Stephen Aja - Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY

Professor: Stephen Aja

Department: Geology

College: Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: EESC1010
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Horrible! one time I had to exit the class due to a makeup test i had to take, and he literary kicked me out! he yelled at me saying you can't interrupt the class you either leave or sit down! didn't even give me a chance to tell him anything! hard tests, and reads the slides word by word. makes geology boring when it should be fun!!

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: EESC1010
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Horrible professor. The way he teaches is what drives me crazy. His slides are so dry and he literally reads from the slides with the driest voice.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: EESC1060
• Grade Received: WD
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

first couple of weeks was history of water use &irrigation etc. he just keeps talking &talking super low voice, gave a paper &graded super hard w/o explaining what you did wrong, expected you to know over 200 slides worth of info for the midterm that you had to self teach bc nothing learned from him . dropped the classed morning of midterm.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: EESC7730G
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Graduate students stay away from this guy. He does not teach but expects you to figure out things on your own. Gave many lectures on physics (poorly) in which YOU have to figure out how to solve without actually being taught. None of the lectures help you with assignments. No text book given to help and he has no interest in meeting for office hour

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: EESC1010
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Everybody who decided to take this class i can say "DO NOT DO IT!!!". First reason, Professor does not carry about students and speak not clearly (with huge accent ) and very quiet. Second reason, there are only 2 tests; moreover, they are really difficult and the professor grades only by them. 3 reason, if you want A or B you should study a lot.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: EESC1010
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

This professor is knowledgeable. That is it, he knows his material but fails to teach it to his students. I did mediocre on his tests (70s-80s), I think I pass because of my lab grade (Other Professor) which was an A. Most students often skipped class because the class environment was terrible.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: CORC3304
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Professor sure does have lot of knowledge and happily answers. Problem is he is monotone and when requested to speak louder, failed to do so. Reads out from PowerPoint. For exams, it's better to go over slides, than read the textbook verbatim. Recommend not to take this class.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: EESC1010
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

If you have any other option... Go with it This is guy makes the Clear Eyes guy look like Jim Carey. He doesn't care if you're bored (and oh yes you will be- I guarantee it). Two exams 70 ques each- and that's it... That's how he's going to grade you.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: EESC1010
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Hardest class I ever took. I put crazy hours in trying to get an A, but his tests are way too difficult. But I managed to do well because I guess he curves it. You'll have to learn material on your own, but the good part is you don't have to show up to class. PS. He also ignores emails.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: EESC1010
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Ok, The honest truth is that the class is boring. You can not hear or understand what he says in the class. If you have a question rather than try to help you he will be very sarcastic. Not a great teacher. He may be knowledgeable but doesn't do a good job helping his students grasp concepts. Over 50 percent of the class didn't do well.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: EESC1010
• Grade Received: C+
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

He is so boring, unhelpful, unclear, and i learned nothing!

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: EESC1010
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

One has to ask for help, facilitates peer cooperation.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: EESC1010
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Do not take this class with Stephen Aja. I have never failed a class in college, but I am sure this will be my first. He does not care and sounds uninterested in teaching. He is monotone and hard to understand. He gives assignments without any direction and gives tests without any idea of what you are being tested on.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: GEO1010
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

The WORST class i have ever taken in my 3 years of Brooklyn college. Geology is a core and is meant to be taken for credit. You shouldn't have to suffer through this Professor for a semester. No one should ever have to go through geology with this professor. Run away.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: CORE3304
• Grade Received: WD
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Run from this "professor". this class should be fun and easy. he doesn't care, he makes it hard! first test is FIVE chapters combined, he will give 110 questions to prepare without answers! On test he will trick you with 78 questions and half of them will be from lecture, book, powerpoints not from 110 prepare questions that he gave!

Rating # 16

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

He knowledgeable about the subject, that's for sure. He has a heavy accent and can be hard to understand sometimes, it doesn't help that he mumbles the entire time either. All he does is read from slides, does not care if student are engaged. Tells us something isn't on the test but it's there anyways. Expect to learn almost entirely on your own.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: EESC1010
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

I regret I took this class with Aja.. Never ever take this "professor". I wonder how a person with that terrible accent, most of the time impossible to understand has became a professor in a 4 year college?? No teaching skills at all, but mumbling all class long from power slides. The worst ever!!!

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: EESC1010
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

What a fu*king idiot, the worst professor in the school. Never, under any circumstances take him. He treated a core class as if I'm a geo major. Horrible THE WORST.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: EESC1010
• Grade Received: B-
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Sitting through this professors lectures is torture. His voice is low and monotone, and he doesn't speak English very well. He lacks the ability to genuinely spark interest in students, and he often sounds bored himself. Not a good class to take if you have some interest going into it and are hoping the class will inspire you when you get there.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: COREGEOLOGY
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

I supplemented lectures with my own online research and studying. It helped that I really liked geology before taking the class because I didn't mind the extra work. I tried really hard to do well and I got a good grade. That's the big secret: try to do well and you will. Not much of a secret, huh? ;)