Reviews of professor Austin Willoughby

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Austin is probably the most caring professor Ive seen in RIT. He explains the course material very well and will take time to communicate with you after class for the A* project or homeworks. The class material might be difficult at times as it is C++, but overall Austin does a great job

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
This was Austin's first semester teaching. He did a great job teaching in a practical setting and relied more on showing rather than telling. He was always willing and available to help if you needed it. All around a wonderful professor.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Did not come to class regularly, hence the grade. He is a good prof but his teaching style is to go straight into a demo and explain it through. There are pre made demos on mycourses that explain a bit better. If you prefer that teaching style go with him, you'll be teaching yourself a lot. Otherwise do not.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Austin is a great guy and a really engaging lecturer. He's really friendly and was very clear in explaining different concepts. He's pretty good about being available for help and is quick to respond to emails or discord pings. Homework and exercises are of appropriate difficulty and instructions are clear.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Austin is a new professor, so his teaching skills still have room for improvement. However, he is really nice and always willing to help. If you ask him to do things (like make an EXTRA exam study guide), he will. I definitely recommend him for DSA 1, as he is extremely flexible but still teaches a lot of good material

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Fun and respected professor who makes learning server development easy.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
In his first year teaching, Austin has already managed to break free of the awful powerpoints from prior DSA classes. He is clear and concise in his lectures and treats his students like the competent programmers they should be at this point in the curriculum and hosts ample office hours for those who are falling behind.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Not too difficult of a class, he's really good at explaining the concepts. Anytime you have a question on the homework or projects you can message him over discord and he gets back to you really quickly with the answer that solves all your problems.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
If the class code changed - it was RM 2. The class wasn't hard to grasp, it was a lot of projects to work on (3). Austin was very clear in his presentations & you can tell that he's passionate about full stack engineering. Keep in mind that this class will have volatile topics as the prof tries to keep it up to date along with the web industry.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
This class was pretty interesting, however, there's a lot of information to grasp in one semester, or at least that's how I felt. Because of this sometimes lectures felt overwhelming. The homework is normally not hard to complete because it is well documented, there are also only two projects.