Phillip Thomas - California State University Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA

Professor: Phillip Thomas

Department: Business

College: California State University Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: CIS4100
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

DON'T TAKE HIM. I REPEAT! DON'T TAKE HIM. If you do not do a SINGLE assignment you will not pass the class and get an incomplete! When you begin class he has 40 assignments already assigned (some are past due already). Then adds 20 more over the course. PROJECT is IMPORTANT! UNORGANIZED! BUT TEACHES RANDOM USEFUL THINGS. I WARNED YOU!

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: CIS490
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Do all the work and you shall pass ggwp

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: CIS4100
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

This professor seriously needs to stop teaching. I have never been so confused and stressed out before, he did not take the time AT ALL to plan and organize this class. ALL of his "lectures" are made up on the spot and you can just tell he took no time in preparing coursework. He sounds like a harsh grader and loves to give incompletes.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: CIS4100
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

He has a lot of applied knowledge and is incredibly smart BUT class structure is IMPROMPTU, very unorganized, gives assignments without criteria. Overall, if you do everything early, you might just pass! Also, if you want to learn about software and architecture, give it a shot for the following semester.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: CIS4850
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

You have to constantly check when homework is due, with him its a guessing game. Seriously we are adults why don't you just have homework due before the start of the next class like the other 99% of professors. People have busy lives. The class was supposed to be about LANs but he brought it on himself to teach networking with java. I've had it .

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: CIS4100
• Grade Received: C
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

AVOID! Worst professor I have come across on this campus. There is absolutely no clarity in this class, its basically a bunch of Youtube videos. He also loves to give incomplete grades at the end of semesters.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: BUS305
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Honestly this professor is a little different than your average professor but that's what makes him awesome. His approach to teaching is he will give you the required material of course but he also gives students tools for the work place and that is the stuff of real value. Take him if you want to have a leg up on the competition. keep an open mind

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: CIS4100
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

No text book purchases needed, but had to two projects. One required a RaspberryPi, which you have to purchase. Just because he doesn't remind you about homework, doesn't mean it isn't due. TURN EVERYTHING IN ON TIME.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: CIS4870
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Whatever you do, please don't take him for any course. He is very knowledgeable about the subjects but nowhere near as knowledgeable when it comes to teaching. There are some classes where he is the only professor; try to avoid those as another professor might teach it the next semester. Not too hard to get a good grade, but worthless as a class.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: CIS4100
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

skip one assignment you will get a incomplete grade. i took him last year and he took two months to have my incomplete grade changed. there are in class assignments so do not bother showing you receive a incomplete grade.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: CIS4100
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

I have no idea what I learned in this class other than AWS(amazon). He is so sarcastic, and not in a funny or good way, that at times I didn't know if there was homework due or not. Every class was a lecture on AWS. We had 3 tests. weekly "scratch dot mit" hw. If you want to learn something stay away if you want an easy grade take. No structure

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: CIS1200
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Doesn't teach anything relevant to computers. Doesn't have a set syllabus. His grading guidelines are very unclear. His way of teaching is disorganized. By far the worst professor I have taken. I would rather take a difficult professor that I know what I have to do to get an A instead of taking this professor where I will be clueless all the time.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: CIS3010
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

With no doubt, worst professor at CSULA. Doesn't teach anything. 80% of the tests is nothing you saw on class. When you have a question he answers you in a very arrogant way. You will be confused on what to do for the whole semester to pass. Very disorganized professor. If you are going to take him, please avoid him if you really want to learn.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: CIS320
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Phillip Thomas is by FAR! the WORST teacher I have ever come across. The first day of class he makes it seem like everything is going to be good, youre going to learn. EVERYTHING he says is practically jibberish. He doesnt teach whatsoever, you teach yourself. AVOID, AVOID, AVOID!

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: CIS3010
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

He's very smart in this subject, but he doesn't really teach well. He seems to put students down a lot whenever we ask questions. The only problem I had was that he was disorganized. I never knew what I had to do and when it was due. There are surprise classworks. The 2 midterms and 1 final are easy. There's a hands-on portion and mc.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: CIS1200
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

One of the worst professors I have taken. I usually don't write anything against professor but he earned it. He is very disorganized and for the whole semester you will be confused on what to do in class. Test you on things that you do not know. Besides this, when you reach to him for help he is not always helpful, or amiable at all. My experience.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: CIS3610
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

AVOID HIM AT ALL COST. It is funny how this prof got his job. He is freaking bad. He always talks about how good he is in the industry, but he doesn't teach anything. Class is boring and uninterested. 99% of lectures are irrelevant, and he expects you to turn in class work in last 5 minutes of class. You are expected to do the same works his other classes are doing, but he expects you to know the instructions from his other classes. He ranks himself as one of the best professors on the campus. HE WILL RUI YOUR CAREERS.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: CIS410
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Most disorganized class ever. No clear schedule and all lectures are based off tutorials and 3rd-party powerpoints. Doesn't explain what ur suppose to do clearly/effectively. Moodle has all these downloadable docs and hw, but no instructions. Expects as students to be literate on terms, though no prereq 4 class. Knowledgeable prof / good prof.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: CIS301
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

WORST PROFESSOR he gives pointless hw that takes 20 hours a week to do. He does not want to grade any of the work he gives. He thinks very highly of himself even though he sucks. Everything on syllabus is wrong half the due dates on moodle are wrong. Horrible teacher should be fired. He purposely wants to make his students life hard and is lazy.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: CIS100
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Lots of information to learn