Michael Danchak - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY

Professor: Michael Danchak

Department: Computer Science

College: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY

Rating # 1

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

Danchak is unqualified. He cannot teach and does not know the subject matter. He is never prepared for class. He cannot answer questions. His exams are graded arbitrarily. He has never published. Little man complex. Lectures are a joke. Other professors laugh at him behind his back. He does not know Unix or even a computer language.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: COMPPROGRAM
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

he teaches you nothing, expects you to know everything, very boring, i think i fell asleep alot, you pray that he dosent come to class.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: COMPSCI
• 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:

Had several classes with him. Knowledgeable, clear lectures, good handouts. Always ready to answer questions and help. Makes you think. His classes were good preperation for the "real" workworld where everything you need for an assignment isn't handed to you.

Rating # 4

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

MD was ok. Probably not cut out to be a professor, but does make a good effort, and I truly believe he WANTED to teach the material to us, even if he wasn't the best at it.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: INTROHCI
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

No Comments

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: CSCI1100
• 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:

This guy is a complete tool and a moron

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: INTOCOMPPROG
• 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:

This guy is an idiot. He doesn't listen to your questions becuase he thinks he's so smart that he already knows what you're going to ask, and he never does. His lectures are horrendously boring - he does allow generous crib sheets for the midterm and final though.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: CSCI6320
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

With this professor you get out of the class what you put in. The assignments he chooses are very usefull and related to the topic. One of his main problems is that he does not specify all of the assignment requirement when giving you an assignment so you may lose points while completing everythin

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: INTROCOMPPROG
• 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:

very hard class, very boring... puts effort into his powerpoint but it's still hard to understand

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: COMPPROG
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

The man honestly cares about the students and obviously puts a lot of effort in his powerpoints but all his explaining is useless since there are no hands on approaches to learning this stuff. go to offic hour(s) and it's an easy A

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: CSCI1010
• 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:

this class sucked. it was boring and the teacher was useless. ---powerfist, dr. strange, and archangel

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: CSCI6320
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Best class I've taken. Lots of work, but he put a significant amount of time into setting up the class. Excellent class.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: CSCI4600
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

I had him for the class and liked him a lot I felt he taught a lot of usful thing for the field of HCI as it relates to programming.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: CSCI1100
• 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:

Prof. Danchak didn't make the topics clear enough for his students. Reading the textbook is more helpful than listening to the lecture

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: CSCI1010
• 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:

Even though he got a degree from Princeton University, he cannot communicate well. He always make things more complicated.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: CSCI1010
• 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:

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Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: CSCI1100
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

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Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: CSC1010
• 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:

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