Refused to record lectures as class was "heavily discussion based" but we have not had a single group discussion in lecture. Prof just rambles on and on for two hours and likes to force people to listen to him. Only reason classes aren't recorded. Also does not wear a mask even when near people lecturing. AVOID

Really bad course with tons of work to do and tough exams as well as serious grading standard.

As two previous comments stated, Janes is very unaccommodating and inconsiderate regarding lecture recording despite a LOT of students asking him to do so during the peak of Omicron. His lectures are tedious and rambling all over, tests are hard to study for, which isn't what a 200 level class should be. Would avoid Janes at all costs.

take the other info 200 professors, not him!!!! janes talks so much it will break your brain!! super hard to take notes and is not accommodating!

take info200 bt no Joe the content is not difficult and he makes the exam really difficult. I try to focus on the class but he always talks thousands of examples makes the content more messy

Janes talks way too much and is incredibly pedantic. There are weekly assignments where you get a 10-50 pg reading and fill out questions. There are 3 contextual vocab exams (lecture+reading questions). There is a quarter long group proj and 1500 word essay. If you have the option, take Amy Ko instead.

one of the Only professors on campus who does not allow recording for students, one of only a few of the professors of Info 200 who have major tests. Do not recommend it, for real.

Do not take his class, or be ready to read, Wes Eli King would be a better choice.

No recording, unaccommodating. If you want a good grade, don't come to this section. unnecessary difficult for 200 intro level. Grading is harsh, lots of work, The Professor just wants to make the grading harsh for everyone so that he can punish those who don't spend over 15 hours studying in this class, bad experience. truly disappointed

Do not Recommend it, I meant he makes this class unnecessarily difficult, and his grading of everything is ambiguous. When you try to argue with TAs or the professor, they give worthless opinions that indicates their grading is the truth in any way. TAs are harsh grader and the Professor gives confusing gradings critics; do not take Joseph's class.

boring lecture, hard grading, and arrogant attitude

awful

The lectures are so boring, and it's like listening to someone talk about themselves for 4 hours a week. You're expected to do a lot of reading to "learn", but it's outdated, very technical, and dense. I've felt like majority of what was being 'taught' during class was common sense, and wish technical terms were more focused upon instead.

Professor Joseph never listened to students' opinions on class structure and content; the professor made this class unnecessarily hard. It is not like chem or biology's content difficult, it is weird wording that intentionally making you sick. And no recording, which is not accommodating. I don't know why he still not fired after years of complaint

I hope Professor Joseph can leave his arrogant attitude regarding class structure aside, and really make student interested in the class content instead of forcing them to by no recording, harsh grading, and loads of readings.

Never come to his class.

Worst class ever. Choose his class and your GPA's lower than the center of the earth.

There is no way to study for the exams. Janes tries to grade on "understanding" but his execution of it is pretty bad. No attendance taken in lectures but you are going to have a difficult time on exams because he tests on specific things he mentioned in the lectures. His slides are useless, they are like speaker notes. He's also full of himself.

Worst teacher ever. Never knew professors would matter that much until I had him. his class structure was the worst. Didn't teach us much, slides were useless, and the exams did not make sense. No way to prepare, even if the content was so easy. He just loves to talk about his husband all the time. Gradings are the info standard grading.

Gives midterms that have answers that are very controversial and can be argued. He yaps in class and doesn't actually talk about stuff on the tests. His homeworks are out of 10, so one pt off would tank your grade.

The workload for this class is just way too much. We have about 2 small assignments a week, a big group project, a medium-sized individual project, an essay, and 3 exams. Which in my opinion is just way too much given what the content of the class and what he covers in lecture (which is basically nothing btw).

This class was seriously a waste of time. Half the lecture is spent talking about his husband. The assigenmts require you to read 10-50 pages and the quizzes dont make any sense, you can't study for them, no study guide he even says " your gonna ask me how to study I'm going to tell you, you can't" Harsh grading, heavily group project oriented.

Readings are crazy long. All he does in lecture is tell stories about him and husband. Makes me sleepy

Lectures are tedious. Irrelevant tangents. Exam questions focus on lecture "discussions" and ambiguous technicalities, making it difficult to score high. Material lacks depth. Prof's lecture style comes off as arrogant and cocky. Quarter-long project is unnecessarily time-consuming. Random weird overcomplicated assignments. Don't take this class!!!

was excited to take info 200 this quarter but am very disappointed with this class so far :( exams are impossible to study for, the prof even says there is no way prepare and that you just have to "look around" for examples of how informatics exists in the world. time consuming class for no reason, prof makes it 100x harder than it needs to be.

The course's objective is incredibly interesting, but his execution is lackluster at best and confusing at worst. There is simply no way to prepare for the exams, even admitted by the professor & TAs. It is entirely unacceptable. I love informatics, loved guest lectures, but this version of the course is a shameful representation. Take another prof

I think he's just not the type of professor that I learn best with. I like having slides that contain most if not all of the material (so I can refer back), and recordings of the lectures. He talks a lot, and sometimes I can get sidetracked because his lectures are very distracting (he talks about many things that do not pertain to class material).

He was extremely rude to his students during lecture, and his lectures itself were very hard to follow on with. A lot of class times felt unprepared, and it never felt super worth it to attend class. I feel as though I could not get comfortable with him and rely on his as a professor.

just don't take

I am not sure why there are any good reviews at all of this prof, I would honestly just ignore them. The tests are not "difficult", they seem like common sense but then get marked wrong on specificities/ technicalities/ random thing that was mentioned once in lecture. So although the material is "easy", it is still very common to score only 70/80%

Nothing more insufferable than a man who just likes to hear himself talk. Boring lectures.

extremely rude and disrespectful. Unclear grading standards and belittling to students writing without offering any constructive criticisms, simply disrespectful. Lectures are long and boring, not everyone likes documents that much!! Only take if you want a boring professor.

Really traumatized experienced in his class. There's nothing more insufferable than listening to a man who likes to talk to himself. I literally learn nothing in his class and feel like my tuition is eaten by dog. REALLY NOT ENCOURAGED. ONLY TAKE HIS CLASS IF YOU ARE DONE WITH YOUR LIFE AND WANT TO TRY WHAT HELL FEELS LIKE IN ADVANCE.

Negative reviews on here are accurate. Claims that tests cannot be studied for. Wording on them is tricky even though the material is easy, and is based on small details mentioned in long lectures where not a lot of actual content is covered. Large quarter-long group project is worth a lot of the grade. Nice enough, but would not take again.

Bad reviews are TRUE!!! Took his info 200 and 357, and I would NOT recommend taking any of his classes. He's a tough grader, boring lecturing, and the criteria and rubric are not clear.

He is impossible to deal with—unreasonable, narcissistic, and obsessed with talking about his husband, who gets tied into almost every lecture. The grading is unclear and the lectures are long, boring, and mostly irrelevant. By the end, I learned more about his personal life than the course material. Avoid this class at all costs!

Please take any other prof for INFO 200; from my understanding, all of them are so much better at teaching and engaging with students. I think he is a good lecturer, but his expectations are unclear, and he is often a harsh grader.

has an ego and expects respect but does not give it in return. someone's phone went off in class which happens, but he publicly humiliated the person by staring them dead in the eyes for a good 30 seconds. so unnecessary. the exams are horrible, the lectures aren't recorded, and overall his class is NOT worth taking.