AI Rate Professor

Computer Science

Bryan Vicknair

COMPSCI110 · COMSC110 · 16 lifetime ratings

AI rating
94/100
RMP rating
4.6/5
Take again
81.25%
Difficulty
2.5

The decision

if you want a supportive CS professor who teaches seriously and .

Best fit · Effort For RewardAmazing lecturesCaring mentorHelpful feedbackChallenging labsClear grading
  • Students overwhelmingly praise his CS teaching, humor, and willingness to help.
  • , but students say they build real programming skill.
  • Grades , and consistent effort.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

EasyA

82/100

An A is very reachable for students , and complete the work, but it is not effortless.

All evidence comes from in-person reviews, with .

Is the course easy?

Beginner

68/100

The course starts approachable and is beginner-friendly, but and require real coding practice.

All course difficulty evidence comes from in-person COMSC110 reviews.

Is attendance flexible?

Recommended

45/100

as formally mandatory, but multiple students warn that skipping lectures hurts success.

, and they frame class attendance as important for learning.

Is this professor recommended?

MustTake

91/100

Students strongly recommend him because , and prepares students for future CS work.

The recommendation .

Course guide

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Grading

Lenient

78/100

Grades look attainable with several A , and one review calling him easy on grades.

Format shift

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Workload

Moderate

55/100

The workload is mostly weekly labs and coding practice, with some students calling the labs hard or plentiful.

Format shift

Only in-person reviews describe workload, and they show useful but .

Teaching experience

Excellent

94/100

Most students describe him as , and unusually effective at teaching programming.

Format shift

All .

Assessment method

FocusOnAssignments

18/100

Assessment appears mostly lab-based, with comments mentioning labs every week, no tests, and only a .

Format shift

Only in-person reviews mention assessments.

Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

16 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

whose labs can be demanding but useful.

Main concern

with the labs.

What students said

“ , but his class surely prepares you to become a programmer.”
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“He cares about the students.”
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“ if you don't know what you are doing.”
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Remote format

Online

0 reviews

Low confidence

No stored summary is available for this format.

Main concern

No main concern is stored for this format.

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Reviews suggest a mostly lab-based course with few tests, but they .

Few TestsLab-Based GradingFinal Quiz Mentioned

Assessment risk

StudentFriendly

82/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

as the main work, no tests in one review, and a .

No Tests MentionedWeekly LabsFinal Quiz
“His class mainly consists of labs and no tests.”
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“ and .”
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“A very modern teacher with a and a final.”
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Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“THE .”

Voice snapshots generated from 16 reviews, highlighting key themes in , and support. Credibility rating: High.

🎯 Teaching Quality

94/100

“He is great at teaching.”

👍 Recommendation Rate

91/100

“ .”

⚖️

78/100

“Professor Vicknair was always helping and he was really easy on grades.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • He is like your best friend teaching you how to code.
  • He is very straightforward and gives the simplest way to make students understand his lecture.
  • Lectures are very relevant, interesting and sometimes hilarious.

Theme 2

📈

  • He starts off pretty easy with a lot of work and then lowers the amount of work but but trust me, you will learn a lot.
  • , but his class surely prepares you to become a programmer.
  • He has challenging work that will prepare your for the next level.

Theme 3

❤️ About Support

  • He cares about the students.
  • Always willing to help students during lab and during office hours.
  • he'll help you with anything you struggle with.

Data context

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Analysis sample

16

Recent reviews read by the AI

16

Lifetime ratings

88/100

Evidence confidence

, though they are all from 2017-2018 and mostly one course.

Inside 16 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 513
4 out of 51
3 out of 51
2 out of 51
1 out of 50

Course coverage

COMSC11015 reviews
COMPSCI1101 review

Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

13 reported outcomes

A range

10

A+ 2 · A 8

B range

3

B 3

C range

0

No reported values

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

0

No reported values