much the whole course. Discrete continuus. The book is outdated, the professor even more outdated. He was funny once in a while, I would give him a C overall.
trash
He is approachable to talk after class. I asked about internship opportunities and he gave me the lay of the land. As a lecturer, he is good but not great.
Similar to teachers for my undergraduation in India. Generally helpful.
They are not the worst professor I have ever had, but they are certainly not the best either. Their lectures are often boring and uninspired, and they do not seem to be very passionate about the material they are teaching. They also have a tendency to ramble on and go off on tangents, which can make it difficult to follow their train of thought.
He is an average professor. He is knowledgeable about the subject matter and is able to explain it in a clear and concise way. However, his lectures can be a bit dry and monotonous at times. He also assigns a lot of homework, which can be overwhelming for some students.
He is a competent instructor but there is room for improvement in their teaching approach and communication. With some adjustments to teaching methods, increased enthusiasm, and more dynamic engagement with the course material, the professor could create a more enriching and engaging learning environment for students.
The homework assignments are challenging, but they are fair. The exams are also challenging, but they are a good reflection of the material that is covered in class. Professor is also willing to help students outside of class, and he is always available to answer questions.
He is a decent professor. They are knowledgeable about the subject matter and are able to explain complex concepts in a clear and concise way. However, their lectures can be a bit dry and they don't always engage with the students.
He good but no so great.
Friendly, but could be better.
The UGTA is pretty good and helpful. He also stays after class to talk to students.
Boring but fair.
80% of the grade is exams with no partial credit.
Not smooth sailing, but not a nightmare either.
I liked the course for the most part. It is standard probability material that I learned in my undergraduation.
Not the best or worst. Pretty approachable during OH or after class.
PDFs and Cdfs pretty standard material. Prof was sympathetic to questions.
kechov laws, Om's law, the course is built on that. if it is the first time you see this, it might be a little hard, but he did a decent job at laying it out.
The flow of the course was fine. He teaches from slides, and writes on slides. He doesn't engage the classroom very much but is approachable after class.
Law of large numbers, central limit theorem and stuff pretty useful for machine learning in hindsight. The course focused more on the mechanics of pdf cdf etc. The instructor is accessible but boring.
Prereq for any machine learning course. Seems like not related to ML, but ends up being the language in studying deep learning etc. The course has none of that, but lays the foundation. The teacher did a decent job. Nothing spectacular.
nodal and loop analysis is pretty much the course. the prof was nice enough. he solved homework problems in class sometimes and staid after the class.
Probability has many applications. I saw in my undergraduation that it is the language of ML itself. This prof. gives basics of the topic, but the applications were lacking. He is average.
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It is all online, so teaching is based on videos etc. There is eddiscusion. He responds to everything there. He tends to be short in his responses, maybe too to the point.
Not the best lecturer, but he usually gets the point across. HW and exams are straight forward, if you look at the practice exams you should know exactly what to expect.
The book was the primary sources of learning in this course, as the professor's lectures were not particularly helpful. The bi-weekly quizzes were challenging. Although they could be retaken once. The only positive aspect of the course was the professor's responsiveness to inquiries via email and Ed.
Avoid. Not a solid lecturer and extremely difficult no partial credit quizzes instead of tests. You will have to learn from the book, which is extremely convoluted. Good luck.
Taking 202 with him. The course is graded by a lot of things. Lab, homework, circuittutor, quizzes and exams. The quizzes require correct answers for points. Exams are regular. His lecturing is average. If you ask him questions he listens. Otherwise, he plows through.
There is not a single lecture where he does not talk about politics or something controversial. He is the most negative profesor I have ever had. He always assumes you are asking something dumb or rude. The only good thing about his class are his TAs. Cihan makes it really hard for you to like him. If you take his class dont bother showing up.
Should have listen to upper classman and people here on rate my professor, do not take his class. Seriously, good luck having a good grade, makes the class very difficult.
Lectures were summaries of the textbook with important equations and examples. Graders were very lenient with partial credit on homework and exams. Optional Circuit Tutor was definitely a plus. Responds fast on Ed Discussion. One downside was the quizzes due soon after the homework, leaving little time to prepare if you struggle with the topic.
Convolution in time is multiplication in frequency. What else is there in this class? Avoid at all costs if you don't like signals and systems.
Overall: EEE 552 wasn't bad, but it wasn't exactly mind-blowing either. If you're looking for a solid foundation in digital communications, it'll get the job done. But if you're hoping for an in-depth exploration of the subject or an instructor who gets you super fired up, you might be left wanting more.
The lectures gave decent info but good luck trying to follow along with his frantic thought process. Lectures left people more confused than before and quizzes were brutal with no partial credit. Wouldn't recommend compared to other available professors for this course. I advise learning through circuit tutor even though it's not worth points.
Reads off of the slides with no examples or very trivial examples shown, so unless you have a strong statistics background, then it will be hard keeping up, and you would need to learn the topics on your own. Averages for the midterm/final are 60% but the course grade was curved.
In all honestly, Cihan was the worst professor I have ever had in my life. Do yourself a favor and do NOT take his class, there are way better professors out there. Extremely boring, convoluted lectures, unorganized, and absolutely no charisma what's-so-ever.
I like when professors give me material that lets me learn on my own. Cihan gave nothing to help, and going to class lectures was a waste of time. Just take another prof.
Digital analog communications. He is an ok lecturer but doesn't turn around and face the class much and plows through. He is approachable during oh.
He is more friendly outside of class than during lecture. In general I liked his style.
It is a 4 credit course.Has a lab. Everything involves writing eqns and solving with a calculator. Prof is just ok
Need a calculator that will do matrxes. Otherwise get ready to solve 3 eqn with three unknos. Prof plows through mostly but he is ok during OH.
Professor is an aight prof for EEE 202. The class wasnt super hard or easy, but it wasnt anything special either. The lectures themselfs were kinda boring. Professor just kinda reads off the slides the whole time, and it doesnt feel like they realy care about gettin us to understand the material. They do sum problems on the board.
Prof ok 4 EEE202. Lectures boring, slides=bible. Exams fair, hw helps but never reviewed. Grading? who knows. Meh.
Professor is okay for EEE 202. The workload was fair, but the class wasn't particularly interesting. The lectures were a bit dull since the professor mainly reads from the slides and doesn't seem too invested in explaining the concepts in depth. They do work some problems on the board though.
Solid intro to circuit analysis. Clear explanations, hands-on labs with SPICE & MATLAB. Prepares you for further EE courses. Expect challenging labs & some independent learning. Prof is ok but not the best
The course has too many parts. Lab, circuit tutor etc. The prof does the minimum required. When I went to office hours, he was friendly.
Topics are standard resistors capacitors etc like in physics, but then goes into complex numbers. The prof's explanations didn't make it super easy, but going to class helped with practicing different kinds of problems.
Not the best, but not horrible either.
As mediocre as they come
This professor is lazy all his slides are from MIT . He doesn't respect his students hides behind email. Tones of trick questions on the exams. He definitely doesn't care about ASU student mental wellness. It's a shame that he is the only teacher for this class. Definitely and ASU weedout corse.
Had to read the book, as the prof ain't teaching. Even had to do some hw myself. Calculator is geogebra, handheld not allowed: not good.
lot's of ed discussion. the ugtas are great. the prof's behind hinds.
While a lot of people in my specific class complained about his policy of not allowing calculators on midterm 2 and the final, he made the test to where you didn't need to use a calculator other than basic multiplication. His policy of 3 sheets front and back of material made the tests easy if you prepared. He was a solid professor, high engagement
No partial credit, no curve, no handheld calculators, material-dense, and useless midterm/final reviews. This class will take most of your time and you will be miserable. If you do decide to take this professor, do well on the first midterm as padding for your grade, the second midterm and final are brutal (and cumulative).
not sure if all EEE350 classes are structured the same, but this course was 80% proctored test grades. 15% from homework, and 5% participation credit in online discussions. Also after our 1st or 2 midterm he removed the ability for us to use calculators, and the reason he gave was because he suspected cheating, but never did it in previous classes.
This is actually for EEE589. He was responsive, quick to clarify theoretical misunderstanding I'd had, lenient with the grading, funny in the lectures from 14 years ago, and flexible with deadlines when I'd encountered a situation preventing on time work submission. I don't know why people generally don't like him, I liked EEE350 too.
Middle of the road, everyday prof. He was helpful when I talked to him after class. His lectures were a snoozefest.
He is mid. More helpful outside of class.
doesn't make eye contact. speaks clear enough. the course is graded on many things.
The course was a breeze
Solid intro to circuits. Lectures are dry but worth attending to practice problems. Textbook is helpful, and Unstuckstudy is a great study aid along with other resources like ChatGPT.
Don't take his class. Doesn't explain things very will and assume you know how to do steps and will skip steps and not say anything about it. Exams or not similar to the practice exams.
If you think teachers can't get worse, this guy will prove you wrong. He has designed his class so that nothing else matters except the exams. He has designed the tests not to do good but instead to catch you cheating. His agenda is basically to ruin your life by implementing outside programs (geogebra) within lockdown, to catch you cheating.
I didn't go to class at all. The exams were a breeze. I heard the prof was decent
Hi is bass without the b.. didn't love it too much. wanna see better profs with short hair
You got some lectures. The Ed discussion was also a part of grade. The class had like 100 people in it. The TAs were helpful, but when I am playing leage of nations, or dungens the dice was not symmetric so I asked the ta
If you can solve equations with variables, this class is easy. Need to brush on complex #s
Has a thick accent that I don't understood
mid at best. he is more positive if you show up to his oh
The only people praising this professor are people who cheated on the exam and got away with it. Trust me if you don't cheat, you're gonna do horrible on the exam and possibly fail. Avoid him at all cost!
I am typically a good student I have an average of 3.5 gpa. This dude is not a good professor. Lectures are worth nothing, he spent half of this year lectures ranting about the election. Tests are not similar to practice tests or homework. He will also report you to the dean if you do good on them so don't bother. Avoid his class worse than 241 IMO
This is my first time failing a class in my 3 years at ASU. He's like a curse just no.
I would literally rather read the text book front to back than watch this guy talk for 5 straight minutes. %5 of your grade is on ED discussion posts, wish it was on HW or quizzes instead.
This dude digresses a lot in lectures. He is ok during office hours. He was welcoming when I asked him about HW.
Avoid at all cos
You'll probably have to take this guy anyway, but try not to if you can. The tests are worth way too much and have no partial credit, and infamously his lectures ramble all over the place and add nothing of value. The lectures and homework will not adequately prepare you for the tests.
Didn't like he lectures. In hte officehours he was helpful.
Cihan is an annoying human being and a subpar professor. Doesn't care for his students or seem to care what he is teaching about. The first test will be easy but then the class picks up and he is almost impossible to follow in lectures because he goes on crazy rants. Getting an A or B is very attainable
This guy has the gall to mumble his way through every lecture in such a way that it incomprehensible to any student, not even really teach the subject, and then make the exams that are worth the majority of the grade in the class nearly impossible given the time frame.
He is pretty decent. Nice outside of class. Lectures are boring..
Please avoid this at all costs. You will end up relying on ChatGPT for everything. The instructor will criticize you for not attending classes, but even if you do attend, you will be bored to death. The exams are very difficult and not at all related to the homework assignments. He simply reads from the slides, and you won't understand anything.
Ain't nothin but a rasta
Heavy accent but friendly
Cihan single-handedly ruined any hope or joy I had in my life this semester. The lectures are brutally boring and incomprehensible as he mumbles through a bunch of random topics. Grading is stricter than a Soviet Union gulag. I've been honestly flabbergasted as to how this course is structured and taught from start to finish. Goodluck.
The lectures feel unengaging and confusing because of the way they're delivered and the scattered content. On top of that, the grading seems excessively harsh, and the overall organization and teaching of the course have been bewildering. It's understandable that this has significantly impacted your hope and enjoyment this semester.
Cihan's course made this semester rough. Lectures are boring and confusing, grading's too strict, and the whole thing's a mess. It's killed my hope for the semester.
The professor isn't that bad. At least for EEE 202, he actually makes the class easier compared to other professors. I gave him a five-star rating because I felt bad the other reviews were quite harsh. In reality, he's not bad at all; he made this class much easier with his structured approach. There are no exams, just quizzes with two attempts
The professor is actually quite good. For EEE 202, he clearly makes the class easier than many other professors. He has a solid approach that significantly simplifies the course. There are no exam—only quizzes, and students have two attempts for each.
Professor Cihan makes the subject unnecessarily difficult, overcomplicating concepts with convoluted explanations. He relies heavily on reading directly from slides, adding little insight, which confuses students and hinders understanding.
Just don't take any other class with him EEE 202 is where its at
Avoid Prof Cihan at all costs! Heavy accent makes lectures impossible to follow. Overcomplicates simple concepts and provides useless study materials. If your calculus/stats skills aren't perfect, you WILL fail. Worst professor I've had - complete waste of time and money.
Only take EEE 202 with lmao
class was boring but a breeze
If you already know circuits fairly well, he's not half bad. Considering this is an entry-level course, he really makes it feel impossible. Quizzes and the final were all or nothing, and a lot of your grade. He is helpful outside of class and isn't trying to ruin your life, but his lecturers are terrible and the format of the class makes it hard.
goofy ahh professor and will start ranting about terrorism or something i don't even know. lectures are useless, just read the textbook. tests are online, and sometimes difficult. dunno how this guy still teaching but here we are
Biweekly homework and quizzes. Quizzes (Lockdown) are pretty hard, as there is no partial credit, but there's one bonus question, and you have 2 hours to take it in one sitting. Homework problems come straight from the book, and the only midterm was on paper, fairly easy, but harsh grading. The professor is understanding and nice outside of class.
80% of your grade is exams. No partial credit. 55 of your grade is unprompted discussion post participation. About 8 hours of lecture per module, which honestly don't help much at all. I didn't have the opportunity to visit office hours, but people say he is more helpful there. His lectures seriously suck though. Use other online resources for help
Exams are 80% of Grade. Exams don't have partial credit. Exams are not like the practice exams or homework. No bueno! What I will say, is he has things figured out, he probably taught the course once, recorded the lessons, and now has an infinite money making machine. Although, it comes at the cost of the students not learning anything.
The feedback on labs was awful. He never made it clear what questions were right or wrong. On multiple different labs I had to reach out to ask which questions were wrong, and it turned out that the labs were graded incorrectly. Can't recommend him for learning, but easy enough to pass from the extra credit opportunities (but that's just EEE202).
The exams aren't like the practice exams, 80% of your grade comes from exams which are graded solely off right or wrong, you get no points for work or anything like that. But one of the good things is, because the exams questions are either right or wrong, the questions themselves aren't too bad. He also curves up. The class is bad, but not too bad
Mediocre AF, but C is for diploma, so..
Exams made me wince until I used an AI
She never covered quantum mechanics
The professor is great and has extensive knowledge. He is very accessible outside of class and is always ready to help with any questions. However, the exams are quite challenging. I remember one student left the course after seeing the midterm exam. But don't worry; the professor will curve at the end. Overall, it has been a good experience.
He tried but not hard enough
Do not take his class. Lectures are useless problems, random rants, GPT slop, and wikipedia. No actual explanation of the material and he never sees a hand raised. Exams, 85% of the grade, are nothing like practice exams. Lots of trick questions, semantics, and all online w no partial credit. TA exam reviews are the only reason I barely passed.
This has been the worst semester and experience of my life. He MUMBLES and RAMBLES about the same card and coin flip problems for the entire course. The lectures are on baby mode, homework on hard mode and exams are IMPOSSIBLE, fully online, zero partial credit. This course is all or nothing. RUN FAR AND RUN FAST.
The midterms were okay, full of trick questions and nothing like the practice exams. The final was actually impossible by comparison. Full of questions that have nothing to do with anything you will learn and the practice is basically a joke. This class is required and he was the only professor. 0/10
Professor… what was their name again?—anyway, they sort of drifted through lectures like a Wi-Fi signal with one bar, occasionally saying something almost insightful before veering off into unrelated tangents about photocopiers and medieval trade routes, and while the assignments felt like they were assembled by shaking a course catalog in a paper
Never done a rate my professor and never thought I would actually write one but after his class I can say without a doubt the worst class structure and professor I have ever had. Exams are completely unrelated to homework and practice exams, zero partial credit for anything, and the FINAL EXAM required a mandatory 72 pages of printed notes.
Not that much HW, practice exams were usually pretty close to the actual exam. There were a decent amount of trick questions usually though. Overall the content was pretty self teachable outside of class even without watching lecture videos. It's just a basic probability class at the end of the day. As far as lectures, idk I didn't go to them.
I got an A but can't say I learned very much. Exams (85%) are significantly easier than the homework, but are on lockdown browser with no partial credit. No +/-, and the final had a bizarre format that required printouts of homework. He often pulled up Wikipedia or ChatGPT durung lectures or got sidetracked. Go to class and he'll be nice to you.
I've never written a Rate My Professor review and never expected to, but after taking this class I can confidently say it had the worst structure—and instructor—I've ever experienced. The exams bore no resemblance to the homework or practice tests, there was no partial credit at all, and the final exam even required bringing 72 printed pages.
Never went to a lecture, but my friends would say he would just talk about random topics instead of the class material. Homeworks were really easy, but exams were often really tricky with no partial credit. I believe the class average was 50 before the final and he had to make a huge curve at the end. Exams are 85% of the grade, so be careful.
I was TERRIFIED going into this semester because I had heard all of the negative reviews. Please ignore the majority of these reviews, this professor is so over-hated. The exams, while no partial credit, are not hard and are similar to practice exams. Average was a 70 on both midterms. He does curve at the end. He is very helpful outside of class.
First thing to do when you sign up for his class is see if you can drop it I promise. Canvas grades locked the entire semester up until after the final. Reads off slides and goes very in detail on USELESS topics and barely explains the important ones, comically hard to listen to. One midterm, 2/5 topics he said would be on it were actually there
first thing: after enrolling in his class is check whether you can still drop it—I'm serious. grades were locked for the entire semester and only released after the final. reads directly from the slides, goes into detail on topics, and explains the important ones. It's painful. one midterm, 2 of the 5 topics he said would be on it actually appeared
Never attended a lecture, but friends said he often went off-topic instead of covering class material. Homework was easy, but exams were very tricky with no partial credit. The class average was around 50 before the final, requiring a big curve. Exams are 85% of the grade, so be cautious.AVOID!!!!!!!!!!!
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