Sin-Min Lee - San Jose State University

Professor: Sin-Min Lee

Department: TBD

College: San Jose State University

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: CS146
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

He doesn't teach but if you like sjsu students to give amateur lectures for each class, then this is a class for you. But be warned, more than half of the students there don't speak fluent english neither. so pick your poison.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: CS147
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

This guy is crazy, and I mean CRAZY. Impossible to understand lectures, just a horrible "teacher" if he can even be called that. He simply just doesn't know how to teach, everything you learn will be from YOU learning it, not from him. I wish the best of luck to anyone taking a class with him, I got a B and I really am not sure how.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: CS147
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Boring lectures. He doesn't explain the concept very clearly, but expects students know it all. Good thing: he gives many extra credits ,and you don't want to miss these chances. Quiz every other day, but I like it because it makes me read and learn the lecture slides. Final is optional if you earn good grade on midterms. No textbook is required.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: CSSECT
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Most of the reviews reflect how this prof teach. I took RDBMS with him in the 80s and did not learn anything. I have to re-learn the database on my own. I think it will do justice to the students if he just retire and let new faces do the teaching. Just my $0.02 cents

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: CS157A
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Lee is not as easy as he looks. He gives a quiz every other day. Midterms were not to difficult, as half the questions are multiple choice. However, he only gave one hw (which was hard) and made it worth 15% of the entire course grade, which ended up screwing over a lot of ppl. His final was super hard. The book is useless, just study his slides.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: CS157B
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

If planning to take this track CS 157A&B and u want good grades then go with Lee for both the classes. Covers what is needed but his teaching style is not that great. Reads from ppt slides and makes students understand the concepts by repeating the same thing again and again. Conclusion: If you want good grade then Lee is the guy.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: CS157B
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

If you're a self-starter, you'll learn a lot from the lecture slides and do well for this class. The class web page which covers essential course materials is very helpful for me. He does explain important algorithms in class and make sure students understand and very helpful during office hours as well.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: CS157B
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

DON'T DO IT! U won't learn anything. He can't teach... he was supposed to retire but I don't know wtf he's still doing here. He's like 80% blind... 1/2 the time he talks about irrelevant stuff. You have to learn on your own... total waste of an education.. no wonder people say SJSU CS dept sucks, when you have professors like him

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: CS157B
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

pretty laid back class. expects you to learn by your own. regular quizzes keeps your aware. don't really care who grades the tests, as long as you do it correctly, you earn the points. dont have to buy the book if you are not afraid of missing any require knowlegdes cover from CHs but not in class. 3 easy midterms,1 presentation+group project+exam.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: CS157A
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

No Comments

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: CS157B
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

The worst prof at SJSU. Does not arrive prep'd to lecture. Gives excuses of eye prob. ARBITRARY grading on quizzes/exams by STUDENTS (no grader) spent 10 HOURS on VAGUE assignment (NO details EVER given) just to have UNMOTIVATED STUDENT grade it. hOrRiBle lecture, then quizzes u RIGHT after! Just Lazy! PLEASE Stay away!!! From an A+ 157A student!!!

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: CS157A
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

An OK class,the professor makes one learn by having regular quizzes in the class and mainly by practicing.Quizzes are real tough but account for only 10% of the grade.HW's and presentation are quite straight forward.Gives extra credit so one can recover.Went over fast for topics like SQL,Relational calculus but normalization was covered well.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: CS157A
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

nice guy, but unclear and unorganize. you have to depend on and learn the material by yourself outside class. you need to prepare for pop quizzes (10%) that is given out almost every class and 3 midterms (30%)through out the semester. Hard to get good grades.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: CS147
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Good Heart! And Easy to get a good grade!

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: CS
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

he's unclear but he's a nice person. Lots of extra credit opportunity. :)

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: CS146
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

This guy is just crazy. He teaches us a buncha stuff then tests us on something totally different. The book is totally useless. Sometimes he tells us stories out of the blue that go off on some wild tangent. His grading system is just insane(partial credit on multiple choice?)The only way i passed was to do load of extra credit. Avoid at all costs.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: CS146147
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

agreeably difficult teacher, lectures are often unclear, book is NOT required, programs are easy if you are a decent programmer. the key to the class is to read the lecture slides yourself and to do lots of extra credit. very good willed teacher, but sometimes a pain. final is optional in some cases

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: CS147
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

WORST teacher ever, claimed to have Parkinson's. Midterms, lectures, and quizes are all irrelevant. Lecture notes and programming assignment s are taken from other univs. Plagiarism. Do not buy the textbook as it will never be used in class.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: CS
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Good Heart! And Easy to get a good grade!

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: CS146
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

tough tough professor, doesn't teach very well....but allows extra credit for screw ups.... midterms are not relevant to lectures... don't recommend