Reviews of professor Jim Beneke

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
I did an asynchronous class (CSCI 1101) with him. He often posted agendas weekly. He provides notes for nearly every section of each unit. The quizzes given are also rather easy, assuming you've at least taken the time to complete the participation activities. I would definitely recommend having him for any online CS class.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Took statistics with him online and classes are just usually going over the printed notes. He just goes over them with a little more detail. class isn't engaging but he asks if students need help. It's not a hard class to pass if you do everything. He doesn't grade harsh and gives you chances to do quizzes again. Straight forward class and easy A.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Gave practice exams exactly like actual exams. After Corona made class online, there were easy projects instead of exams. Very doable class, nice professor readily available all hours of the day by email.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Jim gave out printed handouts with each lecture that showed example programs so that we didn't have to scramble copying them as he talks about them. He then worked hard to summarize common situations and problems that programmers run into. Homework could always be done by looking at examples he did and examples in the online book.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Mr. Beneke is super approachable through email. I had an online class with him. He lets you retake a quiz for second time. Also, any late requirement would only be 10% deducted.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Asynchronous online class. Clear outlines of what we would be working on each week. Practice exams that were really, really similar to the actual exams. Very useful notes and review guides. Always very accessible for help and couldn't be nicer.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
The worst online class I took. He didn't explain how to do any of the homework. He gave you it and expected you to figure it out. The only reason I passed was with tutoring and self-teaching it all to myself. No teaching at all it was just him grading things. Don't take this online class.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Gives practice exams that show exactly what the actual exams will be like. Do the homework and do the practice exams you can get a good grade. Very caring and nice guy. Lectures are organized, examples that go along with what he is talking about are always given out.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
The worst professor I ever took. He is not a bad person it is just he should not be a professor. All he does he prints out material from the book and read it aloud for 30 minutes, he can barely explain anything. At the end of the semester, he gives our projects which are harder than the stuff you do through the semester.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Nice, caring professor. Some assignments were a little bit tough, but I was new to programming and Professor Beneke spent a lot of time helping outside of class times via emails or extra Zoom sessions. There were a couple of extra credit opportunities.