Professor: Robin Kravets
Department: Computer Science
College: University Of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign, Champaignâ€"Urbana, IL
Rating # 1
Overview:
- Course: CS438
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 2.0
- Course Difficulty: 4.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: No
- Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Of all the courses I took while I was studying in UIUC, this was by far the worst I ever had. You could work really hard on an MP, and make it work, but she could still create a rubric that, after penalties, renders you with a zero. In essence, for her there is no difference between a functional MP, and someone who did not do the MP at all
Rating # 2
Overview:
- Course: CS438
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 1.0
- Course Difficulty: 5.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: No
- Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
CS 438 is a very fun course that can help you land a job, but she knows how to make you feel miserable while taking the course with her. There are other great instructors that teach this course, so if you can, wait and take it with someone who cares about teaching to students and is not so patronizing as her.
Rating # 3
Overview:
- Course: CS438
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 1.5
- Course Difficulty: 5.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
The class is an interesting one, and you do learn a lot. However, Prof. Kravets seems to possess a harsh personality, she makes mean comments and comes off as patronizing. I'd suggest you take this class when some other professors are teaching it.
Rating # 4
Overview:
- Course: CS438
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 4.5
- Course Difficulty: 2.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
She's actually better than what the previous comments describe. If you ask her help, she's willing to give you advice. She's a skilled lecturer and a generous grader as well imo.
Rating # 5
Overview:
- Course: CS439
- Grade Received: Not sure yet
- Overall Rating: 2.5
- Course Difficulty: 3.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Her lectures were pretty well put together. She assigned a large group project worth 50% of the course grade. Then, she dropped the final which was great. Had class presentations that were easy. She had deadlines but changed them all the time. Was very unorganized near the end and doesn't realize we have other classes at the same time. 3/10 class
Rating # 6
Overview:
- Course: CS241
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 3.5
- Course Difficulty: 3.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
She's a bit rude to students, but I found her to be a good lecturer. There's a lot of material to cover, and I think she does a good job explaining things at the level that needs to be understood for this course. Lots of code examples in the slides, and if you ask questions she will stop and repeat things. You get more out of it by participating.
Rating # 7
Overview:
- Course: CS241
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 2.0
- Course Difficulty: 5.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Only positive about this class was that there was lecture videos. Robin was extremely rude to students and presented MPs that were near impossible to do based on lecture notes. Really a shame since 241 covers great material. There's good reason this class has the highest failure rate in CS department.
Rating # 8
Overview:
- Course: CS241
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 1.5
- Course Difficulty: 5.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Probably the worst professor in the core CS curriculum. Too bad this CS 241 is required. My suggestions are to attend every lecture no matter how boring and dry she is.
Rating # 9
Overview:
- Course: CS241
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 2.0
- Course Difficulty: 3.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
It takes an outstanding instructor to successfully impart the amount of material in this course in one semester; unfortunately, Professor Kravets may not even be a good one. Her lectures and her marked unfriendliness inspire sparse attendance, but it's in your best interest to be at every class.
Rating # 10
Overview:
- Course: CS241
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 1.5
- Course Difficulty: 4.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
The class material is somewhat interesting, but Kravets seems to genuinely dislike all students.
Rating # 11
Overview:
- Course: CS241
- 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:
Robin likes to give hand-wavey explanations of complex concepts. When we ask questions, she gets frustrated. She seems to get really condescending sometimes, which makes it difficult for students to ask questions when they're confused.
Rating # 12
Overview:
- Course: CS241
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 2.0
- Course Difficulty: 3.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
She probably thinks that we, students are her colleagues. Rather than "teaching" something , she believes in discussing stuff you've never heard of before. 241 is supposed to be really interesting , only when taught properly and thoroughly. Moreover, gigantic Machine Problems without a partner is TORTURE.
Rating # 13
Overview:
- Course: CS241
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 3.5
- Course Difficulty: 4.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
I would agree with the individual that said this class was a disaster. On average throughout the semeseter, I spent 45-50 hours on a single MP. No group MPs like previous semesters. The autograders never worked. I seriously think this class should be 12 credit hours because I was forced to neglect them due to this class. Learned a lot though.
Rating # 14
Overview:
- Course: CS241
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 4.0
- Course Difficulty: 1.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
This was not a hard class. But there were a lot of assignments including MPs and HWs. But MPs are not that hard (mostly you can get at least more than 90%) and the curve was pretty sweet. You can get A if you are mostly more than 82%. A+ was around %92. So if you finished every assignment and study lecture slides a bit, A/A+ is guaranteed.
Rating # 15
Overview:
- Course: CS241
- 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:
Disaster of a class. The MP autograders didn't work, and we had to fight for points back on every assignment. Most students spent 50+ hours on most machine problems. The average grade was in the 60% range at the end of the semester. In the end, she threw up her hands and gave everyone a B.
Rating # 16
Overview:
- Course: CS338
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 2.5
- Course Difficulty: 5.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: N/A
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
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