Kien Hua - University of Central Florida

Professor: Kien Hua

Department: Computer Science

College: University of Central Florida

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: COP5711
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Worst professor I have ever seen. Only teaches his own research slides and If you have power of memorization blindly without understanding anything, u can win the match in front of him. No webcourses transparency, no hands on project, assignment, all are on based on research paper which does not mean at all. Waste of money and time

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: COP4710
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

This guy's the worst. He's been the worst and he doesn't care. He doesn't use Webcourses, although that'll maybe change by Fall 2019, he doesn't give you grades, his lectures are bad, he's constantly passive aggressive about attendance, and he just really, really doesn't care about his students or his classes. It's awful.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: COP4710
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Whatever you do, don't take this class. There is no clear grade since he does not use webcourses. Exams are tough and you don't really know what style of questions he will ask. Teaches outdated stuff and manages to make an interesting subject so boring that the room is mostly empty since no one wants to show up.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: COP5711
• Grade Received: C+
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Showed an amazing ability to turn a fascinating subject into a drab experience. Teaching material are lazily made. He clearly hasn't kept up to date, as the great majority of the topics are his own research, which though not terrible, by no means define the state of the art. To pass the test, you have to parrot his error-ridden slides verbatim.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: COP5711
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

He is one of the worst professors that I ever took a class with. About 80% of the course content was his own research papers which not related to the course topic. I did not learn anything about databases in his class which is practical or even sensible.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: COP6730
• 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:

Just skip this awful teacher and save yourself from getting the worst grade in your life.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: COP6730
• 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:

This guy will not teach you anything, he will just show you some vague slides which are outdated and most of them are his own nonsense researches. My advice for you: Avoid him! Just don't take his courses. You will regret it.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: COP6730
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Doesn't use webcourses. Any change to final dates are announced in class. No online nothing. No grade on attendance (officially) but in reality you don't pass if you're not in class. Makes you memorize his slides and literally you have to puke them out in tests. I did not learn anything. Spent $3500 to test how good my memory skills are.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: COP5711
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Tests are very detailed, never tested on true metric. Offers extra credit but is very unclear, that's multiple talks to understand what he expects (no descriptions) and pretty much useless. He will scare you away from databases, better to learn outside his course.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: COP5711
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

He speaks in very simple terms to make sure the students understand the lectures. His English is not that good but not a major hinderance either. Just pay attention and you'll understand. Beware the exams, since he puts in questions about parts of the lecture that seem unimportant. You have to memorize hundreds of slides for each exam.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: COP5711
• 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:

Irresponsible and narrow minded. If you want to meet one of the most unsophisticated professors in the UCF take a course with him. Be afraid that you will ruin your GPA for nothing.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: COP5711
• 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:

He has been in the US since approximately 1978 and he cannot speak English and he can't understand simple sentences! I wonder how he could even write his publications and get a position as a professor. Just avoid him, because you are not going to learn anything in his class and you will get a horrible grade.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: COP5711
• 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:

Just avoid him. He is not even know what he is talking about, his communication skill terrible, he can't even understand an easy question. After asking the same question for 5 times, he responded with an irrelevant answer. The exams are about his own research which are just boring nonsense topics.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: COP5711
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Terrible! He literally teaches his own boring research instead of state of the art. Midterm was 70% from his own boring research.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: COP6730
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Just a horrible. No webcourses, grading takes months. He took very interesting material and turned it into the most boring lectures ever. Slides are full of errors and proofs are not even correct. Rude and unhelpful. Avoid all his classes like the plague. First exam consisted of very specific information taken off of about 300 slides.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: COP4710
• 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:

No webcourses, no idea what your grade is in the class unless you go to the TA. Actually had us turn in programs on CD's. Tests are worth 30% EACH. Homeworks are fine, but not really a good representation of what is on the test. Final project is huge and sucks if you've never done any sort of web development before and it's worth only 15%.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: COP6731
• 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:

Terrible teacher. Not responsible and warm hearted. Worst professor I've ever met.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: COP6731
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Excellent instructor. Well-organized lectures. Very good communicator. Illustrate things in a way that everyone can understand!

Rating # 19

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

Excellent presentation throughout the course, interesting homeworks, fair grading.