Wallace Rutkowski - New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ

Professor: Wallace Rutkowski

Department: Computer Science

College: New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: CS106
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

This professor rambles on and decides each lecture what kind of powerpoint hell open up depending on what he feels. He's usually late to class and sometimes even forgets to show up. This is an introductory course and he expects you to understand everything he mentions. He's terrible at teaching and not helpful when you're struggling to understand.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: CS116
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Likes to rant A LOT. Mostly stuff that has nothing to do with the slides on the screen. Talks about code that isn't used or won't be used in the class. Compares different codes that aren't used. Gives irrelevant examples of code and expects everyone to know way more than they've been taught.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: CS341
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Avoid him if you can. His teaching method is him directly reading from his PDFs. He's extremely unorganized -- he comes to class and then starts thinking about what to teach, and begins to look for PDFs. You'll here this line very often "The PDF I wanted is on another device, maybe we'll take a look at it next class." --Then he never goes over it..

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: CS341
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

DO NOT TAKE HIM. You won't learn anything and he makes you wait 3 weeks to get your grade on the midterm. He won't do anything to help the students.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: CS341
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

This class by him is one of the toughest and by far the worst one I have ever taken! He doesn't curve and likes to fail students! Stay away from him.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: CS341
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

One of the worst professors at NJIT!! Stay away from him as much as possible. His exams are awfully hard, students don't know what to expect on the exams or even grades! His lectures are very boring and if you skip class, don't worry you won't pass. His curves are minimal and isn't scared to fail anyone. Worst class ever!

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: CS116
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

He does not make us do assignments(practicals), instead of that he make us take stupid quizzes, which we cant even review. Don't take him unless you are out of options.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: CS115116
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

if you are a COE major, this prof. is setting you up to fail a much harder cs course, cs280. you can basically get away with not learning anything from his classes and still pass with an A or B+. His exams are so easy in both cs115 and cs116 that even someone w/minimal knowledge can do well and not code be able to code even a very basic program

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: CS115
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

If you want to learn C++ or whatever language this bum is teaching don't take him. Easy A if you just copy the assignments and study the previous exams but if you actually want to learn then avoid like the plague.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: CS114
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Babbles on for about 95% of the time and acts as if we all have been programming for years. When you ask him a question about the lab he doesn't give you a specific answer to where in the program you are wrong he just keeps saying what the goal of the program is designed to do. Labs are extremely hard and he is no help would avoid him at all costs

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: CS106
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

WORST PERSON EVER. I can't even call him a professor good luck learning anything. he's exam average was 20. you do 3 assignments on the computers and a mid term and a final. mid term and final are on paper and questions that he never prepared you for.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: CS106
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Super easy A. Great guy, decent teacher. I had to teach myself the material, but it's not hard. Attendance isn't mandatory, but make sure you understand what you're doing. Hand-in assignments on time. There's no reason to hand them in at the end of the semester because there are so few and they're easy.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: CS115
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

If this is your first programming language ever, I highly recommend that you do not take this professor. He goes off on too many tangents during both the lectures and the lab about his first programming language and what not. This is supposed to be an entry level course for C++ but he does not teach the basics well.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: CS116
• Grade Received: C+
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

There's not a lot of good things to say about this guy expect he knows the material well. He teaches the concepts well in lecture and at times goes off topic to talk about stuff related to what we're learning but no one pays attention to him and some dont even bother coming to class. You have to teach yourself to actually learn how to code C++

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: CS100
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

By far the worst professor I have taken at NJIT. Dresses horribly and has a raspy voice. Goes off topic a lot.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: CS115
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Kept telling us to learn python instead of c++ and the final was completely different from what he told us :( beware this isnt the easiest A ever

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: CS635
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Only important lectures are: Review lecture before mid-term, Midterm exam day The day you submitted t your project, Review lecture before final, and Final exam day. Remaining all days do whatever you want to do.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: CS101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

The class itself is pretty easy, most of what you need to know is in the first four lectures although there are more advanced concepts introduced much later on. Take notes, reference the textbook you should do okay. If you go to recitation and put in a real, genuine effort in class; you will understand most of what you'll be dealing with.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: CIS101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

What is even going on in this course? Nobody even knows because this "professor" does not even teach!

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: CS100
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

His PPT is helpful but his lecture... I don't know others feeling but I think I can study same things even he does not have a lecture. Fortunately, we have a great T.A., he helped me a lot.