As you can see from the class distribution, Professor Almohalwas's class is doable; however, this does not mean he doesn't teach. He is genuinly concerned about his students and he actually teaches class materials that are useful. His additional lecture materials he posts are very useful and interesting as well.

He seems confusing at first because his teaching style is a little different. The most important thing that you can do is know everything in the notes he provides and write down all the examples he does in class. To succeed I went to many office hours and asked him to redo profs and all the examples I wasn't able to follow in class. He is extremely patient in office hours and has many of them- so take advantage! Other than that, his tests are fair and directly mirror the in class material.

Professor Almohalwas is such a great professor. He is very passionate about his teaching and is very easy to approach if you have any questions or need clarity. He is very clear about what he expects and makes all of his lecture notes available online. He provided formula sheets for the midterm and allowed 1 full page front and back of any notes you wanted for the final. Overall, great class! If you study you'll get the grade you deserve.

Pretty much the best professor I've ever had. He genuinely cares so much about his students and it always fair. Great lecturer as well, explained the concepts very well. Such a gem of a person, so glad I took this class with him.

Almohalwas is very disorganized, and his lectures are unclear and unnecessarily confusing. The topics in this class are simple to understand, but his 100+ slides for every class do not provide any clarity. Our final exam was online, and although he said it would take only 3 hours, it took so much longer. The questions in the final were horribly worded and terribly confusing for no reason. He also wouldn't answer questions via email during that time. On the other hand, the midterm was straightforward. The homework is based on R, and he has plot codes in his slides, which are helpful. The workload overall for the class was not bad.

Almohalwas copied Christou's lecture notes (plus a bunch of other random notes from the Web) and posted an overwhelming amount on CCLE. Slightly disorganized, but he was helpful in explaining the challenging concepts of 100B slowly. If you're looking for a less intense version of 100B, have a solid math background, and can be patient with his disorganizedness, take him.

I took this professor during summer so this class was 6 weeks. At first, I was stressed because I felt as though I wasn't learning the material in an organized fashion when I went to lecture. In fact, I didn't really learn that much during lecture. Every week we have a lab due which appears to be a lot of work until I discovered that they were essentially all graded for completion. Everyone I knew got 100% and that was a large part of the grade. The rest of the grade besides the test is pretty much a guaranteed 100% in the gradebook. There are online quizzes but you can find those answers online as well. The tests are pretty easy. He uses identical questions from the textbook and the problems he gives you in the discussion. He is also very helpful in office hours and works with you if you have any grade issues. The tests are easier than I anticipated and I was seriously freaking out about them since I felt like I didn't learn in lecture. In fact, it's pretty common sense and go along with discussion. Even if you don't know how to do a problem, they grade super easily. I thought I missed an entire written problem on the final (out of four written problem) but I still scored higher than 100%. The only issue is that the class lectures are pretty useless, but the material and tests are easy enough that it doesn't matter. Also, if you've taken AP stats that you're pretty set.

For those signing up for spring quarter classes I wanted to add in a review of my impressions up to week 4 because there aren't many reviews.

He is a funny and nice professor and he yells a lot while lecturing so you won't be bored and it gives the illusion that you won't lose focus and you'll understand things better, but in reality you still somehow end up leaving the classroom wondering what the heck you learned in those 50 minutes. I feel bad saying this because he does seem like a good person but his lecturing is so disorganized. He would benefit from having an agenda of what we should learn by the end of the lecture instead of jumping from webpage to powerpoint slide to blackboard on what seems like a bunch of different tangents.

I'm struggling to do this homework assignment due tomorrow because I have not learned the material necessary to do it.

Best professor ever! Take him!

Very unorganized professor, rude, and not helpful in the least. Lectures are the most directionless I have ever experienced, attendance is mandatory but you're better of reading the book because his lectures are utterly undecipherable. Learned absolutely nothing in this class. Avoid at all costs.