W Graves - Towson University, Towson, MD

Professor: W Graves

Department: Computer Science

College: Towson University, Towson, MD

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: COSC109
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

DO NOT TAKE!!!! ONE OF THE WORST PROFESSORS I HAVE EVER HAD!! He teaches the class like a computer hardware class. You will have no idea what he is talking about the whole semester. He is extremely unhelpful and can be a jerk when you ask him things! Easy A, but if you have another option DO NOT TAKE HIM!!! Pointless class and useless professor.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: COSC109
• 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:

Easy class, Gauranteed A if u put a tiny effort into the class. the only "hard" part would be a easy paper that u have to write at the end of the course and a lil presentation. Aside from that this is a very easy class to pass!!

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: COSC265
• 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 is possbily the worst teacher that I have ever had. He doesn't teach you how to work visual basic and expects us to know it. We should know C++ but it's different from Visual Basic. Avoid him with your life if you can. He shouldn't even be teaching.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: COSC109
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

This class is very easy. The assignments are simple, such as create a word document. There are easy quizzes every lecture, for attendance purposes. Graves is a great guy, but he tends to go on tangents during lectures. They were interesting to me but I was the only Comp Sci major in the class. You need the book for 2 homework questions.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: COSC109
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

This class is SO EASY. Graves is the man! He is a goof and doesn't care about anything. lectures are very boring but you can show up, take the attendance quiz, and leave. You'll get a B for doing NO work. You'll get and A with a little work.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: ORIE305
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

FYE advisor. really helpful!

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: COSC109
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Very easy class, quizzes every class, so come to class... lectures boring and usually not relevant... I did Sudoku most of the time

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: COSC109
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Oh!plz for heaven sake believe all these rating and dont take him. I was stupid and still took him even after viewing his worse ratings.109 is an easy class and that is wat i was planning for it, but i had to make it pass fail. He'll lecture outa air somewhere, has nothin to do with the class. Dont buy the book if u are takin him for COSC109.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: COSC109
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

He's a pretty easy teacher. Although his lectures are VERY boring, all you really have to do is show up for the classes. He can't really help you that much...one of those where you ask a question and after his reponse you're more confused than before you asked...but he's nice. Take for bs class!

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: COSC109
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

DO NOT take for 100 level, he's better at high level, but still not great. He tried to explain how to use the UNIX command line to a bunch of business majors--bad idea. Tends to ramble on about inventions he was involved in regardless of whether they have anything to do with the class. Tests are fairly easy and sometimes you don't have to take the final if your midterm grade was high enough

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: COCS109
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

The worst teacher i have had. boring dose fellow book. Talks about stupided stuff.DO NOT TAKE HIM

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: COSC109
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Uh...yeah. Avoid. I took him my last semester and up until then I was under the impression that Towson had a decent faculty. Lecture was irrevelant to class. He rambled forever about nonsense. Trust me please, try to get another professor. If not, go to class with a coffee mug full of gin.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: COSC109
• 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:

I would chose a different teacher than him to take for this class. Its boring and sometimes not all THAT easy. Midterm I got 84 with fair amount of comp. knowledge. We had a final project presentation instead of a final, I wanted to fall asleep during his lectures, overall class was OK to kinda crappy. Pick a different teacher.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: 109
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Teacher talks about his past experiences teaches nothing started pop quizzes when no one showed up easy one question quiz even if wrong you got points don't have to go to labs pretty easy

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: COSC265
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

He cant lecture, wastes too much time talking about Towson network. But hes brilliant and a GREAT guy!Go to office hours, hes interesting, helpful, youll learn alot.The problems in this class were the fault of the COSC dept.They need to organize a better system of teaching VB or get rid of it.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: COSC265
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

He hasn't taught us a single thing the entire semester, he doesn't even bother telling us ANYTHING about the labs. You will end up trying to teach yourself everything; the book isn't helpful either. On top of that, your emailed projects never get to his mailbox & servers needed for labs always down

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: COSC109
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

This same professor teaches higher level upper graduate and graduate level course. So he can't drop his brain down to your low level so you can understand the material COSC 109 I skipped all of the classes only comming to the mid and final and got an A. Some things nowadays are common sense.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: COSC109
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

I am a moron when it comes to PCs. I thought this class would be an easy A but this professor is way too old and way too smart to teach a 100 level course. He DOES NOT FOLLOW THE TEXT and the labs are a JOKE! You can do most of the labs at home and his midterms are HARD! DO NOT TAKE this guy!!

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: COSC471
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Too smart to teach you anything. Not a good teacher.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: COSC109
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

This guy is a genius and talks like one. You can't understand a single sentence he says. He practically invented the computer. This guy should NOT be teaching a 100 level class. Labs/quizzes were very easy, but class is sooo boring you'll want to leave everytime.