Chandra Sekharan - Loyola University Chicago

Professor: Chandra Sekharan

Department: TBD

College: Loyola University Chicago

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: COMP271
• 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:

He is a wonderful professor. I am happy I took the class getting a grade better than I expected. It is a conceptually difficult class so be ready to work hard.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: COMP271
• 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:

Despite the fact that the class got switched to online mid-semester, Dr. Sekharan did a great job in providing enough help to keep up with the lessons. This is no easy course by any means but an important one for me. He made the material easily understood, and helped me prepare for job interviews with Google and Facebook.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: COMP271
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Awful class. No one ever knew what we were learning and we all worked together to try and do the homeworks because they are so confusing. The midterm is take home but it's almost half your grade. He is not accessible outside class and if you go to his office hours he isn't helpful or understanding at all.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: COMP271
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Prof is amazing! I learned quite a bit from this course. Data structures course is important for you to be a serious computer science major.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: COMP271
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Not an easy class but any means by Chandra makes it doable. Paying attentions to lectures and note taking is very important. A lot of java programming is required for this class. 2 tests. 1 midterm and 1 final. Homework assignment about once a week. Start homework early.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: COMP363
• 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:

I love his teaching style. He explains things very clearly. His homework assignments are tough but you learn fast.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: COMP271
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Professor genuinely cares that students learn well. His problem sets can be challenging but provides a lot of help for students to succeed. If you attend classes and seek help when required, you will get a good grade.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: COMP363
• 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:

His "algorithms" class, if you can call it that, is terrible. You learn close to nothing new if you took a competent data structures class. Plus, his grading is inconsistent and not a reflection of how well you know the material. He stubbornly asserts he is correct in every grading situation. You'd be better off taking MIT OCW algorithms.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: COMP460
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

He seemed like a nice guy. if you can get past his extremely picky grading, it is an easy A class. The material is very easy for an algorithms class. His advanced algorithms class is equivalent to an undergrad data structures class elsewhere. Homeworks are a joke, so it's a pretty useless class!

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: COMP363
• 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:

I happy to say I got a good job based on material I learned from this class. If you want to understand algorithms, take this professor's class.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: COMP163
• 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:

This is the best math class I have ever taken. Professor was very kind and made things so easy to understand. I took this class despite getting a bad advice that he grades hard. I am happy I took it and I learned a lot.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: COMP363
• 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:

wasted 3 credits worth of my time with this guy. learned nothing new - I should have listened what students said about him before registering

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: COMP363
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

It is a great class. I learned a lot as Dr. Sekharan made us work hard. He is not easy but you will come out of the class way better than you walked in.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: COMP363
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Prof Sekharan was all over the place. He was not clear with grading criteria, not the friendliest guy, and not helpful at all if you emailed him. Just all around not a good professor. VERY dry as well.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: COMP388
• 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:

will learn nothing and will screw up your grade!! Avoid as much as possible unless there is absolutely no other option

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: COMP363
• 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:

Dr. Sekharan explains the topics he covers well, but he barely covered topics one needs to know from an algorithms class and instead focused on things covered from prior class. didn't feel like I got anything out of the class. material is easy but he is an unreasonable grade. your grade wont reflect how well you know the material.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: COMP363
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Professor Sekharan is a friendly guy, but his lectures are really confusing and honestly didn't help with the completion of the homework or tests. He takes off a lot of points for very small errors, so it makes it nearly impossible to get an A in his class. When you email him, he tends to respond by emailing the entire class.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: COMP388
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

I really enjoyed the database class. It was very useful and overall he gave clear instructions on what he wanted! No exams, just projects, which aren't impossible if you follow along from day one!

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: COMP271
• Grade Received: C
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Very difficult teacher for computer science. He is very intelligent, but he speaks very quietly, expects students to know their stuff from day 1. Homework can be extremely challenging and they're given weekly, only 2 tests though but those are pretty hard as well. Take him if you want to learn and work your booty off.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: COMP271
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Great class. Definitely brings further understanding to programming. Not easy, but necessary for later classes. A good guy who is very smart. If you ask questions he will help you.