Greg Benson - University of San Francisco

Professor: Greg Benson
Department: Computer Science
College: University of San Francisco
Rating # 1
Overview:
  • Course: CS636
  • Grade Received: A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
He can make C programming fun! Don't fight C, embrace it!
Rating # 2
Overview:
  • Course: CS631
  • Grade Received: A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Greg is the best professor I've ever had. He is extremely knowledgable and intelligent, and his class covers a lot of difficult material. That said, he makes low level programming interesting while keeping it challenging. This class is a true rite of passage for an aspiring computer scientist.
Rating # 3
Overview:
  • Course: CS315
  • Grade Received: B
  • Overall Rating: 3.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
one word to describe Benson's teaching as a whole--- condensending. He's not a bad person but he is not a good teacher. If you are someone who picks up on materials quickly by yourself you'll do fine and prob really enjoy his class as the projects and information are really interesting. If you are not then good luck.
Rating # 4
Overview:
  • Course: CS315
  • Grade Received: WD
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Greg is very intelligent. That being said he is clearly very out of touch with what learning was like as an undergrad student. I subtly was bullied in his office hours for asking "stupid" questions and was made to feel like a giant CS imposter, I cried. He is a very smart computer scientist and makes it hard to start early on projects.
Rating # 5
Overview:
  • Course: CS315
  • Grade Received: Not sure yet
  • Overall Rating: 3.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Deliberately made his class more difficult for no reason. Project workflow makes taking initiative and starting early a waste of time. Holds his students to standards he doesn't meet, expecting pristine code when what he puts out for examples is often disorganized or incomplete . Takes off points for things not in the project specs. Stressful!
Rating # 6
Overview:
  • Course: CS315
  • Grade Received: A-
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Benson is Amazing. He is very knowledgeable. He makes a point of knowing every students name. He encourages questions. Don't think that you can just skip class and be fine. You seriously need him to explain some things or else you'll be lost. His grading is by far the fairest I have ever had. Also you need to do the reading. I learned a lot.
Rating # 7
Overview:
  • Course: CS326
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 3.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
He is not the worst professor I've had, but also not the best either. The good: -He's very knowledgable; I don't find myself questioning what he says -He's willing to try new things: he doesn't do exactly the same thing every semester The bad: -He is disorganized, time in class therefore not used the most efficiently -He's not very engaging
Rating # 8
Overview:
  • Course: CS326
  • Grade Received: A-
  • Overall Rating: 3.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Greg is not a bad professor, by any means. However, he is far from exceptional. His grading standards are inconsistent and his project specifications often leave out requirements he ends up grading on. That's not to say it's impossible to get an A, it's quite doable if you work hard. I respect Greg as a man but his teaching is questionable at best.
Rating # 9
Overview:
  • Course: CS110
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.5
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
If you can avoid taking him for intro or anything else, than do yourself a favor and take someone else. Very disorganized, expects you to know the projects and how to do them. There's definitely a lot better out there.
Rating # 10
Overview:
  • Course: CS636
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 3.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
His class is extremely out of order. I guess he probably never prepared for the lecture. It's pretty hard for me to understand what he wants to teach. Anyway,it's a good course but not as I expected.
Rating # 11
Overview:
  • Course: CS315
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
greg is a great guy and professor. he expects a lot from his students, but his class is very fun. work hard and you will be happy with your progress.
Rating # 12
Overview:
  • Course: CS110
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Went from teaching advanced classes to an intro class and expected the class to know everything. The class would be a little better if he slowed down and took his time to teach the material thoroughly.
Rating # 13
Overview:
  • Course: OSARCH
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Benson's classes are extremely tough. but that is a good thing... Although I'm surly going insane now, I learned an unbelievable amount of knowledge in his classes.
Rating # 14
Overview:
  • Course: CS636
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 3.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
good professor, i learned a lot from his OS class.
Rating # 15
Overview:
  • Course: OPSYSTEMS
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Hard on the students, but you learn a lot
Rating # 16
Overview:
  • Course: 020332601
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Benson is an excellent professor. His classes are hard, but you learn a lot.
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