Reviews of professor Mark Merry

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Great man, always willing to give individual help

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. Merry is very accessible after class but he's not the best at teaching the material. In my C++ class, there were about 5 of us that knew how to use the language. Once he saw that, I think he automatically assumed that we all knew it when we didn't. He doesn't explain what the code means and just gives it to us. Do not recommend.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Prof didn't know the subject material he was teaching, and students frequently had to teach the class (and him) from the sidelines. Prof often created his powerpoints while he lectured. Expectations for projects and tests were not made clear, and a lot of points were lost unfairly. Tests and quizzes always had students writing out code by hand.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
easy class good teacher

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor Merry is great! His lectures are easy to understand, and he walks you through every lab. My advice is to read the book! The quizzes are based solely on the text, and the book can be difficult to understand. If you have a question in class, ask it because he will go through it step by step.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. Merry was a good professor but sometimes was difficult to understand what he was trying to say to us. He only gives us labs that relate to Windows applications. So if you have a Mac, download Parallels to help you stay on top of the class. He was easy to work with if you had questions.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Nice guy just kind of a slow class.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor Merry is a nice man, but he has lost his ability to effectively teach computer science. In class he reads directly off of the textbook slides and geeksforgeeks. I do not think he actually understands what he is trying to teach. He also makes about 4 mistakes every exam. I do not recommend. I am not prepared for my future classes.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Not recommended if you want to be prepared for your next CS class. Easy A, but you learn very little. While a great person, he's too lax in teaching. Labs were given full credit for merely correct output; no feedback given on formatting or good coding practices. Many key concepts that were supposed to be taught in this class weren't emphasized.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I took this class for fun just to see if I liked this major. I liked this class so much that it convinced me to switch my major to computer science. Professor Merry is a great teacher and is very clear about what he expects when it comes to grading criteria. He is a fairly easy grader when it comes to labs and tests. 10/10 would take him again.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Dr. Merry is a very nice guy and you can tell his heart is in the right place. He rarely seems to understand what is going on, unless he has gone on a tangent that isn't relevant to the course. I was unprepared for my future classes as a result of not learning the concepts his course was supposed to deliver.