Don Bailey - Carleton University, Ottawa, ON

Professor: Don Bailey

Department: Engineering

College: Carleton University, Ottawa, ON

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: SYSC2006
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Donald Bailey is an inspiration. He is truly the pinnacle of teaching at Carleton, perhaps the entire country. I learned more in the two classes I took with him than I thought possible in my whole degree. I would recommend anyone take his class.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: SYSC3101
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

I think he is an excellent professor. I took 1005, 2006 and then 3101 with him and I truly did learn a lot from his courses. If you really pay attention and do all the labs, there is really no reason why you can't get a good grade.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: SYSC2006
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

really awful, can't teach nor hes lecture are helpful. No lecture notes and no book to depend on. From a guy who had no background on coding, it was terrible.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: SYSC2006
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Lectures are unfocused on the topics, most likely will not answer your questions properly or answer an email. Grading is tough as he likes things done his way, part marks will not happen. Midterm and exam are the only things marked.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: SYSC2006
• Grade Received: Audit/No Grade
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Avoid at all costs. He's as good as a statue. Mumbles about random stuff. Will never respond to e-mails and does not care. Other section with another prof all got above B's while his section had a high fail rate. Just do not take anything with him.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: SYSC1005
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

So, if you have no clue about programming, he was great. If you could touch type, you probably didn't want him though. The main reason was that he taught Turbo C++ with the lens that students had the maturity level of a 10 year old. He stepped through problems as though some students couldn't read. I took this course in 1996 (Course Code 94.166)

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: SYSC2006
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

DONT take any class with him! period. i had to take take this course otherwise i would have dropped it. EXTREMELY boring lectures and he basically tries to teach only with his mouth. he barely shows example. AVOID this PROFF at any COST.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: SYSC1005
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

He ignited my love for computer programming. I came into this class not knowing a thing about computers but the lectures were so clear and the course was so methodical that I came out of the class with a great mark and lots of knowledge. Very helpful outside of class hours and in the labs as well.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: SYSC1005
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

So boring. Spends the majority of class reviewing previous labs and mumbling on random topics.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: SYSC1005
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

I'm not sure if going to class really helped, basically learnt the course on my own. Might work for you, who knows. Super boring but easy labs and exams.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: SYSC1005
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Slow talker, very off topic, but all around great teacher and even better guy!

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: SYSC2006
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

I found him to be a very good prof. His lectures could sometimes get boring, but it was mainly just to help everybody understand what they needed to know to pass the course. If you don't show up to EVERY SINGLE LECTURE you will fail. Plain and simple, you need to know all the material for the exam and midterm. The exams were straight forward.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: SYSC1005
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Not too good, not too bad. Not the most interesting lectures and hard grader. Teaching can get very boring and drags on common topics for long time.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: SYSC2006
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

He is very unenthusiastic to teach in class, It almost feels like he is teaching because he has to. Takes forever to complete one slide during the lecture.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: SYSC2004
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Brilliant prof I also took 2006 with him , he really knows what he's teaching, he is also a really fair grader, and I have not seen a more patient prof in answering questions perfectly. I don't see anyway you can't do very well in his classes if you do attend lectures and complete the labs.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: SYSC2006
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Some say he is immortal. Others say he invented memory diagrams. Either way Don Bailey is a legend. Seriously though I used the lectures to catch up in other courses because he literally goes through three slides in a day. Love when he goes on a rant though.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: SYSC1005
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

I had Bailey for SYSC1005 and SYSC2006. All class he'll ramble, but he'll hide some useful information somewhere in there. He often goes off on tangents and it's hard to tell when he's back to teaching. He's a bit condescending and talks badly about students who don't do well on his exams, or in his course.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: SYSC2006
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Spends the whole lecture on the TITLE SLIDE. Grades slowly, midterm from early october not returned until the end of November, and exam grades still not back while well into the next semester.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: SYSC2006
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Good prof, he certainly knows what he's talking about and seems to be pretty established in his field. That being said, his lectures are boring as he goes on and on about the same trivial thing. In short, he's a computer scientist, not a teacher.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: SYSC1005
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Lectures are horribly boring. Mostly used them to do work in other classes. His labs are pretty easy for the most part but some you may find difficult without previous programming knowledge. Midterm was super easy. Exam was a bit challenging but if you study hard its not bad. Go to the mock final takeup.