Ted Kirkpatrick - Simon Fraser University

Professor: Ted Kirkpatrick

Department: TBD

College: Simon Fraser University

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: CMPT743
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

The grading schemes kept shift according to the pace of the course. Lectures are recorded. Assignments are detailed. Communicate if you have questions or issues with assignment. Would also give an extension, if needed. You can easily get an B+/A if you follow instructions and do the submissions on time. Enjoyed the class

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: CMPT474
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Never take this professors class. Awful classes and simply awful grading practices

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: CMPT474
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Worst professor I have ever come across. He acts really nice and screws the student. Lot of favoritism. Worst class i have been to. Teaching is really poor as well. Wish I had not taken his class

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: CMPT474
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

easy stuff but the prof's very disorganized and not very good at teaching in general. i'd recommend to take this course tho as a gpa booster.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: CMPT276
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Most disorganized prof ever! He's a great prof tho, really knows what he is talking about. Almost like a student as he procrastinates so much . Final was hard.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: CMPT276
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Amazingly funny and very knowledgeable. Great at explaining concepts and ideas and is very patient. Really helpful outside of class as well. An amazing teacher in every way.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: CMPT276
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Generally Ted is a very good professor however he's very disorganize. He procrastinates at the same level as a normal university student, so our group project was being written up while we're doing it. Also because of the time crunch a lot of the project was done by Ted and we wrote very little code. Great experience overall.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: CMPT276
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Ted seemed to always be behind schedule in terms of topics and assignments. This made the first few weeks fairly slow and lacking in content and the latter half was basically a rush to get things done on time. To be fair, he tries his best to answer any questions and is always open to feedback.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: CMPT225
• Grade Received: C
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

He's big on C++, so if you don't know it, then get ready for lots of work. He tried hard to make the class do-able for non-C++ students, but I still found it difficult. It was his first time teaching 225 (Fall 2015). 225 shouldn't be difficult if you study well. Textbook is your friend. And GO TO HIS OFFICE HOURS! He'll help you.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: CMPT225
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

A great instructor - keeps class interested, hilarious if you share his sense of humour. Assignments are a bit long, but not at all difficult if you start early. Negatives: goes on tangents when students ask questions, could give more review material. Assignments took forever to mark, but fast exam marking more than compensated.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: CMPT474
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

cmpt474 is still in course design stage. Assignments were not defined until very late in the semester. The prof and TA had to program more than all the students in order to setup assignment environments. Group processes consumed 23 of assignment time while most of the other 13 in his office asking for assignment requirement clarification.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: CMPT474
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

He's very disorganized, and doesn't really know where the course is headed. Extremely unclear instructions. Scarce feedback. Irrelevant lectures. Save your money, and learn AWS on your own (unless you need this course for grad).

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: CMPT2XX
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Chipper, helpful but quite disorganized. I spent a lot of time with the textbook on my own to get through the course.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: CMPT120
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Very good at clarifying questions. The first half of the course goes by too slowly and the second half is done very quickly so if you have a lot of trouble at the beginning this may not be the course for you.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: CMPT120
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Prof is helpful during his office hour, really wants you to figure out for yourself how to solve your problem while giving little hints. Lectures are a little boring but informative, bring a coffee to keep awake. Nice professor, will miss him.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: CMPT120
• 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:

He's a good, fair professor. A bit disorganized but lectures are still interesting and he's clearly very knowledgeable in the material.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: CMPT120
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Very accessible and very generous with his time in office hours. He's well-spoken and also more well-rounded in his knowledge than most cmpt profs. Interesting fellow who made the most of fairly dull material. Doesn't work off slides, takes criticism well--it was his first time teaching the class. Would definitely take another class with him.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: CMPT363
• 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:

Fun/interesting prof, although he was unorganized at times. It was also annoying to not have a textbook, not very used to HAVING to attend lectures and take notes these days. I actually feel like I learned some very important principles pertaining to user interfaces - but for the amount of content in this course,it could have been taught in a month

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: CMPT120
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

This class is easy as long as you keep you and know what you're doing. His lectures are boring. He gave only 1 assignment before the midterm and 5 assignments due before the final. Unfair marking. Gave 5 questions on the midterm that he DID NOT cover in lectures, then only gave 2.6 more marks. UNFAIR FINAL GRADE! I deserved WAY BETTER.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: CMPT363
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Great lectures, no textbook needed.