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“She is very helpful in office hours”
EEL3123 - 5.0 rating“MC exams mostly, no partial, same for quizzes, but weren't too bad”
EGN3373 - 4.0 ratingClass Info
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Reviews (93)
Lectures are just her reading from slides that are already uploaded to canvas, I stopped going after like three weeks. If you did well in physics 2 you'll probably do fine in her class. weekly homework usually, a few easy quizzes and a few tests. standard stuff.
Her lectures were not helpful, she just read off of the powerpoint. I found myself looking up YouTube videos for clear explanations of the material. This was online, she replaced attendance with quizzes every class. Overall, I thought the class was really easy.
She really just reads her PowerPoints to you for the whole class, and they often have mistakes in them. Extremely boring lectures, especially since they were over Zoom, but the tests were multiple choice and really easy, so it was an easy class overall.
Class during COVID - Did not want to record lecture at the beginning because it was supposed to be in person; doesn't provide formula sheet so just shot in dark sometimes; didn't use textbook AT ALL; lectures were just read from PPTs
MC exams mostly, no partial, same for quizzes, but weren't too bad. Class is hard no matter who you take it with tbh. Definitely speak to her about any issues, really does wanna make sure you are able to participate/learn. Tries to make quizzes easy, HW is good to study for exams, same for lecture slides. Exams had practice problems too, it helps!
3.5/5 - Dr. Das isn't the worst, but also not the best. She was a bit standoffish at the beginning of the semester, but warmed up to the students. Grading is fair. Tests aren't impossible if you study the given material/hw/study sets. Make sure you do the HW, and do it well. The HW grade will carry your overall grade. Lectures are mostly PP slides.
No real complaints. Good lecture notes she posts online. Test one I got a 95%, test 2 a 66% and the final a 90%. Test 2 was the only hard one... and it was HARD. The final is not cumulative. Not a ton of HW. I was nervous about this class at first but dont stress.
Her heavy accent makes it almost impossible to understand her, shouldn't be teaching, refuses to use text book, although all she does is lecture from ppt slides. Material is very disconnected and lacks necessary context
Much better than I expected. Test reviews are very good, and she posts very sufficient notes.
Very organized and nice. Quizzes, homework's, and 3 exams (2nd exam was the hardest and you have a non-cumulative final). Really helpful exam reviews. Know how to do the homework and in-class examples. Taught myself a lot of the material on my own although her lectures can be helpful. Rounds up to the next higher grade if your missing it by 2%.
Teaches the material well and is extremely clear on what tests will look like.
Professor Das is pretty great. Her exam reviews contain exactly what comes up in the exams. Be sure to draw out all the circuits as you solve while taking the exams though, that alone is worth a lot of points. Otherwise, the class is of average difficulty. The final was noncumulative and the second exam was the only hard one (she gives 3 exams).
Das is the best option for digital systems. She is very concise with her PowerPoints, amazingly helpful during office hours, and gives super straightforward exams (no tricks or gimmicks). While her lectures are great, it's easy to get lost with the material without a proper amount of reading and studying before/after each lecture. Do your reading.
If you practice the lecture powerpoint examples and the homework you will do amazing! Thankfully before each test should would give an outline on what to study so it's easy to pass this class!
She is very good in this course and her tests and quizzes are very easy if you see the slides and practice the examples in the slides you will be okay in this class
Dr. Das is EASILY one of my favorites in the UCF ECE department! I EASILY kept an A in Digital Systems with her for the entirety of this semester (Summer C 2022)! Although the class was fast-paced (typical with summer classes), she did an excellent job of keeping us updated as to assignment due dates, exam topics, etc. In short, she ROCKS!!!!!!!
Class itself is rather straightforward. Exams were closed book, straight from HW, quizzes, and ppt examples. Her quizzes are on "last week's material" and questions tend to be from very specific slides she brushes over for 1 sec. She doesn't go over concepts very well and skims through problems. Take to pass class easily w/o understanding material
If you are loaded down with difficult classes this semester, then take her class. You will learn much of the theory, but her test/quizzes are taken straight from her notes or homework. If you like that, need a break from more challenging professors, or don't care about learning the material, I highly recommend her. If not, then avoid her.
This was my 3rd time taking the class, so I was very nervous, and knew I needed to pass. Her quizzes are simple, as they are just questions relating to the last 2 lectures. Best part? She goes over the EXACT slides and which questions to study from the HW and Quizzes. Those questions are the same on the exam, so learn those, and you'll do well!
Das clearly laid out what was going to be on each exam. Slides were posted for download, and she marks what slides, homework questions, etc. to study for her exams. She is easily available, and dropped one quiz and homework this semester. Additionally, she rounded 2 points up from the letter grade below, e.g. 88% is an A. Would recommend her 100%.
She teaches really well, you don't need to go to class bc of zoom recordings but I suggest it. She is a great prof, she is always up to answer your questions and is very reasonable.
I took her second time i took her in Digital systems class and this semester i took her for my EMF and Semi Conductor Class. She is a good person and caring person. She teaches each and every thing in her course she want everyone to get good grades and she give you reviews on exams and quizes. I would take her in every class till my Bachelors
Great professor i took her twice and i also took her for two courses she is great in every thing. I like her way of teaching
Straight to the point lectures and very easy to understand. Office hours are really useful for her. A word of caution: grading is incredibly disorganized so always double check bc this semester the TAs were terrible. Testing material is fair and very similar to her lecture examples. She records all the lectures which is also helpful for review.
Her lectures are pointless. I would suggest getting the textbook and learning the concepts yourself and practicing with the hw. If you can do that you should do fine on the exams. Quizzes are either on your own time through web courses or in the EPC (half and half). All exams are in the EPC. She gives a limited formula sheet for exams/quizzes.
Great professor! The class felt very manageable and the material presented was straightforward. Just have to put in the work like any other engineerings class. Prof Das is super caring and understanding and provides a multitude of resources to allow students to succeed. Would take her again for any course!
Principles of EE is a difficult class, so keeping up with the material is really important. Unfortunately I found the lectures to be very dull, but the grading was very forgiving so you'll do fine as long as you do your research to learn the material.
While people seem to really like Das, I just don't think she's a great lecturer at all. She'll very briefly cover concepts that we're tested on but spend forever on non-important stuff. She'll also go over example problems in class but will never finish them. While the exams and quizzes were fairly easy and very fair, the class became self-taught.
Her class is pretty easy to get a B in. If you take this right after physics, you should be able to get an A, if not, you just have to put in a little more work. I was the latter. No textbook but her lectures is more than enough (her lectures are recorded too). Do her homework. No joke, do her homework and her practice exams and you will get an A.
She go through the theory before any topic which will help you to solve the problems. She is so caring and humble person answer every question and help us to learn everything about the course. She is very helpful in office hours. I am taking her third time and will take her again.
Probably the easiest Intro to EE professor out there. Can attend all lectures through zoom. Test questions are pulled from HW, quizzes, and lecture examples... couldn't be any more straightforward. Das will listen to the students if they felt a test was unfair. Ended up dropping the lowest test so most of the class didn't even take the final.
I would definitely recommend her for LC2 and electromagnetic fields as well. Awesome lectures! Her grading criterion is well laid out in the syallabus and grades are published timely. She is very helpful in her office hours as well.
Lectures aren't bad. But Das did say she did not make the exams this semester, and they have been incredibly difficult. However she does make up for that in the grading, (it's quite fair) I just wish I took her last spring when she would make the exams herself. Those exams were way....waaaay fairer then this Summers. Quizzes are still fair tho
Das is an okay lecturer, I'm not sure about her other classes but it seems like this is more of her field of expertise so she knows a lot. Her grading criteria is pretty clear and she's very fair. Exams weren't very difficult but the quizzes can catch you off guard. Exams are clearly outlined beforehand and are based off the HW and quizzes.
LC2 with Dr. Das was a great experience. The optional homework she assigned was an excellent resource for doing well on the quizzes and the exams. The pace was fine, which is especially good for a course taken in the summer. The lab component was a bit rough, especially with the ridiculous lab quizzes, but the lecture was fine.
Sonali was one of the toughest I've experienced at UCF so far. She only expects this class to be Matlab. Learn it ahead of time or you will fail. She also didn't link concepts well to how they will be useful.
The notes don't cover everything you need to know but her exams and quizzes are identical to the homework so if you're good on the homework you'll be fine on the exam. She is a good lecturer and holds her classes on zoom as well. Will get an A if you study, grading is fair.
Dr. Das is one of the best professor I had. There is no surprises in the exam. She will tell you which topic are important and what needed to be learned. If the class is struggling with certain topic she will stop and discuss it further.
Shes a harsh grader with very medicore lectures I learned much better on my own this semester and I heard from some people who went to her office hours that she was rude to and refused to answer questions
Avoid taking her for digital systems. The content of this class is a nightmare, because there is just so much stuff. Lots of quizzes and tests will come from lecture examples, and those only get posted for exam study. Exams themselves were okay, the quizzes were hard and had low averages. Lab is dumb cuz you're just expected to know things already.
No longer holds live zoom sessions. Notes are confusing and asks you to try some problems at home even if she hasn't explained them properly. Only plus is open notes and that her exams and quizzes are similar to the hw but to actually learn you need to read the textbook. Her hw isn't similar to her notes so you need the textbook or online resources
Class was absolutely horrible and the worse I've had to go through this semester. Lectures aren't very helpful and feel very mediocre, I didn't feel like I was learning a lot or getting the proper education I desired from this class. I would avoid her if you can since tests are very difficult and are not on the same line as hws and powerpoints.
I don't understand why there are so many negative reviews. I retook EGN 3373 with Sonali and I thought she was great! I understood the material better this time and even got 100 on the final! If you try, do the homework, and take the exams, then you should be fine.
The most averagely decent professor you can get. Good teaching skills, slightly boring, but very organized. You will definitely need to put in some work to do well. You won't hate or love her, just another engineering course to get through. I assume the people giving 5 stars haven't gotten any amazing professors like Mazumdar or Tian Tian yet.
Das has amazing lectures. She is well respected at UCF. The classes she teaches are fundamentally very difficult. However, if you work hard on them and figure things out with her in office hours then things aren't so bad. Recommend taking any class with her
If Das was the last professor left in the United States that taught Linear Circuits 2 I would switch to Business Management.
Das was amazing. If you participate in the class, respect the course and do due diligence you will get a good grade. Das made the class fun and I learnt a lot of cool techniques!
Professor Das is not a good lecturer. It constantly felt like she would skip over things that were important. The homework and practice problems do not prepare you for the exams and quizzes. Large amounts of points are taken off for things such as minor algebra mistakes or calculator issues. Most questions are intentionally overly confusing.
This class was HARD. Exam questions were harder than quiz questions, which were much harder than lecture questions. We would just barely touch something in lecture and get a whole exam question about it. In every exam, nobody left early, and there was just a lot of garbage on them that we barely went over. Nice person and HW for completion tho.
Not a good teacher. Goes to fast. Doesnt explain well.
Her lectures and slides are not helpful. You leave class more confused and not ready to solve hw problems. The lab is poorly designed and the TAs are useless. The lab manual is pathetic
Be prepared to teach yourself everything and find good youtube videos.
Horrible lectures. Doesnt do enough practice problems. Can be slight rude and condescending if you ask what she deems to be a stupid or silly question. Often responds with "we already went over that in a previous class." Her slides are not helpful. You have to teach yourself everything. Lectures are not helpful.
Not enough time given on quizzes which are 20% of grade. Goes way to fast in lectures. Doesnt explain well. Expects students to use be Matlab experts and rushes students in class to solve problems in 1-2 min. Tells you to hurry hurry hurry, quickly quickly. Awful teacher
She only works easy examples in class and not similar to exams. She is so bad at teaching that should couldnt explain snow to an eskimo. Avoid her at all costs.
Very hard class. She doesnt do enough practice problems.
The worst professor I have ever had.
Avoid her for LC2. She doesnt explain well or properly prepare you for exams.
I enjoyed the class and LC2 is an interesting class. You must practice and participate.
she focuses on things not important or relevant to hw, quizzes and exams. she expects too much in too short of a time. she takes no blame for her own mistakes or inadequacies. she will not help you or take pity on you. she just doesnt care about her students
This is the weed out course. She gets enjoyment out of unreasonable expectations and tricky questions and not giving enough time on quizzes. She will blame the students and say they arent working hard enough without considering she or the school are doing anything wrong.
her practice sets have errors. she doesnt proofread or edit them. when told about the errors she doesnt fix or change them and doesnt make announcements
Avoid at all costs. Not a good teacher.
She makes learning a miserable ordeal. I wouldnt rather switch schools or take a semester off just to avoid her
She is bad at just about every aspect of her job. Her notes are not helpful, her quizzes are timed and too long, she doesnt explain well, she doesnt work enough practice problems completely from beginning to end, she goes too fast and she blames everything on the students. You might as well take Chan cuz at least you will actually learn something.
she pretends to care about her students and will smile to your face but during office hours she is cold and unforgiving. she enjoys torturing students with impossibly hard quizzes and exams. she doesnt explain or teach well and then yells at the students for not working hard enough.
Gives awful feedback, makes class as difficult as possible, and doesn't provide adequate material. Very little assisted practice and ignores important material for irrelevant subjects. Take any other professor.
The take home quiz had the lowest average out of all the quizzes. This lady is trying so hard to give no breaks and mess your gpa up so bad that she cant even let you have 1 easy quiz. Also, why does she not proofread any of her materials?! So many mistakes made on assignments and graded papers and even exams. Smh. UCF is a joke.
Very stressful class. It is a true test of can you learn on your own and put up with lazy professors and TAs that dont care about their jobs. She is not helpful or caring. I suspect she enjoys being tough and making students squirm
You got to work really hard on your own and get help from study groups. Shes not the best or worst, its just that her lectures are weak and she doesnt provide good resources. Her exams and quizzes are very tough.
You will have to work extra hard to pass her class. Her resources and notes arent very helpful. Do the study sets and go to tutoring.
Interesting class and great professor! She explained the material well and was very helpful at office hours
Frankly I found Dr. Das amazing. It is no doubt a tough class, but she was always there to help.
It was a great class and Dr. Das was very helpful and caring. I found the Matlab use very helpful.
Exams and quizzes are open notes and you can use MATLAB and other programs to do the algebraic work. Class was tough as you had to do the optional practice problems in order to do the homework. If you do the practice problems and work well under pressure, the class should be manageable. Professor made lots of mistakes that had to be corrected.
LC2 is a rather hard scary class, but Dr. Das went above & beyond to help us out. She provides practice/HWs that help prepare you for the (tricky) exams. Midterms have EC subquestions & good partial. Her office hours are very helpful. Make sure you have good LC1 skills, practice, & learn how to use a solver (Das uses matlab but I recommend maxima).
Dr. Das made.the course essy for us.and was immensely helpful in office hours. Higjly recommended.
She made the class much tougher than it needed to be. She made lots of mistakes and grading of exams was very inconsistent. Never gives enough time on quizzes or exams
Das is not very kind or helpful. Her lectures are very poor and do not prepare for the exams, let alone the hw or extra practice problems. She often blames the students for not working hard enough. Whoever grades the exams does it really bad job and you will have to go to office hours to get back deserved points and fix bad grading
Professor provides practice problems to work on that help a lot with homework and exams but fall behind on one and it can be tough to catch up with the class. Lectures give clear information on the material that is being tested but sometimes lack information on how to solve certain practice problems and homework. Exams/quizzes are open note/book.
Das is wonderful.
Das is awful
Lectures are a waste of time. They dont prepare you for the hw. And the hw doesnt prepare you for the ultra hard exams
Das teaches off Powerpoints and then uploads her annotated slides later. Quizzes are very reasonable. She is engaging and you can get a lot out of lecture if you pay attention.
Exam & Quizzes are all that's graded, so if you're a bad test taker, buckle up. Das is probably fine as a prof, but I wouldn't take this class with a bunch of other demanding engineering coursework. Practicing is important to learning and you need to practice this stuff. Das doesn't seem to enjoy teaching LC much. Probably better in another class.
Great teacher
Das is a wonderful professor and gives great lectures. Her quizzes (once a week) and exams are open notes, but DAMN they're hard. The quizzes are usually graded pretty harshly too. Also some of her lectures feel like I'm back in high school bc she will notice if youre not paying attention, but they're great quality.
I had this professor for both Linear circuits and Linear control systems, and she is the worst!!! Every day attendance that is graded, her homework is not like her quizzes or exams. She uses it to post lectures online, but now she only posts her annotated slides, which contain very little of what was discussed in class.
Specifically, for LC2 I enjoyed taking her class. She outlines her class to where you have to show up because attendance is graded and because her lecture annotations are hard to read without context from the lecture as well. Grading is very lenient, show as much work as you can and you'll definitely pass every quiz and test.
The way she structures this class, in my opinion is not the best for a course with so many topics. She does weekly quizzes which for so many topics can be a lot. Attendance is required and if you don't go, her annotated slides can be difficult to understand without context. Overall, it's a difficult subject along with a lot of quizzes.
Das gives weekly quizzes to help facilitate understanding of the content and drops the lowest score. Exams tend to be very similar to quizzes and practice problems. Exams are open note and allows solvers. Attendance is required and graded with attendance quizzes. Very helpful in office hours at explaining complex material.
She's genuinely nice and tries her best. Class is way more difficult then it needs to be, math is never explained correctly which leads to confusion. Quizzes will make your hair fall out with stress. Tests aren't that bad and she had fantastic TA's. IF we had more class time I'd consider taking again. EMF is hard regardless of prof.
Great professor. Class is very well structured and open note, she provides plenty of prep material in lectures and HW. Quizzes are tough but necessary prep for tests. If you review the quizzes thoroughly you are set for the exams. Attendance is an easy in-class survey. For quizzes ensure you understand concepts from lecture or book.
Class Info
Online Classes
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Attendance Mandatory
36%
Textbook Required
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