Professor: Ethan Miller
Department: Computer Science
College: University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA
Rating # 1
Overview:
- Course: CMPE110
- Grade Received: B
- Overall Rating: 1.0
- Course Difficulty: 5.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: No
- Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
This class with Miller will seriously mess you up mentally and physically. Will lose lack of sleep due to the insane combination of homework assignments and programming assignments given. Does not provide enough examples in class and expects you to do problems on the homework that is beyond the understanding of what he discussed in lecture.
Rating # 2
Overview:
- Course: CE110
- Grade Received: B+
- Overall Rating: 2.0
- Course Difficulty: 5.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: No
- Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Pros: You will learn a lot, just stick with the program and do yo best. Attend every lecture and you will be rewarded for it. Attending office hours and participation will reward you too. Cons: Grading is rough and slow. Lots of concepts and office hours usually has a long line. Assignments are quite confusing and usually have at least 1 error.
Rating # 3
Overview:
- Course: CMPE110
- Grade Received: Not sure yet
- Overall Rating: 1.0
- Course Difficulty: 4.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: No
- Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Pros: does his best to create a fun classroom environment smart guy with field knowledge Cons: paranoid about cheating to the point that it hinders the class very disorganized attendance is mostly required lectures aren't the best (slow, gets sidetracked, confusing explanations) homework guidelines are confusing
Rating # 4
Overview:
- Course: CE110
- Grade Received: A+
- Overall Rating: 5.0
- Course Difficulty: 1.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: Yes
- Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Gave us candy during the final in case we need the boost. 10/10.
Rating # 5
Overview:
- Course: CMPE110
- Grade Received: A+
- Overall Rating: 5.0
- Course Difficulty: 1.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: Yes
- Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
He is a really great professor that actually cares about his students. Sure, it can be hard sometimes, but he is willing to negotiate with you if you get to know him in person. Honestly, if you're struggling with these material, it may be possible that you might have to reconsider your major. Just believe in yourself and you'll do fine.
Rating # 6
Overview:
- Course: CIS12B
- Grade Received: B+
- Overall Rating: 1.0
- Course Difficulty: 1.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: No
- Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
I did okay in his class. He was hard, but it was more his attitude. He always talked down to you. For me, I only understood what he thought of me after I ready his blog. Read his post on anchor babies.
Rating # 7
Overview:
- Course: CMPE110
- Grade Received: B-
- Overall Rating: 1.0
- Course Difficulty: 5.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: No
- Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
I do not recommend taking any class with Prof. Miller if you are not the type of person who likes cramming - not because of procrastination, but because of how much he expects you to know in the short amount of time he gives you. No feedback, late homework grades even though graders are done grading, no accessible hw answers, no practice exams.
Rating # 8
Overview:
- Course: CMPE110
- 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:
You think comments are playing about Ethan Miller? They are not. He makes this class unnecessarily more difficult than it should be. The midterm and final are ridiculous. His lectures are often times just horrible. When we had a guest speaker it was so much better for me to grasp material. Please for the love of your mom avoid all his classes.
Rating # 9
Overview:
- Course: CMPE110
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 1.0
- Course Difficulty: 5.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: No
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Worst professor at UCSC. Doesn't give the proper tools for students to succeed, makes it unnaturally hard for students to learn. He won't post solutions to homework because he's afraid someone will post it online or something. I have no doubt he's really smart, but his class is sometimes so insanely hard, very demoralizing for cs students imo.
Rating # 10
Overview:
- Course: CMPE110
- Grade Received: WD
- Overall Rating: 1.0
- Course Difficulty: 5.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: No
- Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Only one rule Avoid him at all cost.
Rating # 11
Overview:
- Course: CMPE110
- Grade Received: Not sure yet
- Overall Rating: 2.0
- Course Difficulty: 4.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: No
- Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
His lectures wouldn't be bad if he didn't get sidetracked by people making sarcastic or unnecessary comments during class. The material in the lectures and the readings supplement each other very well, and it's the best way of learning in my opinion. The homework is often confusing and takes far too long, and can sometimes be very tedious.
Rating # 12
Overview:
- Course: CMPE110
- 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:
Easiest class I have ever taken! He taught us all the concepts that we need to know in a very simple manner, making the homework incredibly easy yet rewarding. During the exams he is more than willing to take questions and will cover material that he has not gone over thoroughly in lecture. He curves very generously and overall great professor!
Rating # 13
Overview:
- Course: CMPE110
- 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:
omg, the cm110 class is so crazy under him, the most recent homework is absolutely unable to finish within the time he gave to us, plus, most of the materials used in homework is not fairly covered in his lecture. I spend over 20 hours to do his homework and still not finished . I think he expects too much from his student.
Rating # 14
Overview:
- Course: CMPE110
- 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:
Avoid him at all costs, listen to the reviews. I tried giving him a fair chance but this man is the worst professor I've run into so far. He'll spend more time being paranoid about you cheating / posting his slides on CourseHero than actually being at all helpful.
Rating # 15
Overview:
- Course: CMPE110
- 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:
For the most recent assignment he had us pretend to be RISC V processors and diagram a 90 cycle assembly language program 3 times. If you have not guessed there is no real way for a human to complete this without a single error. Ethan does not have realistic expectations of his students.
Rating # 16
Overview:
- Course: CE110
- Grade Received: Not sure yet
- Overall Rating: 1.0
- Course Difficulty: 4.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: No
- Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
I'm in his class right now and I already agree with everyone who rated him for CMPS5P. The assignments he gives are absolutely ridiculous; he does not teach us the things that need to be learned in order to do these questions and they're incredibly lengthy and challenging. Do not take this guy if you have an alternate choice.
Rating # 17
Overview:
- Course: CMPS5P
- Grade Received: B+
- Overall Rating: 1.0
- Course Difficulty: 5.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: No
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Professor Miller is absolutely terrible in all facets of his craft. From extremely difficult assignments to the point of ridiculousness, to a condescending attitude on a daily basis, Miller makes CMPS5P a horrible experience. I shared many laughs with friends and experienced programmers on the sheer difficulty level of the many assigned projects.
Rating # 18
Overview:
- Course: CMPS5P
- Grade Received: B-
- Overall Rating: 1.0
- Course Difficulty: 5.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: No
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Anyone can teach the basics to programming, but the hardest part of any programming language isn't the language, but the logic. Professor Miller could not teach this logic. I routinely left class early because I knew it wouldn't be beneficial. Everything I learned was from outside research. 2 years of prior experience in CS and I barely passed
Rating # 19
Overview:
- Course: CMPS5P
- Grade Received: F
- Overall Rating: 1.0
- Course Difficulty: 5.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: No
- Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
He graded students on 9 extremely lengthy, overly-challenging assignments, and the midterm & final exams. Even though I worked harder than I ever have in any class, I received low grades throughout the quarter. He makes it impossible to learn, doesn't explain the material enough, and expects everyone to know how to code without working w/ anyone.
Rating # 20
Overview:
- Course: CMPS5P
- 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:
Miller is kidding himself if he honestly believes this is an intro class; the assignments were extremely challenging, and on top of that, he prohibits you from talking to other students. Miller is extremely rude, condescending, and assumes you are an idiot if you find something to be confusing or you need help. NOT a healthy learning environment
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