Randal Koziatek - Salt Lake Community College, Salt Lake City, UT

Professor: Randal Koziatek

Department: Computer Science

College: Salt Lake Community College, Salt Lake City, UT

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: CSIS1400
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

His timely responses were helpful to keep me moving through the assignments. There were no lecture videos just reading from the textbook and a few additional documents that he added. The last three assignments are difficult. To prepare for the online class learn how to use NetBeans beforehand. Excellent class!!!

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: CS1340
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

He uses his own textbook. The style used to introduce programming concepts was very good. You will have to put in the work. Need to jump on assignments as soon as possible to not fall behind. My only critique is the quizes had a bit of gotcha questions which I didn't find relevant in the real world.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: CSIS1400
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Don't let his charming personality and amazing lectures fool you. He will not prepare you for 1410. As stated, his lectures are amongst the best but his curriculum does not cover everything you need to know for 1410. He wrote his own book which is decent. He is an incredibly slow grader, it takes him months.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: CSIS1340
• Grade Received: C-
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Very poor teaching style, had to go to tutors alot due to the vague writing. He wrote his own book for the course. Not very responsive. Multiple times didnt even look at my programs before grading them. 1400 is much better.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: CSIS1400
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

This was my second class in the programming major. I was nervous about this class because I skipped the pre requisite. This was the hardest class I have ever taken. I was in the book non stop just trying to keep my head above water. Randy helped so much in lectures. I truly learned from him how to program. He taught the basics. Best teacher!

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: CSIS1400
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Professor Koziatek provided relevant and timely feedback on assignments and quickly responded to emailed questions.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: CSIS1400
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Randal taught everything very clearly, and the class outline was very well organized. Expectations were very clear. His class definitely took some time and work each week to stay on top of things, but it was very well organized and doable. Challenging class, but not impossible. Great teacher, I wish all my CSIS classes could be taught by him.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: CSIS1400
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Inspiring teacher. He is a little tough, but if you apply yourself you will come away with a crystal clear understanding of the topics covered. He has a great way of breaking down concepts into digestible chunks. Some teachers teach as if they have forgot what it's like to not know programming, he is great at putting things on the student's level.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: CSIS1340
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

The class was supposed to be an intro to programming but ended up having assignments that you would receive in a 1400 Java class. The book is written by him and is not great to learn from and that is where all of the instruction comes from. Nothing but "read the book". He is very will to help though as long as you ask for it.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: CSIS1340
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Stay away from this guy and his online class. He wrote his own book, which is very hard to follow along with and is vague with what he expects in assignments.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: CIS1040
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Worse teacher I've ever had. I came to class everyday and read the textbook and still by the end of the semester I had no idea what I was doing. He didn't grade most of our assignments until the very end of the semester so I also never got feedback on what I was doing wrong. Some assignments were difficult and hard to understand. Terrible class!

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: CSIS1400
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

There was very little communication/feedback and our assignments weren't graded until the last week of class, which means I could have been doing things wrong all semester. If it weren't for my previous programming experience, this whole class could have been a waste. Very unprofessional.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: CSIS1400
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

I took him for CSIS 1340 and 1400. He does an amazing job of explaining things and answering questions during lectures so while attendance is not mandatory I would still go to class. For both classes he would occasionally have times set aside to help students with projects and was always available to answer questions. Excellent teacher.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: CSIS1400
• Grade Received: C
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Do not take his online class. I went to his lectures as well but his feedback is non existent. He graded maybe 10% of my assignments before the end of the semester so there is no way to know how well you are doing or what you need to work on. He doesn't respond on canvas often and doesn't give one on one time. Assignments are super hard

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: CSIS1400
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Avoid at all cost, you will come out unprepared for 1410. He teaches enough easy concepts to keep you busy through the semester without him having to help, but not enough to prepare you for whats around the corner... 1410.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: CS1400
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

I took this class online. Make sure you check that the topics in the chapters you study in the text match the topics for each test. Quite often, the chapters I was instructed to read had nothing to do with the topics covered on the test/assignments and I had to find the correct chapters in the book myself. Lots of trick questions on quizzes/exams

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: CSIS1340
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Would only unlock upcoming content on a weekly basis so there is no way to get ahead. Takes a very long time to grade assignments so you don't really know where you stand. He wrote the textbook we use which is a great textbook so I actually learned a ton. My main gripe was the pacing and slow grading.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: CSIS1340
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

The worst teacher I've ever had.

Rating # 19

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

Entry level programming class but he assumes everyone is familiar with programming. Makes assumptions in the class and in the book which he wrote himself that you know terms and how to do things which are not covered in the book or the class. So unless you know a programmer the intro to programming class isn't going to make much sense.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: 1350
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Took two classes from him. I think that he is a great instructor. Really tries to structure information in a way that optimizes learning. If you put in the effort, you will learn, and if you don't understand, he will take as much time as needed to help.