Kathleen Ruiz - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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Kathleen Ruiz - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Professor: Kathleen Ruiz

Department: Fine Arts

College: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Rating # 1

Overview:

Course: ARTS4510
Grade Received: A
Overall Rating: 5.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Best professor I'v ever had

Rating # 2

Overview:

Course: ARTS4940
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 5.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

I love Prof. Ruiz not only because she guides us to draw a "better view" of our games but also as she tries to help us on finding our real selves. What do I really enjoy making? What do I want to change? What will my ultimate goal be? She lets us think about all these things. Her strong and free spirit light me up during my darkest time at RPI.

Rating # 3

Overview:

Course: ARTS4510
Grade Received: A
Overall Rating: 5.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Professor Ruiz is a studied and engaging professor with a unique worldview and philosophy regarding game design and media that pushes students to approach their art from creative and groundbreaking standpoints. She has also served as a great mentor, giving me feedback and guidance within the industry even post-graduation.

Rating # 4

Overview:

Course: ARTS2040
Grade Received: A
Overall Rating: 5.0
Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Kathleen is a great professor. Her class is one of those cases where you get out what you put in. I have taken several classes with her and the way she teaches allows you to do a lot of personal exploration. She gives a lot of great feedback and if you put work into the class she will take notice. Wish I could rate her higher than a 5.

Rating # 5

Overview:

Course: ART4969
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

She is one of the worest professor at RPI. She is nice person, but her lecture is a joke. You waste every 4 hours studio time to study everything yourself. Every student in her class will literally fall asleep. She doesn't know how to use tools professionally. She is also poor time management.

Rating # 6

Overview:

Course: ARTS4510
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 4.0
Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

I have worked with Professor Ruiz twice on ambitious game projects. Each time, she has gone above and beyond to support us in our work. Programmers from Game Dev II need to realize that the shoe is on the other foot now- you are in the artists' world - but it can be a powerful learning experience to prepare you for professional game development.

Rating # 7

Overview:

Course: ARTS4510
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 5.0
Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Excellent course & professor. Rate it highly! No text - readings great as were assignments. Learned alternative game genres,and designed award-winning prototype for class. I attended as a grad student. Definitely worthwhile if you are interested in game studies.

Rating # 8

Overview:

Course: ARTS4510
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 3.0
Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

She is a very personable professor and takes a deep interest in her students. I had her for exp. game design, and her views on game design differ from those of some of the other professors in the department. She tends care more about a game's story and intended cultural impact than its mechanics and gameplay. Overall, she is a good professor.

Rating # 9

Overview:

Course: DISST000
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:

Professor Ruiz served on my dissertation committee. She didn't have to. She was extremely busy. But she believed in my project, and she added me to her already full plate. Her comments were clear, thoughtful, and incredibly helpful. Her encouragement never wavered. Professor Ruiz is amazing.

Rating # 10

Overview:

Course: ARTS4510
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 5.0
Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Professor Ruiz is a wonderful instructor. Her background in experimental game design is extensive and she offers real-world insights that are really useful. She is also really supportive of students' work and provides excellent guidance during the design process. I found her class to be both challenging and exciting - I highly recommend!

Rating # 11

Overview:

Course: ARTS1020
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 2.5
Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

this is supposed to be a class in which we learn how to use photoshop and dreamweaver, yet Ruiz does not teach a damn thing about either. lectures are just a bunch of really loud youtube videos. the class requires you to teach every aspect of the course material to yourself. easy A if you can figure out how to use photoshop by yourself

Rating # 12

Overview:

Course: ARTS4510
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 3.5
Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Over the years Ruiz has seen teams in Experimental Game Design succeed or flop, and now tries to improve the odds that teams succeed. If you dismiss her as an outsider with no experience with game dev (wrong), you can expect to have a negative experience. Drop your ego trip and take the professor seriously, and you'll do well. And rightfully so.

Rating # 13

Overview:

Course: ARTS1020
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 1.5
Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

She's a horrible teacher. The two hour lecture is spent watching her click on links and play movies painfully loud. It's painful when she starts to talk about science, since she has no idea what half the words mean, let alone understand any of the concepts. Easy class but she's a flake and it drives you crazy

Rating # 14

Overview:

Course: ARTS2040
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 2.0
Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

She lets a lot of guests teach class and is super flighty about class policies. She's very easily impressed if you can make complicated-sounding explanations of your work. Easy class, but her flighty-ness can make it unbearable.

Rating # 15

Overview:

Course: ARTS4940
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 3.5
Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Professor Ruiz has some great ideas, though they may be hard at first for students to grasp. Open your mind and honestly do your best, and you'll do well in her classes.

Rating # 16

Overview:

Course: INTIMAGING
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 1.5
Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

does not teach a thing. urges students who actually know something teach the class. has a very loose concept of what interesting art actually is. don't expect much. take an art class with her only if you are not interested in art.

Rating # 17

Overview:

Course: IDI
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 1.5
Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

When you see her art, you realize this is a textbook example of the skilled not being able to teach their skill. Her comments were ambiguous. "I think you should print that on the archival printer because that would make it much more exquisite.&quo

Rating # 18

Overview:

Course: ARTS4969
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 2.5
Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

I am somewhat disappointed in Ruiz for not really understanding some of the graphical and coding work that goes into game design. I have seen so many of her students get her to believe they did more work than they actually did.

Rating # 19

Overview:

Course: ART4969
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:

She seems to know what she's doing, so I trust her opinion. I took Experimental Game Design, and in that class she really expects a lot out of you.

Rating # 20

Overview:

Course: COMPUTERA
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 4.5
Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Intelligent, helpful, enthusiastic

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