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TRACY LEWIS-WILLIAMS

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Raw average: 1.78/5 from 32 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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COMPSCI/ECE 506
Quality 3/5Difficulty 3/5
Well, to be fair it seemed she had some health issue this year. Having good TAs is also part of professor's teaching skill... Despite all negative reviews (which are true), there are some good points like no finals (or.. is that the only good aspect?..)
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COMPSCI/ECE 506
Quality 1/5Difficulty 2/5
I'm not sure what Professor Williams even does. The TAs lead the class, do all of the grading, do the design demos, and literally everything else. She is useless. Don't expect to learn anything from her. CS506 is only good if you want to work on a big project and already know how to develop software. Don't expect this course to teach you anything.
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COMPSCI/ECE 506
Quality 1/5Difficulty 4/5
The worst CS class I have ever taken. There is a big project worth 55% of the grade but to get familiar with that there is a spike exercise that takes around 30+ hours to complete. Expected to learn a lot in this course but learnt nothing so far after a whole month. Class is in person but professor only showed up to class 2 times out of 12 classes.
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COMPSCI/ECE 506
Quality 1/5Difficulty 4/5
pretends to care for her students publically and is very vocal about it but absolutely denies helping when issues are brought up. Has 0 grasp on the material. Her lectures were extremely vague and full of how 'she did it in the industry', never looked at lectures and got an A. Grading is the only good part of her class. TA's carry her load.
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COMPSCI/ECE 506
Quality 1/5Difficulty 4/5
The worst professor I've encountered during my 4 years of undergrad experiences. The group project takes a great portion of the final grade. TAs were really nice and gave reasonable scores, but the professor's scores and comments made no sense at all. Asked for a regrade, and she assured to give feedback soon, but never did ever since!
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COMPSCI/ECE 506
Quality 1/5Difficulty 4/5
This class is useless if you have taken any software internship or work experience. Communication is terrible and the TA's are the only thing holding things together. There are "peer evaluations" to try to help balance team scores, but if you have someone mooching on your team, you are pretty much toast. No final exam is the only plus.
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Classes with TRACY LEWIS-WILLIAMS

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Fall 2021COMPSCI/ECE 506Software Engineering
Fall 2021LIS 615Systems Analysis and Project Management for Information Professionals
Fall 2020COMPSCI/ECE 506Software Engineering
Fall 2020LIS 615Systems Analysis and Project Management for Information Professionals
Spring 2020COMPSCI 570Introduction to Human-computer Interaction
Spring 2020COMPSCI/ECE 506Software Engineering
Fall 2019COMPSCI 304Peer Collaboration in Computer Sciences (wes-cs)
Fall 2019COMPSCI/ECE 506Software Engineering
Fall 2019LIS 615Systems Analysis and Project Management for Information Professionals
Spring 2019COMPSCI 304Peer Collaboration in Computer Sciences (wes-cs)
Spring 2019COMPSCI/ECE 506Software Engineering
Fall 2018COMPSCI 304Peer Collaboration in Computer Sciences (wes-cs)
Fall 2018COMPSCI/ECE 506Software Engineering
Fall 2018LIS 640Topics in Library and Information Studies
Spring 2018COMPSCI 304Peer Collaboration in Computer Sciences (wes-cs)
Spring 2018COMPSCI 570Introduction to Human-computer Interaction
Fall 2017COMPSCI 304Peer Collaboration in Computer Sciences (wes-cs)
Fall 2017COMPSCI/ECE 506Software Engineering
Fall 2017LIS 640Topics in Library and Information Studies
Spring 2017COMPSCI 304Peer Collaboration in Computer Sciences (wes-cs)
Spring 2017COMPSCI 570Introduction to Human-computer Interaction
Fall 2016COMPSCI 304Peer Collaboration in Computer Sciences (wes-cs)
Fall 2016COMPSCI/ECE 506Software Engineering
Fall 2016LIS 640Topics in Library and Information Studies
Spring 2016COMPSCI 304Peer Collaboration in Computer Sciences (wes-cs)
Spring 2016COMPSCI 570Introduction to Human-computer Interaction
Fall 2015COMPSCI 304Peer Collaboration in Computer Sciences (wes-cs)
Fall 2015LIS 640Topics in Library and Information Studies
Spring 2015COMPSCI 304Peer Collaboration in Computer Sciences (wes-cs)
Spring 2015COMPSCI/ECE 506Software Engineering
Spring 2015LIS 640Topics in Library and Information Studies

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