Mary Rasley - Lehigh Carbon Community College

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Mary Rasley - Lehigh Carbon Community College

Professor: Mary Rasley

Department: Computer Science

College: Lehigh Carbon Community College

Rating # 1

Overview:

Course: CIS181
Grade Received: A-
Overall Rating: 4.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: No
Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

mary is a wonderful teacher in literally anything else other than the unity engine. she has a ton of experience in coding and is personally there if you need help, but some questions asked are brushed off and are expected to just be known immediately. if you are taking her class for game development, STAY AWAY or GOOD LUCK, group projects are hell

Rating # 2

Overview:

Course: CIS112
Grade Received: Not sure yet
Overall Rating: 4.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: Yes
Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Professor Rasley's classes are tough but she is fair, allows us to pick our deadlines, and goes out of her way to help and strengthen the skills of her students. The material is tedious but she answers all your questions and tries to make the programming fun. I recommend her, but be aware that she will make you earn the grade.

Rating # 3

Overview:

Course: CIS181
Grade Received: B+
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 3.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: No
Would Take Again: No
Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Mary's video game group projects are absolutely infuriating. She seems to have no idea how to design a game, giving groups advice like "put random doors in your levels to confuse the player" among other things. If you want to get into any software industry you'd be better off self-taught; Mary won't teach you anything useful.

Rating # 4

Overview:

Course: CIS141
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 5.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: No
Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Retire! How is the oldest person in the department teaching video game design??! Most of her classes grade you only on tests, just like back in the 70s. Mary, its time to retire.

Rating # 5

Overview:

Course: CIS118
Grade Received: A
Overall Rating: 5.0
Course Difficulty: 2.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: Yes
Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

It really is an easy A if you try. For Spring 2019 it really isn't hard if you want an A. The few homework assignments were easy and the tests even easier. She allows you two sheets of notes so there's no reason why you can't get an A on them. The only iffy thing is the group project. Though a lot of it is handed to you in code.

Rating # 6

Overview:

Course: CIS118
Grade Received: B-
Overall Rating: 2.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: No
Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Mrs. Rasley starts off strong. Then she gets quite a bit worse. Struggles with teaching unity.

Rating # 7

Overview:

Course: CIS112
Grade Received: D-
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 5.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: No
Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

WORST instructor I've taken so far. never helps with students that need help and will not help students that she thinks are being rude to her. we are never given any ideas on what to study for our tests and treats people as if they are slow if they tell her that they don't know a specific material. sets you up for failure.

Rating # 8

Overview:

Course: CIS112
Grade Received: D+
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 5.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: No
Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Terrible at giving information on how to debug or make codes from word problems. When students ask her for help with understanding the material, she states "you know it" and does nothing to help us succeed. She gives no idea on what specific things to study on the test and we're is stuck rereading chapters but still not understanding anything.

Rating # 9

Overview:

Course: CIS133
Grade Received: A-
Overall Rating: 3.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: Yes
Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Mary is tough. She knows the material but doesn't spoon feed you and gets a kick out of making you figure it out. The assignments/tests are usually convoluted and you seem to spend more time thinking about what mind set she was in when she created the test/assignment than what the actual answer should be. Get ready for harsh grading.

Rating # 10

Overview:

Course: CIS112
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 5.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: Yes
Attendance: N/A

Comment:

I am a new-traditional student with experience in information technology. This course with its emphasis on how to develop the logical problem solving and thinking skills is tailor-made to develop real world skills. Professor Rasley sets expectations for standards that will help you in a job environment. IF YOU NEED HELP, ASK she is available.

Rating # 11

Overview:

Course: CIS255
Grade Received: A
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: N/A
Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Mary Rasley is such a terrible professor that three years after graduation I decided it was worth the effort to go back and tell people how terrible she is. She covers the trifecta of (1) not understanding her own material, (2) being unwilling to help her students, and (3) grading sporadically and harshly. Avoid her at ANY cost.

Rating # 12

Overview:

Course: CIS 181
Grade Received: B+
Overall Rating: 1.5
Course Difficulty: 3.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: N/A
Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Teacher, not a professor. Huge difference. She taught us how to make a welcome screen in UnrealEngine4 and gave a link for youtube. She expects you to make a huge progress on your own not really knowing how to create games or what even game programming really is. Sweetheart person - Bad teacher. Danger for students' futures and knowledge span.2/10

Rating # 13

Overview:

Course: USEREXPERIENCE
Grade Received: Audit/No Grade
Overall Rating: 1.5
Course Difficulty: 5.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: N/A
Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Not many tests too much homework and when I did the homework the way she said to do it she didn't like it and failed those assignments

Rating # 14

Overview:

Course: CIS118
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 1.5
Course Difficulty: 5.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: N/A
Attendance: N/A

Comment:

If given the option, never take s class she is "teaching." I had a group that tried asking for assistance with a problem we had, and basically ignored our group for 30 min., Til another group pointed us out. She will not care for the students trying to understand, only the ones that already do. Either you teach yourself, or find a tutor.

Rating # 15

Overview:

Course: CIS112
Grade Received: A-
Overall Rating: 5.0
Course Difficulty: 2.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: N/A
Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Great teacher, works to make sure everyone understands the material, but this means lectures end up talking about the same thing over and over. The assignments aren't too bad, taking about an hour or two each max, and there was one or two a week. Tests were more vocab based than material based. Overall, I would take class with her again.

Rating # 16

Overview:

Course: CIS255
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 2.0
Course Difficulty: 5.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: N/A
Attendance: N/A

Comment:

She is so rude some times, like other people said, do not try and correct her. You will piss her off! She is very nice and a very good person, but she tends to explains things for tooooo long and it gets very boring and you have no clue what she's talking about.

Rating # 17

Overview:

Course: CIS141
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 5.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

For Credit: N/A
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: N/A
Attendance: N/A

Comment:

If you want to actually work in industry and be able to demonstrate what you Mary is the best, bar none. I think Mary actually could easily teach at a Lehigh, Bucknell or Drexel and challenge her students. We are lucky to have her.

Rating # 18

Overview:

Course: CIS141
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 3.5
Course Difficulty: 5.0

For Credit: N/A
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: N/A
Attendance: N/A

Comment:

She can become bias very fast; it is her way or the highway. Other than that, the workload is huge and if one thing is off she will practically fail you for it on the assignment. The highest possible grade anyone can get is a 95%

Rating # 19

Overview:

Course: CIS105
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:

This was my first online class and she made it a wonderful experience! I was lost and scared at first that I was going to screw things up, but she was very clear and when you asked her questions she got back to you. And the few mistakes or problems I did have she was very forgiving and worked with me to get through them. Highly recommended

Rating # 20

Overview:

Course: CIS250
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 4.5
Course Difficulty: 4.0

For Credit: N/A
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: N/A
Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Great professor, strict though.

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