Suresh Kalathur - Boston University

Professor: Suresh Kalathur

Department: TBD

College: Boston University

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: CS544
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

He is the worst professor in Boston University. I spend 6-7 hrs in assignment every week, but quiz is not too hard. His class is boring and just read pdf or run the code. By beyond belief, final exam is too hard!!!!!!!!!! No normal knowledge in the final, before final my grade is 96%, after final is 85%. Nobody can get 70+ in the final. Dont choose

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: CS677
• 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:

The professor is not willing to help when you have problems with assignments and exams. He is a tough professor who will not curve your grade. You need to take plenty of time to learn the course materials to pass quizzes which are all paper-based and closed book. You will be required to write codes in those quizzes. You will not be provided samples

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: CS677
• 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:

Likes 1. Hands On approach. You will write code in the class 2. He has strong knowledge in Python and DataScience 3. Grades based on the consistency of your submissions, so make sure your submission quality is good throughout Improvements 1. Term project could start early so that students know what to expect 2. Written Quiz format shared before

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: CS701
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

The online format is fast-paced, being that it is a seven week course, with a term-project and a final exam. There is also a discussion component, which is typical for an online course. The homework assignments are challenging, but definitely doable. This is a 700 level class, which requires a working knowledge of JavaScript. I learned a lot.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: METC701
• 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:

Obviously prof. Suresh goes in depth in subject. my personal experience stuff he tries to teach during class you may not be using in your companies and some of your team mates doesn't even know that exist. He goes out of the box to teach students yes, i agree he will push you hard work more learn more concept. I am always thankful to him.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: METCS520
• 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:

CS 544 Prof Kalathur was spot on. He was very clear and on-point in every lectures. He focused more on core subject and included excellent samples in the class. Though getting good grades will be tough ( especially if you don't have programming background ) - I highly recommend the professor. He leaves the programming practice upto you.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: CS544
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

He obviously knows his stuff and obviously doesn't understand that we don't. He has no tact in his discussion forum posts, tells students just to study harder after assigning a quiz with too little time and new material we'd never seen before. Attending lectures is pointless; I taught myself the material using his lecture notes and google.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: CS701
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

It's like he is forced to teach- doesn't like to talk to students- hard to understand - never smiles or answer questions - THE MOST BORING class ever. And who takes a coding exam on paper?

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: CS602
• 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:

Avoid this professor. Can't understand what he says due to his heavy accent and he mumbles all the time. The workload is massive and he does not curve the tests so most people lost an entire letter grade after the final was over.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: CS701
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Professor Kalathur's lectures are fast-paced, comprehensive, and he is extremely responsive to students' questions. Assignments and exam are really straightforward.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: CS602
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Not sure why he is getting such low scores. The homework instructions are straightforward. If you don't understand what is being asked, ask your facilitator. He explicitly tells you what is going to be on the final exam. If you do the homework and study for the final, you should do fine.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: CS602
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Avoid if you value your GPA.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: CS602
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Overall, up until the final it can be expected to have a near 100% average in his class. However, his final covers some stuff that he never taught and he doesnt curve. He posted the final scores online, so out of 54 students 20+ got below 64, 14 of those below 55. 11 got 100s but I expect those cheated or were experts prior to the class.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: CS602
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Assignments and project were challenging but the final was way too hard given how little time we had.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: CS602
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Worst ever. Hard to understand his accent. The people who do well in this course are the ones who have work experience in php and nodejs. There are lot to learn from course but I would NOT recommend this professor.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: CS701
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Very heavy on lecture , hard on test, homeworks are hard too. Very tough to get an A/A-. But if you can survive from all those, you will learn a lot.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: CS544
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Professor Kalathur knows his stuff, however his lectures are really just going through the slides. There is not a discussion about how to apply the things he's teaching to real world cases. Show up, do the homework (generous partial credit), take the quizzes and do your best on the midterm/final, you'll be fine.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: CS520
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

If you wanted to pass his course, you need to learn all the time on your own. The homework and quizzes were basically not covered by his lecture, period!

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: CS701
• 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:

he talk himself in the class for 3 hours. he doesn't care about the students. his accent is somewhat weird to understand what he is saying.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: CS544
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Prof. Kalathur does not seem to care about the grades of his students as there is extremely little clarification and guidance when it comes to homework. This is a data analysis class and he expects everyone to have fairly advanced programming experience.