Reviews of professor Mohamad Alwan

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
We are in lockdown, classes went online, he get annoyed by my emails for asking him questions, his notes are confusing, lot of mistakes, his lecture video just reading out his notes, he doesn't explain them at all, I felt hopeless, cant find any help from school, I had to go online to learn from YouTube and khan Academy myself.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Makes everything so much harder than it needs to be. His tests are the hardest. Made math feel like rocket science.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
One of the best professors that University of Saskatchewan has. This course was tough but this guy managed to make us understand the theory and concepts very well. You'll learn a lot from him. He will sometimes pull out trivias related to the lecture of the day which could be a lot of help in solving the assignments and the exams.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
The good thing about Alwan is that he cares about his students and understands them. But the way he teaches is a bad way of teaching. He basically speaks and scrolls through the pages.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Exams are fair and easier than the assignments. Use the Math help centre to assist yourself!! If you skip class, or get behind you will not succeed. Math 225 is a very heavy class. He understood that and worked around ways to make the students' lives easier. Caring and understanding. Lots of personality and humour. One of my favourite professors.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
The average of our quizzes (4 marked) and the midterm is 50%! He makes snide remarks about how we are the worst class he has had at USask, albeit he has only been here teaching since 2018 (the majority of teachings were done throughout the pandemic / online). These comments are only so he can shift the blame, and tends to make one almost every day.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Math classes are usually difficult, but when I had professor Alwan it was easier for me to get good grades, not only in this course but in Math 123 and 124 as well. As long as you attend his lectures, take notes, and actively listen to what he is saying, you will be in a great position for any of the courses he teaches.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
The best Math professor in the university. Funny and respected. His notes are extremely detailed with lots of examples which make them easier to understand. He makes mistakes sometimes but they are usually just minor and if you tell him, he would fix them right away no problem.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Chalkboard notes in lecture so you need to go to class. Consistent with the textbook chapters. You might want to look at the textbook pictures or find a 3D grapher bc its hard for him to show some shapes/planes. I think the final is fair. Some of the assignment and quiz solutions have mistakes so take them as a guide not the answers.