He is not that bad. Just kinda unorganized since this us his first time teaching this class

Take this teacher!! All assignments open on first day, finished the class within a month and half. Easy A!! :)

You only have around 10 assignments for the entire semester which are open from day one. You can easily finish this class in one week because the assignments are so easy. You just do projects on Microsoft applications. Only attended lecture once and passed with an A.

good prof

Deadlines really matter. However, talk to him before the deadline and he makes it happen.

Loved his style. Group work is the main focus. Good presentation matters.

Easygoing and helpful by email.

I like that everything is open from day 1 and you can work at your own pace. Good teacher.

Caring and nice. I will certainly take him again.

The course only has one big project that you basically do during the semester. The teacher caring and helps you during the way. It was a great experience.

Good teacher. He's fast at responding to emails and requests.

Good prof.

I like his quick answers to emails. Most times, under an hour.

he makes you work for it. I like the way he handles it though.

Good prof. Clear expectations. Good practice before the project begins

I had the course on the summer and didn't expect it to be so easy. He made everything open from day 1. Just finished it in 3 weeks and done!

Awesome

Nice professor, fast and good feedback, no mandatory classes, approachable

The webcourses course shell was clear and he was very fast in answering emails. An easy A.

Even though I was in the online section, there was an open lab that I could go to if I needed in-person help. The prof was caring and fast in responding to emails.

easiest A I've ever got. everything was clear and straightforward and assignments were open from day 1. got them done in less than a week and got my grade. will certainly take with this guy again.

Liked the reminders. No mandatory classes. easy assignments.

Learned a lot working directly with a real client. The teacher was supportive and understanding.

Nice teacher

Contact him before the deadline, he will help. He's a bit strict though

Love his approach. His firm by kind, and he knows what he's doing.

Good prof. Easygoing. Quick email response.

Very helpful and understanding

Clear grading criteria. He opens up all assignments from day 1. Helpful comments

Love his style. He is clear, helpful and professional.

He is clear, precise and respectful.

I have finished everything even before the midterms. Best class ever!!!

Helpful and understanding teacher

Strict about deadlines, but helpful if you approach before those set deadlines

The best professor ever!

Good looking, nice, professional. Will certainly take any course he has in the future...

All the assignments open on the first day of class but have specific deadlines. The biggest problem I met was some Microsoft office functions couldn't use in MacBook. Others than that, if you are familiar with Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Access, and follow the instructions, you'll be fine. Each assignment has three attempts.

He is really helpful and caring. I had a serious problem that TAs couldn't resolve. I took an appointment and went to his office. He kindly spent about 3 hours himself to resolve my problem, even though it was at my end. By the way, he's super fast in responding to emails.

Very knowledgeable and helpful teacher. He will pair you up with a client in the industry to do a REAL project. He helps you achieve your goals and meanwhile, learn. He meets with you any time if you need help. Just passed with an A.

CGS2100C is a complete joke. There's just ten assignments that you can all do starting the semester, so you can finish the class is a day or two to get it off your plate. Make sure you know what's graded or not, I did a ton of ungraded assignments for no reason because I didn't know what was and wasn't graded.

Great teacher, no final exam, there was help available in the open lab. Overall, great experience.

No exam, just project. Loved working with an outside client. You will learn discipline and teamwork by taking this course. The professor was awesome

The most effective learning experience I have ever had... our team worked directly with an outside client and we talked to the professor during the course of the project... the professor was caring and knowledgeable. Would certainly recommend this professor.

Easy assignments (about 2 hours at max), no final exam. Professor replies very fast. He is strict about deadlines, but will help you out if you approach him before the deadline.

Easy course, good prof, would definitely take again

The prof seems to be friendly, but he is strict about his deadlines. I had a problem and talked to him before the deadline, he cared. I'm not sure how it turns out. Not his fault though...

Like the prof and how easy the course is...

Easiest class you'll ever take. Took it online and completed the whole course in 3 days.

Good computer fundamentals for business class. It was online and this course you really taught yourself there weren't any lectures or things to read. You just should look in the textbook online to see what you're doing but the rest is all Microsoft Office things we already know. There were 4 larger tests with 100 questions and multiple attempts.

Straightforward and easy. Good feedback from the prof. He is really fast! You may get an easy A if you don't miss the deadlines

Best prof ever. Easy subject, flexible hours, about 17 assignments that were open from day 1 and very easy to get an A

Understanding and helpful, but fair teacher. I will definitely suggest to take the course

Its a course that you need to work yourself, but the prof is there just as a support. He is good though. He wants to be fair to everyone. It was a good experience overall

the most straightforward course ever. Clear criteria, and all assignments were open from the first day of class. Would certainly recommend ��

The prof is alright, but the course is online and you need to work it yourself. He will support though, if you have an issue

awesome professor. By the way this semester he gave everyone extra credit for COVID-19. My B has become an A now...

honestly, he wasn't bad, he wasn't good either. Just regular. He helped me once, but was strict about those deadlines which I get.

His CGS class is very easy. All the assignments are open from day 1 so you can complete the class as fast as you want and all the other assignments are either basically vocab quizzes or word, PowerPoint, Excel, and access assignments which are easy. The man only lectured twice and there was a lab where you just did work on your own. Very good class

Being a first year college student, I didn't have any difficulty understand what was required. Everything was straightforward and very easy. There were 17 graded assignments including 3 concept exams and 14 ms office assignments. None of those assignments took me something about 1.5-2 hours max. He was very fast responding to my emails.

Really good professor and easy class. There are no lectures in the class except two at the begging of the year. The labs are mandatory but you can leave right after attendance. The assignments and tests are very easy and you have 3 attempts at everything (tests included). No final. Take this class and don't think twice

This is the prof I would get all my courses with.... Firm, but understanding of your situation... best experience ever...

Took this class online and it was a pretty easy A. You just learn Office programs and tech/business terms. At first, figuring out all the programs by myself in order to do the assignments, as well as what exactly was due every week was a bit confusing, but a TA helped me via email and from then on it was straight forward. Take this class!

Good teacher, organized course, support available through open lab

Its a dry technology course. You must work on your own, but there are TAs there if you need help, and also the teacher will help if those TAs can't help you. I think it was a good class, totally. The teacher was helpful and understanding with the issue (personal) I had, but I had to produce documentation first. Also, due to COVID-19 he bell-curved.

Great

Good teacher. Even though the class was fully online, he has made the effort to have a non-mandatory orientation and left a copy of the video for everyone to watch. Also, I love the concept of virtual open lab. It's makes everyone's life easy. There's always someone there and you can just show up and get your questions answered.

Very clear grading structure, organized material, and there are many reminders that wouldn't let you forget about your assignments. Mon-Fri 8am-8pm open lab to help the students, which is great.

Understanding and professional. He's the real deal.

Dr. Aria was a nice professor and sent out reminders to complete assignments. This class was not hard at all and is an easy A if you complete the assignments. -

The best hands on class ever! you get to work with an outside client which not only teaches you how the industry work, but also gives you a valid project to put on your resume and also real people as your reference. No exam, test, or textbook is needed. The class attendance is mandatory though, but worth only 10%.

Didn't really interact with Prof Aria at all, was very confusing at the beginning because our class disappeared and he had to zoom call us to explain everything, most assignments aren't graded (4 assigned, 1 graded per week) honestly just make a group chat to hang out and make friends and learn a little bit about office 365 and you're golden.

Easy class, only like 15 graded assignments and the rest are trainings to prepare you for the graded stuff. Never really interacted w/ the professor but he always sends out weekly reminders which is nice. The beginning of the semester was a bit confusing but overall the class is an easy A. Only like 1-2 graded things a week and there's a lab

Not a lot of assignments that are graded but there are lots of practice assignments and non graded work (which is optional). The material is easily understandable. And the entire course is available at the beginning of the semester so you can finish ahead of time.

The best prof ever. Strict on his deadlines but understanding and helpful

Nice teacher, clear guidelines and instructions, No major exams., only one or two graded assignments per week... super easy to pass with an A

Just one word: Awesome!!!

Great hands-on class. Not your usual "read this book and pass the exam" course. The prof teaches you how to deal with an outside client, which is great.

good teacher, no text book (just slides), group project with an outside client. loved the user study part of the course. it gives you good insight about what users ready think

about 15 graded assignments, the rest are just for practice. easiest course ever.

At first got a bit surprised cause I thought its a web development course. The course is about what Client and Users think about your work. Great to understand how to work with Users and Clients in real world. Good Prof.

A bit more than 10 graded assignments, the prof gives you many reminders about the due dates, easy projects, a bit time consuming on the book side

You are supposed to make a website for a real business, also the grading is based on peers feedback (you are grading all the teams), you can use any technology that you like, the only restriction is that you can't use paid platforms. Overall a good experience that you need to enter the real world.

Easy A, instead of a final exam there are a few assignments that you do each week. There is an online lab that you can get help anytime you like.

One of the most useful courses and one of the best professors... You will actually learn something from this class that no ordinary course would teach you! You will learn how to work with real clients, how to deal with time pressure (hands on), etc. He's awesome!

This class teaches you the basics of how to use Microsoft. There is only about 10 assignments that are available to work on from the first day of class allowing you to finish early. The answers and hints as to how to complete projects and exams are online for the most part. Also, you get three attempts on projects and exams.

This is the type of class you would need to become competent in these rough times. He teaches you how to organize yourself, keep your communication going with both teammates and the client (and this is a real client from the industry) and finally be responsible and responsive. Definitely take his courses again!

Easy busy work honestly. Dont know much about the prof bc its online but the class itself is easy. Lots of work most is not mandatory and mandatory tests and assignments are fairly easy. definitely an easy A. you can basically look up how to do everything. Only thing is assignments can be really long so dont wait until last minute.

Super useful material. Easy course. Helpful professor, strict about his deadlines though. I would certainly suggest to take the course though if you really wanna learn something that helps you in the long run

Good course and fair prof. He doesn't accept late assignments, but gives plenty of reminders.

Good class, good prof, good grade

Good professor, very good course, strict deadlines, usually plenty of reminders for assignments and deadlines, useful material

Took CGS 2100C for fall and finished the entire class at the end of October. There are 3 tests about IT/project management, and tests and online assignments for the Microsoft products (word, excel, PowerPoint, Access). Took fully online and there were no meetings. Sent tons of reminders for deadlines. Great class!!

Great prof. Great class. You would get to work on a real project for a real client.

The professor is a kind guy and works with you before the deadlines, and gives you plenty of reminders before each. However, he sticks to his deadlines. The course is easy and useful though. Good in general. I would recommend taking his class.

Course is super easy, I finished about a month early, and it is mainly self guided. As long as you stay on top of deadlines you'll do just fine in the course.

Awesome guy. Helpful when you need him. Responsive and quick.

Loved his class. Very useful. Caring and understanding.

You have the option to attend labs where you don't really do anything, or you can use the zoom option. The workload is pretty easy. Make sure to use the textbook when doing the concept assignments.

Very straight to the point class. Only 15 assignments that are relatively easy. Teacher is also good at responding to emails! Easy class for sure

Awesome Professor, useful lectures, real projects with real clients, all and all great

Very easygoing professor, tough on his deadlines though. You need to talk to him before the deadlines if you have any problem and he takes care of you. Respected man.

He showed up in class late once, but the class was great. In general, he's a caring teacher. It was a good experience for me and would take his class again.

Cool and caring. Keeps reminding you about the deadlines and supports you if you approach him before the deadlines. Strick on the deadlines though, which I don't like. Good overall.

Grt ready to do the work, a lot of reasing and training. There are about 13 graded assignments with strict deadlines. He gives plenty of reminders though. Overall, the class is very good.

About 13 assignments and fairly easy. Great professor, very quick responses to emails. Definitely be an easy A.

Several assignments but the software program walked through them quite well. If you have basic microsoft skills, you will do just fine

In this class, you and your team will have to find a client and build them a website using WordPress. You will only be graded by peer reviews, client reviews, the final website, and several documentations you will write. Aria is a very lenient grader and as long as you stick to this rubric and give the client a website they like you will get an A.

There were 15 graded assignments, organized into modules. The deadlines were final. Easy course. The Prof was helpful in clearing things up.

Be ready to spend 2 hours per week on the assignments, and your gonna get an A in this class. The professor was helpful. Plenty of reminders. Although the deadlines were final and he wouldn't let you retake them without a good excuse.

He's a very helpful guy if you go to him before the deadline. In my case, he actually called a few people to help me out and worked with me to take my assignment on time. Best prof ever!

Such an easy course, well organized and no final exam. Just a bunch of assignments. Great if you'd like an easy A.

If you want to cruise by, the class is an easy A as the entire class is online. However, the content taught is very practical and useful for life. You will get out of this class what you put into it. He is a nice guy and gives reminders before deadlines too.

Easy A. Do your work and get your grade. This is the easiest business course at UCF. Even a little background in Word, Powerpoint, and Excel is perfect. I forgot I was even taking this course at times its all literally all online. Make this your fifth class if you want. Attendance is not mandatory at all. Do your work, get the A, move on in life.

Such a great man, always smiling and willing to help. His the real deal. I learned so much from his class, while working with real clients in the industry. Great course too.

Great professor, well organized course 15 graded assignments, plenty of reminders, strict deadlines, easy A

Best professor. He's caring, funny and understanding (befote his deadlines). He's kinna strict on his deadlines though. He's ready to help you out with any issues you have. Effective classes in which you actually do something useful and if course, working with real clients helps a lot

Awesome prof. Useful material, great class. Simply perfect.

15 assignments, almost one every week. Good professor, considers your situation if you reach out before the deadline. He's strict on his deadlines though. In general, an easy A, yet very useful class.

Just great. Easy Course, fine teacher.

A very practical course. You must work with a real outside business for this course and no exam or test! Just design a good looking website and you get an A. The classes are very useful and the prof is a great one.

Lots of reading and hands-on work. The prof is good. He's strict on his deadlines but easy when you have a REAL excuse. The taught material is good though, you need it for anything you do even in other courses.

Great experience working with Reza, such knowledgeable prof. He personally helped our team through the rough times we had

I never went to lab, only do graded assignments. there are about 15 assignments so you have to do well on them to get a good grade but they are easy. She is strict on deadlines but releases everything at the beginning of the semester so you can finish the course in about 2 weeks if you wanted to. I honestly forgot I was taking the course.

There are are 3 concept tests which are a little challenging, plus an exam on word, powerpoint, excel, and access along with projects for each one. Reading the textbooks and doing the activities are not required, but may be needed depending on your prior knowledge. Class time is optional to meet with a TA for help on anything.

Great course and professor. Its an online course though with optional in-person help. 15 graded assignments and TAs to help you all week long.

Great professor, awesome class. Worked with an outside client. An amazing experience!

If you're good with computers this is an extremely easy class, I however am not and struggled with the programs but still managed to get a B. Personally I'd rather have taken a math class but this is required for Art majors. There's projects, concept assessments, and exams that are graded. There are book readings but those aren't required.

Great professor. Lectures were very useful and students worked together on the project. The project was a real world project from the industry.

I took the fully online section, yet everything was very organized and in-place. The Virtual Open Lab was great. Be prepared to allocated at least 3-4 hours per week for this course tho. Its time consuming.

Great professor a useful coure. 10 out of 10

A lot of work but easy course. Caring professor.

Helpful and understanding, but get ready to work hard. In general, very good.

Great guy, useful course, lots of individual work. I'm glad that the course is setup this way though. You may go at your own pace. The prof is helful and understanding.

Caring man, kindda helpful but strict on the deadlines. Labs are useful, but don't have to attend (which is good).

Easy course. Not everything is for credit so just make sure you know which ones are. He gives lots of heads up. The practice assignments do help if you aren't proficient in Microsoft though. All of the assignments are online through two programs you have to pay for. Labs aren't mandatory only go if you have questions. I never went.

The whole course is open from the beginning. Absolutely no late work is accepted and he sends out hundreds of announcements every week to make sure. All deadlines are final. You're required to buy the textbook. Assignments are really easy but so tedious and long. No final. You get multiple tries on everything. I recommend for an easy online course

Dr. Aria is a great professor. Even though I took this class online, he made sure to provide tons of resources to help answer any of my questions. The assignments are relatively easy and not too difficult. Would definitely take this class again. Easy A.

Great professor, awesome course.

He's a great professor. A real caring one who actually help you learn usable stuff. No tests or exams.

Great Prof, great course. Lots of useful stuff.

I saw him once at the orientation and once in a 1-1 meeting. The course was online so it was ok. He is very helpful though and also give you many reminders and tips. In general, a great experience.

This Professor is all about practice. He doesn't care about tests or exams, but gives you projects to do. Knowledge and caring, but tough on the deadlines. In general, very much liked and recommended.

Others said what was supposed to be said. He's great. He listens to the students and cares!

I took CIS4524 online in the summer of 2023. The class is easy, there is both individual work and group work on a weekly basis. It's not difficult but more tedious. Just try and keep proper communication with your group and if they're not helping let the professor know ahead of time and he'll help you out. All in all an easy class just tedious.

Everything was said by everyone. He's a god prof with lots of great things to learn from. Very hands-on. Useful course.

Loved the course and the prof. He's the man!

This is more of a review of the class than the professor. This class was honestly the easiest A. The grade consisted of four Microsoft Office simulation exams and three concept assessments based on readings; all of these assignments offered three retakes. The professor made deadlines clear with three reminders per week as to what was due.

Quite literally seemed like there was no professor. I finished the class in October and haven't looked at it sense. Only went to class the first day and never went back. If you know anything about word, excel, and PowerPoint then you're going to get an A. SUPER EASY.

I never did any of the work unless it was graded and I got a 94/95. Pay for SIMnet access, that's where all the work is turned in, and make sure you know what you're doing before you start tests/labs. I went into the room on the first day and did the rest from online. Notifies you of graded assignments 2 days and 1 day before they're due.

This class was fairly easy due to Professor Aria's clear class outline in the syllabus! The only downside of this class is the platform used to take tests as it can be very difficult to use and get used to. There's homework every week, but she posts them days in advance so you can finish them before the deadline. I definitely recommend her class!

Get ready for the best prof ever! Very practical and useful course. Learned a lot!