AI Rate Professor

Computer Science

Erin Shaw

CS002 · CS001 · CS031 · CS3C · CS45 · 35 lifetime ratings

AI rating
30/100
RMP rating
2.4/5
Take again
33.33%
Difficulty
3.7

The decision

Avoid unless you already code well and .

Best fit · Self Taught ProDisorganized courseHeavy busyworkSelf-study requiredStrict anti-cheatingPaid zyBooks textbook
  • Many students call the and weak live teaching
  • Workload is heavy with weekly labs, projects, and
  • Strict cheating assumptions and

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

38/100

Some experienced students finish with As, but , and .

A few online winter or self-taught students report As; and D grades are common among beginners.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

32/100

Material and especially structure overwhelm beginners; success depends on prior coding and .

; online adds proctoring friction.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

22/100

Most reviews mark attendance required, including online live sessions that students call time-wasting.

Online and ; only a few older or exceptional sections differ.

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

30/100

and comments lean strongly negative due to chaos, workload, and distrust of students.

Negative consensus is strong in recent in-person and online reviews; some older CS45 reviews are kinder.

Course guide

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Grading

Strict

28/100

code approaches, and frequent cheating assumptions.

Format shift

Online exam proctoring feels especially harsh; .

Workload

Overwhelming

18/100

Students report , and little downtime outside class.

Format shift

Both formats complain about volume; compressed terms make it worse.

Teaching experience

Poor

34/100

Often described as kind but , and blaming students for disorganization.

Format shift

A minority of online and older reviews still praise kindness and learning; recent majority is harsh.

Assessment method

Balanced

55/100

Mix of labs, group projects, quizzes, exams, and .

Format shift

Online more often mentions proctored quizzes and exams; and projects.

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Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

20 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

while students self-study the textbook; many report chaotic Canvas, huge homework loads, and zero tolerance for code she did not cover.

Main concern

Busywork volume, plagiarism accusations, and little actual teaching during class time.

What students said

“ . Gives insane amount of homework and lacks actually teaching the students.”
CS002
“She assigns a lot of busy work. By a lot I mean say goodbye to your weekends.”
CS3C
“This might be the .”
CS3C

Remote format

Online

16 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

Online sections still feel heavy and ; students cite Proctorio or phone screen recording, verbose lectures, and .

Main concern

and nonresponsive communication make online especially stressful.

What students said

“Also uses proctorio, which is lazy and a faulty program”
CS45
“She is a narc when and self using your phone”
CS3C
“Assignments don't have due , and is not very tech savvy.”
CS031

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

and high distrust, while content difficulty varies by section.

ProctorioPhone screen recordingProctored quizzes and examsPicky code gradingCheat accusations

Assessment risk

Strict

28/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

In-person reviews stress hard tests and ; format details are less consistent.

Difficult testsPicky code correction on examsGroup projects weekly
“ so difficult!!!! I got my first F of my entire life on one of her tests.”
CS002
“Tests and . Make sure not to bomb string manipulation.”
CS3C

Online

Online evidence explicitly includes Proctorio and phone-based self recording with camera micromanagement during exams.

ProctorioRecord screen and self with phoneProctored quizzes and exams
“Also uses proctorio, which is lazy and a faulty program”
CS45
“making you record your screen and self using your phone, yells at you a little bit for moving your camera”
CS3C

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“ . The class is completely dependent on the online textbook so if you do not understand it you will struggle in the class. .”

Voice snapshots generated from 36 CS reviews, emphasizing recurring disorganization, workload, and proctoring themes. Credibility rating: High.

💥 Course Chaos

34/100

“Prof Shaw is a sweet lady, but her class is highly disorganized. grading, and is not very tech savvy.”

📦 Overwhelming Workload

18/100

“She assigns a lot of busy work. By a lot I mean say goodbye to your weekends.”

🚫

30/100

“ . Gives insane amount of homework and lacks actually teaching the students.”

🔒 Strict Proctoring

28/100

“Also uses proctorio, which is lazy and a faulty program”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • she cannot teach well and you will be self-studying
  • She just does the
  • the lectures were dry and were just being read off a PowerPoint

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty and Grades

  • She also takes off a lot of .
  • if I think you plaigarized, you plaigarized
  • Getting a good grade is pretty easy if you go to every lecture.

Theme 3

⚠️ About Organization and Trust

  • She spends 30 minutes of lecture fixing due dates and her canvas
  • the underlying assumption that students are cheating on everything
  • She is a nice person but .

Data context

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Analysis sample

36

Recent reviews read by the AI

35

Lifetime ratings

82/100

Evidence confidence

Thirty-six reviews with repeated disorganization and workload themes across years and formats make the negative pattern credible despite some older positives.

Inside 36 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 56
4 out of 54
3 out of 55
2 out of 56
1 out of 515

Course coverage

CS3C16 reviews
CS00211 reviews
CS457 reviews
CS0011 review
CS0311 review

Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

33 reported outcomes

A range

17

A+ 3 · A 14

B range

3

B+ 2 · B 1

C range

1

C 1

D range

1

D 1

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

11

Audit/No Grade 1 · Drop/Withdrawal 5 · Not sure yet 4 · Rather not say 1