Reviews of professor Richard Anderson

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
When I signed up for the fall he provided us with a free book to use but there was a different book on the syllabus. When the free book wasn't connecting to his quizzes I fond the syllabus book and it matched 100%. He also never records his lectures ao you cant refer back to them. And they don't make sense he rambles on and I had to teach myself.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Professor Anderson is not only knowledgeable but he is a great teacher. Understands that the information can be a little dry so he makes it interesting and he has a great sense of humor. A lot of extra credit opportunities and if you like riddles they will be easy.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
No clear grading rubric for assignments, lecture slides are incomplete, writings are illegible. Would not recommend.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Absolute trash grading methods. I mean, you will literally be losing points for things they say you don't have to do in the homework. You will lose points for things you specifically answered in the homework exactly as asked. You will lose points on solutions that are correct but the grader wouldn't take 5 minutes to read and understand. Just bad.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Just take it with Shayan

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
The material is dense.  A more flattering term would be subtle.  He does well for the 3 hours of lecture allotted each week.  You will find the homework for this class very difficult if you do not follow along in the textbook.  Fortunately, the class follows the textbook closely, and he is generous with extensions, which you will probably need.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Prof Anderson made this class fun. He tells you off the bat what his opinions are, but does not skew information based on them. I enjoyed his lectures but found reading the textbook to be better for learning and the lectures were just for listening. The course was well laid out and the schedule was easy to follow. A couple group projects+two exams.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
While algorithms are tough by nature, professor Richard is a good lecturer; he speaks slowly but the ideas are clear and the pace of the class is not slow, and class is designed step by step; many homework questions need strict proof which however helps my study, and I think the grading is fair though I have poor grades on some questions...

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
I have Professor Anderson right now for CSE 417 and for a class where the material is quite difficult, he does a great job of explaining concepts. He is very approachable outside of class for asking questions. He provides previous exams as a resource for the midterms/final and studying closely off of them helps a lot as the questions are similar.