Reviews of professor Simone Marras

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Gives no homework and does no examples in class, making it very hard to understand concepts. However we had on exam and then one hw that exempted us from the midterm AND the final! So get a good grade on the first exam and your set for the whole class! (For those who want an A, its a 95). He was very helpful when asked questions

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
His lectures are just summaries of his notes that he sends you in the first lecture. You're better off just reading them because they are easier to understand that way. His tests are pretty similar to the examples in his notes and in class as well as some definitions and concept questions. He will get frustrated if you start to ask questions.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Prof Marras' lectures are somewhat disorganized. He writes on the board depending on notes he collected from the book (which he sends a pdf of). A very tough grader, who's serious about definitions, and doesnt provide partial credit for mistakes made in them. Also, if you choose to take the final exam, he nullifies the two midterm grades.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Please for the love of god don't take this prof. If you do, read his notes and don't bother paying attention to his lectures, he jumps all over the place with no rhyme or reason to the order he introduces topics. He frequently gets lost in his own derivations, which results in him losing the entire class while he stands for 5 minutes doing nothing.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Ignore the other reviews. Yes, he sometimes goes back to a previous topic during lectures if he realized he left something out. But otherwise, he's straightforward and tells you exactly what you're responsible for. Tests are easy, except for the final - which was take-home. He uses Opentext so you don't have to buy the textbook! Nice guy, too.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Not a good professor notes he puts up on the board are hard to read as his handwriting is illegible and jumps all over the place. Went to his office and was taked down to like i knew nothing