John Munson - University of Idaho, Moscow, ID

Professor: John Munson

Department: Computer Science

College: University of Idaho, Moscow, ID

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: CS582
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Munson didn't teach us anything important or relevant. Didn't seem he knows anything. Still in ancient computer world. Instead of keeping uptodate with new material, prefers bashing them (C++, Java). Trivial and meaningless assignments and exams. He just talked about a silly calculator program every lect. Such courses and profs bring down enrollmen

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: CS240
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

If the CS department at UI really wants *this* to be the knowledge we walk away with, they shouldn't spend all that time teaching us C++ for the first year. No dynamic memory? No pointers? He really thinks we should go back to using the old version of FORTRAN! He's also the only instructor for Software Eng I & II, so I get him for one more year.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: CS240
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

This guy is crazy. He should not be teaching. He seriously believes that computer science has gone only downhill since the 1960s. The only thing he teaches is about the "good old days" of UNIVAC computers.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: CS240
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

what was he talking about, oh yeah this is the o/s class. how come i dont know anything about o/s? poorest teacher ever had

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: CS112
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

He was hardly in the class. His grad student taught the class most of the time.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: CS480
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Teaches good information if you are one of the <1% of CS majors writing space shuttle software. Worst instructor I've ever had at explaining things. Impossible to do a good job in his class (and I got one of the highest grades in the class).

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: CS581
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Dr. Munson explores current topics of software engineering research in CS581; come with an open attitude and you'll learn something. This is definitely *not* an introductory software engineering course; take this class if you want to push the boundaries.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: CS381
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

he doesn't know how to explain things