Reviews of professor Charles Cartledge

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Most interesting course I have taken in CS. You won't pass exams if you try copy and paste. He makes you think! Any questions, email him directly (or public DB post). 60% of your grade is 2 exams and 1 project paper, rest is in DB and HW. I would take future courses with this professor again! Only regret is not meeting him in person.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Be prepared to learn concepts not covered in depth by the PLE material, instructor video transcripts, or the book on your own. Homework comprises of short answers (3-5 sentences) or full on essays. Do NOT be late to turn homework in. Midterm and final are all essay/short-answers, but open book/notes (however, I am not convinced this helps at all).

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Not too tough of a class. Weekly homework consisted of a discussion board post and short answer questions. As long as you do them, you should get an 100%. One final paper that's 10 pages long, but it's not too hard. Tests can be difficult though. Some topics that are on the tests are not covered in class. We didn't even use the textbook.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Homework is pretty simple and easy as long as you put forth some effort. However the course material displayed is very low effort. It's just copied and pasted from a PowerPoint with no further explanation or video lecture from the professor. Midterm and final were all short answer and had material that was not covered during the course.