Jonathan Buss - University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON

Professor: Jonathan Buss

Department: Computer Science

College: University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: CS245
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Nice prof, maybe he isn't good at lecturing, but he certainly is helpful.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: CS245
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Maybe not a good lecturer, but a good prof who can explain everything clear in his office hour, assignment is hard when you try it right after you read theses long slides, but really easy midterm&final.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: CS245
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Don't worry, you won't get thrown under the Buss.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: CS245
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Irresponsible for his students. Wrote an article on July 4th and used it as the course material and required axioms for the assignments and the final exam. He 99 percent talks to himself while "looks like he is teaching to us". Little explanation are understandable in this course. Slides are hard to comprehend.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: CS245
• Grade Received: C-
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

The lectures are extremely boring and final exam is cruel.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: CS245
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

He spent literally 10 minutes in class waiting for someone to raise their hand. Lectures are dull and he just reads off of the slides. When asked a question, never answers it directly, or just mumbles until he can come up with a satisfactory answer. The only reason I understood anything in the course was because of the tutorial TAs.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: CS245
• Grade Received: C+
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Most useless lectures. Doesn't know the material he teaches and constantly gets stumped with student questions and stares at the board, until someone else answers the question for him.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: CS245
• Grade Received: C
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Interesting prof, boosted my final mark up so he doesn't have to see me again

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: CS245
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Bad prof. Disorganized CS 245. Post exercises but do not give out solutions.

Rating # 10

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

Had to stop going to class after the midterms because his explanations in class weren't of any help. Avoid Prof Buss at all costs.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: CS245
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

One word: Hilarious.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: CS245
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

His classes and method of explanation are extremely boring. Often makes tons of mistakes in presented notes and is forced to try and explain stuff on the board, which makes the explanations even worse. Because the course content is relatively tough, this makes for an even poorer experience. Worst class I've ever taken. Worst prof I've come across.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: CS245
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

CS245 is very disorganized and filled with error, less examples were shown in lectures, assignments were usually posted late, try your best to avoid his section.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: CS245
• 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:

Prof. Buss can be taken as the definition for horribleness.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: CS245
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Try your best to avoid him/his courses. CS245 was very disorganized, none of the professors actually gave good lectures, assignments and exams were filled with errors. His lectures are very useless because of his unclear explanations. Worst course in UWaterloo.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: CS245
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

bad, unclear, mean prof

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: CS245
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

He clearly doesn't prepare his lectures; spent half the time wondering if there is a mistake on his board and checking his notes. Makes the class boring and confusing. When students ask him a question, he usually answer a completely different question then wonder for a long time whether his answer is correct.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: CS246
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Two words: Rage quit.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: CS245
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Terrible at teaching and communicating. Talks very quickly, but most of it is muttering to himself. Thinks he's funny but he's not. Runs on often on irrelevant tangents and has difficulty keeping on top of course content. Arrogant. Absentminded. Considering going to tutorials only as suggested in previous reviews.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: CS245
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Prof was hard to follow in his oral and written communication. However class was fine if you just went to tutorials and did the assignments.