Current instructor

Robert Nowak

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Raw average: 2.90/5 from 21 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

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What students say

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COMPSCI/ECE/ME 5322026-02-03

Quality 5/5Difficulty 4/5

good proff

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ECE 2032024-12-27

Quality 1/5Difficulty 4/5

This guy honestly cannot teach they need to find a competent professor for this course. Rob is nice and whatever but his TA's teach better than him. Also his canvas page is nonexistent and he started grading our work from SEPTEMBER A WEEK BEFORE FINALS. So yeah, virtually no feedback because stuff is graded on participation as well

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ECE 2032024-12-19

Quality 2/5Difficulty 4/5

Robert honesty did not do very much, the TA for the class did most of the background work for the class, i.e. posting things on piazza and canvas. Also most of the announcements for the class were on piazza which was not very convenient. Robert seemed like a nice guy, but the lectures were honestly kinda useless.

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ECE 2032024-12-16

Quality 1/5Difficulty 4/5

Nice guy but his lectures were useless for me to be honest. It doesn't really help your students much if you ask them to read the textbook and then essentially just restate it bar for bar in class. Also, half of the class time was spent on labs which you could just do at home which really meant less time for getting actual instruction.

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COMPSCI/ECE/ME 5322022-12-25

Quality 4/5Difficulty 4/5

Good class. The contents were interesting. HW/Assignments were a bit challenging but were graded on completion. Exams were not hard but might trip you some time. Professor also always answer student's question. Nice class.

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COMPSCI/ECE 7612021-08-20

Quality 1/5Difficulty 5/5

Requires stats background which is not clearly explained in class.

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Classes with Robert Nowak

COMPSCI 681

Senior Honors Thesis

3 credits

Senior Honors Thesis is an individual study for seniors completing theses for honors in the Computer Sciences major, arranged with a faculty member.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

Fred Sala Ming Liu+20 more

No recorded grade history

COMPSCI 682

Senior Honors Thesis

3 credits

Individual study for seniors completing theses for honors in the Computer Sciences major, continuing COMP SCI 681.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

Fred Sala Dan Negrut+32 more

No recorded grade history

COMPSCI 699

Directed Study

1–6 credits

Directed study projects for Computer Science juniors and seniors, arranged with a faculty member.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

Fred Sala Dan Negrut+49 more

historical GPA · grades

Fall 2022–Spring 2026 · limited sample

COMPSCI 790

Master's Thesis

1–9 credits

Grad st; Master's candidates only

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

Fred Sala Anhai Doan+47 more

No recorded grade history

COMPSCI 799

Master's Research

1–9 credits

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

Fred Sala Anhai Doan+64 more

No recorded grade history

COMPSCI 899

Pre-dissertator Research

1–9 credits

Pre-dissertator independent research supervised by a faculty member for students who have completed a master's degree but have not reached dissertator status.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

Fred Sala Song Gao+63 more

No recorded grade history

COMPSCI 990

Dissertation

1–6 credits

Advanced level mentored reading and research for students with dissertator status.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

Fred Sala Anhai Doan+52 more

No recorded grade history

ECE 489

Honors in Research

1–3 credits

HONORS IN RESEARCH is an undergraduate course for honors research projects supervised by faculty members.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

Irena Knezevic Dan Negrut+15 more

No recorded grade history

ECE 491

Senior Design Project

3 credits

ECE 491 Senior Design Project involves engineering design projects supervised by faculty members.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

John Booske Joseph Krachey+9 more

No recorded grade history

ECE 699

Advanced Independent Study

1–6 credits

Advanced Independent Study for ECE involving directed study projects arranged with the instructor.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

Eric Hoffman Irena Knezevic+66 more

historical GPA · grades

Spring 2023–Fall 2023 · limited sample

ECE 790

Master's Research

1–9 credits

Independent work on master's research overseen by a qualified instructor. Students demonstrate the ability to formulate, analyze, and independently solve advanced engineering problems and communicate research results orally and in writing.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

Irena Knezevic Dan Negrut+68 more

No recorded grade history

ECE 890

Pre-dissertator's Research

1–9 credits

Pre-Dissertator's Research involves independent doctoral research in Electrical Engineering under instructor oversight.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

Irena Knezevic Dan Negrut+74 more

No recorded grade history

ECE 990

Dissertator's Research

1–12 credits

Independent dissertation work in Electrical Engineering supervised by a qualified instructor.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

Irena Knezevic Dan Negrut+67 more

No recorded grade history

ECE 999

Advanced Independent Study

1–3 credits

Advanced independent study involving directed projects arranged with the instructor.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

Dan Negrut John Booske+35 more

No recorded grade history

Recorded teaching history

Distinct courses recorded per term

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Term	Course	Title
Spring 2027	COMPSCI 681	Senior Honors Thesis
Spring 2027	COMPSCI 682	Senior Honors Thesis
Spring 2027	COMPSCI 699	Directed Study
Spring 2027	COMPSCI 790	Master's Thesis
Spring 2027	COMPSCI 799	Master's Research
Spring 2027	COMPSCI 899	Pre-dissertator Research
Spring 2027	COMPSCI 990	Dissertation
Spring 2027	ECE 489	Honors in Research
Spring 2027	ECE 491	Senior Design Project
Spring 2027	ECE 699	Advanced Independent Study
Spring 2027	ECE 790	Master's Research
Spring 2027	ECE 890	Pre-dissertator's Research
Spring 2027	ECE 990	Dissertator's Research
Spring 2027	ECE 999	Advanced Independent Study
Fall 2026	COMPSCI 681	Senior Honors Thesis
Fall 2026	COMPSCI 699	Directed Study
Fall 2026	COMPSCI 790	Master's Thesis
Fall 2026	COMPSCI 799	Master's Research
Fall 2026	COMPSCI 899	Pre-dissertator Research
Fall 2026	COMPSCI 990	Dissertation
Fall 2026	ECE 489	Honors in Research
Fall 2026	ECE 699	Advanced Independent Study
Fall 2026	ECE 790	Master's Research
Fall 2026	ECE 890	Pre-dissertator's Research
Fall 2026	ECE 990	Dissertator's Research
Fall 2026	ECE 999	Advanced Independent Study

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