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81ratingsChris Davis
Professor in the Computer Science department at The University of Texas at Dallas
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CS4337
May 14th, 2024
Quality
1.0
Difficulty
2.0
CS4337
May 14th, 2024
For Credit
: Yes
Attendance
: Mandatory
Grade
: A
Grading isn't bad, there are two pretty easy exams and each are only 25% of your grade (the rest of your grade is attendance + projects + HWs) and projects/HWs are pretty easy. However, Davis is incredibly disorganized and doesn't grade a lot of your work until after you take the final (including the midterm).
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CS4337
May 7th, 2024
Quality
2.0
Difficulty
2.0
CS4337
May 7th, 2024
For Credit
: Yes
Attendance
: Mandatory
Grade
: Not sure yet
Textbook
: Yes
Good lecturer, he's a great speaker, goes off track is very disorganized, and makes more excuses than any professor I've ever had. Students pay too much money to not have assignments assigned when they're supposed to, have lectures start 20 minutes late, and have grades returned more than a month later. Full of excuses, unacceptable.
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CS4337
Apr 27th, 2024
Quality
4.0
Difficulty
3.0
CS4337
Apr 27th, 2024
For Credit
: Yes
Attendance
: Mandatory
Would Take Again
: Yes
Grade
: Rather not say
Textbook
: Yes
Teaches the class pretty well and was quite disorganized. Gives 2 long and hard programming projects, so use YouTube and example codes on the internet for help! Exams are hard but the reviews are helpful. He is willing to help when needed! I would have done better in this class if I studied more for the exams, and he makes a curve at the end.
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CS6360
Jan 20th, 2024
Quality
4.0
Difficulty
3.0
CS6360
Jan 20th, 2024
For Credit
: Yes
Attendance
: Mandatory
Would Take Again
: Yes
Grade
: A
Textbook
: Yes
Its a easy A if you are taking a course under him. Has 4 assignments (Before midterm), 2 projectss and 1 Mid term and 1 final. He teaches fine, grades well. He extends the deadline of the proj1 if requested by students but cramps up the 2nd project till the end of semester and time isn't sufficient for it (is unorganized in that manner).
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CS6360
Dec 26th, 2023
Quality
1.0
Difficulty
2.0
CS6360
Dec 26th, 2023
For Credit
: Yes
Attendance
: Mandatory
Grade
: A
Textbook
: Yes
Professor and course were disorganized. 3 easy homeworks, 1 individual project that was easy and given too much time, and 1 group project which was difficult and given less time. Attendance required, but you can self study for exams with the book and review sheet he provides. Overall, he cares for students and gave a massive curve at the end.
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CS4337
Dec 22nd, 2023
Quality
3.0
Difficulty
3.0
CS4337
Dec 22nd, 2023
For Credit
: Yes
Attendance
: Mandatory
Grade
: A
Textbook
: Yes
Horrible at posting grades until the last minute, rambles about something the first 30 min of lecture, introduces a new unit on the second last week thats on the final, not very reliable in communicating stuff or getting a hold of him. Homeworks are fine, programming project problems can be tricky, and the exams are very bs, but gives unknown curve
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CS4337
Dec 21st, 2023
Quality
1.0
Difficulty
3.0
CS4337
Dec 21st, 2023
For Credit
: Yes
Attendance
: Mandatory
Textbook
: Yes
His class isn't too difficult but he NEVER responds and doesn't grade on time. The due date for final grades was today and he still didn't submit them. If you're ok with the stress then take him but I didn't like him at all.
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CS4347
Dec 21st, 2023
Quality
1.0
Difficulty
3.0
CS4347
Dec 21st, 2023
For Credit
: Yes
Attendance
: Mandatory
Grade
: Not sure yet
Textbook
: N/A
NEVER TAKE HIS COURSE. We didn't even get exam 2 grades on the day of final grade submission due date. He says a lot of things that he doesn't keep his words while he was busy doing tweeter. Project needed to be graded by TA, but TA was not informed by him neither. Homework that contain some exam questions posted on last day of exam date range.
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CS4337
Dec 12th, 2023
Quality
1.0
Difficulty
4.0
CS4337
Dec 12th, 2023
For Credit
: Yes
Attendance
: Mandatory
Grade
: Not sure yet
Textbook
: Yes
Davis is very knowledgeable, but good luck learning anything from him. His lectures get extremely off topic for 30+ mins at a time, we didn't get midterm grades back until December, our hws are still ungraded, he dropped a whole new chapter on the second to last day of class, and announced the final as cumulative on the last day of class.
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CS6360
Dec 10th, 2023
Quality
2.0
Difficulty
4.0
CS6360
Dec 10th, 2023
For Credit
: Yes
Attendance
: Mandatory
Grade
: Not sure yet
Textbook
: N/A
Davis is a good lecturer but that's it. I never got my midterm exam grade back even after pinging him on Teams. Additionally, he pushed back the individual project's due date so much that he assigned the far more involved and difficult group project (implement a rudimentary DBMS from scratch) was assigned literally the week before final exams.
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CS4347
Dec 9th, 2023
Quality
1.0
Difficulty
1.0
CS4347
Dec 9th, 2023
For Credit
: Yes
Attendance
: Mandatory
Grade
: Not sure yet
Textbook
: N/A
Don't take him unless you want to suffer through a professor saying that he'll post stuff and never do it. It's been nearly a month and we still haven't gotten our exam 2 grades, and he never posted homework for us to study for exam 3. Never even notified the TA that he was supposed to meet with us to run our projects. Never ever again.
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CS4337
Dec 9th, 2023
Quality
1.0
Difficulty
3.0
CS4337
Dec 9th, 2023
For Credit
: Yes
Attendance
: Mandatory
Grade
: A
Textbook
: Yes
Frustrating experience. Will never respond to emails/Teams messages and won't keep his word about anything unless constantly reminded by multiple members of the class. Homeworks and programming assignments aren't that hard. Tests are pretty difficult quite honestly, and he won't grade it. We had it on 10/11 and now it's 11/21 with no grade.
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CS4347
Nov 2nd, 2023
Quality
2.0
Difficulty
4.0
CS4347
Nov 2nd, 2023
For Credit
: Yes
Attendance
: Mandatory
Grade
: Not sure yet
Textbook
: Yes
Davis is a good lecturer, however he is disorganized, its been 5 weeks since exam 1 was taken and we still do not have grades, for the second exam he forgot to post the all three of the homework so we nothing but the 200 slides to review in preparation. Cool dude but too disoganized, really tanks his score and his class. Not fun being in his class
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CS4337
Sep 4th, 2023
Quality
3.0
Difficulty
3.0
CS4337
Sep 4th, 2023
For Credit
: Yes
Attendance
: Mandatory
Grade
: A-
Textbook
: N/A
Good lecturer, homework is easy, exams are meh (study all details), projects are also not too long.
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CS4337
May 19th, 2023
Quality
2.0
Difficulty
3.0
CS4337
May 19th, 2023
For Credit
: Yes
Attendance
: Mandatory
Grade
: B
Textbook
: N/A
The professor was never accessible outside the class and he posted the final grades before even giving the result of 3 projects and 3 homework. In class he shows interest in teaching and the students but the fact that he is so disorganizate makes the class really stressing in particular because you do not know how your grade is before the last day
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CS4337
May 18th, 2023
Quality
3.0
Difficulty
3.0
CS4337
May 18th, 2023
For Credit
: Yes
Attendance
: Mandatory
Would Take Again
: Yes
Grade
: A
Textbook
: Yes
Class was pretty boring, stopped going for 2nd half of semester, attendace is mandatory. Exams were based off of the HW and slides and overall class was pretty easy as long as you make sure to study enough for the exams. Professor is pretty disorganized, submitted grades without most of the HWs and projects even graded, but he is very caring.
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CS4337
May 17th, 2023
Quality
2.0
Difficulty
4.0
CS4337
May 17th, 2023
For Credit
: Yes
Attendance
: Mandatory
Grade
: Not sure yet
Textbook
: Yes
First, he didn't even grade the homework that is included in final exam until end of first day of final (given three days to choose). Second, homework answer is different on final. Third, didn't even respond to students' question about second one. Now, he has one last day to submit final grade, but nobody knows their grades yet. Avoid as you can.
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CS4337
Apr 10th, 2023
Quality
5.0
Difficulty
3.0
CS4337
Apr 10th, 2023
For Credit
: Yes
Attendance
: Mandatory
Would Take Again
: Yes
Grade
: Incomplete
Textbook
: Yes
Professor Davis is a caring guy. Very knowledgeable. His homework is not bad, nor are his projects. Exams are a little tough, but so long as you pay attention in class and actually study, you should do just fine. Try to ask him questions in class about the homework because he takes a couple of days to respond to questions through teams and emails.
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CS4337
Jan 18th, 2023
Quality
3.0
Difficulty
3.0
CS4337
Jan 18th, 2023
For Credit
: Yes
Attendance
: Mandatory
Would Take Again
: Yes
Grade
: A
Textbook
: Yes
Dr. Davis gives 2 projects, about 5 homeworks, and 2 tests as well as an attendance grade. While he cares deeply about the subject and in class will help you understand any concept, he is not accessible outside of class, and gets distracted in class leading to a lack of extensive coverage of some topics. His tests are straight from the lectures.
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CS3305
Jan 3rd, 2023
Quality
3.0
Difficulty
3.0
CS3305
Jan 3rd, 2023
For Credit
: Yes
Attendance
: Mandatory
Would Take Again
: Yes
Grade
: A-
Textbook
: Yes
Professor Davis has the abilities of an outstanding professor. His lecture style is very straightforward, his explanation shows that he understands the material, and he enjoys engaging with students. Disorganization sadly takes him down to good. Mainly when giving assignments, getting off-track during lectures, and grading. But good for your grade.
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