John Knight - University of Virginia

Professor: John Knight

Department: TBD

College: University of Virginia

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: CS202
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

This guy is full of practical insight which is very useful in a class like discrete where many students don't understand the course's foundation relevance in CS

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: CS2102
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Knight is a bit boring, but if you're interested in the material, every once and a while there will be a fantastic lecture. The class is not hard, just do the assignments on time. The tests are much harder than the class suggests.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: CS202
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Don't take this class unless you have to. Knight clearly is not interested in teaching it. Lectures are agonizingly boring and completely unrelated to what is covered on tests. Homework is a little better, but still doesn't give a very clear picture of what exams will be like. Knight was definitely more helpful outside of class, though.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: CS202
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

The guy is highly disliked by most students. Comes off as an ass and his "humor" gets really old, really fast. He's also an extremely boring lecturer. That being said, the class is really easy.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: CS202
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Nice guy, sincerely interested in the subject matter. The lectures can be a bit dry, but he definitely knows his stuff. Also full of that dry British wit.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: CS340
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Fair amount of work, not impossible but requires some thought and some time. I learned a lot! Definitely attend lectures, review the slides, do the homework, and use the Brooks surgical method for the group project.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: CS340
• 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:

My advise is to follow the Brook's surgical method to programming in groups: Find the best coder in your group and let him/her take the lead with coding and have the second-best coder help out. Have the other two people work on the documents and website. Trust me, my team won the Robot Games and all of my group members did fine in the class.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: CS340
• 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:

Can someone make a class harder? His CS340 is ridiculously time consuming and he doesn't help people at all. He just loves criticizing but that's it. If you are not a CS major, stay away from CS340 with Prof. Knight.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: CS340
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Knight is deffinitelly a character. Lectures are frightfully boring and he will tear you apart if you don't follow directions in lab.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: CS340
• 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:

Extremely boring lectures. Bluntly insults ppl sometimes.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: CS340
• 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:

I think Professor Knight wants to come across as mean or British or something, but he wasnt bad. His slides and lectures are very well done, but often times boring. He did a good job of teaching important material, and a decent job evaluating us. Takes some work, but should be an A class.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: CS340
• 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:

Relatively good professor for the CS Dept. but he tries to be a hard a$$. He's decent.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: CS340
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

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