AI Rate Professor

Computer Science

Stephen Bund

CISC155 · CISA · CIS1A · 10 lifetime ratings

AI rating
49/100
RMP rating
3.5/5
Take again
33.33%
Difficulty
1.9

The decision

Take him for an easy CIS1A grade, but look elsewhere if you want real computer skills.

Best fit · Easy A HunterEasy ANontraditional CIS1AEssay over Excel skillsTangents in lectureUnclear standards
  • Many students say the class is easy and .
  • Critics say little real computer skill is taught and .
  • if you want an easy pass, not deep CIS training.

Key questions

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Is this an easy A?

EasyA

86/100

Multiple students report easy As or Bs with light papers and projects and little technical grind.

Easy-A pattern is strongest in in-person CIS1A; the online review also got an A after cleanup.

Is the course easy?

Introductory

84/100

Content is light and nontechnical for a computer class, often more writing and .

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Is attendance flexible?

Varies

68/100

, while others list it as mandatory.

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Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

36/100

because many feel they learned little despite easy grades.

The lone online review is more positive than most in-person CIS1A feedback.

Course guide

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Grading

Generous

84/100

Students often get As with limited graded items and a pass-first approach.

Format shift

Generosity is clearest in in-person CIS1A.

Workload

Light

78/100

Usually a couple of labs.

Format shift

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Teaching experience

Average

48/100

Some find him helpful and fair, others say lectures are off-topic and skills teaching is weak.

Format shift

Online recovery story .

Assessment method

FocusOnAssignments

28/100

Grades lean on a few papers, group projects, and limited scored items instead of dense exams.

Format shift

In-person CIS1A comments provide most assessment detail.

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

9 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Easy A Hunter

In-person CIS1A is often an easy A with papers and group projects, but teaching quality opinions split hard.

Main concern

and little actual computer-skill instruction.

What students said

“If you want to basically show up and get an A... Sign up! I feel I didn't learn anything new the entire semester.”
CIS1A
“Worst professor I'd ever taken in my 5 years at RCC. ”
CIS1A

Remote format

Online

1 reviews

Low confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

One online Java course review ends positively after a .

Main concern

Course setup confusion early on.

What students said

“There was a mixup in the way that the course was set up that led to us not being on the same page... learned a lot of Java and managed to get an A.”
CISC155

Exam style

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Assessment is sparse and assignment-heavy, with one report of a and graded loosely.

Few graded itemsPapers and projectsLast-minute final possible

Assessment risk

StudentFriendly

72/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

In-person CIS1A centers on a few papers and and .

Two papersGroup projectsUnclear final rubric
“ and graded with clearly no rubric in mind”
CIS1A
“2 essays & 2 projects. Very dry boring class... Easy A”
CIS1A

Online

Online review does not clearly describe exam proctoring or A.

Project-based Java work
“learned a lot of Java and managed to get an A.”
CISC155

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“If you want to legitimately learn about computer systems I suggest you pass on taking this professor. If you want to basically show up and get an A... Sign up!”

Voice snapshots generated from 10 reviews, balancing easy-A consensus against weak computer-skill teaching. Credibility rating: Medium.

🎯 Teaching Quality

48/100

“He is more of an English Teacher than he is a computers teacher.”

🎁 Easy A Reality

86/100

“I attended three lectures and still got an A. He really wants everyone to pass, most students received A's.”

👎 Recommendation Risk

36/100

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Theme 1

💻 About What You Learn

  • doesn't teach any computer skills
  • teaches you
  • I didn't learn anything new the entire semester

Theme 2

📈 About Grades

  • Easy A
  • most students received A's
  • and pleased if you put a honest effort in your work

Theme 3

🗣️ About Class Style

  • Goes off on irrelevant tangents
  • Nontraditional approach but it is effective
  • very friendly, helpfull, and wants the

Data context

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Analysis sample

10

Recent reviews read by the AI

10

Lifetime ratings

55/100

Evidence confidence

10 reviews with but polarized opinions and mostly older CIS1A context yield medium confidence.

Inside 10 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 54
4 out of 52
3 out of 52
2 out of 50
1 out of 52

Course coverage

CIS1A8 reviews
CISA1 review
CISC1551 review

Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

8 reported outcomes

A range

6

A+ 1 · A 5

B range

2

B 2

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