AI Rate Professor

Computer Information Systems

Lan Dang

CIS40 · CIS012 · 6 lifetime ratings

AI rating
58/100
RMP rating
3.3/5
Take again
66.67%
Difficulty
3.7

The decision

Take her mainly for online intro coding if you want guided lectures and ; avoid if and class-aligned homework.

Best fit · Effort For RewardExtra credit availableLine-by-line coding helpSlow or late gradingHomework not matching lecturesTough on older terms
  • Online students praise clear line-by-line coding guidance and .
  • , and weak prep.
  • Grades can still land high, but effort and self-teaching are often required.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

FairEffort

58/100

Some report A or A+ with and light work in CIS40, but others describe tough grading and .

Online reviews stress ; grader with late grading.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

35/100

, and several difficulty ratings of 4 to 5.

Online still rates difficulty high for some; lectures.

Is attendance flexible?

Varies

45/100

Attendance is listed mandatory in several reviews and class and you will not pass.

Online and in-person both mix mandatory and .

Is this professor recommended?

Depends

55/100

About two-thirds would take her again; recent online fans love her, while .

Online evidence is strongly positive; and unprepared tough grader.

Course guide

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Grading

Fair

48/100

helps some students, but and late ungraded work pull leniency down.

Format shift

; in-person more often reports tough or .

Workload

Moderate

45/100

CIS40 is lighter and self-driven, while CIS012 often means lots of reading and .

Format shift

Online notes participation and reading; .

Teaching experience

Average

55/100

When she is on, lectures make sense and she guides code line by line; when off, she seems unprepared and homework mismatches class.

Format shift

Online teaching reviews are excellent; .

Assessment method

FocusOnAssignments

30/100

Homework, participation, and delayed grading dominate .

Format shift

Both formats emphasize homework and .

Luni fit check

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Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

4 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

In-person CIS012 is polarizing: some call her caring and , and teach-yourself coding.

Main concern

, and .

What students said

“ and there is no examples to go off of.”
CIS012
“Teach yourself C++/Python and show up for a participation grade.”
CIS012
“There are so it is more self driven, .”
CIS40

Remote format

Online

2 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Beginner Friendly

Both online CIS012 reviews call lectures clear and and line-by-line code walkthroughs.

Main concern

.

What students said

“She literally guide you through all the codes line by line and giving instructions.”
CIS012
“A lot of Extra Credits to bump up your grades.”
CIS012

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Reviews barely describe exams; , and participation with .

Limited exam detail in reviewsHomework heavyParticipation grading

Assessment risk

Varies

55/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

and instead stress difficult homework and late assignment grading.

Hard homeworkLate gradingParticipation grade
“Didn't grade 60% of the assignments until 5 days after the final.”
CIS012

Online

Online reviews ; focus is lectures, , and end-of-term grading.

Extra creditLecture heavyEnd-of-term grading
“as for the the end of the semester.”
CIS012

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“She literally guide you through all the codes line by line and giving instructions. So as your start up coding class.”

Voice snapshots generated from 6 reviews across online and in-person CIS , and . Credibility rating: Medium.

🎯

80/100

“She literally guide you through all the codes line by line and giving instructions.”

⚠️ Late Or Missing Grades

30/100

“five chapters in and hasn't graded a single assignment.”

📚

25/100

“ class.”

👍 Career And Individual Support

75/100

“Takes time to work with students individually on problems.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • guide you through all the codes line by line
  • lecture is amazing and making so much sense
  • Learned a lot from her than what the class was about

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty And Grades

  • A lot of Extra Credits to bump up your grades
  • Class averages rarely ever broke 70%

Theme 3

⏱️

Data context

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Analysis sample

6

Recent reviews read by the AI

6

Lifetime ratings

58/100

Evidence confidence

Six reviews span 2017 to 2022 with mixed detail and a , so confidence is moderate not high.

Inside 6 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 53
4 out of 50
3 out of 51
2 out of 50
1 out of 52

Course coverage

CIS0125 reviews
CIS401 review

Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

4 reported outcomes

A range

3

A+ 2 · A 1

B range

0

No reported values

C range

0

No reported values

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

1

Not sure yet 1