Wayne Snyder - Boston University

Professor: Wayne Snyder

Department: TBD

College: Boston University

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: CS320
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Best professor at BU- very easy to talk to.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: CS320
• Grade Received: B-
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Going to lecture No time for self-studying going over his slides Wasting time to understand irrelevant unorganized materials with typos for Homework and review Going to office hour Queuing in line while listening to classmates trying to figure out how to build a UFO.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: CS320
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

What can I say? Well, I feel sorry that CS student need to waste time on such course. Snyder is a nice guy, it's just he has no idea what he is teaching and lack of clean understanding toward concepts he want us to know. Exams, lectures and homeworks are just a mess. Self-study can teach you more than attending his lecture.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: CS237
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Snyder's a great guy, and a pretty good professor. Not the easiest to pin down, but his lectures were engaging most of the time. There's only so much you can do with probability, but the labs were actually very enjoyable. I'd take him again.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: CS320
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Homework and lectures are totally irrelevant. You have to read the textbook. Although it can help you a little bit, it almost useless. The homework is so ambiguous and the textbook is not efficient enough. The vaguest course I've ever had.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: CS320
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

My favorite cs computer. Office hours and hours at rich hall are a lot of fun. Snyder is my favorite professor in BU

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: CS131
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Fortunately took Professor Snyder's CS131 in Summer 2018. He is extremely clear during lectures. He won't be hesitant to answer whatever you ask him. He will purposefully make tests easy and give partial credits. Highly recommend to take his CS classes. Can't wait for his CS237 in Fall 2018! Easy A in his class!

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: CS237
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

If Snyder is teaching a class, I take it, no questions asked. Snyder works extremely hard to make sure you understand the material. His lectures are engaging and memorable; he doesn't just recite slides; he explains things to you. He'll work with you on a concept until you get it. I took his 112 years ago, and I remember it all cos he's that good

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: CS109
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

This class is ruining my Christmas spirit! I just needed a MCS credit and I thought this class would be easy because it's 100 level. It's not! Hardest class I've ever taken. Prof lectures too quickly and acts like material is easy when it's not. 90% of our grade comes from 2 exams. So much pressure. Hw is completely different from lecture.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: CS112
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

One coomon problem I found in 111 and 112 is that we are spending so many time writing code, but code only worth little percent of final grade. DONT GET WHY. You dont need to write codes in midterm, but you have to in final. I believe he curves since my grade was lower than my calculation. Powerpoints are helpful but lectures sometimes can be bore

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: CS112
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Prof. Snyder is the one you want to take with in CS classes because he really devotes a lot of time and energy to his students and you won't find it truly helpless. It is normal for CS office hour to be very crowded and filled with people. That is not the problem of instructor but the subject itself is competitive.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: CS591
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

I say this as someone who has done well in all of Professor Snyder's classes. While he is decent, he is perhaps the least accessible faculty member and I would not recommend taking a class with him unless you are not particularly interested. Office hours are a mess, with advisees queueing up outside like its ration day in Soviet Russia.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: CS112
• 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:

Wayne Snyder really cares about his students. He wants them to do well and he knows that this course is difficult but is always ready to help. You can skip class here and there but it's takes more effort to finish homework, still doable though.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: CS112
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Wayne is a legend, however he is not without his flaws. Homework difficulty is all over the place, all requiring a certain large amount of time. Half of lecture is him scribbling Java code on the blackboard. But he's a great guy, tests and grading are very fair, he brings a real passion to the class, and you learn a lot.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: CS112
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Homeworks are tremendous and be prepared to spent 20hrs every week. Final exam focused a lot in hash table/ tree/ materials from that week. I found it very frustrating by not having PowerPoint uploaded for such important materials.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: CS112
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

He is a great guy and you can always go to him for advising. However, his lectures are very disorganized and HW are written in a way that you work on understanding the questions more that actually writing them.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: CS112
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Good person, but bot a good professor. Fun class, ridiculous homework. It usually took 20 hours per week. Avoid him, or enjoy a hell-like semester. Good luck.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: CS112
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

He is really greatHave class take notes you will get good grade

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: CS112
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Professor Snyder is a great guy, his lectures aren't terribly boring and if you go to his office hours he will genuinely help you. I had a really bad semester and he ended up giving me a good curve. I already had Java experience from high school but this class goes from 0 to 100 really quick and does not have a very good intro to java.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: CS591
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

I can't give Wayne Snyder a high enough rating. His lectures can occasionally be a little bit dry but he is such a friendly and reasonable guy you can't not enjoy his classes. If you are genuinely interested in computation audio, you will love his class, he is passionate about the subject. (Although I was not and I still enjoyed it.)