thick accent. nice enough, just not clear.

I usually just sit in the class not knowing what is going on because he makes no sense at all. I think that all professors should learn to speak english before they try to teach at SFU.

The lecture is useless, boring. Question on the presentation is picky. Not understandable what he's talking about.

I have had this guy 3 times and I can't believe I actually have to pay money to take these courses with him. I learn nothing. Worst teacher I have EVER had.

worst teacher. lectures are pointless

I couldn't understand him. Lectures are pointless.

Heavy accents. I don't think he really knows Java. Don't need to go to the lecs as he copied&pasted the info including ppt all from the Internet. During final proj time he gets stuck very often trying to help out students. You don't learn anything in the labs because all you do is typing out the codes printed on the handout.

Hate this class, No point to take this clas, waste money, Never want to take his class again.

DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS WITH ERIC! You are expected to know how to do the lab work without any practice. He is so unclear and his instructions do not make any sense. I learned more watching youtube tutorials than i did in his class. SFU needs to reconsider who they hire to teach classes like these. Be prepared to be extremely challenged.

Although he's a super nice guy, he is terrible at teaching.Lectures are mandatory, but why? they are useless. his english is indecipherable (if you can manage to stay awake) you better be ready to learn java all on your own in this class. it doesnt help that the course itself is utterly inconsistent and useless for those concentrating in design.

I could get more out of Internet tutorials than going to class. We are often tested on things we are never taught in language that is nearly as hard to understand than the question itself.

The worst university professor I have had so far. Do not take a class with this prof unless you know Java inside and out because he will not teach you a damn thing towards using it, even if it was in no way a prerequisite to the class he is teaching you (IAT352). He has a terrible accent and is completely out of touch with his students. Useless!

Worst prof I've had yet. I've been a straight A student up until his class, which I worked my butt off in only to receive a C+. He is extremely out of touch with his students, very hard to understand, boring, and an all around bad teacher.

The worst Prof I've ever had. His accent is impossible to understand and his classes are way too hard. You are basically expected to teach yourself. Be sure to read the fine print in the syllabus too, if you fail any one assignment he can make you fail the class. I passed, but this class was terrible. Too bad too, it could have been a good class.

I don't what is going on all along the lecture. I don't really understand his accent. He refer everything as "guy" from the variable to the microphone. The assignment requirement is unclear. I don't know how can I do it. The slide is useless. The course syllabus escalated too fast. I can easily manage the first assignment and lost after that...

I rather attend church...

Hard to understand. Talk too fast and assignments are tough at some point if you don't like coding.

Little to no Feedback. Things are not explained properly.

He is I want to say one of the worst profs I've ever seen. Not only are his lectures poorly presented, he is unusually strict, more specifically close-minded. The reason to that is cause not only does he take off "creative" points in projects, instead of reviewing material before doing a quiz, he actually teaches new material which makes zero sense

if you don't bring an iclicker to class be prepared to cry Also if you enjoy spending an extra 15 minutes after class trying to catch up on his own material, definitely take him "ok"

Guy is boring and hard to understand, a lot of homework with the most ridiculous checklist criteria that will get your decent homework failed. Aside from coding, you have to make UML diagrams, whose requirements also need you to go into photoshop to add arrows . Can't reason with this guy, friend failed with 49.98%. Also paper coding is cancerous.

Lots of tedious homework that doesn't seem to serve any purpose. 1500-2000 word counts on game critiques mean half of your essays are pure filler. Milestones require you to draw the same type of diagram multiple times. Group project can be soul crushing when you're stuck doing all of the meaningless homework that comes with the actual game making.

This was taken online during the pandemic. I do not know if this experience would have changed if it was in person but Eric has not done well adjusting to remote learning. Deadlines are extremely tight. Only take this course if you have a short workflow.

Bad first impression when he posted email about how class average was around 56% only to reassure us that we were doing good, because previous semesters, the class average could barely reach 50%. The only advice you'll get from Eric is "Work hard" or " Get excited." Not giving this a 5 is because the TA's were a godsend, so pray you get a good TA.

DO NOT TAKE ERIC IN IAT312. There is so much homework in this class. We dont even have lab activity since we need to do presentation almost every week. In 312, there are many group projects, we have 3 weeks to do each, so with harder project we didnt have enough time to do it... His lectures are always late, he said sorry but never do anything

Teaches us zero technical skills but expects us to make nearly perfect computer games. The course prereqs don't teach enough either. Also crams too much into his curriculum (apparently he has his own set of teaching materials) so his lectures always go overtime. And he also assigns too much work beyond the already-massive projects.

DON'T TAKE IAT312 WITH ERIC! Every week, you'll need to submit a project milestone+presentation ON TOP of what's due in class that week. You have to make games, but they only teach the theory, not the practical, of game design. It's like learning the types of coffee and telling us to recreate it but never teaching us how to use the coffee machine.

DO NOT TAKE THIS COURSE. Very heavy workload for the miniscule amount of credits, you will constantly be doing a group project in addition to other stuff. Lectures feel pointless.

Eric has very little empathy for his students and disregards student feedback. He has very little patience when students asks questions in lecture and is not at all approachable. If you email him regarding course questions, he will not respond. Only your TAs will reply. Your TAs will be your saving grace in this course with Eric.

I would not recommend taking IAT312 with Eric unless you have lots of time or are taking part-time studies. There is a lot of work in this class, presentations every week, group project work, on top of individual assignments. The grading criteria is not always clear and the lectures are very theoretical.

boring incomprehensible lectures. he constantly stumbles over his own words. NO indication given for our 1st assignment, nobody knew of it until the day before it was due. the course is basically self taught.