Charles Duba - DigiPen Institute of Technology,Redmond, WA

Professor: Charles Duba

Department: Physics

College: DigiPen Institute of Technology, Redmond, WA

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: CS100
• 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:

As a first semester class, it's hard to tell what is expected. Going from nothing to understanding circuit diagrams and binary assembly instructions for a PIC, it really is a testament to the quality of Dr. Duba's teaching. He can be quite fun, but that is his main drawback- he is not the best professor at keeping random side conversions in check.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: CS101
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Super funny; one of the few professors who can actually teach; is more than willing to go over stuff the students don't know

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: CS100
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

I don't think there exists a funnier human being. That, and he's a great teacher. Super easy to learn from.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: CS101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

By far the funniest teacher I've had at DigiPen, and the best at keeping classes relevant on the topic as well as interesting. Some people dislike that he's a comedic teacher, but I believe it helped me as a student pay attention to the subject matter more. I only had him for a third of the semester, but I'd definitely take him again.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: CS100
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Awesome having him for the introduction to computer science, he was great at teaching assembly and basic logic gate wiring.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: PHY200
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Easily my favorite professor at DP. Always had a sense of humor about class, yet took it seriously. Not a pushover, however. Very intelligent, and he expects you to get it or ask him to explain. Willing to help if you ask, but won't go easy if you don't. Drank coffee out of a skull mug.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: CS100
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Don't take this class too seriously. There were a few people that were just peeing their pants every time something even more complicated came up. Those people just need to know only the exceptional student is going to get EVERYTHING from the course, and that's the way it was designed. I mean come on, we still all got A's. Chill out, it's DigiPen.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: CS105
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

This class was simple and straight forward for some parts, and overly complicated for others. It doesn't help that the teacher seems to want to talk more about monkeys to explain everything than practical information.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: CS105
• 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:

fun guy with a great sense of humor

Rating # 10

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

Let me say off the bat that Duba is not my cup of tea. I think that he needs to spend less time creating humorously contrived analogies and more time learning how to teach and present information clearly. He is a neat guy, but a mediocre teacher at best. Still, he's much better than our little Greek friend.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: CS105
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Duba is an awesome guy. If you ask a question, he will answer it... for the most part. He tries to teach you how to find answers for yourself rather than just giving it to you straight. He wants you to learn, not just to regurgitate information for the final.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: PHY290
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

I don't know if he'll teach 290 again, but if he does, the combination of his great teaching ability, knowledge, and the funness of the topic of modern physics makes it so that noone should turn down the chance to take that elective. Don't let himself or anyone else lie to you either--he is not a difficult teacher, and taking his classes will help

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: CS105
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Funny guy. Definitely knows his stuff, and his teaching style makes it interesting to learn it. The assignments seem hard at first but are usually straight out of the PIC book, if you know where to look. I don't feel that he gave us quite enough time to work on the car, though, nut we still got it going in the end, so I guess it was enough, really.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: CS105
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

This guy is by far one of the best professors I've ever met. He teaches you plenty of material, but makes it fun to learn by using strange examples or infusing other types of humor into his lectures. The projects can be hard, but he prepares you for them. Highly, highly recommended.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: CS4XX
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

This was an independent study physics simulation. I hope this doesn't look like a bad rating, cause Duba is awesome. It's just that he was the guy signing off on the project, no real teaching or direction required on his part. I'm really thankful he let me do my own thing.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: PHY200
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

He seems like a brilliant physicist but unfortunately he is more concerned with making the class laugh or awe at his math prowess. The book for this class doesn't seem to corrolate with the lectures, but I suppose I learned something. I'm just glad I have Mohrman this semester.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: PHYSICS
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Very interesting teaching style. Only class I don't believe I've ever slept through.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: PHY200
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Not the clearest of lecturers, but if you sit down and try to follow along, you will know your stuff. An excellent professor.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: CS105
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

He's the physics dude, but was also the only professor in CS 105 who wanted to help students. Yeah, challenge me, but give me something to work with. Duba is great.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: PHY200250
• 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:

He is an ok teacher, very unique, but moves too fast at times. Homework and Book do not seem to corrolate with what he teaches, but not to bad. Definately much better than some.