Anne Lavergne - Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC

Professor: Anne Lavergne

Department: Computer Science

College: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: CMPT295
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

She is a kind of prof who expresses that she wants to help you but in reality, she is going to make her Final from NOWHERE. You will suffer at every step of your semester. Assignments are like her only not useful. She lives in a different world. AVOID CMPT 225 and CMPT 295 and any other course she is teaching. If possible avoid SFU.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: CMPT295
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

ANNE requiresstudents to do lots of assignments in this course, i dont know if just because this was the first time for her to teach this course. lecture were messy, You need to spend lots of time doing your assignmetns. Final are so hard, especially foucsing on the last topic of lecture which was not quite explained during the last lecture

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: CMPT295
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Man such a heavy emphasis on the final exam on the last lecture! Study guide useless; basically read everything. Notes are often messily done as a result of not finishing the lecture on time, makes me late for next lecture or else I miss notes which can't be found anywhere else. Office hours are helpful though +0.01.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: CMPT295
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Her exam question is made from nowhere. cmpt 295 is already a tough course. She gives lots of homework and assignment. Everything is hard about her.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: CMPT295
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

While 295 is a course that's naturally heavy (and redundant in my opinion), Anne teaches it WAY better that Brad Bart (he's the worst). She can really be an asset if you go to the office hours, sometimes they're empty, other times there's a long lineup. Bottom line, taking 295 with her is basically taking the lesser of 2 evils.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: CMPT295
• Grade Received: INC
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

never lets us out on time

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: CMPT225
• Grade Received: C
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

she's the worst prof ever, makes a computer course like a memorize course. You will learn nothing of improving your programming. And useless for your coop. If you want to learn something, don't choose her. And she also can't explain the lectures well, even for the assignment requirements, she suddenly changed the rules after we finished it.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: CMPT225
• Grade Received: C
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Really tough class. Assignments are difficult and unclear - make friends in this class and work together. the assignments are only worth 3-5% for 5 of them but take up up to 1-2 days to do each one but there is lots of coding so you learn a lot. If you don't do the assignments you will do poorly on exams. Anne's office hours are very helpful

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: CMPT120
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

This class was by no means easy. it is meant to be a gpa booster;however, if you take this class with her you will probably regret it too. the average was a C which is the lowest that I have ever heard of in my 4 years at SFU. the messages left on here are misleading of how hard the class actually is. save yourself by choosing another class.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: CMPT225
• Grade Received: C
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

She shows to have a nice personality, but sometimes it fools you to think the class is gonna be chill. Oh hell no. This class is no joke, if you leave materials to the last night, then rip. She will make you work your @$$ off to get things done. Confusing assignments and labs, and sometimes bugs in the code. Not the best prof in CMPT department.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: CMPT225
• Grade Received: C-
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Pros: She has a nice personality. She sometimes posts pictures and solutions to problems. She is willing to help. Cons: - Won't learn much C++ during lectures. You must have 50% in the final to pass the course, and also 50% must be the average of your final and midterm together. Average Prof

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: CMPT120
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Really good professor. Seems to care about students. Asks for feedback on how to make the course work for students, and tries to implement it. Exams are of average difficulty. The assignments are fun, and often allow for some creativity.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: CMPT225
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

As a lecturer she's not bad, entertaining even, and her tests are fine; but her code is some of the most awful stuff I have ever laid my eyes upon. Take CMPT 225 with Anne Lavergne just to learn how NOT to write C++.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: CMPT120
• 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:

Needs to prepare students for assignments and tests rather than go over the same unclear, bad examples over and over

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: CMPT225
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

I had her for both CMPT127 and 225. She wasn't much help in 127, which is probably how the course was supposed to be in the first place. But she was terrific in 225. Teaches very well, encourages questions (and answers them well), is always available for help and is very engaging. Word loads are reasonable, and assignments are well thought out.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: CMPT120
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Easy exam

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: CMPT120
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Great professor that doesn't spoon feed you information, which helps if you have a true interest in programming. Assignments were fair and quite easy if you put in the work, same goes for the exams - sometimes there are even bonus marks available!. She's a kind and bubbly person as well. Very happy to have taken my first CMPT class with her.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: CMPT120
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Terrible lectures, even worse tests. Very disorganized. Programming projects are very poorly thought out. Asks for good programming style, but has terrible programming habits herself. Likes to ask "trick" questions. Won't post class notes because otherwise no one would attend her lectures. Yes, it's that bad...

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: CMPT120
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

she goes at a good pace and explains the concepts very well even though her code it'self isnt well written or structured. Finding your preferred coding structure is your own job. She is the right kind of prof for those who will be experimenting with coding on their own but she will be terrible if you only intend to code for the sake of assignments.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: CMPT120
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Gives you practically no time for exams and quizzes. Often uses methods in her program that she's never discussed during lecture in quiz questions. Sample programs are littered with syntax errors. Terrible analogies that often confuse me more than clear things up. Whatever you do, find a different prof.