R Endres - City College of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA

Professor: R Endres

Department: Computer Science

College: City College of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: CS150A
• 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:

It was said before that she does not provide you with the correct answer when you make a mistake, and this is true. She expects you, a student with no prior knowledge or experience with the software, to figure out everything yourself. Buy yourself a book on SQL and save yourself the headache of taking her class.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: CS151A
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

If you have any questions, be prepared to wait at least 3-4 hours for a response. Assignments are hard because you won't understand how to do it unless you ask her and IF you're lucky, she might give you a hint that actually helps. Does not post correct answers either so you can't even learn from your mistakes. DO NOT TAKE UNLESS YOU WANT TO FAIL.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: CS155A
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

SQL is useful for people in tech but Notes and assignment is most of the time confuse you! (They actually both are great but you can not find anything that might help you solve problem) Personally I think teacher is ok and motivate you to study compare to another online classes! Good luck!

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: CS155A
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

The worse part for me was reading her class notes. They are long (2,118,930 words - to put that in perspective, the novel War and Peace has 587,287 words.) Unlike a great novel, the notes are loaded with typos and poor grammar. Grading is arbitrary. I DID learn MySQL but I will never take one of her classes again. You will not get an A (impossible)

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: CIS155MYSQL
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

If real FLUENCY in SQL at a low price, Ruth Endres's DB courses are for you! The rigorous exercises she has compiled mimic problems you'll face later in the real world. If you're worried about your GPA, take this course pass/fail. But if being a master of data matters to you, TAKE THIS COURSE. The world really needs more people with SQL knowledge.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: CS155A
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

She is inflexible. This course is lots of work for the beginners of the subject and she doesn't offer the correct solutions! She only provides us with the explanation of the solutions. Thus if you work full time and if you are taking 4 other classes! It is nearly impossible to catch up and learn from her class.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: CS155A
• 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:

Her notes barely explains anything. I took her class, and I didn't like it all. Her notes wasn't concise enough. She needs to be more concise or elaborate.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: CS155A
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Although I thought the documents she provided explained the material well enough, I thought her grading scheme is harsh. As others have pointed out, finding necessary information is hard. Not too mention, she's very inflexible. You'll learn a lot in this class though if you put the effort, although I'd say it's near impossible to get an A.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: CS151A
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

This online class was really poorly designed and administered. It's darn near impossible to trace assignment grades/ comments to understand errors due to format. Assignments were often vague which caused confusion. Rose was not flexible and i can't really recommend this class due to both the instructor and format.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: CS150A
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Rose is a wonderful teacher. She will take time out of her schedule to help you if you are lost. The negative reviews on here are all by people who simply didn't ask for help when they needed it. She teaches SQL, and learning SQL online is like taking an online course for latin where all the instructions are in latin. it's going to be hard.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: CS150A
• Grade Received: P
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

She has one of the worst online courses ever offered. Her expectations are so vague and the information you need so scattered that it makes it impossible to stay sane. For my class when it was brought to her attention that students new to the subject were completely lost she actually posted a READ ME explaining that it was our fault for not trying.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: CS151A
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Disorganized, doesn't teach from book, regularly has typos in notes,confusing word/sentence structure in notes. No examples of expected homework style after the fact, covers topics the book never mentions. Hard to tell if you're learning as 90% of the homework is a rehash of an example from notes.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: CS150A
• 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:

Not a good choice for online classes at all. For SQL, she assigns HW each week but does not provide an answer key after grading your assignment. She will not actually show you the code she wants; she will just mark you wrong. She expects you to figure it out yourself, but that isn't possible if you're new to the subject. This is hardly teaching.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: CS159A
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

great teacher. the materials she provided were better than any of her textbooks. you can learned a lot from just study her materials alone. the grade system is fair, however i think she take off points too deep, sometimes. but i love her assignments, it always challenges you mind and let you learn alot.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: CS151P
• 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:

Class organization is very good, but for me it turned out to be little tougher than what I expected for CCSF. This is programming class, so may be it's appropriate to be that way. No easy grades here for sure.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: CS151A
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Very nice teacher, but I wish her talk little louder. This cource is very appropriate to teach on-line - you need a lot of practice to learn SQL. But get ready to work!

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: CS155
• 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:

Endres offers a challenging but rewarding class. Her SQL class kicked my butt but I learned an immense amount and am a much better programmer for it.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: CS155A
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Good teacher. Helpful and fairly available (I took the online class). Class is not easy, however. There is a lot of work to be done, and exams definitely test your knowledge. Do not slack in this class.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: CS101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Easy teacher that give out a lot of extra credit. Just do your work and you should be fine. However, her class is extremely boring.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: CS112AB
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

I had to spend a lot of time for her classes, but learned a lot. Highly recommended. Be prepared to work hard.