Reviews of professor Matthew Rattigan

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
383 changed in the best way possible. Grades not only came faster this semester than last semester, but it is clear that Rattigan made sure to fix CS383 after receiving constructive feedback on the slow grading and course management last semester. Rattigan is also quite helpful if you drop by his office hours.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
TLDR: Matt Rattigan can be disorganized at times, but he really cares and is very knowledgeable and passionate about the subject matter. He also has some of the best lectures.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Prof. Rattigan is unable to craft homework directions and quiz/test questions that are clear and not incredibly vague. Coding projects were designed horrendously where we couldn't effectively test them. Everything was as confusing as possible, and he was never available to answer the numerous questions students had. Lectures weren't bad though.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Rattigan is a really nice guy, although he's very slow with providing feedback on work. Get to know him during his OH, and you'll be fine.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Quickly learned a new and useful application of python, he made it fun to learn it. Lets you work in teams, attendance not mandatory but you should go because you can do half the hw right there just by following the lecture. Labs were easy, fun, the hws are a lot like what you do in the lab the day before. Best Umass prof.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Firstly, Artificial Intelligence is slightly a clickbait name for the course as half the course delves into search algorithms and graphs. However, Rattigan is a nice professor and tries his best to make classes funny and interesting. Projects are theoretical and there are no midterms.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
TLDR : Amazing professor with amazing energy, plenty to learn IF you are curious. 

However, I didn't get too much of the course as the assignments and homeworks took a different path / were not closely knit to what was being taught in class.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Overall 383 with Rattigan was an interesting and fun experience. I liked that most homeworks had both a primer and a coding section to ensure you understand the concepts before coding. Course staff was anonymous on campuswire though which definitely stressed a lot of people out

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Such an awesome professor, always try to take classes with this guy! Class itself was fine, you could do the homeworks with one other person which was super helpful. Quizzes were annoying but easy if you read the slides, textbook is there for additional help. Exams were reasonable, homeworks took some thinking but generally ok. Would take again! :)

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I am surprised at poor reviews, maybe I am a minority but I thought Rattigan was a solid professor for 230, and he was very helpful in office hours. TLDR: Matt Rattigan can be disorganized as he's a slow grader, but the man DOES care.