Amber Settle - DePaul University

Professor: Amber Settle

Department: TBD

College: DePaul University

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: CSC243
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Professor Settle is so great at breaking down concepts! CSC 243 is an accelerated intro computer science course using Python, but she covers the topics at a fair pace and even offers PDF notes. The programming assignments can be challenging, but she's very accessible when needing help with homework problems and responds promptly to emails.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: CSC241
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

She cares about her students. Clear grading criteria. Very strict about plagiarism!

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: CSC241
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Strict rules but they are easy to follow. Very fair grader; she does the grading herself so get ready for her to comment on how you're doing when you're in class! She leaves great notes on how to make your code better. Btw the final is harder than the midterm, so make sure you don't underestimate it.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: CSC243
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

She is a really good comp sci teacher, overall you learn a lot through her class, she builds up tougher problems so it becomes easy to understand. she does hands on problems as well as lecture so your never really left confused with concepts. always responds to emails like right away.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: CSC243
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

The only pro is that she is very accessible outside of class and responds to emails instantly if you need help. However, overall she rushes through the material, doesn't explain well, and is condescending. Good luck.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: CSC242
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

I pay for the prof to physically be in class so when she jets off to China for a conference, I am not getting my moneys worth. I think Amber is tired of teaching and would rather be doing research, she's an "Academic" after all. Also, it is not the fault of students if no females enrolled in her class. A positive,she will answer email creepy fast.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: CSC281
• 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:

Professor Settle is a fantastic professor. I 100% wish that I could have her for every computer science class I take in the future. She is somewhat hard, but you LEARN so much in her class. She is so good at explaining hard concepts and will answer emails within 30 minutes. If you are looking for a great teacher.. she is the one.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: CSC281
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

I really enjoyed Amber's 2-credit intro to Java class. It's online but she does a great job time stamping important things for the online students. She's also really (kinda scary) fast at replying to emails and grading assignments. There's optional quizzes every class to help prepare for the final. Not condescending, just quirky and pretty funny.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: CSC242
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Amber is quirky in that Aspie way that we've all become used to at depaul. She is a tough grader and final is brutal. Be ready to participate. She does not like it if you talk a lot. dont be that student.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: CSC242
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

CSC242 students BEWARE. The midterm is easy, but the final is HARD. Do not think it'll be as easy as the midterm. There's not that many questions, like four. She'll tell you generally what the subjects will be on the final study the specific subjects. The final is very hard compared to the midterm. Do not think it'll be as easy!!!!!

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: CSC241CSC281
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Class is very heavy on lecture, you would want to pay attention in class. Don't space out because you'll miss important things for work. Strict on homework (no plagiarism/use of online code) but provides help via e-mail. Attending class every time is a must (no skips)! If you're on top of everything, you're good to go.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: CSC242
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Amber is a very tough teacher that makes everyone participate each day. There is an assignment every week that can be pretty tricky but she offers to help you by emailing her. There's also a lab each week that's pretty easy but worth pretty much nothing for your grade. Midterm and Final is worth 32% and 33% respectively with the final being hard!

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: CSC242
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Amber is a great professor. She taught everything clearly and she is very helpful outside of Class.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: CSC224
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Professor Settle was a tough grader, but she explained why she took off points. The midterm was fairly easy, but the final was very challenging. However, she gives a substantial amount of partial points for your solutions even if your code doesn't have the right output. She's also always willing to help and will answer your emails very quickly

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: CSC281
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

I took Settle for the Java Workshop class, and I highly recommend it. She teaches by introducing the material through in-class examples but more is actually learned by doing her homework assignments. The final was definitely more difficult than ones in 241 and 242 but doable. If you're confused on something, she posts great notes on D2L.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: CSC281
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Responds to e-mails quickly and is mostly helpful. Really just wants you to succeed. Allows you to work with others, just need to include names and what they contributed. Her lectures A LOT but it is helpful, although hard to sit through and pay attention. Attendance isn't mandatory, but I'd say crucial, especially since this was an intro course.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: CSC281
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

I took her for a intro to java class. She responds to emails insanely fast. She is a little condescending, though. Her notes are very helpful. Assignments and tests are always clearly explained and laid out. Be extremely careful about group work, she will call you in to her office and ask you to explain your code or else accuse you of plagiarism.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: CSC242
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Extremely condescending. Attempts to help when you reach out to her but it doesnt help. Takes off points for the most minuscule reasons and doesnt take into consideration that different teachers have different methods of coding. So if you dont code EXACTLY how she wants you to code you wont do well. I dont recommend her one bit.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: CSC241
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Just reads of power points, acts childish but the class is easy

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: CSC242
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Very helpful! Took time to email about homework questions, and responds extremely fast. Will go over homework and labs in class if asked.