Reviews of professor Sharief Oteafy

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
This professor is very kind and helpful. He is available outside of class for any questions. The midterm is easy and allows a note sheet. Attendance is not mandatory but not showing up will result in an F. He is a great professor would take again.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. Oteafy is a busy person, so you might get annoyed. For example, I send him important questions, but he did not respond them for a long time. He might give you some ec if you positively join his office hour and ask him a lot of questions. Because of it, he might improve your final grade even if you cannot do final exam well.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Do not take him if you are not a cyber security major. You are better off taking another professor for this course.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
I'm not a cybersecurity major but had a blast taking this class with Dr.Oteafy! Hands down one of the best professors I've had. Engaging lectures, great sense of humor. He truly cares about his students and is always accessible outside of class for any questions. Study from lectures, use ppts for review. Take it in person-it's much more fun!

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I had a mixed feeling about this professor. However, I do not like his teaching style. He spends too much time on some random specific topic and can't properly mange the pace of the course. We didn't a good portion of material's we were supposed to cover. For example, we only spent 1 class on Security where we should have spent way more.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Avoid at any cost! Easy class made hard by the teaching method, would never take him again. Lecture and test heavy, PPT's don't provide much info(bullet points he keeps going on and on about).Hw's are graded very late so you're unaware of how you did in timely manner, he turned in the final grades late too after the last day of spring break.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Professor Oteafy is hands down my favorite professor I've had at DePaul so far. His lectures are amazing and he's the reason I'm excited to move forward with my degree in Cybersecurity. His enthusiasm and knowledge made me excited to go to class every week. Homework and tests aren't too hard, but he makes you work for it in a healthy way.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
The lectures are very interesting and you should attend them to keep up with the class. Prof. Oteafy is a very nice person and genuinely cares about his students. If you reach out to him, he will give you the help you need. Homework and labs are a decent chunk of the grade so just get them done. I hope to have him again in the future.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
You want to take your first networking classes with Sharief. I mean it when I say I am grateful I took his course because he taught me things you will encounter in later classes and he just does it better. He is smart, gives entertaining lectures, is flexible and is accessible. If you have the option to take a class with him, I would do it