Joseph Svitak - CUNY Queens College

Professor: Joseph Svitak
Department: Computer Science
College: CUNY Queens College
Rating # 1
Overview:
  • Course: CS316
  • Grade Received: WD
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 1.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Professor is horrible at teaching and providing clear instructions. Expects the top Program from the students. Big mistake to take this class and waste of money and time. Needs proper way of teaching students who actually wants to learn. Online is horrible, In-person would be worst.
Rating # 2
Overview:
  • Course: CSCI316
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
He will rearrange his grading criteria in whatever way it takes to make sure you get a D and not an F grade. He deliberately waits until near the class drop deadline to grade exams. He is terrible but he has tenure so they wont fire him. His tests are sometimes on things he has yet to teach in lectures. If you can get Kong take him. Good luck.
Rating # 3
Overview:
  • Course: CSCI340
  • Grade Received: Not sure yet
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
The difficulty in this class doesnt come from exams or zybooks, its the 2 coding assignments thatre worth 15% of your grade. Theyre stupid ridiculous, and theres like 3 different ways he can just instantly give a 0 like if it doesn't compile right or "implement what he asked" aka he doesnt like ur code. Doesnt care about students at all. Be wary.
Rating # 4
Overview:
  • Course: CSCI316
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
worst professor. Does not know how to teach. Booooooooooooooooooooring lectures all the time and not clear. How can he still be teaching without knowing how to teach? Queens college needs to have a better professor.
Rating # 5
Overview:
  • Course: CS316
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Svitak cares very little for his students gives no partial credit. Projects assigned at the start of the semester are not graded until days before semester grades are submitted. His lectures consist of personal stories and analogies as opposed to explaining content and refers students to the textbook for help. Exams are based on 'lectures.'
Rating # 6
Overview:
  • Course: CS343
  • Grade Received: Not sure yet
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Seemed like a neat guy at first but slowly became annoying and strict in terms of projects and lectures. Only saving grace is that the final was super easy since they were a mashup of his 12 quizzes given throughout the semester. His projects are coding and pretty hard if you don't have a clue about what you're doing. He is very inconsiderate too.
Rating # 7
Overview:
  • Course: CSCI316
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
WORST PROFESSER THERE CAN BE!!!!!!!!! NEVER EVER NEVER EVER TAKE HIM. If you are at edge of graduating save your money but don't take him. He will ruin your graduation. Stay one more semester rather than taking him. Again...... NEVER EVER........ 95% FAIL RATE. Dude won't curve. Doesn't listen to student's concern.
Rating # 8
Overview:
  • Course: CS343
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
not good at all. I thought it wouldn't be too bad to take him at first but now i regret it. if you don't want your gpa nuked then i advise you don't take him
Rating # 9
Overview:
  • Course: CSCI343
  • Grade Received: A
  • Overall Rating: 3.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
I didn't bother with the lectures since all of the material was straight out of the online textbook. Read that and you'll do fine. Professor Svitak seems like a nice guy.
Rating # 10
Overview:
  • Course: CSCI343
  • Grade Received: C
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
If you find an option to take same class with other professor then take their classes. Do not take his class. He wont grade any assignments until end of semester and the grade you will receive for final that will surprise you....
Rating # 11
Overview:
  • Course: CSCI340
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Do not take his class
Rating # 12
Overview:
  • Course: CSCI343
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
He is a terrible professor in whole world. When people say he takes a long time to grade material, it's a long time. Months, I received my first exam grade back 2 days before the final. God knows when I will get my exam 2 and final grade back. He has to submit the grade by deadline and he graded all the assignment as zero (0)...
Rating # 13
Overview:
  • Course: CSCI340
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
He gives a 2 point curve for an exam that HE MISPLACED. Needless to say, this semester we get a break, Credit/No credit because of covid, but this doesn't justify wasted time.
Rating # 14
Overview:
  • Course: CSC343
  • Grade Received: Not sure yet
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
What a terrible professor. When people say he takes a long time to grade material, it's a long time. Months, I received my first exam grade back 2 days before the final. God knows when I will get my exam 2 and final grade back. Homework has never been graded. Man cannot teach. Please avoid if you can.
Rating # 15
Overview:
  • Course: CS343
  • Grade Received: Not sure yet
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
The worst Professor I've taken at QC. He has a speech impediment of some sort, and plain out cannot teach. He should not be employed as a Professor or a teacher of any sort. He gives a 2 point curve for an exam that HE MISPLACED. Needless to say, this semester we get a break, Credit/No credit because of covid, but this doesn't justify wasted time.
Rating # 16
Overview:
  • Course: CS343
  • Grade Received: C+
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Ignore the comments that say he will turn your grade from C to A. His curve will only turn your grade from C to C+.
Rating # 17
Overview:
  • Course: CS343
  • Grade Received: B
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
For the first and second exams, each has 40 MCQ and 3 long answers. The final has only 50 MCQ. You can find all the questions by googling CS343 archive. Also, two formal assignments make up 15% of your overall grades. Do yourself a favor and study those old exam questions because whatever he teaches in class will never be on the exams.
Rating # 18
Overview:
  • Course: CS340
  • Grade Received: Not sure yet
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
He does not know how to teach. Tough grader, barely gives partial credit if any on his short response questions. Counts 2 points as a curve. 2 projects which can be unclear, 2 midterms, 1 final.
Rating # 19
Overview:
  • Course: CS343
  • Grade Received: Not sure yet
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
DEAR QC STUDENTS, DO NOT TAKE HIM, HE WILL MAKE YOUR LIFE HARDER THAN YOU HAVE EVER THOUGHT OF. VERY TOUGH GRADER AND DOES NOT KNOW HOW TO TEACH.
Rating # 20
Overview:
  • Course: CSCI313
  • Grade Received: A
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 1.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Hes terrible for our exam people were on their phones posting the questions on chegg in front of his face and he didnt even care no wonder people dont learn from this guy oh and yes he gives a curve if you are a guy who with a C now you are an A student.
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