Mark Sierakowski

NETWORKING · COMPUTERREPAIR · CMT230 · 7 lifetime ratings

AI rating: 52/100
RMP rating: 4.0/5
Take again: 0%
Difficulty: 2.3

The decision

if you want deep networking expertise and can tolerate long, unfocused lectures and .

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerNetworking deep expertLecture fluff heavyLong confusing labsCurves examsInternet-allowed quizzes

He is widely seen as extremely knowledgeable about networking and campus systems.
Recent students , and would not take him again.
Open-internet quizzes and .

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

FairEffort

54/100

and open-internet quizzes help, but dense material and .

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Is the course easy?

Standard

48/100

Content volume is high and moves fast; prior networking knowledge makes it far more manageable.

; no online reviews.

Is attendance flexible?

Depends

42/100

Older reviews rave about expertise while recent .

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Course guide

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Grading

Fair

62/100

and quizzes allow internet, which softens otherwise heavy assessment.

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Workload

Heavy

28/100

Labs are described as confusing and often take hours past the end of class.

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Teaching experience

Average

60/100

, but digressions, speed, and organization frustrate many recent students.

Format shift

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

74/100

Tags and comments emphasize test-heavy, lecture-heavy structure with labs plus quizzes and exams.

Format shift

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

7 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

In-person networking classes deliver deep technical knowledge but often feel long, off-topic, and lab-heavy.

Main concern

Labs can run hours past class and lectures are full of fluff that .

What students said

“he adds ALOT of fluff to his lectures which makes them unbearable”
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“you can use the internet for the I passed”
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“he's one of the !!”
NETWORKING

Remote format

Online

0 reviews

Low confidence

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Exam style

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Standard exam weight with student-friendly quiz internet access and curves, but lecture .

Test heavyInternet allowed on quizzesCurved examsLecture-note mismatch

Assessment risk

Standard

58/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

In-person CMT230 uses heavy testing, internet-allowed quizzes, and .

Internet for quizzesExam curveTest heavy

“you can use the internet for the quizzes”
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“Good .”
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Student evidence

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Top student voice
“He is a fine professor but he adds ALOT of fluff to his lectures which makes them unbearable and not fun to learn”
Voice snapshots generated from 7 in-person reviews, weighing recent non-recommenders against older expertise praise. Credibility rating: Medium.

🧠 Subject Expertise

85/100

“Tough, but he knows more about computers than all others on campus put together”

😩 Lecture Fluff

35/100

“His lectures are too long, and most of the notes I took from them weren't on the tests & quizzes.”

🧪 Lab Grind

25/100

“the lab took him till 3 hours after class ended.”

📉

20/100

“No”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

Very knowledgeable about networking & an overall decent instructor
he can often jump in rabbit holes
Excellent teacher - smart and helpful!

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

you can use the internet for the quizzes
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You will do well to have some prior networking knowledge.

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instructions to .

Data context

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Analysis sample

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Lifetime ratings

58/100

Evidence confidence

Only seven reviews with a and recent non-recommendation lowers confidence.

Inside 7 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 53

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Course coverage

CMT2305 reviews

COMPUTERREPAIR1 review

NETWORKING1 review

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Mark Sierakowski

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Four answers before you build your schedule.

FairEffort

Standard

Recommended

Depends

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In person

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🧪 Lab Grind

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👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

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if you want deep networking expertise and can tolerate long, unfocused lectures and .

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