Worst teacher in the computer science department. I'm graduating next year, and I've had this guy for 2 of my classes. Both times, he basically wings the lecture every day. The syllabus is useless, as he never knows what he is going to do. Worst teacher I have ever had. He may be tolerable in the lower level courses, but not the higher level ones.

"Are there any questions?" i have learn nothing from this lecture and i would prefer students to bob lecture better.

As others have said, very unapproachable. Have thoughts that he just wings lectures and is very unprepared for class. Avoid at all costs.

Avoid at all costs. Very demeaning. Very rude. Unwilling to help students. Scared to ask questions in class because he makes you sound/look like an idiot in front of the lecture hall. Go out of your way to have Bob Sorensen as your lecturer. Best guy out there. Very helpful, understanding and never gets frustrated with any questions.

I wanted to like this class; it's an important subject, and I love group projects, but Jayson was a terrible instructor. He didn't teach anything, didn't grade projects, and made us work with useless, outdated technology. It's unfortunate that he teaches so many classes at the university. I will never willingly take one again.

He expects high standards from students but not from himself. Lectures are often vague while having little to do with the homework or exams. Programming assignments tend to involve spending a lot of time fixing typos and getting the provided code to compile. Lectures are about 20% sitting in silence waiting for someone to ask a question.

Professor Rock teaches this introductory course expecting everyone to know everything about computer programming. At a certain part through the course he moves away from notes and class becomes you arriving and watching him write lines of code without really explaining much or providing outside resources. As a compsci newbie, this was very dificult

His lectures lack any kind of structure, and youll be teaching yourself. Good luck...

Doesnt teach Python at all but excepts you to know what a piece of code will output. For tests half of the stuff on the test isnt covered on the test reviews.

He sucks... save yourself.

A total jerk. If you ask anything he thinks is "stupid" or "below him" (who knows what that means?) expect a condescending earful. Assignments are poorly planned with slim requirements, and then he gets upset when you ask for clarification. Probably a narcissist.

Professor Rock was extremely harsh at grading on his discussion post. it is out of 4 points so if you get one tittle thing wrong you get a 75% and to get full points you have to go above and beyond expectations, quoted from the syllabus. I would highly look into getting a different professor if you get him.

Jayson Rock talks too much not about the two books he has but something else. he wants to teach python which he has no clue about it. he likes so much Discussion, students have to post one and reply to two people in two days.

Modules last two weeks and the lecture consists of a 9-20 minute, only semi relevant video. Tried asking for some direction and his responses were snarky, definitely wont do that again. Im finding more help online as the assignments dont even follow the textbook so theres almost no guidance.

One of the worst professors I've ever had the displeasure of attending lectures or ask questions. All he does is give us W3school links and barely teach us anything. He barely has any guidance and constantly seems annoyed whenever anyone ask him questions. What a waste that an important class like this is taught by him.

Lectures have little to no structure. Assignments for the most part are not related to course material and will need extensive research on to even start most of them. Very rude and condescending when asking questions. Tells TAs they are not allowed to help during assignments or lab.

I had this professor for 2 classes and it was a horrid experience. His lectures were no help at all. Didn't follow the syllabus accordingly. Very rude and condescending when asking for help, expects you to learn from wiki on your own. If you can, take this class with another teacher! C is not supposed to be as hard as he makes it!!

Expect to be given wiki links to memorize everything on your own as Rock provides disorganized lectures that are off the wall. Spends most of his lectures figuring out whats wrong with his code. His starter code for assignments change throughout the week as he doesnt check if they work as supposed to before assigning them. Very lazy professor.

One of the worst professors I've ever met. Disorganized lectures, vague instructions on assignments and labs, condescending when people try to ask him questions that he thinks are stupid. This class is hard because he's an uncaring and apathetic professor and I don't know why UWM still allow him to teach. Avoid him unless you need to graduate.

This is by far the most inconsistent professor at UWM. His lectures are utterly useless, he changes his example code right before due dates for work. The TAs aren't allowed to help students, the rules for attendance & check-off are never actually followed. His demeanor is very rude, condescending, and classes are disorganized. Please avoid him!

If you see Jayson Rock as your professor (for 337), just don't take it. Take it a different semester and save yourself. It is not impossible to pass his class but you will have to teach yourself everything. Expect him to make multiple mistakes while "teaching". He will make unnecessarily long and difficult homeworks. Save your mental health.

Jayson Rock is a very condescending professor who can barely keep his own lectures intact. If you happen to be confused on a subject and need to ask a question, you can bet that Rock will have a snarky remark for you or that your question will not even be answered and you will be left even more confused. Get ready to teach yourself cause Rock won't

Uncaring in all the ways you don't want. Pearson was down for 4 consecutive days during our SUMMER class and he offered a 24 hour extension on the module. The fast pace along with my other class meant I needed extra time to finish the work. I wrote an email explaining my situation and asked for a few days. Denied. Letter from psychiatrist? Denied.

Jayson Rock is an apathetic professor who grades more rigorously than he cares to teach. He consistently makes errors at the expense of students and responds passive-aggressively to reasonable questions. I took CS317 and his inept lectures were barely audible, or they were uploaded after weekly assignments were due - making them useless. Avoid him.

Rock would assign labs and assignments without actually explaining what to do and managing to avoid all mention of how to do it. We would be told what we are being shown in class is what we will be doing in the lab but once we actually get to the work, what was done in class would be given and we would instead have an entirely separate thing to do.

Not the worst lecturer in the world and he's actually kinda funny when everyone in class understands the material. However, he constantly asks for questions and feedback from students, only to respond by talking in circles for 10 minutes and berating the person who asked the question. He never actually answers questions and makes it more confusing

Difficult for all the wrong reasons. Unorganized. Labs don't coincide with lectures. Doesn't explain topics. Doesn't work from the two required texts. Instead, you'll sort thru his "materials", simply links to W3schools and sloppy code. Has the audacity to meet questions with contempt. This is not normal. He is an exceptionally unskilled educator.

Rants for the majority of lecture about subjects unrelated to the content, or rants about the theory of discreet math without showing us the expected format of the answer. Gets mad at you if you ask questions with snippy passive aggressive responses. Prepare to teach yourself everything and hope it aligns with what he is expecting for an answer.

Probably the worst college professor I've ever encountered. Prof Rock seems to enjoy demeaning students that ask him questions in class, constantly shows up unprepared for classes and exams and just appears to really dislike his job. He's shown up and distributed the wrong tests on test days and devoted class time to rants on how lazy students are.

Girl, bye.

Just like a terrible prof overall, I mean he literally threw a temper tantrum in class. He doesn't teach, he just tells and expects you to understand. DO NOT TAKE

He's unnecessarily rude, unapproachable, and makes the class way more stressful than it should be.