Quality 4/5Difficulty 2/5
He was a good professor and cared about the content that he taught, made lectures very interesting despite being at 8 am.Rate My Professors ↗
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Jacob Thebault-Spieker
What students say
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Quality 4/5Difficulty 2/5
The lectures were very interesting to listen to. He cares about the topic which makes it very engaging. There was Tophat and discussion attendance grades. Overall, cool class.Rate My Professors ↗
Quality 4/5Difficulty 1/5
Can't really speak too much on the lectures as they are hardly valuable for the projects, but are probably pretty good if you have a genuine interest in HCI. Very, very easy 500 level CS class and is a great GPA booster. I took it in FA24 though so not sure if this has changed. Recommend.Rate My Professors ↗
Quality 5/5Difficulty 2/5
Very nice guy, also responds to emails and requests to meet/questions quickly, which is super great to have in a professor!Rate My Professors ↗
Quality 4/5Difficulty 2/5
Prof TS is nice enough. He gives clear lectures that correlate directly with the assignments. Attendance and slides are both on TopHat. He is not the most responsive and you likely won't receive feedback on assignments until it's too late to fix things, so be sure to stay on top of questions if they are time sensitive or go in person to ask them.Rate My Professors ↗
Quality 4/5Difficulty 2/5
Good enough lectures, tough grader on papers or at least the TA was, but gave good feedback to help you improve over the course. Discussion and lecture attendance grades.Rate My Professors ↗
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Classes with Jacob Thebault-Spieker
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