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Srinivasa Raghavan
Expecting a B+ Anonymous 01/17/2013 |
Professor: One of the better Chem-E professors at UMD. He's nice, and really understand what he teaches the class. Class: Two (2) midterms and one (1) final. Homework, and participation count as well. He is a pretty nice grader, and curves well too. For one of our exams, the average was a 72%, and the cutoff for an A was a 75%. One of the best parts of the class is how he does the homework portion of the grade - at the beginning of the semester, you pick a group of three (3) to do the homework for the rest of the semester. Homework is due weekly, and everyone in the group has to turn it in. However, only one member's homework is graded - and that grade is given to everyone in the group. The class is taught via powerpoint - I usually hate powerpoint as a tool for instruction, but in this class it was effective. His powerpoints were well prepared and take advantage of the different tools the Microsoft provides (the transiting). The professor typically breaks up his lectures by having the class discuss their thoughts on different topics. (He just goes "Discuss!"). We do use the software Polymath for homeworks - you can download a free trial for about two (2) weeks - however, since you work in groups, just have one person download it at a time so that you can have for almost two (2) months. Overall: Very interesting class, very good professor. You can;t go wrong here. |
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Srinivasa Raghavan
Expecting an A- Anonymous 12/31/2012 |
He's completely awesome. His tests are hard and tricky. If you can get your hands on old tests, and get more practice, that's golden. The hws are a bit hard so make sure you go to the office hours about them and do them early on so that its not 2 am and your group gets too tired and cranky to work. Also, no textbooks needed for this class. |
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Srinivasa Raghavan
ENTS635 Expecting an A Anonymous 05/10/2010 |
The course is really good and the prof is excellent.. For scheduling your semester courses.. you should take into consideration that the HW's load of this subject is heavy.. you should dedicate at least 1 day just for solving the weekly HW's.. I'm glad that this course is a required ENTS course.. its worth the time and effort.. |
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Srinivasa Raghavan
Expecting an A average650 03/28/2009 |
Best professor I've had yet. He uses powerpoints instead of a book, but I think it's extremely effective because the powerpoints are basically everything you need to know from the book in condensed form. He keeps the class engaged with discussions and questions. Some discussions are trivial, but they do help keep students engaged. Also a relatively generous grader. |