Susan Epstein - Hunter College, New York, NY

Professor: Susan Epstein

Department: Computer Science

College: Hunter College, New York, NY

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: CSCI353
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Not as easy class, but incredibly rewarding. Tests are fairly easy, but homeworks are long and numerous. Lectures were great and she always checked to see if everyone was following along

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: CSC7
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

One of the best professor's I've ever had. She is very tough, but takes into consideration the student 's progress.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: CSCI335340
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Sorry but she's not a good lecturer and can be rude/mean; the class and material is interesting it's just the professor is a gatekeeper here additionally, it's a lot of work and would not recommend. There are better alternatives.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: CSCI353
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

An amazing mentor and an amazing professor. Working a year in and a half with her has been a pleasure. Amazing professor, always works off her own material while still having the textbook serve as a solid second source. In the interest of changing someone's life if they are motivated. The most positive impact Hunter's CS dept. has had on me.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: CSCI353
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

One of the hardest and most stressful classes I've taken, but immensely rewarding.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: AI
• 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: Mandatory

Comment:

If you just want to waste your time, take it. She is teaching high school students. She know nothing about computer. How did she earn her phD degree?

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: CS232
• 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:

I could not understand anything. I took class with another professor and passed with A.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: CSCI3
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

This professor is the best I have taken in the department. Can't believe her rating is so low. She definitely expects you to think for yourself, but her knowledge of the subject is amazing, and she is always willing to explain further. Exams and HW are always based on material. She will offer so many opportunities if she's interested in you.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: CSCI235
• 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:

I graduated in the 80's. She is one of the best professors I ever had. Very tough. She has standards. Helped prepare me for grad school in the Ivy League and a successful career out in Silicon Valley.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: CSCI435
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Good professor. Homeworks and tests are long but not hard. If we didn't like our midterm grade she let us do it over as a take-home. Mandatory group projects broken into several small assignments instead of one big one. Very insistent on attendance and calls on you in class. Talks about research opportunities. Very good on emails and office hours.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: CSCI232
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

She may look nice, but her homework assignments were not clear at times. Exams I would say it was ok, but I felt that the exam was too lengthy. Should be shorten. I would say this class requires work. if i would i would skip this class and learn myself but need it for my minor :T

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: CSCI435
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Her lectures are everything but interesting. she literally reads the material from her slides during class. very bad grader. takes off points for spelling. her class requires lots of unnecessary and very time consuming work. tests are not hard but very long and impossible to complete on time. she does not care about students at all. avoid her.

Rating # 13

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

To me these comments seem harsh, but I had her for AI. The class as not easy at all, but very interesting. I thought she was very helpful and respectful, esp. if you did the work. She provides lots of notes and code, and clearly knows this subject very well. Not an easy A, but why should it be, this isn't a class for lazy students.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: CSCI120
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Her "experimental section" is a difficult class, but you'll come away with real, practical knowledge. Very helpful and encouraging!

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: CSDISC
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

i cannot believe that this person is still teaching...i took her about 20 years ago, she was not a good teacher ..she was very discouraging and made the class impossible....by the end there were only about 6 of us..it is a shame that students are suffering the same way...i am an educator as such support tenure but she is the problem with tenure

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: CS101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

she is a stick-in-the-mud wants everything her way regardless.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: CSCI435
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

makes all of her students very uncomfortable because ya never know what you're going to get from her since she's moody. class is a lot of unnecessary work and if i could go back, i would not take this class because there were more productive things i could do with my time. she seems to know a lot, but i found just SITTING in her class stressful.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: CS435
• 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:

Here is something for your database. This "professor" hates her students.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: CS435
• 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:

She is honestly the worst prof I've ever had. She behaves as though she secretly hates students. If you have any interest in databases, do yourself a favor by taking the class at Baruch.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: CSCI435
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Pathetic. Appears to be nice, but treats students like children by repeatedly asking silly questions and putting pictures of a child and a frog on most pages of her slides. Substantial pointless busywork for hw and project. Exams rely on memorization. Must know her definition of a database exactly to get full marks for that Q. Doesn't curve.