Reviews of professor Marina Blanton

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Marina is an amazing professor. Attend all her classes and you can get great grades. She questions on your understanding rather than your memorization, so just attending her classes helped me get a great grade with little effort.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Computer Security has provided me a lot of opportunity to learn. The assignments are many but the take-away is great too. It is not an easy workload subject, so do not complain once you take it

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Dr. Blanton is a dedicated professor. She put a lot effort in this class, and even correct the grammar in our assignments. Treat those assignments seriously, you will get a good grade on this course.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
She gave us a lot of assignments, but these helped us in the and to prepare for finals. Very approachable. The class has proper structure.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
If you take this course then no doubt you will learn as you will receive 7-8 assignments which are very time consuming. Though the assignments are aligned with course structure, She is a tough grader. So I feel Its not worth taking this course as you will end up getting not very good grade. The midterm and final exam both are subjective.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Don't mistake this to be a easy/light weight course.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
This course is totally worth taking!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
She is one amazing Prof at UB.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
lots of hws, spends more time than you expected. hws has to type in Latex, print out and hand in before class starts. The day hand in hw, new hw released same day and due in 1 and half weeks, no break until semester done. Tough grading, confusing questions. Worst course I have ever taken during graduate school, the course seriously hurt your GPA.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
1. Excellent coursework 2. Lot of assignments 3. Clear grading criteria 4. Proper feedback both for good and bad.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Do not register. I regret taking this course.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
The homeworks are very time consuming and generally take up whole 2 days to complete. Answers expected in homeworks are very specific and to the point. One mistake and you will get zero for the entire question. The exam questions are subjective and conceptual based. The only resources required to score well in the exams are her slides.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
The WORST!