Reviews of professor Chris Prosise

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Chris gives great lectures and obviously knows his stuff. The assignments are all pretty interesting and don't take too much time, and all of the assignments and exams are fairly graded. Definitely an easy A and you'll walk away having learned a lot!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Chris is hands-down one of the best professors I've taken for a CS course. His lectures (specifically HIS lectures) are engaging and highly recommended for anybody who is interested in networking, security, and hacking. I took this course with no experience in any of the above and was able to do well just by googling what I didn't know. 10/10.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
This class was a part of the Inventor's program so you mostly get out what you put in. Professor Prosise was super nice and very open to giving feedback at any point in the semester regarding our projects. Tons of guest speakers and 3 books to read about startups/building a business. He's a pretty charismatic guy and I enjoyed his class

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Chris is absolutely brilliant! But I constantly felt I was behind when he talked. I highly recommend taking this course after you have taken security, network, etc.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Smart guy. Great guest speakers. Frustrating class. Stubborn. Rushed lessons. Expects you to have strong background. VERY disorganized. TERRIBLE midterm experience (vague instructions, class network down half the time). Weekly HW assignments (inadequate instructions, technical issues). Weekly reading (pop quizzes!). Very unaccommodating to COVID-19

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
I took Ethical Hacking (CS 378) with Prosise during the Fall 2019 semester. Chris makes an effort to be approachable. He also talks about fun unrelated topics like French wine tasting sometimes. The grade you get in the class is by and large determined by 5 or 6 assignments, a midterm CTF (capture the flag assignment), and a final group project.