AI Rate Professor

Computer Science

Russ English

CIS101 · CIS186VB · CBTE181 · CSIC181 · CISC181 · CISC101 · CICS181 · CISC · 27 lifetime ratings

AI rating
22/100
RMP rating
1.6/5
Take again
100%
Difficulty
4.3

The decision

Avoid Russ English unless you already know Excel and programming and can teach yourself.

Best fit · Self Taught ProUnhelpful and rudeHarsh gradingHeavy workloadConfusing lecturesAvoid for CISC181
  • Most students call him rude, unhelpful, and uninterested in teaching.
  • Workload and and Visual Basic projects.
  • A few online reviews are milder, but the .

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

28/100

Students say , and fails working assignments.

One online student reported an A; .

Is the course easy?

Challenging

28/100

Excel plus Visual Basic or programming is packed into a short term and feels too much for beginners.

Online and ; short online summer sections feel especially brutal.

Is attendance flexible?

Varies

40/100

; one online review says mandatory, while and deadlines.

Limited attendance evidence overall; online note of .

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

18/100

Nearly all detailed reviews say , and call him the worst.

Two online reviews are more positive; the .

Course guide

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Grading

Harsh

22/100

, and working projects marked wrong.

Format shift

and older online-style complaints.

Workload

Heavy

25/100

Heavy Excel and programming assignments, short-term cram sessions, and lots of .

Format shift

Summer and short online formats intensify the already heavy workload.

Teaching experience

Awful

20/100

Students describe rude, unhelpful, and little real teaching.

Format shift

Online reviews are softer; .

Assessment method

FocusOnAssignments

30/100

Grades center on projects, quizzes, and .

Format shift

Both formats emphasize projects and .

Luni fit check

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Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

25 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

In-person and mixed reports overwhelmingly describe him as , and poor at explaining Excel and Visual Basic.

Main concern

, and unfair zeros on working work.

What students said

“You will get no help in this class. You will not know what the teacher wants.”
CISC181
“This guy is the worst! , and uninterested in teaching.”
CSIC181
“He is extremely vague with his instructions and .”
CISC181

Remote format

Online

2 reviews

Low confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

The two online reviews rate him higher and say the format is followable if you apply yourself, though the material is still hard.

Main concern

High expectations and dense .

What students said

“the class is online and the format is easy to follow although the class is not easy”
CICS181
“Instructor has high expectations but is competent. 4 unit class complex course.”
CBTE181

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Reviews mention hard quizzes and exams but .

Quizzes and examsDifficult quizzesSome open bookProject-heavy

Assessment risk

Standard

45/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

In-person and hybrid complaints cite hard quizzes and .

Difficult quizzes and examsHarsh project gradingSome open book
“the quizzes and ”
CISC181
“Tests and assigns were easy, some open book”
CISC181

Online

Online comments focus on workload and .

Complex course workHigh expectations
“If one takes this course, be prepared.”
CBTE181

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“Do NOT take this guy for CISC 181. , and needs to retire.”

Voice snapshots generated from 27 reviews spanning 2005-2019, with strong consistency on poor help and . Credibility rating: High.

🚫 Teaching Quality

20/100

“You will get no help in this class. You will not know what the teacher wants.”

📉 Recommendation

18/100

“Warning keep away from the teacher, He's attitude towards teaching has diminished”

⚖️

22/100

“Percentage fractions are NOT rounded up. Examples: 89.5% = B”

📚 Workload Stress

25/100

“ALOT of work in a very short time (4 weeks)! All the posts are true!”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • , and uninterested in teaching
  • It's called a lesson plan, Russ

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • Not an
  • Beware of
  • He will still give you a zero on it

Theme 3

💻 About Course Content

  • May as well have been Greek. Computer programming for GenEd
  • doExcell, CheatVB
  • Too much to learn in such a short amount of time

Data context

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Analysis sample

27

Recent reviews read by the AI

27

Lifetime ratings

82/100

Evidence confidence

27 reviews over many years are highly consistent that he is unhelpful and harsh, with only a few outliers.

Inside 27 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 51
4 out of 51
3 out of 54
2 out of 56
1 out of 515

Course coverage

CISC18119 reviews
CICS1812 reviews
CBTE1811 review
CIS1011 review
CIS186VB1 review
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CISC1 review
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Reported outcomes

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