Mark Giesbrecht - University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON

Professor: Mark Giesbrecht

Department: Computer Science

College: University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: CS370
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

I did not find his lectures useful. It felt like most of the time was spent on just repeating details from the course notes. No in-class examples/problems and minimal proofs meant you saw little application. Assignments and problems from notes helped me learn more. He does have great enthusiasm and appears to care about your learning.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: CS370
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Material in the first half isn't as interesting as the latter half (sound filtering, Google page rank). Assignments were straightforward except for the MATLAB which at times was confusing. Open-book midterm/final. Good prof, helpful outside of class, but found that his exam questions were much harder than the assignments/examples.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: CS370
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

The lectures are kind of boring, but they are understandable. He is a fairly reasonable professor. He made the midterm very hard, but he explicitly told us that he was his fault for making the midterm difficult. To compensate for that, he made the final exam very easy.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: CS132
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Such a great prof. I learned a lot from him. Definitely knows his stuff well. I would love to take another class from him. I can't express how much I liked this prof.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: CS136
• 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: N/A

Comment:

The lecture is very poorly organized. I guess he is too busy to prepare for CS136. BAD!

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: CS136
• 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:

He talks nothing useful for the test. Not helpful which is BAD.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: CS136
• 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:

he's not bad. but the course itself is too boring...

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: CS136
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

His CS136 class is poorly organized. bad.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: CS136
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

I'll choose another prof if I have the chance. sigh

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: CS136
• 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:

A clear and well-rounded professor. He excels at his explanations - he did well at giving in-depth and insightful comments to explain course material. He gives what you learn context by drawing comparisons between the course material and material beyond the scope of the course.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: CS136
• 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:

RUN

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: CS880
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

The man. Nuff said.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: CS134
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Excellent prof!! The key is to pay attention since the very beginning, otherwise you're wasting your time. Although I got a 60 in the class, I can't blame the prof for this. He's great at what he does, with a nice personality.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: CS132
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

He is a comedian. Good knowledge of the course. Teachesin a comprehensive manner. He was only there alternating lectures, but I enjoyed him overall.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: CS130
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Pretty good teacher. Made things mostly clear. Not terribly exciting however.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: CS130
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Awsome Prof. Easy and Excellent explainations!

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: CS130
• 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:

he knows what he's doing but not experienced with JAVA. stutter a bit