Reviews of professor Jiju Poovvancheri

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Lectures were a little dry, but the material was explained nicely and the course was very well organized overall. Clear expectations on submitted work.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
He is the most accommodating professor I had at SMU so far. Just approach for help when you need it and he will go out of his way to help you. He wants his students to succeed, but wont hand it to you.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
do yourself a favor and do not take this prof

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
He can be very difficult to understand, and when someone asks why something wouldn't work in java he would give a poor explanation, or none at all. Make sure you go to the other professors' office hours if you don't understand what's going on! They tend to give you a different point of view on how to approach the questions!

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
He is obviously a nice guy. Always ready to help. Available mostly in the office. But when it comes to this course, I am not happy with him. At first, the course is already hard and the way he delivers makes it even harder. Most of the marks are on assignments and homework so, make sure to get good marks there to end up with a nice grade.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Having no previous experience with computing science, I did not find this class easy. This professor's way of teaching did not spark my interest, which made it difficult to pay attention and retain information. He is a nice guy and a fair marker, but I would not take this class again.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
This course provided a great understanding of system calls, processes and paging. Coding based assignments require a lot of work but worth it. He is accessible even outside of class/office hours and does his best to help students succeed. The course was very well organized.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
He is very knowledgeable and you can learn a ton or just the bare minimum. Plenty of opportunities to get good grades (such as dropping lowest quiz).

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
If you don't want stress, Don't take course with him. He makes course so difficult. His Exams and Assignments were so tough that you can't even think off.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
You don't need to go to this class if you use the online zyBooks textbook thing and keep up with the weekly labs, and bi-weekly assignments. Don't need to know and Computer Science beforehand, but if you do you'll breeze right through!

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Good prof, very useful course, heavy weekly homework!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I really enjoyed Jiju's class. The course structure is pretty good for a newbie. The lectures are good and to the point. though attendance is not mandatory but takes the lectures to do assignments it'll help. Tests are mostly from the slides and very little code to write in the final or tests which is a plus. all in all a really good prof.