Arnold Rosenbloom - University of Toronto at Mississauga

Professor: Arnold Rosenbloom

Department: TBD

College: University of Toronto at Mississauga

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: CSC207
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Kind of a boomer haha. Gave back A2 and A3 for 207 pretty late. Could be cleaner on what he expects for assignments, but software engineering is full with uncertainty anyways so I guess he prepares you to be accustomed to having a bad PM.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: CSC207
• Grade Received: C-
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Amazing prof, definitely helps students who are passionate. Beware the hefty assignments, but they're conceptually actually really cool. 10/10 love Arnold as a prof.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: CSC409
• 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:

Arnold went above and beyond to make this course work, and did his best to make sure we all understood the content. And he did it so well, that I'm willing to argue that for most people, this will not only be the most enjoyable course they'll take in CS, but the most useful in terms of applicable knowledge as well. Take it, no matter what

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: CSC207309409
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

He looks disorganized, but thats cuz he comes up with interesting ideas for assignments and course material, all the time. He cares about his students 24/7 even at 4 am. Try to mark 400 assignments and see how long that takes; takes forever :( Be patient, play fortnite2d meanwhile. He made me a better man. Knowing him changed my life <3 xoxo

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: CSC207
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

I personally didn't mind Arnold's teaching style at all, but it's definitely not for everyone (he doesn't use lecture slides)! I agree that his marking scheme is very unclear. Also, don't expect assignment marks to come out anytime soon (we only got our A2 and A3 marks start of January). And like, man needs to chill with how much emails he sends...

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: CSC207
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Arnold is a boomer. Java isn't hard but finding out what this guy wants from you is. No clear grading scheme at all, and you lose marks on what he forgets to tell you. He'll ignore everyone for weeks only to literally send 10 emails in a day. He clearly can't code at all. Idk if he cares about students but it doesnt make up for how bad he is.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: CSC207
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Marks are just depend on one single non graduate ta. He will send emails at 2 am telling you your mark or something important. He teaches awful. And he will make your life awfully.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: CSC207
• Grade Received: B-
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Avoid at all cost, if you don't want to start hating CS, because this prof will make you. If you're taking csc207, take it in dt campus. You'll be overwhelmed with work which will be marked for an eternity, you'll have poorly organized lectures, consistently confusing javadocs and so much more. Save yourself and your gpa

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: CSC207
• 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:

Going thru lecture materials with the same speed as rocket. preparing lectures during lectures. Apply unachievable marking schemes on assignments, and he assumes that we all know his requirements. Does send thousands of emails, but never reply to any email. :( so disappointed at UTM.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: CSC207
• Grade Received: INC
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

I believe he is one of the best professors on the campus. He always gives us very useful advice and clarity after we finished the assignment. In additions, he is so busy that he doesn't have time to respond students' emails. Nevertheless, he has time to send a lot.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: CSC207
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Most frustrating experience at uni so far. Doesn't seem very eager to help when asking questions, interrupts you mid sentences. Unorganized, sometimes prepares for a lecture during the lecture. Delays releasing assignments. Explains stuff useful for the assignment after we're already done it. Labs are before lectures, but they require lect material

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: CSC309
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

He cares so much and is always available if you need help! Make sure to ask questions and he'll always try his best to help out even if it means he has to go out of his way to do so

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: CSC207
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Good prof and explains well. Only problem i had with him is the marking scheme. Most of the assignments are graded in a different manner and expects students to already know. It would be helpful if they could provide a marking scheme/rubric in order to include what we need for assignments.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: CSC207
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Pretty good prof. Explains things clearly although this course in general is quite boring. He does everything in class and does not depend on slides. Answers questions well and is understandable

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: CSC207
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

His teaching style isn't for all he lectures using terminal and no slides if you require them, use Larry's XD. Assignments are fair and contain mainly things you have covered at least a bit, majority of learning is through stackoverflow but he gives you enough to get googling. Manual marking but its always better than automarked and losing marks.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: CSC207
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Great prof, has different teaching style. Careful when you choose him - Doesn't use slides, doesn't teach point by point on paper - Rather mostly uses terminal, codes, shows how it is done - Comes prepared, explains well, not unorganizedbut hard to follow if you are not good at coding - Cares, wants you to succeed, thus will make you work hard

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: CSC347
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

- Loved it. Very fun and challenging class. You won't succeed without putting in hard work. - Arnold always offers very valuable help, make sure to talk to him often. - Due to the nature of the assignments, they are very difficult to mark, and you can usually get a point back if you point stuff out. - Read all the course notes before the exam.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: CSC207
• 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:

Arnold's lectures may not be the most useful, but he really cares for his students and if you ask him a question in class or at office hours he really helps you. Also in the courses he runs that I've had the experience of doing are well thought out and I was impressed. As a visual learner, I like how he lays things out.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: CSC207
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

His lectures are incoherent and unprepared for. Jumps around from topic to topic sometimes tangentially and without focus. No clear cut co-ordination with some assignment start dates being pushed back and course website being very minimal. Marking is also very slow. Does not respond to e-mails.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: CSC207
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Arnold is amazing! His class may not be easy, but he does a great job and goes out of his way to help students. He's one of the nicest professor I have had to date. His assignments were a great way to learn the material, there's no spoon feeding in this course, you have to have put in a lot of work. The midterm and assignments were both fair.