Bina Ramamurthy - University at Buffalo (SUNY Buffalo), Buffalo, NY

Professor: Bina Ramamurthy

Department: Computer Science

College: University at Buffalo (SUNY Buffalo), Buffalo, NY

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: CSE486
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Useful class, the projects may take your times but easy. The exam is pain, she does not give the sample exam that no idea about what will be in the exam.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: CSE586
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Bina is really easy going teacher, you don't need to attend the class because she will take the recording. For the project, it's really easy if you have any developing experience in web development. However, she actually won't give you far deep knowledge. If you hope to find a course which can give you a lot of hand-on experience. Don't choose.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: CSE241
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

The class was easy and she was amazing. She wants everyone to succeed and really makes sure you do. She's also real easy on the eyes <3

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: CSE487
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

The lectures dont do much to prepare you for exams and labs and there arent too many resources to learn the material online. The TAs dont always know whats going on either. Whatever you do, dont use AWS for the labs if she doesnt require it.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: CSE241
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

I've never had a professor that makes so many mistakes in lecture. The worst part is that she always realizes her mistakes with 10 min to go and then tries to go back and correct everything, only effectively confusing everyone. Also she made a mistake ordering lab equipment for my class so we didn't have to do any labs. Other than that super easy

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: CSE241
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

This class was great, never had fun doing work before up until this class.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: CSE241
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Take CSE 241 with her if you want a easy A

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: CSE241
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Bina is straight up fantastic, not sure how her rating is so low here. Can she be a little scattered sometimes? Sure, but she's an incredible lecturer and will not leave anyone behind. She lays out everything on homeworks and exams. Ask any question you have and put in the effort to keep up, youll get a fun and interesting class in return.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: CSE321
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Great professor. A little scattered, but she goes out of her way to help. She clearly cares that you walk out of the course having learned something.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: CSE241
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Bina teaches the content well and provides very coherent demonstrations in class. Makes it a point to learn students, so while attendance isn't mandatory she knows if you do or don't. Either way lectures are extremely useful, you'd be remiss if you don't. Willing to help outside of class hours. Strict late work policy, don't procrastinate!

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: CSE241
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Bina's the best! One of the few gems left in UB's CSE department. She tries her hardest to remember everyone's names, which just goes to show how caring she is for her students. She also tells you exactly how to solve every course topic step by step. Class has a steep learning curve at first but becomes really enjoyable throughout the semester.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: CSE321
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Dr Bina is awesome, really. She's more focused on real applications than theory. If you come to her with a fun side project she'll go nuts and love you forever and probably give you a free A. Literally hands you exam answers during lecture. Very fun class. Good sense of humor. No complaints.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: CSE321
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Bina is awesome and cares for her students. The projects are fun to work on. Overall would recommend 10/10.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: CSE321
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Don't listen to other people's ratings of this class. Bina is a fantastic professor, very personable, EXTREMELY transparent about what will be on exams. Goes over examples in class, lectures are all recorded. The projects are a little abstract in terms of what's expected but the grading is extremely lenient. Bina's awesome.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: CSE241
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

ok teacher but will take off 20% of lab if you submit the lab last minute but the server crashed and it didn't go through, even if you email the lab to her on time or have proves that you try to submit the assignment. She won't care and put the fault on the students for submitting the work last minute, What a nice teacher.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: CSE587
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

She is very helpful. Her projects are very useful.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: CSE487
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

You got to take this course if data science is of any interest to you. Great projects. Despite the negative feedback, I can surely say that I learnt a lot in this course. Didn't attend many classes but worked a lot on assignments. The projects are not hard but they will take time and they might irritate you at some point. But I had fun.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: CSE111
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Bina is a very boring teacher, but she is great. I strongly recommend going to her classes, why? Because she assigns important projects for homework, but she always solves the projects in class. The homeworks are "easy", if you know coding. If they're hard for you, they will be doable is you ask for help. She is a great person.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: CSE321
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

The worst class I have ever taken. Grading criteria was unclear. Did not learn anything from the professor. She kept rambling about Brad Pitt, The Martian, and the Airplane of Science.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: CSE241
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

In the second half, it needs technical detail, which Bina lacks. She does not frequently make mistake, but when she do, you gonna have a hard time figuring out what is wrong with your work. Class is disorganized, and exams are long. What this prof lacks is neat and clear organize of course material. Self study is a better than going to class.