Murali Mani - Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Professor: Murali Mani

Department: TBD

College: Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: CS2223
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Nice professor. really wants to help students learn. Class is not too hard.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: CS2223
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

I've never had a problem understanding him and he is very good at explaining topics. Encourages students to ask questions. I just wish the class wasn't at 8 in the morning.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: CS3431
• 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:

He was OK. Hard to understand at times. Taught too much stuff at the end of the term that wasn't going to be covered on the final rather than reviewing for the final.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: CS525
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Very knowledgeable and tries to create student's interest in the topics.

Rating # 5

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

nice guy - go to his office hours if u are struggling. also, his accent isn't really that bad - i had no absolutely no trouble understanding him.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: CS3431
• Grade Received: C
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

powerpoint slides were more confusing than the book, his accent made lectures impossible to understand, and I had to teach myself everything relating to databases that was useful to me.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: CS3431
• 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:

I think this guy gets a bad rap, 'cuz DB I kinda sucks. I went to office hours one time and he stayed an hour and a half longer than he scheduled for...

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: CS3431
• Grade Received: C+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Teaches most of the SQL standard rather than the parts some DB vendor chose to implement. Expects students to participate more than they actually do. Always helpful. Easy to understand, but the wording in a few assignments and lectures is confusing.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: CS3431
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Teaches and demands knowledge of topics that can't be used with any database implementation currently existing. Asks if class understands and assumes that 30 seconds of silence means 'yes'.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: CS3431
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

He can't seem to comprehend that the class cannot understand him. In addition to his accent, his voice trails off to a whisper for important points. Teaches topics in one way, but the homework problems are completely different.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: CS3431
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

The class wasn't very hard, what's very hard is understanding him. Lectures make little sense (and his horrible accent doesn't help), and he has very bad handwriting when he writes on the board. HW assignments and projects also tough to decipher.