Reviews of professor Syed Abbasi

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Abbasi is a nice guy, but the lectures are lacking. I haven't made one SQL query and expect to be among the highest grades. Usually this would be nice but it's not OK for such an important topic. SQL will probably be covered in another class, but still. You will not learn much of value and it is incredibly slow unless you like random Oracle trivia.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor abassi is very nice, there is no doubt. However during his lecture he only reads the slide. There is 3 "assignments" and 1 project which don't teach you anything about practical SQL, more like how to connect MS access to your oracle client. No use of textbook so rely on the slides for studying (they're not useful though).

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
I really enjoyed his class. He gives you time to finish your homework and homework is  easy and doable. The tests are fairly easy id say. if you go over the question you did in class most of them are on the tests.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Just show up to class, take notes, study and do the handouts and sure you'll pass.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Such a nice proffersor. Helps w HW assignments if u need

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Despite the class being incredibly easy, you will learn a lot. Refuses to let any of his students fail, goes above and beyond for them. Has immense patience, even when asked to explain something for the 100th time, he will do it and remains respectful throughout. Is genuinely one of the best professors I have ever had.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
You don't learn much in this class. He spends so much time on things like installing oracle and ms access that you don't actually learn much about database design and operations. His tests are basically random trivia. Some of it isn't covered in class. If you study the slides you'll do fine. Positives: low time commitment, not necessarily hard