Reviews of professor Melanie Lotz

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Very clear, understandable lectures. Lotz is not only reasonable and down to earth, she is also a precise and engaging instructor.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
She's the best!!!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
CS182 is a tough class but Lotz makes the content rather straight forward and is very organized.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
An overall solid professor. Simple, down to earth lectures and organized notes. Projects are usually doable in a day or two. A generally easier class than CS182 since it's less math focused.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
The professor goes through the content pretty well and uploads useful content online. She also gives fair homework assignments with helpful updates on Piazza.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
She explains concepts REALLY well. I haven't had much interaction, but she seems really nice. Her tests and quizzes are a little difficult at times, but if you pay attention and are interested in the subject, you should be fine. I took it online and I wished she had live lectures, but otherwise, I had a great time in her class!

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I took this class online over Summer and found her to be a good professor. Homeworks and exams were still fairly difficult but she was a fair professor in terms of grading.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Tough exam, very limited time.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Stay away from her at all costs. She has a way of ruining maths by making you type the damn thing.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
One of the best CS professors would def. take again.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Dr Lotz isn't the best at explaining things, and while her content outline does roughly line up with exams, she poorly explains a lot and makes it very difficult to fully understand content with her coursework alone. However, there is an absurd implicit curve (76% for an A). There's some weird/nontraditional stuff taught as well (e.g. LLRB trees).

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Great lectures. Fair projects and exams.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Everything in this class was explained very well. It really helps you understand how to use different data structures and when to use them. Very informative lectures, and the class material was very organized.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
She is an okay lecturer, explaining some things well with examples and glossing over other things. Her homework is fair, the exams are a little rushed, and the projects are usually easy but only if you can decipher the vague instructions.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Her style does not match this course. She will "teach" you something "basic", but then on the quizzes or homework, she gives questions that she has really didn't cover. I spend hours trying to find what she did not teach us. I dread her class. She is sorta nice, but be prepared for bull crap questions. Hell her ta's are kinda bad too. BYE BYE, GPA!