Chris Dovolis - University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

Professor: Chris Dovolis
Department: Computer Science
College: University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Rating # 1
Overview:
  • Course: CSCI1933
  • Grade Received: A
  • Overall Rating: 3.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Dovolis is a cool prof, and his lectures were clear and easy for me. The main issue is the exams and projects. Even though I was fluent in the material, the projects took a ton of time, and the exams were too hard. Like they were designed to make you lose points for no reason.
Rating # 2
Overview:
  • Course: CSCI1933
  • Grade Received: A+
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Never have I been scared of a professor so much. I hated his exams so much. I studied about 60-70 hours for each midterm. His questions are very badly worded. Heavily depends on TAs. TA's prepare projects and exams from base and grade it. He isn't empathetic to peoples condition and reports people at the slightest hint of cheating,even if you didnt
Rating # 3
Overview:
  • Course: CSCI1933
  • Grade Received: Not sure yet
  • Overall Rating: 4.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Your grade in this class will be highly dependent on if you can write code in a timed exam environment. Be fluent with all algorithms and data structures presented, you might have to write a semi-complex program. Attend all labs, it's a free 20%. Projects are only 4% each, but your understanding of projects helps with exam prep. Good luck.
Rating # 4
Overview:
  • Course: CSCI1933
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Tests determine your whole grade... lectures are not very clear and have poor coding examples.
Rating # 5
Overview:
  • Course: CSCI1933
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 3.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Lectures are okay. He does a decent job with explaining things, it's just presented a little messy sometimes. Exams are 60% of your grade and I found that to be kind of weird as it doesn't involve much coding. There are a few projects done throughout the course that you can do with a partner, if you do it by yourself it's definitely a lot of work.
Rating # 6
Overview:
  • Course: CSCI1933
  • Grade Received: A-
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Chris Dovolis is a great professor, but a bit dry. Attend lectures, or you probably won't do very well. Go to office hours! TAs and Professor Dovolis are very helpful during projects. He has decent handwritten notes for review later. It's important to listen bc this class is pretty important for CS, bc you are introduced to OOP and algorithms.
Rating # 7
Overview:
  • Course: CSCI1933
  • Grade Received: A-
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Professor Dovolis is a great teacher. You have to put in a lot of effort to get a grade . Some labs take a whole day to finish ( 2 or 3). Test are long , but doable with reviewing material and lectures. Projects were very interesting ! Take him if you have a choice over other professors
Rating # 8
Overview:
  • Course: CSCI1933
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 3.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
The grading in this class made absolutely no sense. Tests are worth 60% of your grade and projects are only worth 25% when you spend most of the time in the class working on projects. Dovolis is an incredibly mediocre lecturer and does most of his work writing on a piece of paper. Overall the class was fine but it could be annoying at times.
Rating # 9
Overview:
  • Course: CSCI1933
  • Grade Received: C
  • Overall Rating: 3.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
This class was annoying. Large lecture where all graded aspects of the course are done by TAs. Very poorly written project and lab write-ups that faculty. Totally off-base expectations of the time you will spend on projects and labs. You will need to ask questions to understand what is expected of you, but will not always get an answer.
Rating # 10
Overview:
  • Course: CSCI1933
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Professor Dovolis's lectures were easy to follow as long as you stayed on track with the content. All labs, projects, tests, and most office hours were run by TAs. I didn't have much personal interaction with him, as his personal office hours were only accessible by phone or email, not Zoom. However, there were plenty of opportunities to get help.
Rating # 11
Overview:
  • Course: CSCI1933H
  • Grade Received: A
  • Overall Rating: 4.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Go to the lectures before you struggle, most of the information is built upon later so its best to stay on top of it. Don't procrastinate the projects and do the work, and the class will go fine
Rating # 12
Overview:
  • Course: CSCI1933
  • 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:
Chris is a good professor, lectures can be a little unclear at times, but there was nothing unfair about the class. You're given plenty of time to complete the projects and they don't take too much time. Labs are graded on completion and some of them can be very long so prepare to spend sometime completing labs outside of lab.
Rating # 13
Overview:
  • Course: CSCI1933
  • Grade Received: A
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Terribly worded tests. You have to guess what the questions mean. Lectures were irrelevant. The projects and labs were way too much work for only a weight of 30% total. The projects and labs were fun, though.
Rating # 14
Overview:
  • Course: CSCI1933
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 3.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
While Chris is clearly passionate about his students, his ability to teach clearly and concisely greatly detracted from that fact. He rambles about material not on the exams and I didn't truly learn any material until I looked online. This class is poorly structured, but you might have an easier time if you have a lot of previous Java/coding exp.
Rating # 15
Overview:
  • Course: CSCI1933
  • Grade Received: A-
  • Overall Rating: 4.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Came into 1933 unsure of what to expect based on what other students had said, but overall class isn't that bad. Prof Dovolis was a pretty good lecturer. I honestly felt he was better online than in person though. Make sure to start projects early, try to do most of the lab the day of, and pay attention in lecture.
Rating # 16
Overview:
  • Course: CSCI1933
  • Grade Received: A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
During lectures, Professor Dovolis is so enthusiastic and excited about the material. I really learned a lot from him and I appreciated how he prepared us for future CSCI classes. He is very caring and granted me a grading accommodation I didn't expect to receive. To succeed in the class just show up, listen, read, and submit projects on time!
Rating # 17
Overview:
  • Course: CSCI1933
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Class was tough at first but if you put in effort during the labs and take good notes the class is pretty easy. Dovolis is passionate about comp sci and really puts in the effort to make good lectures notes. He always uploads lecture notes and coding examples to canvas so you can use them to study.
Rating # 18
Overview:
  • Course: CSCI1933
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Pretty good lecturer and passionate about teaching. Do your projects, go to the labs, study for exams, and ask for help and you'll be fine.
Rating # 19
Overview:
  • Course: CSCI1933
  • Grade Received: A
  • Overall Rating: 4.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
When I was signing up for this class, I have heard a lot of horror stories about Dovolis and how awful his class is. Maybe he changed the structure of the class, but overall, it was a pretty good class, as long as you go to lectures and start the projects early. If you do the projects and practice exams provded, you should be good for the tests.
Rating # 20
Overview:
  • Course: CSCI1933
  • Grade Received: B+
  • Overall Rating: 4.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Reading some of the ratings on Prof. Dovolis before the semester I was kind of nervous about the class but it turned out to be the exact opposite. Seemed like a really good professor who took a lot of time reviewing and going over stuff to make sure that the students knew what was going on. Lectures are a must if you want to pass.
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