S.L. Tauro - University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA

Professor: S.L. Tauro

Department: Computer Science

College: University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: ICS51
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Lectures are nearly useless as she only goes over the most basic of concepts over and over and then spends a few minutes talking about important topics. Never goes over homework or releases solutions. Was 10 minutes late to final with poorly formatted exam. Avoid if you can.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: ICS51
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Terrible professor! You should definitely avoid taking her for 51. She is a nice person but she cannot teach. Examples in class were copied straight off the book and did not cover important parts of the course. Exams are worse, based on questions not covered in class. She is hard to reach, confusing with homework and was 15 min late to the final!

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: ICS51
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

She has good intentions, but she's a really bad teacher. Her examples are superficial and don't effectively cover the important topics. The class is structured where an hour long discussion a week is supposed to be sufficient to complete a lab in x86 assembly. She pretty much avoids answering students' questions on Piazza and should be avoided!

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: ICS51
• 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:

She's an awful professor and she's completely unhelpful. If you can take a different professor for this class, try to.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: CS142A
• 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:

Pretty laid back. As long as you pay attention in lecture and follow along you should understand the concepts. Midterms/finals okay since allowed cheatsheets. Very nice and interacts with students regularly. Seems like she genuinely wants to help students learn. Prettiness is almost distracting during lecture. Reminds me of Cameron Diaz's cousin.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: CS142
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

S. Tauro is better with CS141, 142 than with any other courses. She's very clear in explaining compiler. Projects are intense, quizzes are very helpful for the tests.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: ICS139W
• 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:

She is not a good professor. I did a lot of hard work but she failed me because I got some help on one of my papers and she called it cheating. Awful person. I followed up with the problem and when she did not have any prove,she said anyway, your grade for the class is an F and she failed me that simple. I have never seen such a ..professor ever.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: ICS139W
• 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:

Do your work, get an A! But she is very very very against cheating. don't copy or plagiarize anything and you will do great!

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: ICS142A
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

The material was tough, but her lectures were extremely helpful. Don't skip discussion or you'll impale yourself on a spike when it comes to the projects. Office hours help a LOT so go when you can. She will help you out if you're not lazy and try.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: CS142
• 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:

Good teacher, wants you to learn but material is hard. Projects get hard after the second one. Gives quizzes randomly worth 1 or 2 points. If you're lazy don't take her.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: ICS51
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Good professor. She is very helpful in office hours and cares about her students. Fair exams. Just go to class and you will pass

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: ICS23
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

oh and she sometimes acts like Sarah Palin. and shes hot.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: ICS23
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

She's okay, better than some of the other ICS professors *cough* Jacobson. Her midterms and finals are kind of hard but they're not impossible.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: CS142
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Took this class in the summer..was not easier unfortunately. Gave us quizzes based on information we were introduced to only a few minutes before. After the 1st 2 projects, it gets somewhat hard. Does not provide much info/help with using languages like Haskell, Prolog, and Perl. Tests were alright, you get a cheat sheet for both final and midterm.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: CS141
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Great teacher. the class was a bit hard and i definitely had to do a lot of work, but if you put in the effort, you will definitely be awarded with a great grade. tauro is clear an if concise and makes classes fun. she gives credit to those you attend class so go! easy points!

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: CS142A
• 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:

Whoever says this woman is attractive needs to go outside more. Her class is insanely difficult for a subject you will never use again. Her style of teaching is pure ****. Quizzes you on subjects she has shown for maybe 5 minutes. Programming is on par with (literally) a project course. Can have tons of hw. Help is limited or none. Don't take her.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: CS142
• 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:

shes cute. plus, her class arent bad. in terms of work, if you know what you are doing it is very minimum. i can't believe she didnt get a chilli pepper.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: ICS51
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

GREAT TEACHER. HARD CLASS. go to office hours and get help. shes REALLY helpful but the class was crazy hard. get help, u should be fine

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: CS142A
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

I've had her for CS 51, 141a and 142a. I think Tauro is an excellent and fair professor, and most of the hate on here comes from people who are frustrated with the difficulty of the material and looking for someone to blame. I'll admit I felt like this at first, then I got my act together. CS isn't an easy major, deal with it.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: CS142A
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Taken her for 3 classes previously (hated it). Surprisingly, CS142a wasn't bad at all. Supplied test cases for the projects makes debugging easy. Book isn't needed. Quizzes help keep you on track, and aren't worth much. Attendance is crucial. Midterms not that bad (get cheat sheets =]) and no final.