Reviews of professor Chris Bryan

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Hands down, the best professor and course at ASU; others are not even close. Demanding but rewarding programming assignments in d3.js with ample extra credit opportunities, Many group project options to choose from, and Challenging course content, which is a mixture of viz topics and research papers that will get you excited about the field.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
I loved having Dr. Bryan as a professor! With a ridiculously easy course like ASU101, you really don't have to put a lot of thought into which professor to pick, because the course will be easy regardless. However, Dr. Bryan made class very enjoyable, and didn't make things harder than they needed to be. Truly a wonderful guy.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Just do not take his class if you hate front-end development. Although he covers every single little detail related to data visualization the technique in which he teaches is not even his. Gives out homework like its the only thing that you have to do in life.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
CSE 494 is different from other classes, JS and HTML are most likely going to be foreign concepts but Dr. Bryan makes it really approachable through his coding demos. He is really knowledgeable about D3 coding and he would actually help students with certain code concepts and questions. Really nice guy too and really approachable.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Absolutely one of the best courses offered at ASU in the CS department. Take this course if you love coding and development, and don't mind getting your hands dirty. Totally avoid if you don't want to put in the work and just expect free/easy grades.

The assignments were so much fun to do and the group project was an amazing experience as well!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Prof Bryan genuinely wants you to learn viz & have fun with it. Homeworks can be long & tedious, especially if you're not familiar with JS. Start them a week early. Quizzes are open with unlimited attempts with one final group project. Fun activities like attending a session of IEEE Viz conf, designing HW for 1pt EC. Great prof!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I believe this was the first semester this class was offered as an undergraduate class. This was by far my favorite class. Assignments take maybe at the most half the time when compared to other courses you have to take such as 330, 355, and 340. Quizzes are unlimited tries and no exams. Teacher has a Slack channel and responds back very fast.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
The content is pretty simple. However, the extent to which you have to learn d3.js (for making visualizations) is a bit ridiculous. You might find yourself spending 20+ hours on a single homework assignment. You will likely spend more time figuring out d3.js than actually learning the theory behind data visualization. But, overall, good course.