Nicholas Thireos - Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY

Professor: Nicholas Thireos

Department: Science

College: Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: WEBFOUND
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Prof Thireos is a nice guy but his long-winded, off-topic rambling mangles his simple lesson plans. He tries to make the information approachable but ends up teaching the course at a glacial pace, wrought with unclear instructions. Read ahead to get the most out of the class.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: CIM230
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Notes and discussions were thorough and you can learn a lot if you pay attention. He often goes out on a tangent but it's not boring and the material gets covered. Tests/quizzes is more based on rote memorization than understanding of the material, but given the subject I'd think it would be hard to do otherwise.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: COMP01
• 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:

Took him for computers in medicine. He is the sweetest guy and really cares about medical informatics. However, extremely boring and gets way off topic during class. Quizzes and tests were very specific so you really have to study the notes! He alo is greek and tells us how every little word is derived from greek so that gets annoying after awhile!

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: DEVME01
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Good teacher imo

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: MEDDE310
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Thireos is the man. He loves medical informatics and loves talking about it even more. He's pretty goofy, but he makes the dull material pretty fun. He is very approachable and is always willing to help.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: WEBFO02
• 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:

This is his first time teaching this class and why? because he only learned the topic this summer. He doesn't know what he's talking about and I literally learned the whole subject from the TA. HE should've been teaching the class. Not the mention Thireos is sooo boring and so confusing.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: PROGR217
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

I agree with below poster, but Thireos is a super nice guy. Problem is,theres a ton of material jammed into 10 weeks. It goes from easy to insanely difficult very quickly, and only eperienced programmers will find it easy to do. I hate this class, but its not all the professor. He'll give you tons of homework extensions to help you out.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: PRGRM217
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

What a nightmare. We're half way through the quarter and half the class is pulling out their hair trying to keep up and dreading each exam. He has homework based on material that he hasn't covered yet, and exams that have unexplored answers. The exams, by the way, are entirely based on memory, so you'd better learn where EVERY little bracket goes.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: PROG218
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Great professor, he writes programs with the class so you have something to look back to while doing the PEs, and HWs. He is a fair grader, and he gives extra credit if the class needs it overall. I ended up getting over a 100 on one of his exams because he curved it.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: PROG220
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Not very good at communicating with his students. I sent him about 15 emails this quarter and only got two back. I went to his office hours and was turned away because his leg hurt. He depends on the TA a lot, you're almost better off talking to the TA instead of him. Pretty dry lecture as well. Oh, he wastes A LOT of paper on useless handouts.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: IT218
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Very friendly guy. His age holds him back expecially when it comes to getting back your tests, he woudl be lost without his TA. For the most part he is a good teacher and funny too.

Rating # 12

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

Doesn't completely understand the material he's teaching which makes it incredibly difficult for the students to either. Moderately easy weekly exercises and painful weekly labs. Goes through the material much too fast so unless you're a cs major, a lot of this is hard to grasp. Very flexible on deadlines but stay away if you can.

Rating # 13

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

Hands down my favorite professor! He WANTS his students to do well so he's always offering help/extensions/reviews. Easy quizzes based mostly on memorization. Always gives review sheets before tests (covering about 99% of what's actually on it). Big on attendance-- his pet peeve is when people skip. Genuinely sweet man who loves to teach.

Rating # 14

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

Great professor. Down to earthm and likes to add his own take on things. VEry funny also.. Yes he likes to go on a tangent at times, but it all comes together in the end. Very willing to help if you need it. He wants his students to succeed in life. I recommend him to all.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: CMED1
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

At first you think he doesn't know what he's talking about, because he talks like we've never used a browser before. Then he's REALLY picky about your answers. The quizzes were unusually hard and based on memorization. The labs were easy. Make sure you study for the tests.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: COMP01
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Very nice guy, tends to get way off topic and talk past the end of class. Willing to help and set up review classes. Long tests, but easy if you study. Will review for a quiz five minutes before and basically give you the answers!

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: COMPINMED
• 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:

Class is easy and he is willing to take time for students if help is needed. Has a tendancy to get off topic, which can be confusing. If you know too much about computers, you may not fair well bc he is very set on his own ways. He loves to teach and he really does care. An all around Good Guy:)

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: COMPINMED
• 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:

Class is very easy.. He is at times, hard to understand with his greekish accent. Very fun to argue and debate with, even though you will not get your way. But all in all he is a good guy, and a good prof.

Rating # 19

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

Meh, OK prof. very very nice guy. very very set on his own ideas, and wont like yours. Don't try to answer a question in your own words. Or write a program your own way. even if it works, and may work better than his examples, your answer or method will be unacceptable and wrong..

Rating # 20

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

the nicest greek man alive!