Luc Devroye - McGill University, Montreal, QC

Professor: Luc Devroye

Department: Computer Science

College: McGill University, Montreal, QC

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: COMP690
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

It's a good course. Not really more difficult in terms of its content compared to some other math courses I've taken. The only problem is that it takes too much time for a graduate student.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: COMP252
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Great professor, lots of material but you learn a lot form him

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: COMP252
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

GOAT

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: COMP252
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Hilarious prof. If your taking 252 make sure to plan your semester as if 252 were a 5 credit course. Luc delivers a lot of material really fast. He's a great lecturer but you can't expect to retain the material lectures without going over them 2-3 times each.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: COMP252
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Good professor. Attending his lectures is always fun. But he does seem to be somehow disorganized and goes through a lot of subjects without really going in any depth or telling us what is important and what is not. The way he grades the exams is not great at all. You basically get all your points or none.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: COMP252
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

I think he's overrated. He's very generous about his time. but when you try to ask him a question or discuss a new approach, it's really hard to even finish your sentence because he might just tell you you're wrong before he even understands what you're saying. His first few assignments were hard because I have trouble understanding his wording.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: COMP610
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Best professor you can ever have! His lectures were the best! I was an international student while studying at McGill. This is the only course that I feel was so worth paying the $2000 tuition, just to sit in the classroom and listen to him! What a pleasure!

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: COMP610
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

One of the best profs in the field. Great lecturer, unique sense of humour. His lectures are a joy and his assignments are worthy foes.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: COMP610
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Awesome Prof. No final exam! No project! Interesting assignments!

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: COMP690
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Awesome prof. Highly accomplished in his field. Very friendly and unconventional. Good sense of humor and great stories! BEWARE: The assignments can be ridiculously difficult. No final exam. And all his lectures are in the morning. Quite a rebellious prof. If you work hard enough, you will enjoy this course and be greatly benefited from it.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: COMP252
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

He draws testicle-shaped diagrams. Also, he has badass hair, and isn't afraid of ruining a shirt if it means explaining said diagrams. Great prof, very engaging and entertaining, interesting assignments and relatively nice marking!

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: COMP252
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Overrated. Not that clear at all. Assignments were very difficult. This itself is not a bad thing, but they were often unnecessarily difficult because of the poor wording of the questions. Very passioned, but I thought he was also a little bit arrogant. Overall he is not a bad teacher, but I don't think he is a good as other reviews might claim.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: COMP252
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Amazing teacher- and amazing class. Even if it is the first thing in the morning :(

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: COMP690
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

I have never been so awake at 8:30 AM as I was in this class. Extremely engaging teacher. Hard assignments.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: COMP252
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Luc is awesome. Anyways, any prof who posts Playboy pictures on his website can't be unawesome.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: COMP690
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

The best Prof I've ever seen.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: COMP490
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Great course. Very hard, but easy marking. Easiest A I ever got. No finals, only impossible assignments. Very fun guy, got **** with him and the stories are hilarious.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: 308690
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

No Comments

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: 308690
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Draws diagrams that look like genitals then gets embarrassed and erases them.