Bojana Obrenic - CUNY Queens College

Professor: Bojana Obrenic

Department: TBD

College: CUNY Queens College

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: CS320
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Just do problems from her workbook or practice her exams from previous years and you will be fine

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: CS320
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

She is not difficult, the subject itself is. However, her lectures are really hard to follow to the point where its not even worth attending. You have to study the material yourself to learn anything in this class tbh. Her test is out of 100 points. If you score a 28 you get a C in the test. If you score a 70 you get a C guaranteed in the class. GL

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: CS331
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

I also had her for 320. Material is time-consuming but her curve is legendary (40 is passing). Also: make your life easy and start going through her gargantuan workbook ASAP. It'll save you a lot of anxiety from sitting down to that thing and realizing all the stuff you didn't practice. Overall, easy to pass, a little trickier to get an A.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: CS320
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Concepts that are not that bad in this class become complicated thanks to the way Obrenic teaches it. Her class is boring and you come out more confused if you decided to learn the material beforehand and show up to class. She is the easiest 320 professor thanks to her curve. Just study on your own and dont show up to class and you will be fine.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: CS320
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Obrenic was good took her both for CS 320 (B+) and CS331 (A-) and trust me, I was very lazy and always worked last minute. The only way to survive is to do the workbook. For 320, You must ace the First and the Last exam. For Database, you must ace the Second and last exam. This way should lead you to an A

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: CS320
• 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:

She provides a lot of extra points on her exams. In total, we have 3 exams. Try to score higher on the first exam before Turing Machine being taught. She wrote a lot on the blackboard but often I found it difficult to understand. Exams are similar to the problem book. Do the problems book as many as possible and you'll pass the exam

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: CSCI331
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

She gives massive curves and scores up to 150% on her tests, so if you want to pass with minimal effort, focus on the easy things that matter. Make sure you know SQL, Datalog, Relational Algebra, BCNF/3NF, and lossless joins, then skip the first midterm (which covers other topics and doesn't need to count) and ace the second one and the final.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: CSCI331
• 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:

Obrenic is a very interesting lecturer. Her class is often times more theoretical than her exam materials, though I still found value in attending. Grading policy makes an A well within reach.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: CS331
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

She has a terrible teaching style, fills the board with intelligible, weakly structured, on-the-fly info. She follows an almost identical teaching-style to a certain 211 professor but luckily does't follow similar test format. Her lectures are diluted with uncalled garb. Her voice is unpleasant and tell bad jokes to keep everyone's attention.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: CS711
• 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:

One of the best professors Ive had as a grad student here. She knows the material and shes an articulate and entertaining speaker. I enjoyed the lectures. Clear grading policy and lots of extra credit on exams makes the class difficult to fail, but it is also difficult to get an A unless you practice (be sure to do lots of problems from the book)

Rating # 11

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

The course is graded on a few tests with a curve to make sure that if you put in the effort you will get at least a C. This course must be taken seriously. Just because there is a curve doesn't mean it's easy work. The textbooks can be bought on eBay as the international versions for much less. Would take again, but requires a lot of studying,

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: CSCI320
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

She's heavy on lectures, liked to write everything on the board which makes it easier to understand the material. Very tough grader when it comes to making small errors on the exam.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: CSCI320
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Took her for both 320 and 331. She's tough for sure, but it's a breath of fresh air coming from all the lower level CS courses. Definitely get the problem book and do as many practice problems as you can, it's the best way to study and be ready for what shows up on the exams. You'll learn a lot in both courses, as long as you try.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: CS320CS331
• 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:

320 B 331 A. Well, not bad. Students who complained probably got a bad grade or failed. If you do the questions you will pass. 320 is harder. if you are not sure about taking her, then take either 331 or 320 first. so simple

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: CS320ANDCS331
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

I took Professor Obrenic for both 320 & 331. The best way to do well in these classes are to AVOID going to lectures. Make a study group & work on her workbook and previous exams at least 2 weeks in advance. Do this and you'll get an easy A. Sidenote: 320 is more challenging than 331. Also, she has a super forgiving grading policy.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: CS320
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Go to her lectures. Do practice problems. C is guaranteed. First 2 lectures, she seemed funny then she started sounding like a non-deterministic fa looping over same transition function ("You will fail because...", "Tell your neighbor to beat you up...") So so boring. I studied on my own. Grades are not posted yet.

Rating # 17

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

Really awful teacher with an awful way of teaching

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: CS320
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Her lecture is not clear and the notes on the blackboard are hard to tell. You have to do the Problem books by yourself. The exams are hard and not enough time to finish. She is tough grader! But the grading policy is nice since you can use the 2nd and final exams score to replace the 1st and the 2nd exams. And you can get B by score 60 out of 140

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: CS331
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

It's easy to get a C in her class. All exams are out of 140 and all you need is a 40 to get a C. Even if you mess up 1st and 2nd test you can still get a C by doing well on final.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: CS320
• Grade Received: B-
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

She gives speeches not lectures. Her whole speech has to do with proofs and definitions are very little of it show up on the test. U r basically on ur own to teach urself the materials.