AI Rate Professor

Computer Science

Louie Giambattista

COMSC132 · CONSC122 · CONSC132 · COMSC40 · COMSC122 · COMSC142 · COMSC44 · COMSC040 · COMSC132142 · 31 lifetime ratings

AI rating
16/100
RMP rating
2.0/5
Take again
0%
Difficulty
4.1

The decision

Avoid unless you already code well and can teach yourself the entire course.

Best fit · Self Taught ProDoes not teach codingSelf-teach requiredLecture-homework mismatchTough graderAvoid for beginners
  • Students overwhelmingly say he does not teach and .
  • Homework and .
  • ; many urge going to DVC instead.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

32/100

Some grades are ; tough grading and .

Online and in-person both require self-teaching; neither is an easy A path.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

28/100

Programming load is hard for beginners because lectures do not prepare you for .

Older non-major courses felt easier; recent CS courses are consistently hard.

Is attendance flexible?

Varies

45/100

and optional, but skipping lectures is common because they feel useless.

Online often optional; .

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

12/100

Nearly every recent and recommends other colleges or professors.

Both online and .

Course guide

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Grading

Harsh

22/100

, and unforgiving tests dominate feedback.

Format shift

Online and .

Workload

Heavy

28/100

Weekly programs, quizzes, and tests stack up while you reverse-engineer missing instruction.

Format shift

Online weekly HW and quizzes; and tests.

Teaching experience

Awful

18/100

Students say he does not teach, uses others' materials, and leaves beginners lost.

Format shift

; in-person lectures are still widely called unhelpful.

Assessment method

Balanced

58/100

Grades mix weekly homework and .

Format shift

Online emphasizes weekly code and quizzes; .

Luni fit check

Weigh these signals against your actual schedule.

Get help balancing workload, grading, and timing when no option is an obvious fit.

Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

21 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

, with hard mismatched tests and slow grading.

Main concern

You must self-learn coding while and .

What students said

“Run, run, run, PLEASE RUN as far away as you can from this professor”
COMSC132
“ ”
COMSC142
“his lectures consist of reading straight out of the book--for 3 hours”
COMSC132

Remote format

Online

10 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

Online sections use pre-recorded or third-party videos with , and .

Main concern

Beginners get no real instruction and little timely help.

What students said

“Professor doesn't even teach, uses somebody else's useless lectures”
COMSC122
“does not teach, only let us read online text book”
CONSC122
“Online lectures aren't even done by him and instead by terrible voice overs”
CONSC122

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Exams are hard and often fail to match lectures or .

Hard testsLecture-exam mismatchCanvas testsNo partial credit reported

Assessment risk

Strict

32/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

as hard, mismatched to lecture, and sometimes without partial credit.

Hard testsCanvas examsNo partial creditLecture mismatch
“ and done in ”
COMSC142
“ ”
CONSC122

Online

Online exams and , so self-study is required.

Hard homeworkLecture mismatchWeekly quizzes
“There's a big disconnect between content from the lectures and content on the homework and exams”
COMSC132
“Lectures don't teach what is expected in the homework”
COMSC132

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“Run, run, run, PLEASE RUN as far away as you can from this professor.”

Voice snapshots generated from 31 reviews (10 online, 21 in person), highlighting self-teaching burden and . Credibility rating: High.

🚫 Recommendation

12/100

“ !”

📚 Teaching Quality

18/100

“This professor has not taught the class anything throughout the semester”

🧩

25/100

“Must learn to code on your own or try to learn the language before taking the class.”

⚖️

22/100

“ and complicated. .”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • doesn't even teach
  • uses somebody else's useless lectures
  • reads straight out of the book
  • lectures are bland and uninformative

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • Class is not for beginners at all
  • big disconnect between content from the lectures and content on the homework and exams

Theme 3

⚠️ Student Warnings

  • Save yourself, go to DVC instead
  • !

Data context

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Analysis sample

31

Recent reviews read by the AI

31

Lifetime ratings

88/100

Evidence confidence

31 detailed, consistent negative reviews across online and .

Inside 31 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 55
4 out of 50
3 out of 54
2 out of 54
1 out of 518

Course coverage

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Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

21 reported outcomes

A range

8

A+ 1 · A 4 · A- 3

B range

6

B 6

C range

3

C+ 2 · C- 1

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

4

Drop/Withdrawal 2 · Not sure yet 2