Reviews of professor Marius Minea

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
One of the worst professors I've ever had. My main gripe with him is the extremely challenging exams/quizzes worth 50% of your grade, 2 hours for 6-9 project-like questions( < 20 min per question) in boxes where answers that don't fit don't count. Avoid, if possible-- take 311 in Fall because he teaches in Spring.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Took him Spring 2023 when I just transferred into UMass. I always try to love my professors, but it's hard to love someone who thinks that we are just as good as him (He does research, we don't) lol

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
best professor in all of UMass

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Marius' CS220 class has been one of the most defining parts of my time at CICS. I personally chalk the negative parts of CS220 up to the class material; ex. the topics tended to be uninteresting and lectures were very dense and fast-paced. Still, Marius displayed a great deal of care for his students and genuinely seemed invested in our learning.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Most depressed during the semester I took this class, but you will come out stronger than before. Work hard on all the past exam papers. Get ready to receive the worst scores in your life. Go to every tutoring help you get and work hard on projects as they add up a lot too. Do the extra credit- gives you a big leap! Good luck, you will need it.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
CS 311 with Marius was easily the most involved course I've taken at UMass in terms of coursework, but I learned a lot. Marius is always accessible outside of class and has a great deal of respect for those who try their best to engage with the course material.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
He is an extremely caring when it comes to student doing well. Never had a professor so accessible outside of class and makes it a point to answer questions in the middle of a lecture. Offers an abundance of resources as practice for exams. The content is not as bad as it is made out to be, but some effort is required.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Watched him yell at some kid for 5 minutes straight during office hours for being not knowing what to do in the coding assignment. 5/5