Sanwar Ali - Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA

Professor: Sanwar Ali

Department: Computer Science

College: Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: COS101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

You do a lot of projects that are easy to do, but towards the end of semester you have to teach yourself. He refuses to help you. There will be days where you literally come to class & do nothing, but he won't let you leave. It is an easy A, but its a very frustrating class.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: COSC420
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Where do I even begin? As someone mentioned below, he gave us a 3 day notice for our exam. He takes points off of your hw/tests if it doesn't match up with what he did even if your answer is correct. We were supposed to learn Ruby but because he didn't know it, we switched to Perl instead. One of the most lazy and rude professors I have ever met.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: COSC420
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

He told us on a Friday that we had an exam the following Monday. We had a three day warning. Three days. Also, forces you to take exams outside of regular class time because for some reason his exams have to be four times longer than any other professors exams. What an astoundingly awful professor.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: COSC420
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

This professors assigns coding assignments and test questions from textbooks, but if your answer does not match the solution given by the text book verbatim it is wrong because he does not understand the material he is lecturing on, and therefore does not understand different approaches to the problem. Tests often contain material he does not cover

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: COSC300
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Absolutely the worst professor I have ever had. He's incredibly rude to students who ask for help. One student asked him for clarification, he just said "no" and left. He really doesn't understand the things he's trying to teach, we have to end up correcting him a lot of the time. If at all possible, avoid this professor. Take literally anyone else

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: COSC101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Class is nothing but lectures & it is hard enough to understand his thick accent let alone the material we have to learn. The projects are easy 100% however tests are long and difficult. Reading the textbook & studying the PowerPoints will get you very very far. Hes a funny teacher unless you really want to learn because he wont answer questions

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: COSC300
• Grade Received: WD
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

This guy does not seem to know what he is talking about. He doesn't pay attention to the students at all, if a student asks a question he would just blow it off like the student is dumb for asking a question. The homework was very dumb, we spent the first three weeks of class setting up visual basic on our laptops, btw no macbooks allowed.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: COS101
• Grade Received: C-
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

pretty harsh grader and wont answer questions

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: COSC101
• Grade Received: D
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Honestly, I would give a 0 if I could. Overall just a really mean person, pretty racist. I did everything I could to pass and I got a D. Doesn't tell you about upcoming tests or when things are due. Doesn't explain things and when you ask a question he makes you feel dumb.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: COSC101
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

had him for an introductory course, so I got an A pretty easily. I can't imagine taking him for any actually difficult class. He has a very strong accent and poor english, and gets annoyed when people ask him to repeat things. Because of this, students frequently misunderstand him. Gave exams with 300+ questions, each question repeated 3-10 times.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: COSC101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Worst professor I've ever had at IUP. Completely rude and disrespectful. Sometimes I would just leave before the class was officially over because sitting through his lectures is pretty much pointless. You teach yourself from the textbook. He DOES NOT help you AT ALL. Avoid at all costs.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: COSC101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Probably one of the worst professors I've taken at IUP. He says that there are too many students for him to help people so we have to help ourselves but no one knows what to do because his instructions are unclear. If you ask him a question there is a good chance he won't answer it and may even start an argument with you.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: COSC101
• Grade Received: D
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

I am going to FAIL this class, and I am a junior with a 3.9 gpa. DO NOT TAKE HIM.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: COSC101
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

I would not let my worst enemy take this professor. He is quite possibly the worst human being I have ever encountered.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: COS101
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Lectures are boring but easy to understand. Read the text and the tests will be easy. He won't give you help if you ask though.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: COSC101
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

He will call you out in front of the class and yell at you. People stand up and walk out because he is so mean.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: COSC101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Went to every class and put in very little effort and got an A. You do a lot of in class projects and 3 tests. Very easy

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: COSC101
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Don't bother showing up on lecture days. He talks nonsense and tells horrible jokes. You will get a better grade if you just buy the book and read it and read through his powerpoints. If you have trouble with the labs he will tell you to ask someone else for help or to look in the Microsoft book (do not buy that book you won't use it).

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: LIB355
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

no

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: COSC101
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

The class is easy, basically Word and Excel. Ali is not good at explaining how to do something in Excel. He makes students take time out of doing their projects in class and makes them help others. Also says it is a waste of time to answer questions so good luck on getting an answer from him.