John Carlis - University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

Professor: John Carlis

Department: TBD

College: University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: CSCI5707
• 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:

Dr. Carlis uses an active teaching style, which means he expects you to read before hand and then show up and participate in in-class group exercises. Now, this is not how STEM courses are usually taught and many students may rebel because they dont appreciate the teaching style. However, it is a good style and I learned a lot.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: CSCI5707
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

I was an online student in Prof. Carlis' CSCI5707 Principles of Data Modeling. I consistently felt as though I was failing because grading was tough, although I powered through reading and lectures. Dr. Carlis periodically reached out to me personally by phone and email to ensure that I was engaged. Incredibly caring professor.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: CSCI5707
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

He is just awful. His lecture is randomly oriented, he is alway off the topic, have no idea what he was talking about half of the time. Learn nothing from his class, and his book does not make a lot of sense.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: CSCI5707
• 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:

He is a great professor and his book is well-written. He is clear to explain the problem and cares his students.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: CSCI5707
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Really bad Professor. Taking his course is just wasting of time. He is very mean, always off-topic and you can learn nothing is his course.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: CSCI5707
• 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:

Carlis' teaching methods are very non-traditional, so students used to standard methods find him difficult. But because of his class, I learnt how to communicate as an engineer! Very interactive, eye-opening classes. You cannot learn this stuff from a book.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: CSCI1901
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Cryptic--I don't know what he's talking about half the time. Creepy--he stares at the girls. Crufty--says it all. Cranky--he's mean, mean, mean if he doesn't like you. Hold your breath and try to make it to the end of the semester.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: CSCI1901
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

You might as well save your money, buy the book, and teach yourself how to program in the languages used (scheme and python) because that's all you'll do if you take this class. Every lecture consists of Carlis making stupid jokes and telling us to "talk to each other" while he expects us to decipher code in less than 10 seconds. Worst class ever.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: CSCI1901
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Hes okay but I find lecture to be mostly worthless. He makes it fun and half the class really enjoys it and jokes around with him the whole time. But he often puts up code that is pages long and expects you to know what its doing after 3 seconds when no one does. His tests are very hard. His last test (not the final) the average was 17/50.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: CSCI1901
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Really not a good professor to take CSCI 1901 from. He makes everything way harder than it needs to be. Avoid at any cost. He doesn't explain anything, and if you don't get something, you're pretty much out of luck. He just shows it to you, and expects you to suddenly get it.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: CSCI1901
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Miserable professor, that's all there can be said.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: CSCI1901
• 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:

i hate this professor. he is just sitting throughout the lecture and projecting a paper he write and don't give time to understand the code. he don't know how to teach. dont take any class with this professor.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: CSCI1901
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

The people who complain about Professor Carlis are the ones who choose not to take initiative and study on their own. He's a fantastic professor who encourages group work and provides examples in class that progress in difficulty as the lecture goes on. Really helped me to like computer science with good humor and attitude. Don't listen to others.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: SENG5802
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Funny way to impart education

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: CSCI1901
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

this professor is useless, lectures not clear, teaching using papers, old style teaching. i prefer not to take any class with this professor

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: CSCI1901
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Someone else said it. All you do is "talk to each other." Useless lectures that don't really teach you anything. All of my learning was in the lab with the TA's. They were good, but managed to make assignments and labs near impossible to complete in a timely manner. This class uses a worthless language that no one else uses. Useless, useless, etc.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: CSCIPROG
• 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:

Very unclear and expects you to know everything before you come to class. All what you do in class is "talk to each other".

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: CS1901
• 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:

Carlis is a disgrace to EECE. He's is very unintelligible, always off-topic, and is still competing for social status with students. 96% of each of his classes are consumed by his attempts at humor which are very unoriginal. Don't go to class, just study the book and program frequently... TAs are very good though, they should replace Carloser

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: CSCI5707
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Course mostly oriented to CS outsiders, not challenging for CS majors.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: CSCI2011
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Really good Prof! He knows the subject very well. Also makes you think of new and original ways to solve problems, not just the same old way. Overall the class is fun. I wouldn't take it with any other prof!