Wendy Myrvold - University of Victoria

Professor: Wendy Myrvold
Department: Computer Science
College: University of Victoria
Rating # 1
Overview:
  • Course: CSC225
  • Grade Received: A-
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Would never take her class again! Her lectures are so incredibly hard to follow that I literally gave up when the course was about to end. Really hard assignments while all she does in class is give definitions instead of explaining us how to effectively use algorithms or important concepts. Always available to help outside of class hours though.
Rating # 2
Overview:
  • Course: CSC320
  • Grade Received: B+
  • Overall Rating: 4.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Toughest comp sci class I've taken, but it also feels like the most valuable. Wendy has high expectations from students and makes sure to challenge them. Great prof if you are interested in the material. Probably hell if you just wanna squeeze by.
Rating # 3
Overview:
  • Course: CSC225
  • Grade Received: B+
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
If you want to learn a lot of Computer Science and work really hard for an average grade, take Wendy's class! She makes time to help her students whenever they need and really cares.
Rating # 4
Overview:
  • Course: CSC225
  • Grade Received: A
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Wendy made attendance mandatory and then proceeded to call people out for talking in each lecture. She doesn't manage her lecture time wisely - be prepared to be bored in lecture and to teach yourself many of the more difficult concepts. The assignments are long, but the same questions are on the tests, which are fair but marked harshly. Good luck.
Rating # 5
Overview:
  • Course: CSC225
  • Grade Received: A-
  • Overall Rating: 4.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Wendy may not be the best prof but she is still fine. Usually there are examples for assignments, which is good. She is helpful if you go to her office hour. Have special review classes before exams. Attendance required for every class. You need a pass grade on your assignments to take the final.
Rating # 6
Overview:
  • Course: CSC225
  • 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:
Wendy's lectures were hard to follow, unclear, and did not accurately represent the material tested in the midterm- which had a shockingly bad average even after scaling. Her assignments are long, difficult, and graded on a pass/fail basis. The mandatory sign-in attendance took up at least 10 minutes of each 50 minute class. I do not recommend.
Rating # 7
Overview:
  • Course: CSC225
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Her lecture style is all over the place, she goes over simple concepts over and over without reinforcing the hard concepts, and she wastes a lot of time. She doesn't post the answers to assignments and doesn't let the TAs give us answers. Her assignments are difficult and she doesn't give part marks most of the time, especially on tests. Beware.
Rating # 8
Overview:
  • Course: CSC225
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
worst professor ever. Honestly, watching videos in the Youtube is more helpful than her lectures. Really, Avoid her.
Rating # 9
Overview:
  • Course: CSC225
  • Grade Received: B-
  • Overall Rating: 3.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Wendy has made an already difficult course a much harder thru all or nothing grading. This showed when the mean of the only midterm was below 55% (after scaling 20%). I'd be lying if I said I haven't been frustrated at times during this course. HOWEVER, she is always available after class to help and has pushed me to really understand the material.
Rating # 10
Overview:
  • Course: CSC225
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Wendy makes her classes unnecessarily difficult. Disregarding mandatory attendance (taken before and after class) that takes up 10min out of a 50min period, her coding assignments are marked on a pass/fail basis; and conveniently handed back the day before the drop date so you can join the third of the class that dropped CSC225 this term.
Rating # 11
Overview:
  • Course: CSC225
  • Grade Received: WD
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Took this class, and dropped two months later. She doesn't give introductions or summaries about what she teaches, so students have no idea what she is teaching in class. She does offer help to students, fair in that way. But her teaching style is not good. I'm taking this next semester. TRUST ME DONT TAKE HER.
Rating # 12
Overview:
  • Course: CSC225
  • Grade Received: WD
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
The only good thing I can say about her is that she is good at answering questions about your code. All or nothing grading policy on homework. Lectures and assignments are extremely hard to follow, and if you ask her questions on anything besides code, she responds with "it's in the textbook" or "you should have learned this in ____ class"
Rating # 13
Overview:
  • Course: CSC225
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Trust me, DO NOT TAKE HER CLASS.
Rating # 14
Overview:
  • Course: CSC225
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Alright, first off, Wendy is very smart and seems to care about her students, however this doesn't really seem to show when it comes to execution of the class. She takes attendance in a class of 180, her assignments are incredibly long, hard, and often very counter intuitive, and she seems to be very "all or nothing" when grading you homework/tests
Rating # 15
Overview:
  • Course: CSC225
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Wendy's assignments aren't clear about what she wants. She wants pretty code but doesn't explicitly say that in her assignments. She doesn't want helper methods in certain assignments, but doesn't put that in her assignment pdf's or on her website. Read the assignments carefully, make your code as efficient and pretty as possible and you might pass
Rating # 16
Overview:
  • Course: CSC225
  • Grade Received: Not sure yet
  • Overall Rating: 4.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Wendy is a pretty awesome prof. She hammers concepts into you and puts in a good effort to have a clear explanation. I find her personality a bit dry so classes are sorta hard to focus in but still good lectures. READ DOCUMENTATION VERY CAREFULLY ON ASSIGNMENTS. She is a strict grader and gives tons of feedback but you must to do it EXACTLY herway
Rating # 17
Overview:
  • Course: CSC320
  • Grade Received: B
  • Overall Rating: 4.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
CSC320 is the most difficult course in computer science and Wendy makes it harder with her super insane homework. But she is a very responsible person. Always repley students' email and provides a lot office hours. If you want to pass the course, never skip any classes, go to her office hours, do the old midterms and old finals and take all notes
Rating # 18
Overview:
  • Course: CSC425
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Wendy is really a perfect instructor if you want to learn something rather than get high grades. She answers all the email questions, sometimes even midnight.
Rating # 19
Overview:
  • Course: CSC425
  • 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:
Wendy is a terrible professor. Does not give us any info about what will be on the final, just that we should brush up on our "problem solving skills". Does not post assignment solutions, so you can never know the right answer unless you beg her after class. Hands us our last assignment back the day before the final. STAY AWAY
Rating # 20
Overview:
  • Course: CSC320CSC422
  • Grade Received: A
  • Overall Rating: 3.0
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Wendy's definitely concerned with how well her class does, but just isn't a very good lecturer. Her lectures skip around a lot and don't properly explain things. There's often mistakes too. Her marking ranges from very easy to really pedantic and picky as well. The assignments aren't tough though. I hope you like Comic Sans on every slide...
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