Niko Culevski - Edmonds Community College

Professor: Niko Culevski

Department: TBD

College: Edmonds Community College

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: CS141
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Total grade is 2 tests and 3 projects (50% ea). Projects include concepts taught in class labs, granted you are able to get them down in your own code in class (he teaches very quickly, easy to miss lots of things). HW is optional but if you want a good grade you'll almost certainly need to do it. Tests are very hard, some q's not covered in class.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: CS142
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

i'm writing this review in his class rn. his class makes me want to cry because i never know what he is talking about. he is so confusing with his teaching. whenever we do coding exercises in class he does a lot of copy and pasting and i never understand what all that crap does. PLEASE AVOID IF YOU CAN BC YOU'LL REGRET TAKING HIS CLASS.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: CS142
• Grade Received: C+
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Niko is genuinely a good person. He just doesn't teach well, gets off task, and isn't flexible with grades- 2 exams and 3 projects. In order to pass his class, you MUST do well on the projects and do all the extra credit. His exams are HARD, also done on paper so very easy to mess up. I do not recommend him for anyone who actually wants to learn.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: CS141JAVA1
• Grade Received: B-
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Questions on tests that were never covered in class. You're expected to memorize the names of inventors of the computer, even of the binary programming language. It was never even gone over in class. He needs to explicitly cover material and actually teach. He rushes during class, goes on tangents which distracts from his code copying from his book

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: CS141
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

2 exams, 3 projects. Projects aren't that bad but you have to talk to him to get a few points back. Lectures are boring and hard to understand material. Exams are so hard (average grade of F on exams and doesn't scale). Personality is nice but his course is too difficult and not worth it. Will ruin GPA. Extra credit on optional hw discussions.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: CS141
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

You need some programming experience before entering this class to succeed. Niko's class is natural selection in the works for aspiring computer science students. Come in prepared or your grades will suffer. If you aren't interested in the material and taking this class for "fun," I highly advise against it.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: CS141JAVA1
• Grade Received: C
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

this is the best professor i've had, take him if you want to fail your cs class :)

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: CS141
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Do all the homework assigned(program exercises in textbook) and you will get an A; most students in the class dont do it. He was a math major so a lot of the labs/projects involve a math concept in some way, so I sometimes had to learn a whole new math concept before starting. He knows a lot, use it to your advantage! B due to personal problems.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: CS141JAVA1
• Grade Received: C+
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Where to begin. Flies through course material too fast, tends to go on tangents, and grades on material not covered in class and not discussed. Upon entering Java 2, I realized just how little his class actually prepared me for higher level Computer Science. Avoid if possible!

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: CS141JAVA1
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Niko understands the Java language clearly and he has a great energy to him. He can really get the entire class engaged in a simple topic such as BinarySearch by making it into an in-class-group-activity. Unfortunately, his project grading criteria aren't clear and his tests are extremely hard. Practice Java outside of class or you'll fail!

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: CS141JAVA1
• Grade Received: C
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Niko has a strong understanding of the Java language. However most time in class is spent typing in code copied from his examples. It is very easy to fall behind in this class due to the pace of copying his code- I had a tough time paying attention to his lectures while spending the whole class copying code- Exams are very hard!

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: CS141
• Grade Received: F
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Smart Teacher. Not a good teacher. Doesn't motivate students or encourage to do well. Only grades two things: projects and tests every quarter, homework, labs, attendance, etc... is not graded. Midterm and Final are worth 50%, 3 projects are other 50%. Ridiculous, 2 lazy 2 correct homework or care if student comes to class.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: CS141
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Generally is a good professor, he knows the subject really well and explains everything in detail. He may go on a tangent when a specific question is asked, but definitely, read the book to understand the material and dodge any trick questions he throws at you.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: CS141
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Read your book and pay attention in class and you'll be fine. He's picky but fair, he'll tell you what his rubric is.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: CS115
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Niko does go pretty quickly but he clearly knows his stuff. If you can keep up with the pace of the class it's well worth it.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: CS141
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

He's a genuine person with cool personality , but definitely he doesn't kid around to grade you harshly on project assignments even though you follow each grading criteria , always expects students to solve problems by their own , I had to fight every point that was taken off unfairly, and 15 hours/week required to pass in his class.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: CS142
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

If u are taking CS as a major take Niko. He is brilliant and teaches u so much after I finished his classes my next professors seemed to teach me nothing he is a great guy and funny too. If u are just taking CS for fun or to try it out. Take someone else. I got all 4.0s in his class but worked hard. If u don't care much about CS u will struggle.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: CS141
• Grade Received: B-
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

He's very lecture heavy, the pickiest grader ever, answers questions in a way that leave you more confused, goes off on tangents A LOT, he took points from me for doing the extra credit twice (I somehow got a negative score on the extra credit), exams cover things you were never taught but do relate to the practice tests. I wouldn't recommend him.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: CS141
• Grade Received: C
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Socially hes a cool guy to talk to but hes a picky grader, and expects students wanting to learn these things themselves, which inst me, that why i take the class. But if you are self motivated you wont have a problem if you study. He doesn't really teach you so much as make a program in front of you and then let you take from it what you will.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: CS141
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Niko's teaching philosophy will throw about 90% of people off. Being unable to recognize his different teaching philosophy will also spark anger in those 90%. Most people think their grade is "the product of hard work." However, Niko believes the grade is "the process of hard work" meaning he won't think twice about docking you points on something.