Jack Wileden - University of Massachusetts - Amherst

Professor: Jack Wileden
Department: Computer Science
College: University of Massachusetts - Amherst
Rating # 1
Overview:
  • Course: CS220
  • Grade Received: C+
  • Overall Rating: 3.5
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Class is really, really boring. He just talks at you the whole time, which is partly due to the subject matter. If you can't pay attention in class, definitely read the book. The hardest thing about the class is the tests, because there's a lot of memorization of code required. Overall ended up learning a lot from the class, but had a hard time.
Rating # 2
Overview:
  • Course: CS220
  • Grade Received: B+
  • Overall Rating: 3.5
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
I don't think he teaches 220 anymore, but the assignments were very clear but a little tedious. Tests were totally random -- you didn't know what to expect. Had iClickers for attendance participation.
Rating # 3
Overview:
  • Course: CS220
  • 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:
Great lecturer for boring material. If you study more than the night before an exam, you should get an A. Programs are the right amount of work and actually help when it comes to the exams. Only downside is that he's terrible at responding to emails. Nice guy overall, and you'll learn a lot from the class.
Rating # 4
Overview:
  • Course: CS220
  • 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:
I took 220 with Wileden, and it was a good experience. Wileden tried to make the class as engaging as he could for the boring material, and tried not to mono-tone or read right off the slides. Answered questions well, and seemed really nice, overall. Class was very easy, and graded very fairly. Pretty laid back class.
Rating # 5
Overview:
  • Course: XX
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.5
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Very kind man, great in office hours, really wants to help his students understand.
Rating # 6
Overview:
  • Course: CS220
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 3.5
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
He's very friendly and seems interested in helping students during office hours. However, lectures aren't very helpful since he just reads off the slides.
Rating # 7
Overview:
  • Course: CS220
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 3.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Decent professor, I would have learned a lot more had the class not been held in a computer lab. He seemed to not care that much due to being busy with other stuff. Overall it wasn't bad.
Rating # 8
Overview:
  • Course: CS445
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 3.5
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
While I did not find Wileden to be a particularly inspiring professor, he also wasn't awful. Many of the things that we did I enjoyed, and I think that had I been more interested in the material, Wileden could have taught me a lot.
Rating # 9
Overview:
  • Course: CMPSCI445
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Great guy. I've learned so much from him. Sure his classes can be difficult to sit through but thats more the subject matter. If you were just to sit down and talk with him, thats when you would trully learn things.
Rating # 10
Overview:
  • Course: CS445
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.5
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Wileden is a pretty uninspired teacher. It feels like he has little interest in the subject material. He reads to you right off the slides and the slides aren't even his own. The semester long project is good but he leaves all the coding to the last minute and it doesnt give you enough time to make it great. Think twice about taking a class w/ him.
Rating # 11
Overview:
  • Course: CS445
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.5
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Great guy? David Barrington is a great guy. Wileden is pompous, unattentive, boring, and his examples are not nearly general enough. I have no advice for anyone forced to take a class with him. I withdrew.
Rating # 12
Overview:
  • Course: CS121445
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
You think its going to be a good class with him but then mid through its becomes stressful and unclear. This is due to holding back the ability of the student to assess his/her performance. He could also use more examples that cover all areas so HW's and exams were as difficult as they were.
Rating # 13
Overview:
  • Course: CS445
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Disagree with most of the comments. Wileden is the best CS professor Ive had. He is really fair on the hws and exams, no tricks, he tests you on what you should know. Its true that he takes a while to give the grades back, but his grading is really fair anyways, so you end up with what you deserve.
Rating # 14
Overview:
  • Course: CS445
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.5
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
He just blasts right through every lecture without stopping for anyone or anything. Terrible response times for grading. We didn't get the midterm back until the week before the final. He's a great guy, but I think he's too busy to be teaching.
Rating # 15
Overview:
  • Course: CMPSCI445
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
If I were grading on personality and being a "great guy", he'd get a 4.5, but as a teacher he's just a total waste of time.
Rating # 16
Overview:
  • Course: CS445
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Friendly, but not a very effective teacher. He knows his stuff, but for some reason makes it hard for you to learn. Class is very boring and often very hard. Homeworks are ridiculously hard and time consuming.
Rating # 17
Overview:
  • Course: CS520
  • Grade Received: B
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
No feedback. Did not return homework or projects. Material was difficult, and I did not know how I was doing.
Rating # 18
Overview:
  • Course: CS445
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.5
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Do not expect to learn your grades until the last day of classes. No HW's or quizes or exams were passed back until the very last day (even though he promised every class to pass stuff back during the next class period).
Rating # 19
Overview:
  • Course: CS445
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.5
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Please save yourself a semester and some time, dont take his class, especially the evening one. I cannot stress it further.
Rating # 20
Overview:
  • Course: CS445
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Worst Prof. Ever. Never take a class with him, you will get now where.
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