H. Andy Podgurski - Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH

Professor: H. Andy Podgurski

Department: Computer Science

College: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: ECES398
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Podgurski is a really inspirational teacher. He clearly cares about his students, is easy to talk to, and manages the class very well. He is very receptive and responsive to any feedback from the students, so the class is fair.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: EECS393
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Podgurski is great. He's a bit monotone, but if you sit close enough to stay awake you'll appreciate his razor-sharp wit. "Pop" quizzes are easy to predict, if you're in class. FIND A GOOD GROUP: the major work in this class is project based, and if you get a bad group, you will absolutely regret it. Big points for checking the boxes in this class.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: EECS444
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Somewhat boring but very straightforward and gives examples where he can. Disappointing lack of in-class demos. Quizzes are easy and consist of a couple definitionexample-based questions each (everything is in the notes). Warning: DO NOT DO THE FINAL PROJECT ALONE! You have to write a 10-page report, single-spaced. Find a group. Mostly easy class.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: EECS393
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Grades mostly by pop quizzes but they're always at the end of class and possible to anticipate. Lectures are dry but the concepts are very important for software development so attendance is recommended. Very funny. The project was a lot of work but the actual code we wrote didn't end up mattering too much.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: ENGR131
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

While he is a good teacher, he is completely unreliable and unforgiving. He doesn't curve exams, even when the averages are below 70. Lectures are boring and ultimately useless.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: ENGR131
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

He reads from slides, which is incredibly boring, but you should go just to hear his hilarious jokes. Tests rate your ability to take Podgurski's tests, not your knowledge in programming. Read the slides and that should help you some.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: ENGR131
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Cool guy. Hilarious.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: ENGR131
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

This man is a god. His amazing rhetoric and absolutely hilarious jokes make this class unmissable.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: EECS233
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Monotone due to a speech impediment and reads off of slides. Makes some hilarious jokes. Somewhat absent minded(forgot he had class once). Extremely knowledgeable and approachable. Textbook not required. Tests and homework are easy if you pay attention. Passes grading off to excellent TAs.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: EECS393
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Andy is a good guy, and his class is boring but okay. The material is at times interesting, at times excruciatingly boring, but it's a required class, so you deal with it.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: ENGR131
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

advance section. monotone and boring. pretty much lread the bok overlook the slides, and ask your SI's questions, its not worth goin to class to just fall asleep. and i am a Computer Engineering major

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: ENGR131
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

The advanced section sucked, it's basically teach yourself Java because the lectures are so bad. Don't go to the class just read the book and you'll survive.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: EECS398M
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Moderately amusing for a professor and a nice guy. Teaches with boring slides though, which he puts online at least. Attend this class as little as possible.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: ENGR131
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Very monotone. Veyr Boring. Teaches from Power Point and the book. You really don't need to go to class if you have prior Java experience, or can read the written English language....

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: ENGR131
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

He's really really boring.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: ENGR131
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Worthy of praise and worship.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: ENGR131
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Very boring and monotonous, lectures directly from PowerPoint slides. (We can all read.) Makes frequent mistakes and absurd (not especially difficult, but ridiculous) tests.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: EECS398M
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Taught from overheads, but didn't simply read them as some alleged. For as dry as the material is, he made it as interesting as he could. Class project seemed a bit ill conceived, but worked out in the end. Tests were very reasonable.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: EECS423
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Podgurski is arrogant, and he did simply read the overheads to us (instead of really lecturing). Not many assignments, and grading was erratic. Still preferable over many other EECS profs.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: EECS398M
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Easy class, bad professor. Lectures straight from overheads are very boring.