Sandra Carberry - University of Delaware

Professor: Sandra Carberry
Department: Computer Science
College: University of Delaware
Rating # 1
Overview:
  • Course: CISC303
  • Grade Received: C-
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Hands down the worst CISC professor I've had yet as a junior. Her meandering lectures, unclear terminology, unreadable hand writing makes them worthless. The PowerPoints she goes over are always more complicated than what she's actually doing. Look up "UPenn Automata cit596 dave", it's way more helpful. Consistently harsh grader.
Rating # 2
Overview:
  • Course: CISC483
  • Grade Received: C
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Prof Carberry is a nice person, but she does not understand the amount of work she gives to her students. I spent literally days not sleeping over 24 hours because her hws take over 10+ hours, anyone who denies this is delusional. I understand data mining should be hard but not to the point you can't sleep in over 24 hours. Brutal grader on exams.
Rating # 3
Overview:
  • Course: CISC483
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.0
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Clear lectures with clear note sheets every class. She will give examples to explain most points and clear solutions to every homework.
Rating # 4
Overview:
  • Course: CISC681
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
DON'T take her class. TEACHING: Doesn't teach from the textbook and gives her own class notes that have no background about the topic but what you need to understand her class. Classes won't help understand the assignments. GRADING: Exam: Wants absolute answers, cuts mark for smallest of mistake. Assignments: TA won't help and grades tough.
Rating # 5
Overview:
  • Course: CISC481
  • Grade Received: B+
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Dr. Carberry is a good teacher. She explains the material very well and makes sure you understand it. However, there is a lot of work: weekly assignments in addition to multiple big projects. Additionally, she is a harsh grader, so a simple mistake could cost you big. Exams are worth over half of your grade and they are not easy.
Rating # 6
Overview:
  • Course: CISC483
  • Grade Received: WD
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
I was putting upwards of 10 hours a week into various aspects of this class for Carberry and still ended up having to give up and withdraw from it. She's a wonderful professor and a very kind person, but if you're going to take her for a difficult course you better have a lot of free time on your hands.
Rating # 7
Overview:
  • Course: CISC483
  • Grade Received: WD
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
If you don't mind being forced into lectures because the notes are useless and she does things her own way, here's your teacher. I will never attempt another of her classes.
Rating # 8
Overview:
  • Course: CISC483
  • Grade Received: A
  • Overall Rating: 4.5
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Gives printed lectures each class, if you miss it you are not gonna get it. Long homework but the exams mimics the homework. Curves the grades.
Rating # 9
Overview:
  • Course: CISC260
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.5
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Fairly easy for a class in Assembly. HW's are a breeze, tests a bit harder. Gives a lot of handouts making lectures almost unnecessary. Friendly personality, but makes an annoyingly large amount of mistakes both at the board and in the homeworks. Expect a few minutes of class devoted to her trying to fix problems from her own lecture notes.
Rating # 10
Overview:
  • Course: CISC304
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.5
  • Course Difficulty: 1.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
This professor is horrible. Ridiculously easy, sure, but if you want to learn something, there's no need to show up to class...might as well use the book and ignore her. Seriously, if you care about the subject, don't take her class or she will make you hate it.
Rating # 11
Overview:
  • Course: COMP101
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Very hard and not nice.
Rating # 12
Overview:
  • Course: CISC301
  • 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:
Good instructor with clear lectures and lots of examples.
Rating # 13
Overview:
  • Course: CISC303
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.5
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
she was good, and from what i understand the easiest person to take automata from. sure she got confused on the problems, but thats because its a lot to digest. take it with her. she explained whole concepts to me in email. she is clear as they come for this class.
Rating # 14
Overview:
  • Course: CISC303
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Going to class is absolutely essential. She basically gives away homework/test problems by giving examples over and over again. People who did bad in class tended to be the ones who didnt go, or didn't take notes. Also, goes out of her way to provide VERY HELPFUL review sessions before exams. The textbook was not very helpful compared to class.
Rating # 15
Overview:
  • Course: CISC481
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Very rude, very mean. It is very most important that you do not take class with her. She will not teach good and she will get out of from here. It is very most important you avoid her. WORST PROF EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Rating # 16
Overview:
  • Course: CISC481
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 1.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Scatterbrained. I don't understand how someone who teaches CompSci can fail at using Windows XP and PowerPoint. Her coding projects are not really hard, but she gives you about 3 or 4 pages of the project already written (poorly) and you have to sit down and descipher what the hell she's trying to do. Not the worst, but certainly not the best.
Rating # 17
Overview:
  • Course: CISC280
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.5
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
No Comments
Rating # 18
Overview:
  • Course: CISC681
  • 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:
She is the best professor at UD.
Rating # 19
Overview:
  • Course: CISC
  • 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:
Carberry is not a good professor. All she does is log on to this site and rate herself. She is the worst at UD.
Rating # 20
Overview:
  • Course: CISC681
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 1.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
very nice person and good teacher
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