Youcef Derbal - Ryerson University

Professor: Youcef Derbal

Department: TBD

College: Ryerson University

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: CITM200
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

The online midterm was straightforward and due to this year's circumstances, the 60% exam was luckily made online. Honestly wouldn't have done well if the final was done in person. If you have coding experience and can self learn Python, I would say take it and don't let the comments scare you from taking CITM200 not sure about ITM200. U can pass!

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: ITM200
• Grade Received: C
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

GPA Homicide

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: ITM207
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

AVOID AT ALL COST. anyone but him.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: ITM207
• Grade Received: F
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

This man is ur gpa killer. I failed his course once already he simply is just so bad at teaching and pray and wish new itm teachers teach 207.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: ITM207
• Grade Received: C+
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

This class is super hard and professor Derbal makes it even harder. He rushes through his lectures so some important information is always missed. He doesn't tolerate any talking he is not afraid to single anyone out in a lecture. He is also not a nice person his responses are very aggressive back almost like he is upset that you are asking.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: ITM207
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Professor Derbal is very passionate about IT. His class is lecture heavy and full of examples. Make sure you learn them since most of his questions are from the examples. Do the asignments and definitely ask for his help in labs.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: ITM207
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

His lectures aren't bad in terms of explaining what to do and how to do it, but his assignments get progressively harder and if you don't keep up you'll get bodied. The midterm wasn't bad but the mans exam was super tuff compared to his lectures and assignments ..

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: ITM207
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

I didnt show up to a single class and I got above 85. Study off his slides and do the weekly assignments by yourself. His final is based on work done in the assignments. No need to touch the textbook. A little knowledge of general coding helps to understand Raptor

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: ITM207
• 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:

Terrible prof, goes to fast when reaching and tried getting in an argument with me during a lecture. When i asked him to explain something again he was very arrogant and just assumed that I should understand new material. Avoid this prof at all costs.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: ITM207
• Grade Received: F
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

awful prof, horrible course, extremely hard! Take with diff prof!!!!

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: ITM207
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Honestly, he's one of the most rude prof's I ever had in my first year of Ryerson. He has an attitude when a student doesn't understand something, goes too fast in his lectures which leaves half the students clueless as to what's going on, and his tests are just absurd. If you have him, IMMEDIATELY drop his class and switch, or take summer school.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: ITM207
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

He's decent at explaining, but goes way tooo fast. Also idk why this guy stands in the rows of a 300+ person lecture hall and basically only addresses 1/3 of the class, instead of speaking at the podium like most profs. Sometimes he gets so into lecturing that will walk into the student rows and literally make deep eye contact with people. LOL.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: ITM207
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

he's a great guy.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: ITM207
• Grade Received: Audit/No Grade
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Avoid this prof at all costs, take this class with George Foltak if you want to do well, this profs tests are unreasonably hard.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: ITM200
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

He doesn't really teach you anything. How to actually understand the material isn't there. What he'll give you are modules with examples but it's not enough. To actually pass you'll have to read the textbook. He actually knows the material but it's not worth learning alone for such a hard subject. Would recommend another professor or going to class

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: CITM207
• Grade Received: B-
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

The way he teaches is almost impossible to understand, especially for a beginner course. You must use the textbook to pass his class, bcus the hw assigned is very difficult. The course was easy but this prof made it hard tbh. Easy midterm, hard final. Mostly knowledge based + a few flowcharts that you must solve.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: ITM207
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

All that matters for this course is the midterm, and final exam. Both were surprisingly easy (compared to his homework, which is only worth 10% of the grade). If you understand the material in the lectures, and most importantly read the corresponding material in book, you'll notice how simple most of the questions on the exams are. The HW is tough.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: ITM207
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Do whatever you can to avoid his class. Hard midterm and very hard hard labs. Going to class is a waste of time because he literally goes through slides. If you have not done this material in high school then I would highly recommend not to take his class. Its very hard to pass his class.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: ITM207
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Great prof. He explains the material really well. The students that complain are most likely the ones that did not attend the labs and ask questions there, because the prof is constantly emphasizing that the labs will be really helpful. Attend the lectures and labs and do the work and you will pass with a good mark.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: ITM207
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Easy course, all you gotta do is study for his tests and you're fine.