Reviews of professor Rick Bird

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I have taken > 10 online courses for ASU and Prof. Bird is by far the best instructor I have had. He cares about Java and will do weekly "office hour" sessions discussing the labs that is assigned for the week. He understands that Java can be difficult for new students and breaks the subject down so it is easily digestible. Take him!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
The best professor I've had so far at ASU. The weekly live sessions where we went over the labs were very in depth and extremely helpful. The coursework and final exam were very reasonable.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Intro to Java. Challenging but thorough class. Could not have gotten an A without Professor Bird. The topics are explained in excellent detail. Tons of opportunities to have questions answered including weekly virtual office hours. Would definitely take from him again.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor Bird truly cares about your success in his class. He is always (and I mean always) willing to help. There are lots of lectures and readings that I felt did not always help. However, there is extra credit, and you are able to pass the class. Learning Java is not a terribly difficult coding language, you just effective material.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
This is done through zyBooks, which I found made this subject much harder than it needed to be. The professor was amazing at going over concepts and giving explanations in his lectures. The final project is pretty much done with the professor and I wish the class was more based around this kind of learning. Final exam is a bit difficult.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Terrific walk-throughs, explains everything he does, definitely my vote for the professor of the year. The only way you'll fail is if you never watch his class videos.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Quick and easy class. There is a multiple choice and written final, on top of a final project so be ready for that. The final project is practically done with him step by step as long as you participate in the lectures every weekend. The final was tough so be ready to study. The work itself is not hard, just tedious as it is done with an autograder

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Professor Bird was outstanding. He answered all questions quickly and gave excellent feedback. He's a teacher that really cares about his students learning. He's the kind of professor that's worth the cost of tuition. His office hours where he showed how to do the labs were always broken down to the tiniest detail to help you understand.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I spent an average of 20-30 a week on this class and I still did not get to all the material provided in the course.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
I am currently still taking this course, but I had to come on here and recommend this professor! Yes purchasing an online courseware for his class is $90 and the ZyBook (the interactive "textbook") has some hefty work, but it is actually a helpful system and Rick Bird is willing to put just as much work into you as you are putting into his class.