Sam Shahidullah - New York City College of Technology, Brooklyn, NY

Professor: Sam Shahidullah

Department: Computer Science

College: New York City College of Technology, Brooklyn, NY

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: CST1201
• Grade Received: WD
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

WORST PROFESSOR EVER!! He don't know what is he teaching. He just copy his notes to the board. He got an accent you can't understand and mumbles while talking. Dropped the class within one week. Take him and you have to regret later.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: CST3513
• Grade Received: WD
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

He is the heaviest accent, cant hear him 3 rows down, doesnt say stuff clearly. just papers and handout and doesnt help anyone except his 2 3 favorite class students.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: CST3513
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

This professor is one of the only ones that teaches CST3513. He gives you a ton of homework, but barely teaches in class. He swears he's the better than a textbook when all he does is pull up text files with codes. His tests are stupidly hard because he gives you no actual source material to study from. He's worse than your average CST professor.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: CST3513
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

This professor made things much more complicated than necessary. He explains simple concepts in a way that make them seem much more difficult than they are. He doesn't go through code with you, he just gives you the final version. There wasn't even a textbook recommended to make up for this. The tests looked nothing like the classwork.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: CST3513
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Great professor. He truly wants he students to succeed, and always gives us chances to do better with extra credit assignments. Has a little bit of an accent, but you'll get through that. He once came into class sick with the flu... he is dedicated.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: CST2403
• Grade Received: B-
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

This guy gives examples and glassworks of coding for topics we are learning and he is so good at doing that. He gives review and a review sheet. Exam are similar tot he review. He wants you to learn, so don't miss a class.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: CST1201
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

He is a nice professor. Though his accent may seems a little bit weird to some people but he tries to help students to make them understand well. He writes everything on the board and explains that. Do the homework, review the REVIEWS he does in the class, and listen carefully to every of his words. He gives extra point in test if you score low

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: 3613
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

If you want to learn Java, you should take him. I took 1201,3513 and 3613. And he really helped me a lot learning Java since day 1 in this school. It's true his tests would be a bit tough but in the end, you will earn a lot of it.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: CST2400
• Grade Received: B-
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Had him about a year ago and though I should post something to warn others. Unless you plan on going through the textbook yourself, which he rarely ever uses, you won't learn much in his class. His thick accent mixed with his inability to clearly explain things out make it nearly impossible to get a good grasp on the material.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: CST3613
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

He is a good teacher. He has a heavy accent and speaks low. If you have an interest in Java, it will be an easy class. He reviews before each test. Most of the time the test is similar to review.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: CST1201
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

From the perspective of someone who was already familiar with the material, i appreciated that he would write on the board, rather than beat us over the head with powerpoints like 90% of other professors. Every days lesson was organized, examples became more complex and the tests reflected these lessons and challenged us. Knows his stuff.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: CST35163616
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

He's super nice prof just be nice and respectful, do all homework, study the review sheets, and that's it! easy grade.Honestly, school will never teach you what you need to know to be a good programmer, you must learn by yourself

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: CST1101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Be warned. He has very strong accent, and doesn't know what he is supposed to teach. If you ask him a question, he get mad quickly, and mumbles. No one knows what he says, because he doesn't even know the answer. Save your time and choose other section, he is useless.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: CST1100
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Well this professor is not clear. First off, he has a very strong accent that at times make him incomprehensible. I warn you that his classes are BORING. It is a struggle to stay awake, but despite all this, he is willing to help and can be nice and generous with grading, especially on tests. Be on his good side and show effort and you will pass

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: CST3505
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

He is awesome very kind and gives you partial credit if he sees that you are trying hard he will help you and do not talk when he is teaching had him for c++ and c++2 both B+

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: CST3503
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

I couldn't understand 95% of the things he said due to his foreign accent. He asssigns hw that is hard to do because the notes don't help. I think that this professor should be let go by the school. He told the class that only one student was doing well and everyone else was failing. That's because this professor can't teach.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: CSTC
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Stay away.. OMG?..

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: CST2403
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

He's a good guy and he likes to help hi sstudents. He gives about 5 homework assighnments and he wont help you on them but tutoring will and he gives a ton of extra credit on tests. I'll be in his C++ 2 class and I'm glad hes the professor.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: CST2304
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

A little hard to understand due to the accent but is exams are easy for SQL and he writes everything on the board which I think is better than reading from some stupid powerpoint all the time. Got a B- in the class just because I tried and he saw that.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: CST3503
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

This class is the best. I had him for c++ and now I have him for the second part of the course. I do not understand anything computer science. related and I still passed with a B. The key is him giving the extra credit on exams even when the answers are flat out wrong. Take this guy and you will see that he is the best at what he teaches.