Professor
Mostafa El Alaoui
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He's a decent professor. Very helpful and nice. MAKE SURE YOU GO TO HIS REVIEW SESSION or at least do his review problems he posts online as the midterms and finals have almost the exact same problems. I cannot stress that enough. He also takes problem from the homework so if you can solve the homework and his extra problems you should be fine. His tests are fairly easy and almost all problems are computational which is very nice. Would recommend him again if you want a fairly easy 1B teacher.
He's a decent professor. Very helpful and nice. MAKE SURE YOU GO TO HIS REVIEW SESSION or at least do his review problems he posts online as the midterms and finals have almost the exact same problems. I cannot stress that enough. He also takes problem from the homework so if you can solve the homework and his extra problems you should be fine. His tests are fairly easy and almost all problems are computational which is very nice. Would recommend him again if you want a fairly easy 1B teacher.
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Spring 2019 - Dr. El Alaoui is simply a terrible lecturer so don't take him unless you're willing to teach yourself all the material. I managed to get 98%s on both midterms.... after spending 10+ hours doing all the available practice problems before each exam. His exams all drew problems directly from the homework and lecture examples, but that didn't really help because it was pretty much guaranteed that I wouldn't understand what he was doing in lecture and I would have to go through the textbook and online tutorials to learn how to do them myself. When we tried to ask clarifying questions he would eventually cut us off, saying we were taking too much time. I don't think it's too hard to get a good grade if you're willing to put in the effort, but you will be dragging yourself through the class completely on your own. The labs are also bullshit as always, and Mostafa got so behind in lecture that you would have to do the pre-labs with literally no knowledge of the material. Hell, we skipped the complete last chapter of material entirely. I would recommend taking literally any other professor unless you know all the course content or have a lot of time to spare. The one positive is that he gives formula sheets with his exams.
Spring 2019 - Dr. El Alaoui is simply a terrible lecturer so don't take him unless you're willing to teach yourself all the material. I managed to get 98%s on both midterms.... after spending 10+ hours doing all the available practice problems before each exam. His exams all drew problems directly from the homework and lecture examples, but that didn't really help because it was pretty much guaranteed that I wouldn't understand what he was doing in lecture and I would have to go through the textbook and online tutorials to learn how to do them myself. When we tried to ask clarifying questions he would eventually cut us off, saying we were taking too much time. I don't think it's too hard to get a good grade if you're willing to put in the effort, but you will be dragging yourself through the class completely on your own. The labs are also bullshit as always, and Mostafa got so behind in lecture that you would have to do the pre-labs with literally no knowledge of the material. Hell, we skipped the complete last chapter of material entirely. I would recommend taking literally any other professor unless you know all the course content or have a lot of time to spare. The one positive is that he gives formula sheets with his exams.
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I took El-Alaoui for 6A Summer 10 and 6C Spring 11. He is a pretty good professor. Sometimes his lectures are not very clear, but he's really nice about answering questions in class. His exams are similar to homework and he has review sessions before each exam which helps a lot to summarize the material and to ask more questions. He doesn't post old exams, but he does post hmwk solutions as well as practice problems (w. solns) for each chapter. Study these and you'll be fine.
I took El-Alaoui for 6A Summer 10 and 6C Spring 11. He is a pretty good professor. Sometimes his lectures are not very clear, but he's really nice about answering questions in class. His exams are similar to homework and he has review sessions before each exam which helps a lot to summarize the material and to ask more questions. He doesn't post old exams, but he does post hmwk solutions as well as practice problems (w. solns) for each chapter. Study these and you'll be fine.
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Cool professor, very nice guy. His lectures are well organized and the pace of the class was just right. He has review sessions before all of the tests (2 midterms and a final) in which he really tries to stress the concepts that will be on the test. I definitely recommend this professor!
Cool professor, very nice guy. His lectures are well organized and the pace of the class was just right. He has review sessions before all of the tests (2 midterms and a final) in which he really tries to stress the concepts that will be on the test. I definitely recommend this professor!
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