AI Rate Professor

Information Systems

Charles Andersen

CIS18A · CIS5 · CIS17A · CIS18C · 8 lifetime ratings

AI rating
78/100
RMP rating
4.1/5
Take again
100%
Difficulty
2.0

The decision

if you will show up and code; if you want lively lectures or a free ride.

Best fit · Effort For RewardKnowledgeableOpen-book testsEasy if you show upBoring lecturesIndustry experience
  • Strong programmer with real industry experience and .
  • Classes are often easy for engaged students, with open-book programming tests.
  • Lecture style can feel boring or shallow, so freeloaders get little out of it.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

EasyA

78/100

Multiple students call the class easy and report A or B+ grades when they show up and complete programs.

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Is the course easy?

Beginner

76/100

Content is often described as easy or a repeat of prior CIS material, with limited depth for some students.

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Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

25/100

, and students who skip or zone out are called out as the ones who fail to learn.

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Is this professor recommended?

WorthIt

78/100

and help, though a minority call lectures boring and shallow.

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Course guide

See how this professor fits your week.

Grading

Fair

68/100

Grades look solid for workers, and , but lazy students are not carried.

Format shift

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Workload

Light

72/100

Workload is mostly showing up, following demos, and completing a .

Format shift

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Teaching experience

Good

76/100

He is respected, prepared, and helpful, but lectures are often called boring or not deep enough.

Format shift

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Assessment method

Balanced

55/100

Assessment centers on in-class programming, homework programs, and .

Format shift

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Luni fit check

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Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

8 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

and effort; lectures can drag, but serious students learn a lot.

Main concern

Some students find lectures boring or too surface-level, with material that .

What students said

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CIS18A
“ .”
CIS18A
“Very boring, no joke.”
CIS5

Remote format

Online

0 reviews

Low confidence

No stored summary is available for this format.

Main concern

No main concern is stored for this format.

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Tests are open-book programming assessments, which students treat as manageable.

Open-book programming testsIn-class coding practice

Assessment risk

StudentFriendly

82/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

; review sessions may not cover everything on the final.

Open-book programming testsFinal can go beyond review
“ .”
CIS18A
“goes over material on the sessions”
CIS18A

Online

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“If you're a good hard working student, you'll love his class. If you're lazy and just looking for credit, well let's just say like any class, you get out of it what you put into it!”

Voice snapshots generated from 8 in-person CIS reviews, balancing strong expertise praise with recurring boring-lecture complaints. Credibility rating: Medium.

🎯 Teaching Quality

76/100

“Mr. Andersen is an excellent teacher, very knowledgeable of his subject, very professional, always prepared”

📘 Open-Book Exams

82/100

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😴 Lecture Style Risk

45/100

“His lectures are pretty boring.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • I love his lectures which are packed full of good info.
  • He's an excellent programmer with decades of experience.
  • Very boring, no joke.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • class is easy and you definitely learn something
  • .
  • You just show up, create a couple of programs and .

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

8

Recent reviews read by the AI

8

Lifetime ratings

70/100

Evidence confidence

Eight in-person reviews from 2008-2017 show a stable split between praise for expertise and complaints about boring delivery.

Inside 8 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 55
4 out of 51
3 out of 50
2 out of 52
1 out of 50

Course coverage

CIS17A3 reviews
CIS18A3 reviews
CIS18C1 review
CIS51 review

Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

5 reported outcomes

A range

3

A 3

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