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Don't ask stupid questions. "It's trivial to do."

Cool teacher. He speaks clearly and teaches enough in a class. 'unique solution'

never had any notes with him...knew the course like the back of his hand!

very nice prof, good notes, amazing how he writes notes without a book in hand!!

very good professor. good notes, good lectures.

I can see why he doesn't use a textbook; his notes are better than the book's

Too smart that if you ask any question, you will look like an idiot. He has the whole text book memorized. Tests arn't bad at all.

IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND A SINGLE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HIS NOTES AND WAHT HE WRITES ON THE BOARD, PRETTY AMAZING HUH?!

Good prof. Extremely smart, knows his stuff. I'd recommend

He's one of the best math profs out there! Modest and smart man. One prof I definitely respect.

This man never makes mistakes. The only professor I've seen teach without ANY notes. He even memorizes examples!

Don't take this course with anyone else. Show up for every lecture. Frighteningly smart. No hidden agendas, no ego. Definately one of Carleton's best.

Excellent professor

the best prof at carleton

Had him 9 years ago and thought he was the best. I see things still haven't changed! Excellent explanations, always ready to help, and tests that are very fair.

i think sam and ata khan are the same person, but i can't prove it

Possibly the smartest man I've ever met, great prof

Really good professor. Very, very clear. He chugs along in his lectures though. Definitely not too fast, but if you get lost somewhere and stay lost for a few minutes, it's hard to get back on board the Melkonian train. But then you can just read the notes you took and it all makes sense.

Definitely the best prof I have this term.

This guy rules! His testing cannot be more fair, just do the problems in the book and you can easily get an A or A+. With this guy what you see is what you get, only thing is his lectures are very hard to follow. However since his testing is so fair, who cares? Dont get me wrong though, his tests arent easy.

I really liked him! No textbook, but that was great! He gave problem sets that really prepared you for tests! Tests were easy, but the course does require studying, as they all do, really. Genius, and really, really nice; don't be afraid if the material seems hard in class; he won't test on that stuff! Hope I have him again.

This guy is incredible at math. He really knows his stuff, and will try to help you understand it as well. He sometimes forgets that we don't have Ph.D.'s in Math, but he's still one of the nicest guys you could meet. Buying the text was a waste of money...DON'T BUY IT. Just study his notes and the examples he gives. Tests and exams are super-easy.

Best prof ever.

Awesome professor. Does plenty of examples to convey knowledge. Teaches entire class from memory perfectly. Easy to learn and understand unless you are inept in math.

Learned everything my previous prof failed to teach in the first 5 minutes of class #1. Incredibly easy to learn from!

Easy especially you read all and copy all of his notes and work on his suggested question you will get an A easily

You getting a good grade got nothing to do with the fact that he is smart as mentioned here. In fact, his class goes on without decent explanation,non-stop.He assumes that you just know everything if you copy down his notes as he writes,and reads what he is writing.

Very Knowledgeable and approachable. I must say that it is also very impressive how he is able to teach whole lectures by memory.

Sam is the man! He is a beast when it comes to math. His class seems very hard because he just powers through the material. However, as long as you study his notes very well, the tests and exam are all easy. He usually throws only one tricky question per test, but the tricky question is actually from the notes. So study the notes and you'll be fine

GREAT teacher. I actually WANTED to do good in this class because he was so great. Although I do recommend touching up on Calculus I before coming to this class (since I did poorly, and resulted in a low mark for both classes). Very enthusiastic teacher and grabs your attention.

awesome awesome awesome study the notes you will be very fine

THE one and only professor for any of your math needs. He knows it all, and he teaches with a fist of steel and the wisdom of the Budah. If you respect yourself as an engineer, mathematician, or a student, you will take his class. Plows through the material like its his breakfast, and while you might think you understand nothing, you'll know it all

He has nice eyes LOL. Anyways, he's a good professor. I had him for MATH 1005 as well. For this class, I barely went to lectures because the course textbook was written by him, and I'd find that the notes in the text vs. the notes in the lectures were the exact same. So I prefer leaving all that writing somewhere else and studying from the book.

good teacher, articulate, and knowledgeable

This professor makes AMAZING notes. He never looks at his notes, just starts writing on the board. He is VERY knowledgeable in math. But, if you are attending class, a word of advice: don't stop copying. He writes very fast.

God of Differential Equations

You could not ask for a better math teacher. Regardless of whether he regurgitates his notes from a book he may or may not have written, its flawless - concise, organized and more than thorough. Consider yourself lucky if you have him for any class period.

I master of his trade.

Lectures could not be more dry. He was even less interesting than a textbook.

Very easy to pass his course~ he's always smiling~

Excellent prof, know's the subject through and through

Amazing Teacher if you like learning from the book and also his test are exactly like the ones from previous years. If you have his past test you are go into the exam with at least an A.

Great prof, if you do the textbook problems and whatever examples from tutorial, you should be fine.

Had the option to do this or 2007, long story short ended up taking both during my career here and I can say if you are given the option to do this with Melkonian or 2007, definitely take this class! I found it much easier than 2007 and Melkonian is a great prof. He pretty much sticks to the textbook and will provide old exams to study for final.

He writes everything "word by word" on the black board and briefly explains it. You have to come to class to take note because it will be everything and only thing you need for your tests and final exam. Don't skip class and expect to find the solution online. He will give you a prev final exam, be sure to learn from it before going to your exam

Gives you practice problem and solutions. Gives too many proof that you are not responsible for. It is nice, but it takes time away from important stuff that you will be tested on. Cancels last class to give you break which nice. Overall a good teacher and nice course.

Excellent prof, very concise and to the point, lectures were pre-recorded so you can pause if you didn't understand something, posts notes and leaves enough room on them so you have room to write. Best 4 out of 5 tests count , exams were fairly easy with no trick questions and all open book. If you do assigned problems, it's an easy A.

Prof is ok, only downside is how he teaches, which he writes on board what he speaks word for word. It was ok for the first half of the course, the second half it was harder to understand. But at least the TA was awesome, the final exam was super easy still given a 3 hour block enough for me to achieve an A+ as someone very good at math.

Easy test and easy Exam, if you put effort in it, you will do well in the course. Although the course can be challenging, also had a sample exam. Very helpful. the best advice for this course is that before the exam, study on everything on ALL the test.

MATH2008 W24. 45% Tests, 55% Final, Best 3/4 Tests. The lectures are okay, he just reads from the lecture notes he has which he also posted online. The tests and final exam are really easy, it's clear what comes and there's not much pressure. You need to have access to a textbook though and you might have to buy it. Content is not that hard.

MATH2007, Fall 2024. 45% Tests, 55% Final, Best 3/4 Tests. The final was all multiple-choice and was similar to the practice exam he posted. All of his tests were scaled-down questions from his lectures and were simpler than questions in the textbook. His lecture notes are clean and all you need for the class (lectures are not required to attend).

Course was amazing despite people saying he's just a textbook reader (which he is but he more than makes up for it by explaining everything well). His tests are average difficulty and tutorials are very beneficial. The exam weight might look daunting at first but this professor is more than willing to help prepare you for it.

Stopped going to his lectures after the first week. However, his lecture notes were completely fabulous. Self-study-able and elegant proofs / lecture material, really organized. He has basically rewritten the textbook in condensed, well-structured format.

All lecture notes are available, clear criteria, no surprises on exam

I personally enjoyed the teaching style. Professor Melkonian often built up understanding before presenting topics making concepts easier to grasp, and he emphasized understanding over memorization in his lectures. All the content on the brightspace was also well organized and made it easy to study for tests as the criteria were very clear.

The textbook lectures notes are good, but the prof just reads and says the exact same stuff from them every class while writing the exact same thing on the board, so its just better off to skip the lectures in my opinion. On the bright side though, the tests were fairly easy and final exam was very similar to the practice exam he posted.

He seems like a good prof, however, I only went to one lecture the entire semester. In that lecture, he literally just reads from the notes, therefore, I read all the lectures on my own and did all the practice questions, and ended up getting like 95% in the course. He seems nice though!