Reviews of professor Ruth Urner

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
BEST LOGIC PRO IN YORK. DON'T MISS HER COURSE.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Ruth is so nice. Her lectures aren't that exciting, but are exactly what will be covered in the assignments and tests. The assignments are tough, but she marks very leniently. I put down a completely wrong answer but got full marks for showing my steps. Tests are basically just an assignment but longer. Lots of opportunities for help outside class.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
EECS2001 - In general the class is somewhat hard. But the way Prof Urner set it up was 6 tests, best 5 will be counted to your entire grade. Each test was a 24hr test/assignment. Class was online. In general the class was easy because of these 24hr tests.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
The grading wasn't clear or fair at all.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Best ML prof at York by far imho.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
The assignment given has very little bit relation to the stuff taught in class. Midterm is really tough. She has problem in giving grades.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Best prof at york. Enjoyed the Machine learning class

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
She has so much knowledge and I loved the way she was taught this course.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
There should be no reason not to take a course with her. She is a sweetheart

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Extremely boring lectures. An amazing cure to insomnia. Very difficult course.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
The lectures were boring, but the slides had all you needed to work on assignments. Assignments were graded fast, though there wasn't much feedback in the grading. Easy midterm. Very hard final exam. She held Q&A sessions for both, which may help you. I would recommend taking 1090 with Ruth. She's definitely one of the better profs for the course!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Great course for ML Theory folks, She has in-depth knowledge of all the topics taught and has really detailed explanations for any question asked.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Amazing professor. Every lecture she will start with a small 5 minute recap of what we did last class and where we left off. Goes over most proofs on her slides step by step. Very willing and encourages questions during lecture. Assignments are all based on material in class, midterm was easy, exam was more difficult but very fair.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
The grading criteria was overall pretty good, 6 exams total with the best 5 being counted. Exams were made such that 60% were easy questions, 20% some difficulty and the last 20% is unique material. Exams aren't easy but not impossible to get a good mark. Lectures were alright, she answered a lot of questions and tried to help as much as possible.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Avoid her if you can. One of the horrible course (EECS4404) that I have ever had. She does not know how to teach and test. But she pretends.