Is this an easy A?
FairEffort
68/100A good grade is realistic with reading and lab support, but students still describe hard new content and demanding projects.
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The decision
Key questions
Is this an easy A?
A good grade is realistic with reading and lab support, but students still describe hard new content and demanding projects.
All grade and effort evidence comes from in-person reviews.
Is the course easy?
The instructor explains well, but networking and database content can be new, fast, and project-heavy.
Only in-person reviews exist, and they show helpful teaching but challenging content.
Is attendance flexible?
Participation matters and optional lab time helps, but reviews do not describe a strict mandatory attendance rule.
In-person evidence suggests attendance and lab time are useful, with no online evidence.
Is this professor recommended?
Most students recommend him because he wants students to succeed and helps make difficult material understandable.
Recommendation evidence is entirely from in-person reviews.
Course guide
Grading
Fair
65/100
Clear grading criteria and A outcomes suggest fair grading, but there is no strong evidence of very generous grading.
Format shift
All grading evidence comes from in-person reviews.
Workload
Moderate
46/100
Workload is moderate to heavy because students mention reading, optional labs, and a full database project.
Format shift
In-person reviews show workload varies by course, especially CIS140 versus CIS201.
Teaching experience
Good
82/100
Students mostly describe him as helpful, clear, and invested, despite one review criticizing teaching methodology.
Format shift
All teaching evidence is in person and mostly positive with one negative course-design complaint.
Assessment method
FocusOnAssignments
22/100
Reviews emphasize textbooks, labs, Access, NetAcad, and database creation rather than exams.
Format shift
In-person evidence points mainly to assignments and labs.
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Course format
Classroom format
Medium confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner
In-person reviews generally describe him as helpful and clear, though the course content and methodology can be demanding.
Main concern
Some course structures move quickly into complex tools and may feel poorly designed.
What students said
“Curt makes it easy to understand.”
“demands that you create a fully functional database by the end of the semester.”
Remote format
Low confidence
No stored summary is available for this format.
Main concern
No main concern is stored for this format.
Exam style
Reviews do not clearly prove the exam format, proctoring, open-book policy, or final format.
Assessment risk
Varies
50/100
Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.
The in-person reviews discuss labs, textbooks, and projects but do not clearly prove exam policy.
Student evidence
Top student voice
“Easily one of the best teachers I've had, period.”
“He wants to see you succeed, and does everything in his powers to help you.”
“Cisco netcad semester 1 is really hard because it is full of new content but Curt makes it easy to understand.”
“demands that you create a fully functional database by the end of the semester.”
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Data context
Analysis sample
4
Recent reviews read by the AI
4
Lifetime ratings
66/100
Evidence confidence
Four in-person reviews span multiple years and courses with useful detail, but several are old.
Inside 4 stored ratings
Reported outcomes
3 reported outcomes
A 2
B+ 1
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