By all means, avoid this class and this pofessor. Worst experience yet at SCSU.

If you aska question prepair to be even more confused after she "answers it". she cares more about what the class is doing while shes teaching than what shes teaching. "sit up staight." "you shoulda Listen in class." some students in the class know how to do more on the computer than she does. she doesnt even know how to do her own labs

Very unprofessional, unclear, does not know how to answer your question (gives you a different answer) and a lot feel we even know more than what she knows, avoid her, trust me.

You are never gonna know what grade you have in her class. ou better don't ask her a question, because she will confuse you more than anybody in this world. Even a little kid would answer a question better than her!

worst prof ever. you can never understand what she is saying during class so all her lectures are pointless to even try to listen to.she is not helpful at all. if you ask her a question she never actually answers what you ask her she just answers by saying something pointless. her lab directions dont make sense.dont take class from her...confusing

DO NOT TAKE HER!! she is not helpful at all. She calls people out in class. She doesnt even know how to work computers let alone teach it. The students told her she was doing a lab wrong and then 10 minutes later she figures it out. Totally pointless class.

When asking questions with programming I was only directed to her code printout. There was no additional information given on the code

Complete waste of time. If you just want an A, by all means take it. If you actually would like to learn something from the class, go to a different teacher. By far one of the worst professers I have had.

This is a warning to anyone considering taking this class...If you dont know everything there is to know about computers DO NOT take this class...The only thing you will learn is what you read in the book because the instructor is impossible to understand and mumbles all the time. Do yourself a favor and take CNA 169 with a good professor.

This professor teaches the course in almost another language it seems. Her tests are really hard and she doesn't give any extra credit or anything. Another thing that is irritating is that she allows people to make excuses for why they can't turn their assignment in on time and then she lets them turn it in late for full credit. That's crap!!

Horrible Don't do it what ever you do!!! The worst teacher ever.

Probably really smart about computers... but it doesnt matter beacsue you cant understand what she says. Wouldnt recommend unless you can understand her language!

Several aspects of her teaching is golden. Such as : a horrible sense of ego, really bad teaching style -- for example she reads 2 lines from each page in the text book and completes chapters within 1 class. I think I could do that sitting at home and not paying for the class. She doesnt know anything abt the labs, lab assist. knows more than her.

Can't understand a word she says. She teaches RIGHT from the book, which is WRONG in most cases. Online labs suck, they don't even work, she tells US to contact the company. Class is worthless to me, take CSCI 169 instead to get your gen ed done, much easier and useful.

Super super easy class. She is a pretty lame teacher and her choice of questions on tests/quizzes is bad but the class is easy. Curves everthing, textbook is outdated. Easy A though

If you enjoyed 220, try and wait it out for another professor. She copies notes and test/HW answers from a packet of papers which are probably from another prof. When asking a question about homework or class material, she can only answer what the note packet has. She says use wiki for HW, then you loose points on test/HW (doesn't match her packet)

She knows her stuff, but her ways of teaching are horrendous. They're long, dry, and consist of lengthy power points which she just reads (not teaches) and lengthy note taking. Her heavy accent makes it difficult to understand. The labs are also dreadfully designed. You don't need the book since the lengthy powerpoints pretty much cover all of it.

Kirmani's grading curve is very generous and she knows her stuff for sure, but she simply cannot teach very well. Reciting long powerpoints or 20+ pages of notes is not an effective way to teach. You'll also spend more time trying to get the lab to work than actually doing them. Textbook is also completely unnecessary.

She doesn't really know what she's teaching half the time. Lectures are from books that she quoted from, literally wrote line by line on white board exactly written in the text. She just reads what she writes and does not explain anything. Besides that, she gives everyone decent grades. She curves really hard,. A 10/20 on a quiz is considered a B

Save your notes if you plan on taking multiple classes with her. She uses the same notes for multiple classes. Dry lectures. Crazy curve. Notes, notes, notes. If there are calculations, don't plan on her teaching you how to do them.

Hopefully you can write fast because Kirmani will summarize an entire page of notes in a few sentences. She will contradict the book at times and if you ask a question she doesn't know the answer to, she will tell you to read the book. I would avoid her if possible.

Does not care about students. Take a online class but still have to show up weekly for exams??? Avoid this instructor. Many others that are better.

You likely won't have a choice, but avoid if possible.

This is the worst professor i have ever encountered in my life. She reads straight from the textbook word for word and doesnt explain anything. she even read her syllabus. Lots of equations that she doesnt explain, just reads example problems straight from powerpoint. Shes very shorty with people and is very unhelpful. Learned nothing from her.

I cannot begin to describe how awful PROFESSOR Kirmani is as a teacher. All of her material comes verbatim from the book and her lectures will make you fall asleep. Dont expect to learn anything from any of her classes. I would tell everyone to avoid her, but you really cant in the cyber security major. Expect emails if she doesnt like what you say

A typical class will have Kirmani writing on the whiteboard with the expectation you copy it into your notebook. You wont see any grades on anything until after the drop period. Then you'll see quiz and midterm grades that she let's you look at for about 5 mins. Tests are highly curved, 40-50% correct usually gets you an A. Horrible experience.

If you have an essential skill and knowledge about the computer system and MS Office, you can pass with a good grade. However, it needs self-study because her expertise is too outdated. For example, she taught us that the mac OS is working on Motorola CPU, and people still use PDA instead of the smartphone.

Absolutely awful. You can't skip her. This class made me drop out of college.

Haven't understood her at all since day 1. These lectures will make you become a dropout. The quiz(s) and tests are massively curved. YouTube teaches you more in 10 mins than her in 1 semester.

Worst Professor Ever!

Never leave class feeling as if you learned anything. Nobody attends lectures in person and nobody participates. Even other professors dislike her attitude and I have never met someone who liked her. Never know your grade on anything until the end but heavily curves, a 45% can be a C on tests. Don't bother trying to learn from her, just pass.

Could attend class either in-person or on zoom--it was very difficult to understand professor in both settings. She would not turn on close captioning on zoom. A lot of note taking, and lectures were always rushed. Took a few days to weeks to cover one chapter... except for the last week of class, we covered 3-4 chapters in the 3 days we had class.

I have to take 3 courses with her. Exams and projects are ridiculously hard. You have to know specific details and the project are basically do xyz, have fun. She doesn't teach anything

While she is an alright person, I would never wish this class on anyone. To put this all into perspective, I am an A student and got Cs and Bs on her tests. I had over 12 pages of notes and studying them thoroughly did not help me. The homework load is really light, though, and she does have a curve. Without it, my Cs and Bs would've been Fs.

Worst class i have ever taken in my entire life. It is very hard to understand and she is not lenient whatsoever. The test are SO hard and if you don't memorize every definition on the textbook, you're gonna fail (literally). I only passed because she curved the tests and the labs helped. get 100% on the labs and it will help your grade.

I am a junior and she is the worst professor Ive ever had. She was 5-10 minutes late every class. The class is easy to get an A in if you put in a little effort because she curves everything. Almost everyone failed most exams. I got a C on each exam and ended with an A. The curves are the most Ive ever seen in a class. Labs are straight forward.

I took an exam and she talked during the whole thing, making it very frustrating trying to focus.

This was the worst professor ever.. I literally learned nothing from this class at all. And she is supposed to be teaching you about technology and she barely knew stuff. I failed every single exam, but the curve saves you. Just pass the labs, honestly.

Grading: Curved use. Low grades as a norm. Technology: OPNET Riverbed usage in a on campus lab for software that is pricey.

Timeline: 2 Weeks of PPTX, transition to digital whiteboard. Definition heavy. Answers must match up precisely.

Worst professor in this university. Extremely difficult tests and no partial credit. Made me want to drop out of college. Seriously upset by the quality (or lack thereof) with this class.

Overall just a negative experience

She tests on the most useless information that she barely covers in her lectures. She does grade on the biggest curve I have ever seen though. The labs are also a big part of your grade which helps because they are easy but the class Suggs. Worst Professor ever. Don't take unless you have to!

She reads off her slides and doesn't go into detail about anything. The only thing you should really pay attention to is when she is typing on the whiteboard that is what is on the tests. Her tests are extremely difficult and they are more detailed than her lectures. As long as you pass the labs you should be able to pass the class.

I absolutely hated this class. Her English is VERY broken, you can't understand her. She says tests are in-person, but you can actually find them under quizzes in D2L on the day of (they don't relate to her slides). She curves the test. The 2019Word is stupid. I'm an A-B student and her class was the first I've ever received an F on a test.

Her lectures and notes don't help. In-person exams only, which I failed. Labs and curves are the only things passing this class. She thinks 30 pages of notes is the only thing you need to study from. Overall, it was a horrible experience. Her English also isn't good. She was the only option to take this required course at the time.

Terrible class, all lecture no practice

DO NOT TAKE THIS COURSE UNLESS YOU HAVE TO. You have to purchase a $200 program to do the computer labs which she admits in the begining could crash your computer, but she says there is no other way. She talks while you are taking exams, and you have to be on zoom with camera on for the exams.

The class was not that bad, labs took a long time but the exams are easy if you go to class. I would not take a class with her again pretty much only because she does not answer emails. I wanted to see where my grade was at after the final, emailed and texted her personal phone, and eh would not respond. Very frustrating.