Jeff Whitmer - Indiana University Bloomington

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Jeff Whitmer - Indiana University Bloomington

Professor: Jeff Whitmer

Department: Computer Science

College: Indiana University Bloomington

Rating # 1

Overview:

Course: A290
Grade Received: Not sure yet
Overall Rating: 2.0
Course Difficulty: 3.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: No
Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

He is an okay professor at best, his biggest downfall in my eyes is the way he runs his class. I had to take two of his classes during the COVID online class period. I can conclude this professor should not teach an online class, everything about how he runs an online class is rough. Its his way or the highway, he doesn't care why you had problems.

Rating # 2

Overview:

Course: A290
Grade Received: A
Overall Rating: 3.0
Course Difficulty: 3.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: No
Would Take Again: Yes
Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

The class itself is not too difficult, however his grading is pretty strict. If you make one small mistake you will get hit hard for it. On the bright side he responds to emails quickly and he's helpful with answering questions. His lectures do correlate nicely to the assignments. Overall, not a bad class and it helped me prepare for C291.

Rating # 3

Overview:

Course: A290
Grade Received: A-
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: No
Would Take Again: No
Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Professor Whitmer prefers to use his own class website rather than the website system IU recommends all teachers use, Canvas. Information for projects and homework is scattered and not immediately and easliy understandable. Writing is a big component in his class. This is tedious and less valuable than using instruction & testing instead.

Rating # 4

Overview:

Course: CSCI216
Grade Received: A-
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: No
Would Take Again: No
Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Jeff Whitmer is one of those professors that leaves students scratching their head, wondering why he is still employed by this university. He goes on boring rants during class about outdated video equipment despite the class being about CURRENT digital technologies. His assignment descriptions are long and confusing. Make one mistake and get burned

Rating # 5

Overview:

Course: CSCI216
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 5.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: No
Would Take Again: No
Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Prof. Whitmer does not care for his students learning, rather their ability to follow his ridiculously laid out instructions. If you dont follow every instruction exactly as he has laid out, you will receive a zero on the assignment no matter the weight. Avoid him at all costs.

Rating # 6

Overview:

Course: CSCI216
Grade Received: B-
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 5.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: No
Would Take Again: No
Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

This professor is extremely hard on his students. His assignment descriptions span tens of pages, and are very difficult to understand even after reading them multiple times through. He is very harsh on due dates, and will not accept late work, which will result in a "0". He expects more than is explicitly stated, and I would avoid him at all cost.

Rating # 7

Overview:

Course: CSCIA338
Grade Received: C+
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 5.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: No
Would Take Again: No
Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Prof. Whitmer is the worst professor I have ever had. No rubric for assignments. I went to office hours, he smirked at me the entire time I spoke, and then refused to give guidance. He kept most students at a D or and F til the end of the semester, and then assigned "participation points" based on what grade he wanted to give. DO NOT TAKE HIM!!

Rating # 8

Overview:

Course: CSCI216
Grade Received: B
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: No
Would Take Again: No
Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

This class meets 4 days a week, and has usually two individual assignments and a portion of a group assignment due every week. 8+ hour per week commitment for a 3 cr/hr course. Whitmer spends lectures ranting about obsolete technologies. Work is intentionally graded too hard. I don't understand how he keeps his job. Avoid him at all costs.

Rating # 9

Overview:

Course: A290
Grade Received: A
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 2.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: No
Would Take Again: No
Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Pompous and overbearing. Totally fake and a control freak. Overreacts and gets his feelings hurt over nothing. Never goes out of his way. So many rules. Teaches material that is ten years old and treats you like you're ten years old. Just the worst.

Rating # 10

Overview:

Course: A290
Grade Received: A+
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: No
Would Take Again: No
Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Cares more about color matching his beanies with his sneakers than the material. Look upon his website and despair: csdotindianadotedu/jwhitmer/ This man teaches HTML. Does not have a doctorate. Did not receive any degree related to computer science. The only possible explanation is nepotism or blackmail. Always call him Mr. Whitmer.

Rating # 11

Overview:

Course: CSCIA290
Grade Received: B
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: No
Would Take Again: No
Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

If you have another choice, never take his class and you will appreciate my advice.

Rating # 12

Overview:

Course: A290
Grade Received: B+
Overall Rating: 3.0
Course Difficulty: 3.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: No
Would Take Again: N/A
Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

He gives good notes but he is a tough grader.

Rating # 13

Overview:

Course: CSCIA290
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 5.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: No
Would Take Again: N/A
Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Just terrible. Has no idea what he's talking about. Learned nothing. Uses his class as a captive audience to rant about irrelevant things that upset him.

Rating # 14

Overview:

Course: A290
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 3.5
Course Difficulty: 3.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: No
Would Take Again: N/A
Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

He's not bad. Do the work and you will be fine.

Rating # 15

Overview:

Course: A290
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 3.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: No
Would Take Again: N/A
Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Guy has no idea what hes talking about. Clearly not the proper background to be a CS professor. Over complicates topics and does not explain.

Rating # 16

Overview:

Course: CSCIA348
Grade Received: A
Overall Rating: 3.0
Course Difficulty: 5.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: No
Would Take Again: N/A
Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

He knows what he's talking about, and you'll learn how computers actually work, but there are four 20-page assignments and a final "paper" that was like writing a textbook. His grading is so difficult that almost everyone failed the first assignment. And the second. He curves at the end, but it is nor generous. Do not take if you can avoid it!

Rating # 17

Overview:

Course: CSCIA338
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 4.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

For Credit: N/A
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: N/A
Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Jeff expects excellence from everyone. He is an extremely hard grader so don't be surprised if you fail the homework. The course will provide an appreciation for the complexity of network hardware and implementation. That understanding will be paired with REAL knowledge that can be applied in the REAL world. It's an excellent & challenging course!

Rating # 18

Overview:

Course: CSCIA290
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 4.0
Course Difficulty: 1.0

For Credit: N/A
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: N/A
Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Whitmer is a great professor for C and Unix. He's not an ass liek everyone says. He doesn't take your b.s. though. Turn in assignments on time, come to class prepared, and have a basic understanding and you'll easily earn an A. Engage in basic brown-nosing behavior and he's nice. He also looks like a Jedi boy scout. How can you go wrong with that?

Rating # 19

Overview:

Course: CSCI216
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 1.5
Course Difficulty: 4.0

For Credit: N/A
Textbook Used: No
Would Take Again: N/A
Attendance: N/A

Comment:

He is generally fairly friendly in class, but doesn't help with questions, rather relaying then to our AI who doesn't speak good enough English to be teaching a jargon-heavy computer course. His assignments are minutia-oriented busywork, and very difficult to understand.

Rating # 20

Overview:

Course: CSCI290
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 5.0

For Credit: N/A
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: N/A
Attendance: N/A

Comment:

This guy is a complete and utter jerk. Woe be to the person who dares to ask a question in his class. He will rip you a new one and stomp on you. Very unlikely that you'll learn anything in this class. Very unclear in his assignments, so it's very hard to do well. Believe the others' bad comments and beware.

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