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Very nice guy, loves the subject he teaches. The class is difficult, and the majority will fail every test and suffer on the homework. It does not matter. The top few get A's, some get B's, and everyone who should've failed gets C's.
FANTASTIC TEACHER
Never available
Comes late on the test day. Has no time after class to help you. He said that he never fails students gets D's. He lied! Study for this class. And show improvement and you will pass.
His test grades will make you want to slit your wrists, but if you've turned in all the homework, whether or not you got it all right, and do half ass decent on the final, he'll curve your grade at the end. Only class I've ever taken where a final grade of 50% got curved to a B. Count how many times he says "is this ok?" each class.
Explains well when he goes to class and when he is not in a rush. No a good planer of his time for the class during the semester. Example, 4 chapters in first half of the semester, and 4 more chapters in 3 weeks, the rest of the time absent.
Horrible at teaching, couldn't explain even the most basics of concepts. I've never seen a professor put let time or effort into a class before. Should be ashamed for stealing student's money. Otherwise a nice guy, curved the entire class at the end and every person got a B. Never responded to a single email.
never in class, not in contact with his TA's and the test are horrible and not like the text book.
Final Grade 53%,...C + !!! Do HW. Do Project Well. Show up and dont worry about the rest, its trivial. Whether or not you wanna learn is up to you, either way you wont fail. Stay in the bulk of the curve when tested (he posts the curves) You may have a heart attack, but youll be alright ;-)
Problems on the test need to be done exactly the way he wants them, you need to know the simplifying assumptions for each problem, during lectures he puts emphasis on the derivations of equations rather than concepts, was absent for 3 weeks due to his research program.
VERY GOOD TEACHER. KNOWS HIS SUBJECT
Hopeless professor. Good in the beginning but then when u r having doubts does not respond to email. even his voice message box is full. Later he says that u haven't shown any improvement. Total waste of money, time and efforts I put in this subject.
Professor makes it nearly impossible to not get an A or B. On the downside, you don't learn much about the subject. Lectures are mostly derivations which are not useful for solving the problems in the course.
Took in Fall. He has a strong accent and is very enthusiastic about his subject. He tries to make the class as understandable as possible and is as helpful as a teacher can be. Very accommodating. He curves a lot and tells you he does. Need to study a lot in order to get A or B. Final was uncharacteristically ridiculous, my only complaint.
One of the worst professors I've ever had. He missed a lot of lectures because he was "out of town." The tests had way too much material for 50 minutes, and the test material never reflected what he said he would test on. His notes are extremely messy, he's really unhelpful when you ask him questions, and the TA was useless.
Good lecturer if you keep up. Absolutely no respect for students. Always late to class. Misses class often. Tests have nothing to do with HW.
He is a tough teacher no doubt about it, but he just expects you to pay attention and engage him. He was much more helpful to people after class when you participated in class. If you didn't show up half the time, he wouldn't even look at your paper twice for a curve. Expect to work, but studying pays off in his class.
The professor's lectures are very boring but not mandatory. Tests are open notes (literally whatever you want in your notebook) and questions are straight from his slides (just print them out). Homework was easy 100 (do once then 2nd attempt has exact same questions and answers so just write them in from 1st attempt solutions). 'A' is from 80-100.
Needs improvement on communication skills. His TA follows his instructions with a tendency to grade harshly for even correct answers (exact same value) that differ in solution process (even if completely explained). There is a definite lack of detail in grading so GO TO THE OH , you will get points back. That said, I recommend another professor.
He definitely cares about his students, although his style of teaching might not fit all students - but that is to be excepted. He does try to combine real world ideas into his lectures, and combine that with his lecture notes. Cares significantly about the process of problem solving and the approach to problems. Taken three classes with him.
He does try to combine real world ideas into his lectures, and combine that with his lecture notes. Cares significantly about the process of problem solving and the approach to problems. He definitely cares about his students, although his style of teaching might not fit all students - but that is to be excepted. Taken three classes with him.
He does try to combine real world ideas into his lectures, and combine that with his lecture notes. Cares significantly about the process of problem solving and the approach to problems. All of his classes are similar in structure, and believe it or not a good amount of overlap. Got confused which class I was in daily. Not perfect but needs more3
He is a good person but not much of a good teacher. Teaching isn't for everyone I guess. Also beware, he is a freakin' liar. For instance, on one exam he said "no inclined submerged planes". Come exam time, I open the paper and low-and-behold, an inclined plane was smiling back at me. Did the same thing on the final.
He's aight
He's pretty average.. very passionate about the subject but not about his students. Attendance not necessary unless there's a quiz. Just study the book.
Horrible, just horrible. Makes class unnecessarily difficult. I am afraid I didn't learn anything in his class.
He's quite a character. Seems to have a bit passion for teaching but does not like much when students ask basic questions for clarification. The class is fair if you put in the time. Non-native speaker but you can understand him well enough. He lectures but does not solve problems in class, only theory. Do the problems on your own and understand'em
His notes were all uploaded to Webcourses, so many people didn't even show up to the lectures. The tests were fairly challenging, mainly because those problems didn't look anything like the homework or review questions. But his grading system had a built in curve where an A was an 80 or higher, so keep that in mind.
Lectures were a waste of time. He reads off of presentation slides (accessible online) but inefficiently only talked about theory, he rarely put the material to use by covering examples. Expect to teach yourself for exams. Homework was online and we had to buy an access code. The class was pre-curved to help students.
When I took him, he had just started using the EPC and only had one TA. Because of this, there were some problems when taking quizzes and exams, like formula sheets not showing up, so memorizing equations is a must. The only grades were quizzes, tests, and learnsmart. Very enthusiastic about the course content.
Professor Ilegbusi comes off strong for a reason. He's a busy man doing about five million other things, while teaching. Despite this, he still responded to every single email I sent him. He does everything he can to make the students lives easier, and help them pass the course. You will get what you put into his class.
Class seems easy, homework and quizzes are simple, however the tests are unbelievably hard, and he gives you no formulas. you are tested on your ability to memorize formulas and do calculus more than the actual material of the class.
I took his Fluids class during the COVID-19 online transition and the way he handled it is appalling. He had no regard for student messages, even during video class. He didn't give us any updates about the structure of tests/quiz until less than 24 hours before. Busi is more concerned with students cheating than teaching.
The professor is literally useless for fluids I. Our quizzes all had mistakes that would cost you 30% of your grade and the final exam was impossible to prepare for. Most of the exam was conceptual questions that he pulled out of his. The guy didnt even show up to our mixed mode class for 3 weeks!!!
Professor Ilegbusi was a fine teacher despite the accent. Due to Covid-19 the course was moved to online after spring break and that is when the class went down hill significantly. It became very disorganized and chaotic with lots of other students complaining. If there is another professor available I would choose them over Ilegbusi.
He doesn't respect the students, gives bare minimum feedback, and grades very chaotically deducting grades for literally an extra word for example. Is very hard to reach and just plainly doesn't care about the students. Caused me to fail the class over 0.23% because he thinks curving is adding 2% to your grade. STAY AWAY FROM HIM FOR YOUR SAKE.
After a rough start to the Fall 2020 semester, Busi did something many Professors refuse to do. He recognized there was a problem with the way assignments were made and graded. He worked hard to fix the issues for upcoming assignments while simultaneously offering extra credit opportunities. I sincerely thank Busi for his awareness and empathy.
Was mixed mode, and the online recorded lectures were good, zoom lectures were terrible! handwriting was just illegible. focuses on conceptual material and expects you to memorize equations for tests and quizzes. problems on test are hard and come out of nowhere. but curved the class super hard so he really cares and doesn't want you to fail.
The class is hard but its an engineering class so that is to be expected however he curved the class a lot & really cares about his students. He might not be the most engaging professor but he really does enjoy what he does & if you try in his class you will not fail. If you're expecting to get by w/o any work this isn't the class or major for you.
Look he is alright, but everyone knows he's just there to get a check. The class isn't too tough. Don't waste time going to lecture or asking questions. Just do your best and don't worry about the outcome. Busi has allegedly only failed 3 students in his career, so you will pass. He curves a lot too.
The class is very tough. I honestly would heavily study the assigned textbook as well as other online resources. His lectures were helpful but not carefully planned out and seemed a little chaotic; I wish the material was typed out so it would be easier to follow and read. Other than that the exams were fair and the class is passable.
An A goes down to an 80. Quizzes are worth 10% of total grade each (4 of them)!! Test one SUCKS. But test 2 is much easier as its just like the reviews. No mandatory hw, other than easy conceptual things on Learn Smart. The man is a terrible prof though. Horrific hand writing, bad lectures, and had a prn link on his iPad haha. No feedback on quizes
Nothing good to say. Teaches on an iPad from 2012 and no matter what anyone tells you in the GroupMEs, his lectures and recorded Vimeos are useless for his quizzes and tests. Class isn't hard at all, but expect to teach yourself if you desire to pass. Class has a fat curve, and thats only because he's bad at teaching and 0 partial credit.
Lectures were kinda boring but this wasn't too hard of a class. Quizzes and tests were multiple choice no partial credit but were relatively easy. An A in this class is an 80 and a B a 70, so take that as you will. Not a stressful class at all.
Ilegbusi is very passionate about Fluids but just isn't a good instructor. There's 3 exams (2 midterms 20% each and a 40% final). Not that bad. Bad part is there's no partial credit. He posts prerecorded lectures to watch before class & basically teaches it again in class. Grading scale is 80-100 = A. If you have a problem he directs you to the TA
Lectures are sorta helpful if you can keep yourself attentive. I learned everything from the homework. 80% is an A, so he knows everyone struggles. You will have to buy Connect to do the hw, he does this for all his courses. Group projects can be stupid easy or ridiculously hard, you don't pick groups they're assigned. Nice guy. Do the hw to learn
The professors lectures are pretty hard to understand and his exam are pretty hard. I was supposed to get a A, but had a narrow miss.
Profession is aggressive and does not teach anything worth attending for
AVOID THIS MAN AT ALL COSTS. You have 30 questions on 3 exams that make up 80% of your entire grade for the semester. There is no partial credit. There is no homework grade to save you from your test scores. Do not believe that if you study the homework youll do fine on exams. I spent hours studying and none of my exam questions matched hw.
Exams contained homework style questions and conceptual questions, the exams were tricky but not impossible. Didn't go to lectures at all during the semester as they only confused me more, practice the homework questions and you should be fine.
He has admitted to failing around 20 students privately (not 4 as he told the class) and around 5 I know of this semester. His exams are not fair. The averages were in the 50s and zero partial credit. Do yourself a favor and wait a semester; his class is not worth your time. Can't say we didn't warn you here. I had never failed a class before this.
His in person and online lectures are confusing and pretty pointless. The math on the exams wasn't bad, but the conceptual questions tanked my grade. Hard to get in touch with via email or canvas. Really worked hard to try and keep my B, but the final was harder than he described. Avoid Busi if you can, its a pretty tough course to teach yourself.
"Only failed 4 people". The test reviews were nothing like the tests for the most part, I knew how to do all the HW and review problems and still failed all the tests so idk
Lectures are useless, if you really want to pass this class you will have to teach yourself the whole material. No partial credit on exams, hard to reach outside of class, and picked and chose who to round for the final grade. I knew of some student with the same students who passed and others who failed. Goodluck
One of the best engineering professors on campus, he is very passionate about what he teaches. Tests are hard but are based on the homework, so if you can understand the PowerPoints and the book then you should be able to do well on the exam. Professor Busi also has a 10% curve so an 80% is an A and you just need a 60+% to pass which is incredible!
Great professor who explains concepts well. Test are hard but doable as long as you go over the homework and power point slides. He is pretty fair on giving extra points on th
Do the hw, attend class, read the slides and you will be fine. BELIEVE ME.
Ilegbusi is not a very good lecturer at all, so you'll be teaching yourself a lot of the material. Homework is a good resource but it's through McGraw Hill, so that's more to the credit of the textbook authors than Ilegbusi. Test content matches homework for the most part, but still expect to get thrown a few curveballs each test.
His lectures aren't very useful as his handwriting is hard to read. He doesn't go through example problems in class or his online videos. The 2 midterms and the final are through lockdown browser with no formula sheet provided (you make your own). The best way to study for exams is to do the hw, which does not count towards your grade.
Professor Ilegbusi is an alright professor. He is very enthusiastic and cares a lot for the class. He would be amazing but his accent makes it hard to learn. His tests are impossible though, no partial credit. I struggled through this class even studying and reading the textbook. Luckily he has many incentives at the end to help your grade.
Busi is TOUGH. No partial credit, group projects were graded harshly, and his lectures were impossible to comprehend. He moves exams around way too much and takes back what he says about curves/extra credit to the point where it seems that he wants more people to fail. He is hard to reach, and the homeworks were straight busy-work.
Very smart and passionate guy, hard to understand in lecture though. His class is very straightforward and his hw is helpful material to study for exams, which were on lockdown browser at home. Group work was actually very easy. Tests were fair, study textbook and hw to pass. 5% curve given yet people were still unsatisfied.
Dr. Ilegbusi did not hold a very good course. He was disrespectful to students in some cases, and contradicted himself in numerous occasions. He would include content on the tests that could only be found through him verbally, and the tests were difficult to complete in the time allotted. Don't believe him if he says to not study too much.
Professor is unorganized. Arrives to class late often, falls behind schedule due to over talking. Handwriting is terrible. Test are no partial credit until you meet with a TA for points. Window to review your test is 15 minutes on his scheduled time. HW and projects are easy and manageable. He is currently the only fluids teacher so goodluck.
He will either curve 10 percent or drop an exam with a 5 percent curve at the end of the semester due to everyone having bad grades. Exams do not come from lecture, some are from homework/review, but a majority you will never see before taking the exam. Know your concepts really well and write as many formulas onto the formula sheet.
One of the worst teachers I've taken. He's disorganized, impartial, doesn't give partial without you haggling with the TAs, and to top it all off these grades don't feel earned because he just gives a huge curve at the end. His accent and handwriting are impossible to make out at times, and the tests don't reflect the lecture. Avoid at all costs.
Lecture is absolutely useless. He will not respond to any emails. Exams are online with a 12 hour window at most to take it (lockdown browser with webcam). His reviews are not accurate to exams. Expects students to visit a fire station for a project. He did give a 5 percent curve at the end. Did not give test corrections on final.
I've only gotten a C in 1 other class and it was thermo with putnam. Avoid this guy if you can. Tests have essentially no partial and no curve on them. average ranges from 50-75. Will only allow you to argue 2 questions for points back, EVEN WHEN ITS HIS FAULT. However, he makes it somewhat impossible to fail fail. possible 6% curve and droppedtest
Took mixed mode. Terrible lectures. Terrible handwriting. Terrible organization. Only graded on exams and EC at the end. Hw isn't mandatory but use it to study for exams and to get EC. Exams aren't impossible and you get to make a formula sheet to take on lock down browser. I never got bored though I like his energy!
Coming up onto my last week of the semester in this class. Easily the class I'm most stressed about passing, primarily due to how awful it's organized. Lectures are useless, exams are absurdly more difficult than you'll ever be prepared for, and he hates direct feedback. I've taken very difficult professors before, but this.. this is unreal. Avoid.
I do not think he knows how emails work because he will not respond to any of them. His exams are difficult, and he does not prepare you for them. He has handwriting so bad that you would think a 2nd grader wrote it after breaking their arm. TAs grade the projects and discussions harshly. Do not take his classes unless there is no other choice.
By far the best professor at UCF.
if you expect a teacher that will communicate with you in any measurable way, then go talk to a brick wall instead, it would be orders of magnitude more productive. waited until last possible moment to give us our final exam grade even though it was a lockdown browser exam. his canvas message inbox has thousands of unread messages...
I have never had such a negative experience in a class. Exams are not fair; questions are much more difficult than practice problems. Received poor grades on group projects with no feedback. TAs are unreachable and unhelpful. I am very flexible with professors, this one is the worst I've had. There's no other options so good luck.
2 midterms, 2 GROUP projects/discussions and final. Midterms were around 18 Qs and a combo of conceptual/calculation problems. NO PARTIAL and honorlock. No feedback/rubric on projects/discussions. McGraw hill HWs and lecture slides were the most helpful for exams. HWs were not graded. Do not take if u have to.
Terrible hand writing. Lecture vids/ in person lectures did not really help. TAs were no real help and gave to feedback on things. Have to go to office hours to try and negotiate for partial credit on exams. Gave a 5% curve at the end of the semester. Allowed to make ur own formula sheet for exams.
I'll keep it short. Terrible handwriting. Unbearable tangents. Doesn't lift a finger. Expects you to go to a fire station while he's too lazy to make a dang project rubric. No partial. Says he'll curve 10% - finishes course with 5% curve. Can't see grades until they're on myUcf. Won't read emails. TA's don't give a [flip]. AVOID AT ALL COST please.
Doesn't put any effort into teaching. Useless lectures with rushed notes, was behind pace the entire class, and gets angry about being emailed. Exams on lockdown browser with too little time, and pointless group projects. Not a good professor to take for such a challenging class, make sure you are ready to teach yourself.
Lectures aren't great test prep, bad handwriting, often rushed/behind schedule, and test reviews weren't completely accurate to tests (which are tough). Poor use of video lectures for a mixed mode class. Group projects had no rubric and points were taken off w/o good reason. Partial on tests isn't great compared to other classes. Curved 5%.
Overall very bad and stressful experience. Lectures not helpful - he goes on tangents every class causing us to fall way behind. His videos are okay, but you will need to read the book to understand material & do hw. Exams are tough & you don't know what to expect. Use hw to study and make sure you understand concepts. Gave 5% curve, no drop exam.
Lectures are pointless and waste your time. Handwriting is illegible. 3 TAs for 300 students leads to grades not being uploaded until the last day of the semester. Had us haggle for partial credit on exam problems with TAs that are impossible to reach. Take with Mazumdar if you can. This class is a mess.
One of the worst professors at ucf. In person lectures are not helpful. His videos are okay but you can't rely on them and you must either find videos online or put your grade in the hands of the McGraw textbook. Homework is not relevant for exams and you have no idea what to expect. Make sure you understand concepts
Avoid Busi. Thick accent, terrible handwriting. He only writes formulas, expects you to do the solving. Keeps test questions grades hidden for a WEEK. Midterm was right after break said it'd help people decide to drop, but didn't release grades until after the withdrawal deadline. Says tests are "easy” but picks the hardest problems. also yaps alot
Lecture wasn't useful for learning the material. When he does examples in class, he doesn't actually fully solve the problems so it makes it difficult to learn. Overall, you will likely have to teach yourself the material.
The professor really isn't terrible. He is hard to understand and his lecture notes are impossible to read. He is fair and provides opportunity to have your exams regraded. This course will be a complete self taught experience. His exams are challenging but not impossible. Best of luck.
Is that okay?
Is that okay?
Grades were due today, 12/10 at noon. Will be official 12/12 at 9 AM. Still no curve. Does not respond to emails. Attendance taken once second to last class. Entered “BONUS” category on webcourses for 5% weighted, made it 0/0. He did this AFTER final, idk why. Did not help anyone. Exam scores muted after exam. Thick accent. Bad handwriting. AVOID.
Mid lectures. Hand writing is hard to read. Promised a 10 point curve at the beginning of the course, didn't end up putting it in. Homework is simple and on the textbook website, problems can be done as many times as needed to get a 100%. Projects are easy with randomly chosen groups. Exams are difficult, but partial is good. No partial on final.
I would say avoid but he is your only option. Promised a curve to our faces last day of class and didn't do anything. “Is that okay”
Exams are at home on lockdown browser, only took attendance once, lecture is horrible- don't recommend going. Was able to teach myself and earn an A since he has a thick accent and horrible handwriting.
AVOID AT ALL COSTS! Only issue is he's the only fluids professor teaching. Promised a curve on the last day of class, decides to upload the curve 2 DAYS after grades were uploaded to myUCF, so ends up going back on it. Doesn't respond to emails, heavy accent, handwriting is illegible. "Is that okay"
I have seen better handwriting from my grandmother who has Parkinsons. Is that okay? Professor makes enough to not care about responding to emails. Rescinded curve after grades were due. Do not email him after finals.
"is that okay?" 1238 times. Parkinson's handwriting. Ignores emails. Shortage of examples. Disregards students. Complained constantly. Skips through material without any explanation. Missed 2 lectures. Taunts curve, applies curve, removes curve, only curves certain students. Wishy washy attendance requirement. Only take if you teach yourself.
They should seriously give more than 1 option for a fluids professor.
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