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Patrick O'Shea
ENEE382 Expecting a B Anonymous 12/17/2024 |
Absolutely great Professor, the way this class was structured that we didn't have any midterms instead we had 10 quizzes in which they were conducted almost every week which is wonderful because all you need to know for a quiz is what you learned that week/previous. Besides quizzes which was like 50% of our grade, he also had 10 homework assignments assigned which were due before the corresponding quiz and usually the homework assignments were harder than the quizzes which prepared you really well for the quiz. It was very common to have the same questions from the homework which made things more easier. Homework assignments were about 25% of our grade and were the ones I really had to put much time on. TAs were kinda harsh graders on the homework and quite the opposite on the quizzes which was great. The other 25% of our grade was the Final which was open note and the easiest final I took to date, questions mostly came from the homework assignments and 2 practice exams he gave us, there were 9 questions and he asked us to do 6 of them. Overall a fantastic professor don't look anywhere else if you are taking this class if you consider you are concerned about your grade. Also Im not sure he curved the final or the class but this is because almost everyone did well in the class. This class is a great class with not much workload if you want to take it with other harder classes like ENEE 324, 350, 322 ... |
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Patrick O'Shea
ENEE382 Expecting an A Anonymous 11/18/2024 |
Great prof. Teaches concepts well and doesn't focus on the mathematics behind it. Only Quizzes with no exams besides the final. Do the HW and Quizzes and you will do well. |
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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. |