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Patrick O'Shea
ENEE381 Expecting an A- Anonymous 12/20/2023 |
Patrick O'Shea might be the single most approachable and pleasant professor in the ECE department. His teaching is HIGHLY effective and it includes relevant history, plus all the real life tie-ins and examples you can imagine. His exams are very fair with a few oddball questions here and there, but most questions are very similar to old exams. If you can take ENEE381 with Patrick O'Shea you absolutely should. Plus he did a pretty reasonable curve. |
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Patrick O'Shea
ENEE381 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/22/2021 |
Lectures are easy to follow. Not very much of 380 in this course. Homework are doable and due every two weeks. Quizzes after every homework assignments. Exams were straightforward and closely related to the homework and lecture material . Overall a great professor and straightforward course. |
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Patrick O'Shea
ENEE381 Expecting an A Anonymous 05/19/2021 |
I've found O'Shea to be a top-tier professor. While I think his lectures are a little dry, his homework (due every two weeks) is great at cementing concepts in your mind, and he usually responds to emails in a reasonable timeframe (i.e. within 24 hours). Rather than having two midterms, he gives a midterm and a term paper. Both the midterm and final were very fair exams in my opinion, and while I had to lean on the open-book nature of the exams due to other classes eating into my study time, it was still doable within the given timeframe. He provided review slides for both exams, which were pretty good, and the exam problems also tended to be similar to problems we'd already done in homework/discussion/lecture. I don't know how different things will be in-person, but if you devote time to going over all the problems you can, you should be good. For online exams, we had 8 problems, but we were graded on our best 7, which means you could skip one if you wanted. Also, while there is no curve, O'Shea is a pretty nice grader, which more than balances things out. As for the group term paper, I think it's a good concept, but it ended up meshing pretty poorly with my own schedule; regardless, since O'Shea is a nice grader, you can grind out the report and presentation slides without much issue, though I recommend taking any time you can to thoroughly explore your chosen subject and have fun. Oh, and be sure to review 380 before taking this course, as this course is a continuation of that. Having 380 fresh in your mind should at the very least help with the first bit of class, which was a review of 380 before moving on to new topics. |