Computer Science and Computer Engineering

4 (excellent) 3 (good) 2 (yeah) 1 (pooa!) 0 (you suck!) Dennis Bahler
CSC311

4 (excellent) 3 (good) 2 (yeah) 1 (pooa!) 0 (you suck!) William Bares
CSC210 Programming Concepts.

• "He might be a bit boring but at least he explains everything in a good manner"
• "I recomend him"
• "If you take him you'll have a lot of good surprises"

4 (excellent) 3 (good) 2 (yeah) 1 (pooa!) 0 (you suck!) Donald Bitzer
CSC222 Applied Discrete Mathematics

• "Besides bringing a great amount of research $money$, intelligent(sp?), he is a DAMN good teacher!! If it was not for him, I may have never passed Discrete Math (a Computer Science Requirement)."
• "By far the best teacher I have met here at NCSU. He teaches every spring and is the exact opposite of Mcallester who also teaches csc222. Dr Bitzer actually cares about undergradutes. There is so much to say about this guy. He just has a good soul and i dont recomend taking anyone else but him for csc222. (you will regret taking anyone else)"
• Fall97 "he's a genius"
• Fall97 "Dr. Bitzer is an excellent professor. He takes the time to make sure each student understands the concepts. He holds office hours just about everyday. Each time I have utilized the office hours, there were several other students there also. He takes the time to help each and every one of us, if one-on-one assistance is neccesary. He also encourages study groups. Basically, he is the best prof. I have had here at NCSU."
• Spring99 "My grade in the class was A.
  Bitzer and his grad student Tiffany (who taught most of our class) are both good lecturers. It's a shame Bitzer didn't teach more than he did this semester, since he is an entertaining and informative instructor. They provide special review sessions (optional) at night and hold extensive office hours. Grades are not a problem, they would rather you learn the material than test you on performance. Oh, one more thing -- Bitzer invented the Plasma screen, and if that's not enough reason to take his class, what is? Only drawback? It's too easy."

4 (excellent) 3 (good) 2 (yeah) 1 (pooa!) 0 (you suck!) Chou
CSC114

• Fall98 "My grade in the class was D.
  Dr. Chou can not speak english and no one can understand him. I don't even know if the man knows how to program, because all he does is read Dr. Perry's notes in class and even posts them on HIS webpage. Students should also get credit for Chinese 101 after completing his class. Highly not recomended. If you are going to fail C++ just take Dr. Perry because atleast you can understand what she says and all Dr. Chou teaches is her notes."
• Fall98 "My grade in the class was ...
  I dropped the class before i had a chance to get a grade. he absolutely sucks. you may want to invest in a translator because you can't understand a word he says. then who knows what he's doing in class. he throws a bunch of things on the overhead and and spurts out some nonesense. he obviously knows his stuff but he has no idea of how to tell others to do it. no one understands him. give him a few more decades for him to improve his english before you chose him as a teacher."
• Fall98 "My grade in the class was A-.
  this guy cannot speak a lick of english. all he does is read over dr. perry's online notes, which i could have easily done by myself. i would have, but unfortunately he decided to give a quiz every week and not tell you when to ensure that you go to his class."

4 (excellent) 3 (good) 2 (yeah) 1 (pooa!) 0 (you suck!) Ken Clark
CSC210

4 (excellent) 3 (good) 2 (yeah) 1 (pooa!) 0 (you suck!) Clevland
CSC114

4 (excellent) 3 (good) 2 (yeah) 1 (pooa!) 0 (you suck!) Dayar
CSC114

• Fall97 CSC333 "My grade in the class was B.
  First I thought that the class would be hell, it was but Miss Dayar, attempted and succeded in teaching the course. I recomend her"
• Fall98 "My grade in the class was A.
  Dayar teaches fairly well, but goes slower than other sections. Of course, last year was here first year teaching 114. Not recommended for CSC majors, but if you haven't programmmed before she's allright. Tests are fair, projects are 10x easier than others such as Perry."

4 (excellent) 3 (good) 2 (yeah) 1 (pooa!) 0 (you suck!) Ed Davis
CSC201 Computer Organization and Assembly Language

• "CSC201 is not an easy course. However, his lectures are very down to earth. He makes the difficult not seem so bad. On the down side, his tests are very long. Even though you can use your book and notes, you'll be writing from the moment the test is handed out until the moment time is up."
• CSC201 "Very down to earth, willing to answer questions, help out. Some examples with ties to the "real world"."

4 (excellent) 3 (good) 2 (yeah) 1 (pooa!) 0 (you suck!) Dan Deter
CSC257 JAVA

• "Pretty cool guy, class is useful"
• Class : CSC257, I took the class in Spring1999. I give this teacher a 3 out of 4, my grade in the class was A.
  "Good easy class, learn some Java, but not too much work. Only one test and that's the exam."

4 (excellent) 3 (good) 2 (yeah) 1 (pooa!) 0 (you suck!) Martin Dulberg
CSC114

• Fall98 "My grade in the class was B+.
  Good teacher, needs lots of work to get through. On the first day of class there were about 100 students but after the first test, it dropped to about 30."
• Class : CSC114 Summer 1999 "I give this teacher a 4 out of 4, my grade in the class was A+
  "Marin Dulberg knows how to teach. He clearly explained all the concepts we needed. His tests were clearly worded and not meant to trick students. He was very helpful and prompt whenever I requested help. He seemed to care a lot for his students, and I really appreciated that."

4 (excellent) 3 (good) 2 (yeah) 1 (pooa!) 0 (you suck!) Robert E. Funderlic
CSC302 Introduction to Numerical Methods

• "This is quite possibly the worst teacher at NC State. He makes CSC302 one of the worst classes I have ever taken. His lectures are hectic and ill prepared. Most of the class time is taken up by him complaining about anything and everything, and telling stories about some Uncle Bob guy."
• "Dr. Funderlic is a very nice guy. He cares about his students a lot and really tries to make this class interesting. However, as much as he tries, he can't do it. His lectures go nowhere and you'll not be prepared for his homework. However, Stewart and McAllister teach tougher 302 courses."
• Class : csc202 spring,1999 . I give this teacher a 1 out of 4, my grade in the class was B-.
  "Dr. Funderlic is the most pathetic excuse for a professor (at least for csc202). This guy is so boring, it is impossible to stay awake, if somebody asks a question and he doesn't know the answer, he will try to digress or make up some B.S., I admit he must be a pretty smart guy, but he is very disorganized, not at all prepared for lectures. HE DOES NOT KNOW MUCH ABOUT Operating systems. sometimes we had to teach him things, plenty of students found errors his teachings. He makes so many errors, on homeworks, and even during the tests there are like 5 or 6 errors which need to be announced to the class before the test. He has no earthly idea what is going on. he only has 2 tests, his 2nd test was so close to the final exam (2 weeks away), i wish that we had taken the class earlier. so we could have some time to take a breather, before hitting the final. Believe me, if the TA made the test out then Dr. Funderlic WOULD FAIL IT!!!! He is also in very poor health and his doctor didn't want him to teach, SO WHY IS HE TEACHING???I beg anyone, please don't take this prof. you won't learn a thing."

Ed Gehringer listed in ECE

4 (excellent) 3 (good) 2 (yeah) 1 (pooa!) 0 (you suck!) Healey
CSC210

• Class : CSC210, I took the class in Spring, 1999. I give this teacher a 4 out of 4, my grade in the class was A+.
  "Dr. Healey is new. He did a great job teaching CSC 210. Even while we covered all the material we were supposed to plus more, his class seemed reasonably-paced. He's a pretty funny guy with a dry sense of humor. I suggest getting him... but he told us he didn't plan on teaching CSC210 ever again, so find him for one of the graphics classes he teaches. I think he earned $175,000 in grants his first semester here to get a giant new graphics lab too."
• Class : CSC 431, I took the class in Fall,1999. I give this teacher a 4 out of 4, my grade in the class was A-.
  "He is a good teacher. But in CSC 431(File Organization and Processing) he tends to go a bit fast. He writes quicker than you can think.The Programming assignments are very challenging. One downfall of his class is that he doesn't give much homework for written problems. But over all, he is very clear, loves to answer students questions. He will make sure that he understands the problem before he answers it. Also, he excepts criticism and knowledge from students

4 (excellent) 3 (good) 2 (yeah) 1 (pooa!) 0 (you suck!) Carl Hobson
CSC210

4 (excellent) 3 (good) 2 (yeah) 1 (pooa!) 0 (you suck!) T.L.Honeycutt
CSC112 Introduction to Computing-FORTRAN

• "He is one of the sorriest teachers that I have ever had in my life. He does not teach anything. All he does is ramble on about any old thing that has nothing to do with FORTRAN. Please find another teacher fo FORTRAN so that no one else will have to suffer through his class."
• "Sometimes plays the part of the absent minded professor, other times is brilliant. Some profs want to be known as really tough and are there to stand in your way. He is not that like that: show him some real effort and he will go a long way for you. Show him half hearted interest and don't expect much help. I give him a 3.5."
• Fall97 "Very,very,very reasonable and generous. curve is tremendous"
• Class : CSC112 F98. I give this teacher a 3 out of 4, my grade in the class was A+.
  "He himself admits that he is boring. It is hard to sleep through his class because he has this wierd laugh that wakes you up. He would be a boring preacher as well. Overall a nice guy who is helpfull. Don't skip review day!! Would recommend at least skimming through the book. Don't help the curve, rather let the curve help you. You don't have to be a computer nerd to get a good grade in his class."

4 (excellent) 3 (good) 2 (yeah) 1 (pooa!) 0 (you suck!) Dr. Andrew Hoppe
CSC114 Introduction to Computing-C++

• "He doesn't speak clearly or loud enough. He draws amusing but irrelevant pictures on the board. ( you need a pillow for his class!)"
• "Let me put it like this, on the first day of class we had about 175 students. Then after the first test (avg. 50) we had about 80. Then after the first program (avg. 65) about 50 people showed up to class. After the second test (avg. 65) 30 people show up to class regularly. Get my drift? Unless you like trying to read the book to teach yourself I suggest another teacher."
• Fall97 "I can't understand a single word he says"

4 (excellent) 3 (good) 2 (yeah) 1 (pooa!) 0 (you suck!) Dr. Rick Klevans

4 (excellent) 3 (good) 2 (yeah) 1 (pooa!) 0 (you suck!) Micheal Lake
CSC201 Computer Organization and Assembly Language

• Spring98 "My grade in the class was B+.
  He is an excellent teacher who understands that as students you don't want to deal with a lot of little details. He is clear and concise in the things he expects you to retain and the rest he helps you wade through. I looked forward to his class and in was even at 8am. He was very helpful with homeworks and was not in the least annoyed when you came by his office. He seemed to appreciate that you came by. I you have the chance TAKE HIM!! His test are through so be prepared for them and you will do great!"
• Spring99 "My grade in the class was A-.
  Good instructor, but you have to keep up with it. Has a decent sense of humor and is open to questions. HW is very hard. Tests aren't that bad (3 tests, no exam). Note: Lake, Rossie, and Jones use the same HW and Tests. Expect to spend 6-8 hours on an assignment that is less than 1% of your total grade! Learned a lot, though. "

4 (excellent) 3 (good) 2 (yeah) 1 (pooa!) 0 (you suck!) Mr. Dana Lasher
CSC201 Computer Organization and Assembly Language

• "Excellent lecturer! I actually look forward to his classes! He works in the "real world" so you know that what you are learning is useful. Doesn't hesitate to call a spade a spade (wish more teachers were like that). No-nonsense type of guy. The class does require effort. If you are looking for a fall asleep A, don't take his class, but you'll miss the best value for your dollar on campus. If you're in computer science, learn how things REALLY work after graduation, take this class!"
• Fall97 "Lasher is tied with Joe Marlin (math department) for best professor at this school (in my book, so far). Class is captivating, tests and assignments are challenging without being impossible. Grading is fair. What more can you want?"
• CSC200 - Fall97 "Dana Lasher is one of the most enthusiastic and enjoyable lecturer's I've ever had. His idea of 'teaching' is to show Abbot & Costello (and other) comedy clips, which he uses to help explain basic concepts about computers.
  He can be very funny, and he has a couple of decades worth of valuable experience in the corporate world which he brings into the classroom. Don't _ever_ bullsh*t him -- his sarcasm and intolerance for lies will blister singe your ears off.
  Tests: medium difficulty, read the words carefully & study; he provides extensive material and help. Attendance: show up if you want to, doesn't matter to him or your grade -- but you will miss out on special topics and a few good laughs."
• Fall97 csc200"He is funny and entertaining. His tests are fair, straight out of the notes. He uses clear examples in his lectures. He accepts late homework."
• Class : CSC201, I took the class in Spring1999. I give this teacher a 4 out of 4, my grade in the class was C.
  "Great lecturer, but the tests are from heck. Even though the solutions to previous exams are online, they are still impossible (and they are open notes too). Take Lasher if you can, you'll learn a lot. "
• Class : CSC201, I took the class in Spring 2000. I give this teacher a 4 out of 4, my grade in the class was A+.
  "Great teacher! Explains things very clearly and is well organized. Enthusiastic and really entertaining. Sample tests are very helpful."

4 (excellent) 3 (good) 2 (yeah) 1 (pooa!) 0 (you suck!) James Lester
CSC210

• "He was a very good lecturer and an easy person to talk to you about any concerns you have for the class

  His tests were very fair and not meant to be tricky... He actually said on the first day of class that there were 2 tests and the final exam only because he has to give tests

  The only problem of any sort I had with his class wasn't his fault... The TA's didn't do a good job of returning graded programming assignments back before the next one was due in which we were rewriting the previous program assignment in a different method"

• Fall 98 "My grade in the class was D.
  Dr. Lester is a great teacher, he is entertaining, has a great sense of humour, and challenges his students. However, his style of lectures are not great for doing a good job. You better be able to write fast because he zips his overhead notes faster than his shadow, the programs were too long, and eventhough his tests are not not too dificult, they are still closed books and closed notes."

4 (excellent) 3 (good) 2 (yeah) 1 (pooa!) 0 (you suck!) David McAllister
CSC222 & 461Applied Discrete Mathematic & Computer Graphics

• "Makes the class very difficult. Cannot teach well. Tests are hell, I strongly advise dropping this class if you get McAllister"
• "Makes his class very difficult. Unfortunately, he claims he is the only graphics expert at NCSU. He gives very difficult programming assignments, but he doesn't program any or answer any programming questions. His tests are from Satan himself(expect grades below 50). He will curve, though."
• "His tests are impossible. Don't be surprised if he desides to regrade the tests because too much partial credit was given. He puts his notes on the web, but they are as confusing as he is. In class he reads his notes. He reads them; HE DOESN'T EXPLAIN THEM!!! He expects you to know everything when he's taught you nothing."
• "This jerk is without doubt the worst teacher I've ever had the displeasure of taking. His lectures are impossible to comprehend. He expects you to read the entire book as well. His tests yield an average of 50 if you are lucky. I'd delay my graduation a semester if that was my only option other than taking this guy again."
• "If you think anyone else is the worst teacher in the Computer Science Department, then you HAVE NOT had the displeasure of suffering through DF McAllister's CSC 222 class. He does absolutely everything he can to screw his students. I have never seen a teacher act the way he does. Makes one wonder why he became an instructor. If you take this guy's class, you WILL regret it."
• "He treats the student as the enemy, he will NOT teach you anything he feels you should aready know. His tests are hell and you will not pass them, your only hope is doing well on homework, but even those are hard. Do not take his class because if you do you will have to take it over. Drop it at all costs. He is boring and anal, that is not a good combination."
• Csc222 "This professor is very unapproachable. He apparently believes he is the only professor who knows the material, yet he does not teach very well at all. He assigns more homework than the TA's can grade, but if you do not complete the full assignment, you will lose points. If you perform poorly on a test, he expects written justification from you stating why. (Check out his comments on his homepage.) This will pretty much tell you what type of attitude this guy has."
• CSC222 "Well you have to check out this page to be convinced that choosing him is a VERY bad idea" Fall97, CSC222 "McAllister is probably my favourite prof at this university so far. I think his class is very interesting and challenging. It is this challenge which makes it fun. I suppose if you are lookin for some easy A then go elsewhere but if you actually have a brain and enjoy having to use it, then you will like 222 under McAllister. I think most of the people who "knock" him are the very whiners Dr Dave refers too."
• Spring 98 "My grade in the class was B.
  McCallister was a cool professor because he expects a lot from the students. 222 is a very important class and is certainly essential to any CSC major. Every professor at schools like MIT and CalTech are even more demanding and focus more on the mathematics than we are used to at State. I recommend McCallister."
• Fall 98 "My grade in the class was B.
  I think Dr. McAllister is an excellent teacher. He expects the class to know what they are supposed to know, and holds very high standards. His tests are easy if you know the material. However, if your GPA is your only concern, I would suggest not taking him. If learning things is your concern, then, by all means, take him. Have a pleasant day."

4 (excellent) 3 (good) 2 (yeah) 1 (pooa!) 0 (you suck!) Carol Miller
CSC114, 451 Introduction to Computing-C++ & Operating Systems.

• "The best CSC teacher!"
• "She really cares about her students!"
• "Gives lots of works, sometimes aggressive"
• "Improves the tests along the way!"
• "Listens to Students" "This course is tough and her tests aren't easy. However, she cares about the students and will do whatever is humanly possible to help you understand the material."
• "Very attentive to helping her students out. She really cares if we're not understanding the material and is willing to go over material again to get us through the rough. This is her first semester teaching 210, and she's learning along the way, but she really puts an effort towards getting are questions answered."
• Fall97 csc210 "Truly cares about students and always has time for questions. Lectures are thorough and easy to understand, but can be a little slow at times."

4 (excellent) 3 (good) 2 (yeah) 1 (pooa!) 0 (you suck!) Oconnell
CSC202 Concepts and Facilities of Operating Systems

4 (excellent) 3 (good) 2 (yeah) 1 (pooa!) 0 (you suck!) Regi O'Connor
CSC431

4 (excellent) 3 (good) 2 (yeah) 1 (pooa!) 0 (you suck!) Pedro Perez
CSC112 Introduction to Computing-FORTRAN

• "This middle-aged man made Fortran (a very hard subject) easy to get a good grade in. He did take up homework everyday, but only the 10 best count, all others are dropped. He understood that we are very busy students, and takes this into consideration when grading. The final was optional, and not only did we learn Fortran, we learned a few good jokes here and there. The man was always in his office if you needed help. If he were to teach the hardest class in anything, I believe I would take the class just because he taught it. You will enjoy this man if you take him. He also interacts with the students as if they were his friends, and they are. TAKE ANY OF HIS CLASSES!!!!!!!!"
• "Class : CSC302, I took the class in Summer1999, . I give this teacher a 4 out of 4, my grade in the class was A.
  Mr.Perez is an excellent lecturer. As far as I am concerned, he is one of the very best. He teaches well, grades fairly and tries his best to help you learn the material and do well in the course. Moreover, his classes are never boring! I recommend taking him for CSC302 and any other courses he teaches."

4 (excellent) 3 (good) 2 (yeah) 1 (pooa!) 0 (you suck!) Harry Perros
CSC202

4 (excellent) 3 (good) 2 (yeah) 1 (pooa!) 0 (you suck!) Jo Perry
CSC114 Introduction to Computing-C++

• "Perry is an excellent professor! Her tests are programs are challanging, but she always teaches you what you need to know. If you can't pass Perry's class, you shouldn't be in Engineering."
• "Dr. Perry is the best. She has very high expectations for her students, but for some reason her approval is split 50/50. It seems to me that lazy students who expect to be spoon fed material and given credit for meager attempts typically don't like her. But for my money, if you're willing to do the work and you want to learn from the best take her class.

  One added note, her TA's aren't very good."

• "She is one of the authors of the book used in CSC114 and 210"
• "Just because you can write a #@$%@# book don't mean you can teach the damn @$@#$@#!!!"
• "She's hard"
• "Perry and her lackey TA's care for nothing more than taking off as many points as humanly possible"
• "She teaches the material, but her tests are full of tricks that you have to be really careful. It is harder than I thought it would be."
• "This has to be the most unfair csc teacher at state! she gives tricky tests and can't teach worth a damn. She wrote the book so she thinks she's something special. The truth is, you'll learn very little in her class and your GPA will suffer as a result. For the love of God, please don't take this terribly callous professor."
• "A decent lecturer, but I would not recommend ANY teacher who thinks 70 as a class test average is TOO HIGH!!"
• "This teacher seems to have gotten her act together after writing her book. From friends experience with her last semester, she is now well organized. The weekly HW is a minus but it preps you for the test."
• "I have been at state for 4 years in various departments but J. Perry is easily THE worst teacher I had at State. She can't teach worth a damn, will never explain anything but expects for you to know everything."
• "In class when her students ask questions, she knows exactly what her students need to know."
• "I don't know what's up with Perry. Granted, she knows her stuff. But it just seems like she has contempt for the students. Her tests are unreasonable. Sure, it's important to recognize the tricks and traps, but it's more important to understand the programmming concepts than the nit-picky syntax. (I wonder what she'd do with BASIC???? ;-) Her book is a lot like the class, preachy, but at least it covers some of the "why's" about program design. It's just got the worst cross-referenced index I've ever seen."
• "Perry is not the best teacher in the world. I'm sure she could make a C++ program do whatever she wants, but just because she can write code doesn't mean she can teach. Her tests are very hard to take because she makes them that way. I would tell any student at State NOT to take Perry's class. Taking Perry is asking for a C or worse."
• "Her tests consist of the obscure, pointless questions. This brings good programmers poor grades. Tests also ask you to correct rediculously poor code. THE TESTS SUCK!"
• "I just got back my last homework assignment, and apparently it is now BAD to get all the questions right. The grader thought I had cheated (I didn't), and took off ten points anyway. This doesn't really concern Dr. Perry personally, I'm just saying that she has a bad grader."
• Fall 97 "If grade is all you care of, don't take Perry, but if you want to build a good base knowledge in programming, she is the one to take. Her test is a little tricky but she prepares you well for other courses in programming."
• Spring 98 "My grade in the class was C-.
  Good God man!!! get away while you still can! Perry is a maniac! Ok, seriously, she REALLY knows about C++ but she expects you to REALLY know about C++ too! Her tests questions are obscure and picky. If she said it even once in the lecture, you better expect it on the test. My opinion, if you only take one CSC course, don't take Perry!!!"
• Spring 98 "My grade in the class was A.
  I never went to class because her notes were on the web and all she did was put them on a projector and read them. ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ I put my time to better use working on her hard as hell homework and projects, rather than wasting my time with her lectures."
• Spring 1999. I give this teacher a 1 out of 4, my grade in the class was C.
  Here's a signal when to avoid a professor: When he/she wrote the book, the lab manual, AND the course website, DON'T take him/her!!! Dr. Perry's lectures are very, very dry. All she does is read from her website. The lectures are only useful in order to find out if she changed some due dates. You have a lablet (these lablets take at least 3 hours to do) and homework (at least an hour) due each week. Projects take at least 27 hours to perfect. To top it all off, you have a regular lab each week also. This is only a 3 hour credit class but it seems like it should be more. The graders are really picky. I mean REALLY picky. The tests SEEM easy but are really hard. One thing though- she is very receptive to her students. Email her and she'll email you right back ASAP.
• Class : CSC114, I took the class in Fall,98 . I give this teacher a 4 out of 4, my grade in the class was A-.
  "I took the course via the Web. I thought the online course was well done. With weekly lab programs and homeworks, there was a lot of work, but the work prepares you well for the large programming assignments and the tests. I barely studied for the tests and did very well, because I stayed caught up with the assignments."

4 (excellent) 3 (good) 2 (yeah) 1 (pooa!) 0 (you suck!) Douglas S. Reeves
CSC312 Computer Organization and Logic.

4 (excellent) 3 (good) 2 (yeah) 1 (pooa!) 0 (you suck!) Injong Rhee
CSC311

4 (excellent) 3 (good) 2 (yeah) 1 (pooa!) 0 (you suck!) Dr. Roberts
CSC114

• "He is an overall good lecturer, but he can go off on a tangent every now and then. If by chance he and Dr. Funderlic are teaching together(Fall 96) don't take him"
• "Dr. Roberts moves VERY slowly. So if you do not have a good background in programming, he is an excellent instructor. However, if you are already a good programmer, you will be bored to tears. Overall, I would recommend Dr. Roberts to anyone. If you like, just don't go to his class. He doesn't care if you skip. He DOES take roll, but he does NOT ever take attendance into consideration."

4 (excellent) 3 (good) 2 (yeah) 1 (pooa!) 0 (you suck!) Woodrow Robbins
CSC495C

4 (excellent) 3 (good) 2 (yeah) 1 (pooa!) 0 (you suck!) Robert Rodman
CSC222 Applied Discrete Mathematics.

• "His class is interesting. The lenght is 75 min. so he makes a break of 5 min. after 30. this helps in keeping focused."
• "It is technically possible to skip the classes the whole semester and still make an A. But the material is hard to digest on your own."
• "Very clear and straightforward about expectations. Gives open book, open note tests. Doesn't try to get a bell-curve grade distribution. Highly recommended if you want to to well in this class."
• "On the bad side, his voice is monotoned. However, once you get passed that you'll find he explains stuff very clearly and this material isn't easy to do that with. Also, his tests are reasonable if you know the material."

4 (excellent) 3 (good) 2 (yeah) 1 (pooa!) 0 (you suck!) George Rouskas
CSC401 Data and Computer Communications Networks

• "It's a shame that I can't like this guy more. He is really nice and seems reasonable enough. However, he makes this class more tough than necessary. He has to curve the tests 15 points just to get a decent average."
• Spring99 "My grade in the class was A.
  Really knows his stuff about networking Explains information clearly, the book was interesting You have to do some thinking for the homework and tests, but as long as you put effort in, you will do well"
• Class : CSC311, I took the class in Spring1999. I give this teacher a 1 out of 4, my grade in the class was C.
  "Rouskas is okay in the sense that he is one of the few CSC311 teachers with good english, but he's hard to understand conceptually and really doesn't care too much for students. His email responses are as short as possible. Not a big fan of his teaching style. But he is a decent, nice guy and if there are no better alternatives go ahead and pick Rouskas."

4 (excellent) 3 (good) 2 (yeah) 1 (pooa!) 0 (you suck!) Dr. Carla D. Savage
CSC222 Applied Discrete Mathematics.

• "She makes a good job in presenting the material in the easiest way possible. You don't need to be a math geek to follow her"
• "She reminds me of a kinder garten teacher. Easy to follow. Two thumbs up!"

4 (excellent) 3 (good) 2 (yeah) 1 (pooa!) 0 (you suck!) Jeffery Scroggs
CSC114.

4 (excellent) 3 (good) 2 (yeah) 1 (pooa!) 0 (you suck!) Matt Stallmann
CSC210, 333 Programming Concepts & Automata, Grammars, and Computability

• "Lectures are intolerable. I could learn more using the book as a pillow."
• "CSC333 is already tough enough without this guy making the lectures hard to follow. Also, he tries to cram the entire book in one semester. It was designed to take 2 semesters." "Okay, he's not the greatest lecturer in the world. He's kinda shy. But he really does know his stuff. Stallmann goes out of his way to help out students. His grading is always very fair. He even set up special review sessions outside of class for those who needed it. He's always available via e-mail if you want help on that last-minute project. If you're not afraid to ask questions, you'll learn a lot from Stallmann."
• "The lectures are intollerable the prgrams are impossoble, he really has no earthly idea of how hard his assignments are he really needs to get a grip"
• Fall98 CSC505 "My grade in the class was F.
  His lectures are very interesting but he is really too complicated and his homeworks are impossible to do. If you select him be sure to be a genius in math, he even said that if you make an A in his class he will be very interested in having you in his team. (in other words only 1% of the students can get an A with him). of course I droped the class"
• Spring99 CSC210 "My grade in the class was A+.
  I liked this class(210). The teacher is flaky, and prone to going off on random tangents, but he really knows his material, and is capable of explaining it. By far, however, I got the most out of reading the online notes and doing the homework assignments. There aren't enough TA's for this class."

4 (excellent) 3 (good) 2 (yeah) 1 (pooa!) 0 (you suck!) Dr. Billy Stewart
CSC311 Data Structures

• "Very time consuming homework, refuses to review for upcoming tests."
• "Though he seems to be an OK guy, he is not a very good teacher. He teaches from a different book than the class is supposed to buy. There is little focus on practical programming, and the homework is filled with difficult, time consuming discrete math. His lectures, though useful, get bogged down in the math and grow boring. His tests, however, are relatively easy if you go to class. The programs are pretty lengthy as well. I really suggest the other teacher. He's taught the class forever, focusses on coding and practical tools."
• Fall97 "Dr. Stewart is an excellent teacher. He has a thick Irish accent that takes a while to get used to, but once that is done, he is easy to learn from. He is very clear about what he expects from his students. If you are willing to put in the time, its an easy A because tests are exactly like the homework and class examples."

4 (excellent) 3 (good) 2 (yeah) 1 (pooa!) 0 (you suck!) Dr. Venkat Venkataraman
CSC311

4 (excellent) 3 (good) 2 (yeah) 1 (pooa!) 0 (you suck!) B. Wieand
CSC333

Any professor that can make Finite Automata Theory both comprehensable and interesting deserves my vote. If you have to take CSC333, take him!"

4 (excellent) 3 (good) 2 (yeah) 1 (pooa!) 0 (you suck!) Steve Worth
CSC114 Introduction to Computing-C++

• "He does his best to make the hard work simple."
• "Steve Worth is a very excellent Lecturer. He is well prepared, professional and quite thourough.

  TA's, however, need to lighten up on the point deductions. They also need to consider that there is usually more than one way to solve the same probelm; their preferences are not necessarily the best.

  The book for CSC114, by Jo Perry, is quite confusing. It is written in a style that is difficult to understand. The main points are unclear, vague and terribly unorganized within each chapter. Trying to read it is a painstaking process as important concepts are often only breifly mentioned in passing. "

• "Fairly boring lecturer. His tests are nothing but nit-picky syntax. Some questions go through 20 lines of nested while loops while you count the number of *s printed, all for a lousy 5 points. He is approachable on the programs--they are interesting and well thought out."
• "Lectures are 2 -3 weeks behind what I need to know to do assignments. Teaches you the very basics but expects you to do very complex work. The class has not been in sync all semester. He has been constantly late in giving us our assignments or material we need to do assigned work. Expects us to do the catching up. This has been a self taught course. I have gotten NOTHING out of the lectures. I really expected more from this school."
• "I like the fact that he works in the real world. However, the fact that he has an outside job has probably caused some of the problems that I have with the class:
  1) We're several weeks behind on the lectures,
  2) Our labs aren't in sync with the lectures
  3) He's late providing assignments, and
  4) He's late providing the answers to the homework
  (homework we did to practice for the exams and didn't get back until the day of the exam!).

  Reading his lectures and the exams is a lesson in parsing the English language. I have to ask myself, "What does he really mean?" (He needs an editor!). However, his lecture notes and slides are better than the book. I find myself referring to a book I bought myself because its clearer and has better examples (plus it has exercises and provides the answers to some of them!). (By the way, the book is called "How to program C++" by Dietel and Deitel.)

  To be fair, he's not all bad. He's responsive to questions. He's made time for a pre-exam Q&A and held sessions to discuss the programming assignments. The programming assignments are a challenge, but not so difficult they can't be done. (However, he probably should tell the class where and when C++ tutoring or extra help is available.) I would like more homework (but not from the book). Both the homework from the book and the programming assignments could benefit from an editor--they can be ambiguous."

• fall97 "talks over you head; not prepared for class; but is a generally nice guy"

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