Douglas Stinson - University of Waterloo

Professor: Douglas Stinson

Department: TBD

College: University of Waterloo

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: CS341
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

He is very clear. Lecture notes are great.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: CS341
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Gives clear proofs on blackboard and expands what's on the slides. Overall great prof all around, though maybe not as energetic/exciting as some people would like.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: CS758
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Far more difficult than most 700 level courses. A huge amount of assignment (4 total) and a project. Most 700 courses do not have assignment when people are doing project but this one does. In addition, the assignment questions are ridiculously toughly marked, with an horrible average score. Try to avoid taking this for CREDIT, for a decent GPA

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: CS341
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Give very clear lecture on algorithm. Content written on blackboard helps a lot to understand the course material. Know very well to instruct algorithm, and how to prove, to use these algorithm. While it is a bit boring, but I have to say algorithm itself is very serious and may not have a lot joke to talk about in class.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: CS341
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

His logic and knowledge is pretty good, but he is not good at expressing his idea

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: CS458
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Decent prof. First half of course is really boring; not sure if content or prof. Second half is way more interesting and requires some notes (not all of it is on the slides). If you're interested in the course it's alright to take the course with him. Nothing great though.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: 658
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

This is by far the most useful an interesting course I have ever taken at UW. I am a Master student. I really enjoyed every single lecture. Topics helped to engineer my mind in the computing security filed. Prof. Doug has been proactive and never ignores emails, keeps his eyes on what is going on Piazz during assignment. Answer all Qs in the class.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: CS458
• 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:

A bit boring, but he cares about your mark and wants you to do well. The information presented in this course varies from extremely interesting to very boring, so its not his fault all the time. Overall, worthwhile course to take, and he does a fine job.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: CS240
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

CS 240 probably should have been taught in first year, this course is way too easy compared to CS 136/246. Prof tries his best to explain stuff that most of us already know. Not sure if he did a good job explaining since we already know...

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: CS240
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Excellent prof, can be a bit boring at times, but that's due to the nature of the course. He presents material in a rigorous way but also consolidates understanding using concrete examples. Assignments can be a bit confusing. But if you take good notes (not just review his slides), midterms and finals will be very easy.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: CS240
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

So I am not actually taking this guy's class, I am reading his books and man they rock just like he does! Probably taking the course next year and man I am excited!!!!11

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: CS240
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Good prof. Very friendly and approachable. The slides are quite terse, but he provides lots of examples in class which makes things easier to understand. Receptive of students' questions and comments. The exam can be a bit confusing, but a fair marker.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: CS758
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Good and very resourceful prof. 'Cares about his students even after they graduate. More jokes would cheer the students up more, but you can be very happy just by looking at him. :D

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: CS341
• 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:

I pretty much don't pay any attention to this class, when I'm not sleeping in it, I'm having my lunch. It is quite tasty, the highlight of this class is the food I get from chopsticks. Only one prof was more boring than this one.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: CS240
• 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:

One of those profs who's probably in it for the research not the teaching. He knows his stuff but his presentation's very uninspired and he doesn't seem to care much for his students. My friend and I asked him a question outside of class and he gave us the wrong answer costing us on an assignment.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: CS240
• 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:

Good prof, but in desperate need of a personality

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: CS341
• 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:

His presentation style is a bit dry, and I found that he went too slowly for my tastes. I'm not sure I like the use of slides; I make clearer notes when there aren't any, but the way he teaches you can't not have the slides. That's just me though...

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: CS758
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

BORING! Lectures were very dry and dull. Assignments not fairly marked.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: CS758
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

This professor is one of the pioneers in the field of Cryptography. He is not too serious, but his materials are all easy to understand (by looking at the slides). Personally my English is not that great so I can't really comment about his presentation in

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: CS758
• 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:

Prepared good slides, but only reads them straight in class. Assignments are very weird, but not hard