Reviews of professor Joshua Alcorn

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. Alcorn does his best to make the material interesting to listen to and is very understanding about people's specific situations. After the midterm he admitted he made a mistake by making it slightly too long and made sure people's grades weren't affected by it.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Mr. Alcorn was a great teacher for Unix/Linux, just be sure you do the readings!

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Alcorn is a great guy. Army special forces, entrepreneur, developer, he's awesome. UNIX quizzes are hard, homework is ok, and lectures are great. He's knowledgeable, respectful, and great for computer security courses. The final is not easy, but if you want to learn UNIX you should look for his class.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Alcorn was a great professor who taught intro to Unix/Linux very well. He gives about two quizzes during the semester. (If he says to bring the book to class, you'll have a quiz) Homework is weekly but easy. One class a week is lecture while the other is a lab. Final has questions straight from homeworks. Gives extra credit at end for redoing hw

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Almost all of the homework/labs can be solved exclusively using the textbook or his slides. His lectures are entertaining as he asks questions and throughs in the occasional joke.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Show up to class, read the textbook, and study for the labs. Then you will do find.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Professor Alcorn reads off of his power point slides during class. Very boring and straight from textbook. Does not relate well with students new to programming. If you are good at programming the CS 1120 class should be a breeze, if not it is very difficult to learn concepts on your own.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
His TA lacks even simple critical thinking skills, resulting in grading errors on almost every assignment. If you email him about it, he MIGHT consider getting back to you... eventually. Overall, his TA and his intended vagueness on homework and exams made me consider buying a noose every time I had to complete coursework.