Philip Johnson - University of Hawaii at Manoa

Professor: Philip Johnson
Department: Computer Science
College: University of Hawaii at Manoa
Rating # 1
Overview:
  • Course: ICS314
  • Grade Received: A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 1.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Easiest Writing Intensive A class you'll take only requires 3 paragraphs for each essay. WOD's are not hard and are really similar to the practice WOD's he gives. Professor basically hands you an A on a silver platter. The professor is a nice guy also and he is willing to help out at any time.
Rating # 2
Overview:
  • Course: ICS314
  • Grade Received: A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Easy A if you put in time. No +/ - grading. No exams but lots of important quizzes. At least 5%+ ec opportunities for total grade. Homework is ridiculously easy. Final project is really tough but grades easy on it.
Rating # 3
Overview:
  • Course: ICS314
  • 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:
Very all or nothing type of grader. His Workout of the day assignments are relentless and unforgiving(100 points each and he will give you a 0/100 if your code isnt perfect). If you plan on trying to get an A in this class, you must know how to code Javascipt like a seasoned software developer.
Rating # 4
Overview:
  • Course: ICS314
  • Grade Received: A
  • Overall Rating: 4.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Good professor. Expects you to work for your grade, but isn't too demanding. Definitely put in the time to do the homework practice WOD's (you'll learn what those are) . As long as you stay on top of the class and do every assignment, you should be fine. No exams, some extra credit. Final group project is worth a lot of points, so do well on it.
Rating # 5
Overview:
  • Course: ICS314
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
The WODs in this class are pretty easy and are not interview-level questions so you can just cruise em. The material learned was pretty relevant and was some good stepping stones into REAL software development. NodeJS, MongoDB, and Github are IMPORTANT to learn for a high paying Software job, however, top companies stopped using Meteor yrs ago.
Rating # 6
Overview:
  • Course: ICS314
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 3.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
He gives a lot of assignments, which is his way of teaching. He's also an all or nothing type of grader, which screwed me over for the WODs (coding quizzes that even if you did the whole thing right except for one part it's a 0%). I think what irritated me the most was how disorganized he was and sometimes unhelpful towards problems I faced.
Rating # 7
Overview:
  • Course: ICS314
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 3.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
In my opinions, he gives a lot of work. It might benefit you, or it might not. Watch out for Underscore, where you pass functions as arguments in JavaScript.
Rating # 8
Overview:
  • Course: ICS413
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
actually took him for 413, 414, and 499. pushes you a lot, but very knowlegable with software eng principles. will develop you with the foundations to become a very strong programmer. graduated a few years already, but still remember him as one of my fav ics professors. helped me develop skills needed to become a senior software engineer today.
Rating # 9
Overview:
  • Course: ICS613
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
This guy is really passionate about the subject he teaches. You will learn a lot about software engineering if you take 613
Rating # 10
Overview:
  • Course: ICS413414499
  • 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:
Lot of work, but you learn a lot. I graduated already and taking the classes from him made me a stronger programmer. It also helped make my career.
Rating # 11
Overview:
  • Course: COMPUTERSCIENC
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.5
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
No Comments
Rating # 12
Overview:
  • Course: ICS413
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Very unhelpful. Office hours are not worth the time as he doesn't provide much help. First one to dash out of class before students. Self-centered. No courtesy or respect towards student as he makes a fool out of individuals publicly with no constructive criticisms. A waste of your time
Rating # 13
Overview:
  • Course: ICS413
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
No Comments
Rating # 14
Overview:
  • Course: ICS691
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.0
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Difficult, but well worth the effort
Rating # 15
Overview:
  • Course: ICS413
  • 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: Mandatory
Comment:
No Comments
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