Reviews of professor James Scott

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
He is nice guy with a lot of industry experience, but when it comes to teaching database foundations, he is a poor teacher. Classes are boring and often teaches incorrectly. Exam is 50-70 multiple choice questions. Questions are difficult. Project is easy and he grades it graciously. Overall, take him only if you have no other option.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
He was brand new in Spring 2018. The book is required and you end up reading the whole thing because a good majority of the tests come straight out of the book. He gives you a lot of study points but you end up studying SO MUCH information that is hard to know what to concentrate on. Overall not my fav professor.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
He is very unorganized and chaotic in his teaching. If you don't read the textbook you won't do well. No homework, just tests and quizzes, and a paper. Quizzes are unannounced and are on the readings. His lectures make no sense and made me more confused. Exams are pulled from the study guides but you still have to actually understand the material.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
HARD class. He's a brand new professor out of the industry, so his first class was in Spring 2018. He is a nice guy and is aware he needs to streamline the information more. Everything about this class is hard though. If you miss class or come in even 1 minute late he will count you absent, no excuses unless you have a doctors note.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Still very new to teaching and has a lot to learn about how he wants to teach/ set up the class. The structure of the class is lectures, tophat, textbook reading, and tests. The lectures are very hard to follow and the textbook is dry-but you need to read it to pass the class. Overall, very difficult for the type of class and not worth the work.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Two semester Sr Design practicum. If you just follow the guide the professor publishes, you can't possibly go wrong. He gives you all the guidance and information you need, you just have to fill in the blanks and participate. He cares about the subject and students and is always available to discuss progress.