Adnan Shaout - University of Michigan - Dearborn

Professor: Adnan Shaout

Department: TBD

College: University of Michigan - Dearborn

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: ECE273
• 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:

VERY VERY VERY EASY CLASS. By far easiest class I have taken in engineering, and I failed highschol 3 times. take him you wont regret it.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: ECE273
• Grade Received: F
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Pop quizzes every other lecture, AND they have equal weight to exams. Doesn't even follow his own in-syllabus grading scale. Class itself is extremely outdated (very 1970's). Not very lenient at all. Note that he is the only prof for this class, so he is unavoidable. No wonder the average grade is a fail.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: ECE554
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Algo engineer that has worked for multiple OEM's. Would skip unless you have no other options. Guy was fine, but for an embedded sw class it was all reading off of 8 year old ppt slides verbatim - yikes! Doesn't actually show how to code any rtos topics - exams are just memorizing ppt info. Recommend Samir's ECE505 or embedded robot class instead.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: ECE273
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Pop quizzes. His class revolves around pop quizzes and hope to God you studied what's on the quiz because if not you are screwed. You will do bad. Unless you've retaken the class. POP QUIZZES have EQUAL WEIGHT to EXAMS! No wonder the averages are 50%. He is the only prof for this class. You need a tutor or online resource to pass. God help you.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: ECE273
• Grade Received: B-
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

After retaking this class I thought it'd be an easy ride worked my butt off even though I didn't do any of the homeworks. Did the final project in 20 mins was way above the class average but gets a B-. This guy isn't avoidable so take him but don't listen to his syballus at all cause he clearly doesn't follow his grading distribution. Had a 70% B-

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: ECE273
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

This is a weeder class for the ECE department, expect averages to be low. average for my class was 57%, so my 80% got curved to an A. Quizzes are brutally hard and he doesn't give enough time for them. You have to study all of the content well and be sure to do the homework even though its ungraded. He is always available in office hours

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: ECE554
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Shaout's lecturing and clarity was good, but exams were difficult and tricky. Not straightforward. Overall a tough grader in exams and projects, so be prepared to put in effort and potentially suffer grade-wise.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: ECE554
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Does a fine job teaching the subject matter however is very vague with project/exam requirements. For example he could assign a project "Write a paper on embedded systems" and only once you've asked him in class what format, what length, what due date etc does he finally elaborate. Our final is today and he still hasn't posted the location yet...

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: ECE273
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Professor Shaout is the MAN!!! He is a very good teacher that knows the subject in and out. He will go out of his way to help his students , if his students take the time to ask for it. Tests and quizzes are very difficult. You Have to study everyday because everyday the material just builds on. He is a FILTER FOR THE ECE department. so watch out!

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: ECE273
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Dr. Shaout is the gatekeeper for UMD's ECE department. If you do not apply yourself to this course you will fall apart. The quizzes, labs, and exams are very difficult and they test multiple aspects of the course. You will learn a lot but it will not easy. Do not skip lecture or lab, ever; and go see him during his office hours if you need help.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: ECE273
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Dr, Shaout is a really good teacher. you will learn many things from his class. He is very helpful also whenever you need help. the only thing is that his tests are hard, and long. make sure you study everyday to achieve a good grade. You will have to work hard in this class.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: ECE554
• 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: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Worst professor i had ever seen, doesn't care about students, Presentation slides are not clear, Teaches less and expects more from students please skip his course Not at all helpful & Useful

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: ECE273
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Professor Adnan Shaout did a great job teaching this course. Hes very tough but by the end of the class you will actually learn A LOT. Weekly quizzes help you stay updated with the course, the key to getting an A is practicing problems in the notes, doing good on quizzes.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: ECE273
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Hardest class ever taken. He looks like Santa, but he's the opposite.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: ECE552
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

This teacher is bluntly a standout professor that you would have at one of the top universities, some of the students want to walk in and walkout without doing much. He doesn't let that happen, you come in study learn, get a good grade. Plain and simple. EARN IT.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: ECE428
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

As I saw some people mention before, his powerpoint slides are just full of text, like he copied and pasted them, and often 1 chapter of slides will be 100+ slides. When lecturing he just sits and reads the slides word-for-word (for the entire 3 hour class). When people ask questions, his answers sound like BS. His exams are a crapshoot.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: ECE273
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Best ECE professor at UMD! Very easy class but he makes it very hard. Makes you work for your grade. You really have to keep up with material and study every week because you will have a quiz every week. STUDY for the exams, they are easy but he will throw a lot of tricks in there, make sure to REREAD questions! Overall learned alot! ALSO CURVES!!

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: ECE273
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

You have to study for the weekly quizzes. He forces you to keep up in the class which is good. The quizzes and tests tend to have too many questions for the time given, and you won't finish if you aren't fast with the material. The notes are pretty clear.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: ECE273
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

amazing professor yet his material is very hard. he's very generous and ive learnt a lot!!

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: ECE574
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

I had Dr. Shaout for ECE574, ECE554, and ECE528. Each slide is a wall of text. For lecture, he reads from the slides verbatim. When asked a question, his explanation is very wishy-washy, as if he is making it up on the spot. His test questions make no sense, have typos, and are hard to answer EVEN IF YOU KNOW THE MATERIAL. He is also very pompous.