Sam Melkonian - Carleton University, Ottawa, ON

Professor: Sam Melkonian

Department: Mathematics

College: Carleton University, Ottawa, ON

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: MATH3007
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

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.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: MATH3705
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

He seems like a nice guy but he's a boring prof that only does the minimum. In class he will literally just write out his textbook on the board with no extra details or examples. Do not bother going. It can be an easy A if you study and do the assigned problems from the textbook.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: MATH3705
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

I didn't attend a single lecture after the first week. He has written all the textbooks for this course and others and just rewrites the pages onto the board. Just read the textbook and take notes from that, much easier to understand. I made cheat sheets for each chapter and then took practice tests. Exam was super easy and comparable to old ones.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: MATH3705
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

He recites his textbook in his lectures and it's difficult to understand the examples he writes on the board. It's easier to learn directly from the textbook.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: MATH1005
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

He wrote the textbook for this class and just writes it on the board, word for word. Honestly, I stopped going to class after 1 month and still got away with good marks on the tests. If you have someone who can teach you the concepts or are a self-taught learner, there's no point in showing up.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: MATH3705
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Basically writes the textbook (that he authored) on the board, from memory, at blistering speed. He seems very knowledgeable but if you are looking for the prof to teach the material, I would keep looking. If on the other hand you like learning from the textbook well you aren't missing anything in the lectures so he's your guy.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: MATH3007
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

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

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: MATH1005
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

He's a living textbook. He wrote the textbook and the way it is written is the way he speaks and writes. He is extremely intelligent and concise; a great academic but a terrible (by it's most primitive definition) teacher. Not one of his lectures I came out with any understanding. (You think i'm kidding...) If you are a self teacher you will be OK

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: MATH1005
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

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.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: MATH2007
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

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

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: MATH1005
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

He knows his material, and I did well in the class, so I guess I can't complain too much. Differential equations is easy and he does explain it well. Series was harder and he doesn't explain it well. I learnt series on my own, online. I had friends describe him as "the most uninteresting man in the world." He wasn't really interested in lecturing.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: MATH1005
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

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.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: MATH1005
• Grade Received: C+
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Excellent prof, know's the subject through and through

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: MATH1005
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

To be honest I would rather recommend reading the whole book and understand it by myself than to go to his classes. He literally just copies everything exactly from the book and puts it on the board. He writes so fast that u can't catch up with him. His handwriting and voice are not clear if u sit in the back

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: MATH1005
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

The course uses a book that he himself wrote. He ends up copying the book on the board. I stopped going to the lectures after the first 2 classes, and still did very well on the course. Tests and exams are pretty straightforward.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: MATH3705
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

His lectures can be long and boring (his lectures are basically the same as the textbook) but if you read the book, do the problems then you will pass. The concepts from the book are not hard so I just studied from the book and didn't attend most of the classes and in the end got a good grade.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: MATH3705
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

He basically notes down every single thing similar to the textbook on the board and he is not really good at teaching. He teaches fast without explaining thoroughly as if you already know the materials in advance. many others dislike his teaching method as well. honestly, I skipped the lectures and studied the book and could manage to get A-.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: MATH3705
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

While this professor's ability to reproduce the entire textbook on the board from memory and do it at an incredible speed is impressive, it makes taking notes in class completely pointless. Your notes will be nearly identical to the textbook, except that the textbook will be very slightly more thorough.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: MATH3007
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

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

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: MATH3705
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

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