Reviews of professor Bert Gibbons

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Gibbon's is awesome, the guy is real and down to earth. The first half of the semester is plagued by a ton of myprogramminglab homework, but once that's done the course is super easy. His lab TAs are great, grading is lenient. The tests are open note, open book, the quizzes are online. The physical textbook is much better than the online book.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
He's a good professor for databases. Class isn't excessively difficult.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Gibbons is a really good professor. His 437 class can be fast paced at times and like any computer science class you're gonna be using google a good amount. However, he is an easy grader, he points out mistakes in detail, and he is typically willing to review concepts and give help.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Professor Gibbons is phenomenal. He explained the concepts of object-oriented programming really well. I never touched Java before his class, but I easily managed to get an A by the end of the semester. If you put in effort, and show the professor that you are doing your best, then this class should be an easy A. But don't slack on labs or the HW.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Gibbons is one of my favorite Professors at UD. I had him for CISC181 on my second semester and now I got CISC437 with him. Hes really caring if you put in your effort, really ground to earth man, and also really knowledgable with industry-wise experience. I learned so many things about Oracle from him. DO TAKE HIM IF YOU CAN...

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
He's a fair instructor. Allows notes, online text and google (closed google on midterms) for homework, quizzes and midterm. He'll call out a random student during lecture, so be sure to know about the topic and be ready to answer ahead of time before lecture. (Does tend to derail off of lectures...)

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
First half of the class is riddled with tedious myProgrammingLab work. Labs are hard but he puts you into lab groups to make them easier and to help learn how to cooperate with others while working on big projects. Generous grader and plenty of opportunity for extra credit.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
This is probably one of the highest value CISC courses you can take at UD. If taken, you will exit this class highly proficient in SQL and have a solid base in database management. However, his socratic teaching style, often blunt delivery, occasionally unclear assignments, and quizzes unrelated to recent lectures make this class a mixed bag.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
More interested in talking about himself than teaching; Canvas is very disorganized and instructions/ requirements for assignments can be unclear. I will not take a course with him again.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
I'm biased, as I've taken AP Comp Sci, before, but, I really loved Bert. He's enthusiastic and very knowledgeable about Java. The course goes a little beyond the scope of what may be reasonable for most (WebSockets, JavaFX, and such), but I found it easy, and he's understanding and generous when it comes to grading.