Class material completely encapsulated within the lecture slides, book is mostly supplemental. 95-100% of the exam questions taken from review slides. Allowed one page of notes during exam. Copy as much of the review slides onto your page of notes WORD-FOR-WORD. Mostly short answer questions, with a little True/False and fill-in-the-blank.

Tests mostly based on slides material, but he allows one full page (front and back) of notes for exams. Homework and projects are mostly group work. Dr. Paulk has quite the CV and a lot of interesting fascinating stories if you can get him to talk about them! Would definitely recommend his class.

Professor Paulk is one of the best professors I have ever taken. He is very knowledgeable about the subject. He has great industry experience. I find that many of the topics he discusses comes up in interviews and have real relevant experience in project management. Definitely take his class!!!

Very qualified lecturer. The material is conceptually easy, and he teaches both the practical and the theory. He's a tough grader, but drops your lowest homework grades and lets you bring a page of notes (front and back) to the exams. He also curves as well. His lectures are interesting, and he tells a lot of interesting stories

Class is fairly easy, he grades harshly on tests and project paper. He also seems to curve on some assignments. It seemed to me was trying to get his grade curve peak inside 80-90 instead of just the class average above 80. Group project was pointless as far as learning. Good lectures, only reason to take him. I decided to not take him again.

Dr. Paulk is a good professor. Lectures are clear and to the point. Homeworks are super easy. Tests can be hard, but he lets you bring in a page of notes. If you cover all of the important topics on it, you'll be fine. He gives pop quizzes, so make sure you attend class regularly. The group project is ongoing and basically repeats the homeworks.

Excellent instructor with interesting stories. Well versed in the subject matter and conveys it well. Quizzes and HWs were a little nit-picky, detail oriented and ambiguous. Professor is very specific in how things should be formatted. Examples in PowerPoints are lacking. Exams are straightforward and similar to HWs. I recommend this professor.

Professor Paulk is an amazing teacher! He is in no way an easy teacher but when he teaches, you learn. He goes over slides with many examples, he gives out homework related to those examples, and the tests are not too bad. He makes sure the students are on track and he never turns down any question. He is very knowledgeable in SE and teaches well!

Great teacher! I know he doesn't usually teach the class that I took but he was an awesome teacher. Very knowledgeable. He gave real world examples for what we learned. He expects you to know the material inside and out, but he covered everything he expected in class with coded examples that he wrote on the board. He likes the class to be involved.

His depth of knowledge and ability to express it are unmatched by any other professor at UT Dallas. He's full of industry experience, knowledge of standards, and statistics on everything imaginable in CS. His quizzes are not difficult if you read the slides 10 minutes beforehand and hit the key points. I did this and got several 9/10's.

Dr. Paulk gives very good grading criteria and has good lectures that help greatly in solving the homework. Exams are basically some quiz questions combined with homework-type problems, so studying those puts you in a good position to succeed.

Dr. Paulk did an excellent job. It is not as conceptual as the other SE upper-level courses. The quizzes are tough (worth 10% of your grade). The exams can be difficult, but you are not required to memorize anything. As long as you are keeping up with the HWs, you should be able to do well. Learned a lot about overall code behavior and testing.

He comes from a long background of software management and thus the material flows effortlessly from him and I enjoy listening to him most of the time.

His slides are enough for learning the material, and his lectures are just him reading the slides while giving examples from his experience about whatever topic he is reading on that day. This class is easy if you pay attention and study. If you don't, well you won't pass.

Even though his rating is low, Dr. Paulk is truly an amazing professor. He really makes sure you learn real-world experience and is willing to help if you just ask questions. Great guy!

Gives a lot of pop quizes. Well respected as he wrote the software CMMI. My biggest gripe is that he graded harder on the exams than his TAs did on the homework. In the end, I really did know the material and I am a better developer after taking his course.

Dr. Paulk taught the class using powerpoints with info taken from the textbook, so no need to buy the book. The powerpoints are also online. He gave out quizzes which were ungraded, and were really just study guides for the exams. Homework was adequate (no busywork). If you understand the homework and the quizzes you should do well on the exams.

Really knowledgeable about CS and has a lot of interesting stories/factoids to tell

I honestly was looking forward to programming when i came into a class called software engineering, but the first thing he says is that there won't be any coding in the class. The class can be useful for when you get a job and want to stay in it, however, because of the quizzes you end up just studying for that the entire lecture

This class is a joke, I'm sorry. "pop" quizzes are predictable and just vocab, tests are 50% vocab and we are allowed to bring a printed piece of paper with ANYTHING we want on it. He knows his stuff and explains it well. If you think this class was difficult, CS isn't for you. Note: Have heard he is a lot more difficult in higher level CS courses

Professor Paulk knows his material and teaches it well, is very responsive to student participation and questions. Homework is ridiculously easy, as are short tests that he allows a front and back cheat sheet on. "Pop" quizzes on textbook chapters (slides) come at the end of the class after the class in which the chapter is finished.

Dr. Paulk has plenty of experience in the field and is very knowledgeable. His lectures will prepare you for his class and also give good insight for your future career. His exams contain problems very similar to the homework and multiple choice from the slides. Quizzes can be very tricky but are only 10% of the class. No coding is done either.

Dr. Paulk is very knowledgeable in the field of software engineering. He gives a lot of real world examples in class, and emphasizes what he feels is important. Exams and homework weren't too difficult, but were helpful and graded fairly.

Summer was 50% quiz, 50% assignment. The quizzes were occasionally tricky, but overall this class was very reasonable and easy to get a good grade in if you put in the work. The slides are very useful and easy to refer back to if you forget a concept. Overall, no reason not to take Prof. Paulk for SE.

The professor is really knowledgeable. He shares all his experiences during the lectures. Homeworks also include summary writing of published articles. This is one of the subjects you can count on for an easy A.

Very insightful lectures! I felt a lot of what I learned will be useful later in my career. I wish his powerpoints were less wordy, but that's all. Overall, I would strongly recommend him as a professor for Software Engineering.

Assignments and exams are super easy. Almost everything is in some way entirely off the slides. Super straightforward professor with very easy and clear grading criteria.

Really easy assignments and tests: almost entirely off the slides. This class pairs really well with Paulk's SE 3354 class. A lot of the material coincides and sometimes he gives identical or similar test questions and homeworks between the two classes.

Dr. Paulk is a respected professor who gives straightforward lectures. One should listen to his lectures as great wisdom, as many times he will say very practical things relavent to one's future programming career. Dr. Paulk's writing assignments were great ways for people to gain appreciation for the programming past.

All the HW and quiz answers can be found on his slides. As long as you put in some effort you should be getting an A. He replies back to emails quickly too.

May seem intimidating at first, but is actually very down to earth if you approach him respectfully. Very nice and respectful Professor. Easy A if you keep up. Everything is based off slides

Dr. Paulk is an excellent professor, take him if you can. If you listen carefully to his lectures, he fills it with anecdotes of his past in programming along with key pointers one should take seriously when going into their programming career. Allows you to use one cheat sheet for the exam, lenient grader, gives good feedback.

Class was straightforward. HW's and project were pretty easy. The project was just a team paper and monitoring the process. Class could be boring sometimes but professor gives good insight in the world of management and talks about his past experience. Try not to miss 3 days in a row. Tests were not that bad and lets you have a page of notes.

Dr. Paulk's class was a highly entertaining and enjoyable experience. His wealth of industry knowledge and experience adds a refreshing perspective to the course and helps students really understand the nuances pf project management. The assignments were all very easy and the tests having a cheat sheet makes them very easy to prepare for.

I normally hate lectures but his slightly sarcastic/blunt mood makes them a tad more interesting. Lots of homework but pretty easy to do; however, there are also group assignments and both can be vaguely written. He allows a full sheet of notes during the exam where you can shove a ton of slides onto the paper and bring it.

Solid professor! Doesn't make class difficult. HW's were straightforward and has examples on how to do them in the slides. Allows you to have a cheat sheet for the exams. Does talk about his experience in the professional world so you could get some insight on it. Just show up to class and do the HW's and you will be fine.

Exams are somewhat hard, but you can get a good grade if you're able to cram a lot of info on your cheat sheet (1 page front/back). Assignments aren't too bad. Several team assignments but no huge group "project." Tests are worth 75% and are completely based on the slides. Lectures give nice personal anecdotes/wisdom to accompany the slides though.

Took him for 2nd semester of emse. Lectures are boring but homeworks and exams are easy.

Dr. Paulk's class was amazing! He's like a grandpa telling us a story in front of the fireplace lol. He's been in the game for a long time, so he knows his stuff. Exams were pretty easy, the cheat sheet (front and back) def helps. Assignments, individual and group, are crazy easy and graded leniently. He has office hours almost everyday too!

Homework is pretty chill. Lectures are pretty good. Tests are straight off the slides but believe me when I say you really need every last detail on your cheat sheet.

Dr. Paulk is very blunt and to the point, and I like that a lot in a professor. He's not afraid to tell it like it is and is a very funny guy sometimes. His exams are easy peasy if you write literally everything on the slides (not exaggerating. put literally EVERYTHING). I took him for 3354 as well, and I'd be glad to take him again.