Isabel Cruz - University of Illinois at Chicago

Professor: Isabel Cruz
Department: TBD
College: University of Illinois at Chicago
Rating # 1
Overview:
  • Course: CS418
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Covers various topics from machine learning and data mining. Awesome project and simple homeworks.
Rating # 2
Overview:
  • Course: CS491
  • Grade Received: Not sure yet
  • Overall Rating: 1.5
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
The course schedule wasn't clear at all. Some topics were well handled though. Could have been a lot better.
Rating # 3
Overview:
  • Course: CS586
  • Grade Received: B
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Data and Web Semantics was probably the worst course I took in my time at UIC, wholly because of this professor. She knows a lot of stuff and is brilliant, no doubt. However, she doesn't know how to teach that. Beware of this course. BEWARE!
Rating # 4
Overview:
  • Course: CS586
  • Grade Received: B
  • Overall Rating: 2.5
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
CS-586 under Isabel Cruz is gonna be like a nightmare. It's one of those subjects which have no specific course. Assignments are tough like hell. You miss a class and you receive an email from the professor asking for the reason of your absence. The professor talks very nicely and she's sweet. But she gives a lot of work.
Rating # 5
Overview:
  • Course: CS586
  • Grade Received: A
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 1.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
This class simply should not exist. The topic is outdated and irrelevant. At best, its a subtopic in a machine learning or data mining course. The irrelevance of the topic is made worse by the instructors disinterest in teaching the course or mentoring students. Also, she outsources the teaching to her graduate students, who are poor lecturers.
Rating # 6
Overview:
  • Course: CS586
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Awful class and awful professor. I've never experienced such boring lectures. The professor knows nothing about the project but asks her RA to do all of the work. She also doesn't allow students to be absent from class but herself was once absent for a whole week!
Rating # 7
Overview:
  • Course: CS596
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.5
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Really tough professor. I was totally lost since the third lecture. Not interested in the class at all.
Rating # 8
Overview:
  • Course: CS401
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 3.5
  • Course Difficulty: 1.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Prof Cruz is really awesome. Her lectures can get boring at times. She has surprise quizzes to make you stay on top of the material. She is a good grader. I would definitely take another class with her.
Rating # 9
Overview:
  • Course: CS401
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 3.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Prof. Cruz is a really nice teacher. The material in class is not hard and there are no homeworks or project. You simply attend class and take quizzes. That's the only catch, "surprise quizzes". She will give quizzes on random days, so if miss a class you might miss a quiz. Quizzes are 60% of your grade so each quiz is about 5%. So ATTEND CLASS!
Rating # 10
Overview:
  • Course: CS401
  • 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:
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Rating # 11
Overview:
  • Course: CS480
  • 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:
First thing, really terrible textbook, very detailed like a bible. Her class is like a two hour marathon, it's very long and tiring. Even after all the students are totally tired from her lecturing, she keeps going until her time is up. I learned more by working the book and internet. There are only two midterms and no final, don't screw them up.
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