Drop this instructor now! I was interested in Java programming and thought I could "tough it out" and tackle the subject with this prof. IT Minors BEWARE! Taking this class was the BIGGEST mistake of my life. Very hard exams, assignments, and quizes. Will not budge if your opinion differs. Very boring and tiring. Stay away. Far away.

this is the worst class ever.

In all honesty the amount of work given in this course every week if overwhelming. Furthermore, the TA's will take away a good amount of points of HW if you miss small things. You can expect quizzes every class, consisting of three parts and with a time limit. Extra Credit is given for participation and additional assignments (Highly recommended!)

he gives complicated assignments. Very inconsistent on what he say in class. He say one thing and end up doing something different the next. not a good professor. I won't recommend at all.

One of the worst professor i have ever seen on my life. He don't care about the student. He just read his power point. he looks very exhausted and stressed every day. He is a tough grader and it also depends on his mood. Guys don't take with him.

I took IT214 With him in Fall 2019. He gives quiz every week and every quiz look like final exam and there was time 30 min time limit. Most of the students could not finished even half of the question. And final exam is extremely hard, believe me you will definitely regret taking this course. I had SQL background and it was so hard for me.

He is not a good professor. I don't know how GMU can have this kind of professor. He don't deserve to be GMU professor. He think he knows everything but nobody understand his concept. He is very picky. I highly request you to NOT to take his classes or if you are taking drop it, otherwise you will regret.

Beware this is the most worst professor at mason. A complete nightmare. Take someone else. You been warned. Over complicates material and lies to students. I don't recommend him at all. Absolutely horrible for any other classes too.

The class itself isn't too difficult. The way it is organized however, is another story. The teacher/TA grades extremely harsh and doesn't allow you to make up for it, even if it was a simple mistake.

this is the worst class so far

professor is disordered. You can not understand what he is saying. Makes it so complicated. Even if you try your best you will not be able to fulfill his requirements.

Don't take him. I TOLD YOU! You are left in the dark.

No clear grading cannot understand what he is saying.

He teases students and forces them to fail. No clear instructions are given.

No idea of what he teaches. No clear instructions. Too much greedy in every aspect of his teaching.

He is a harsh grader and his assignments were so hard to understand even for someone with good knowledge in the database field. Also, he has trust issues, he made us use ZOOM video call on top of lockdown browser with camera. DO NOT BOTHER TAKING HIM IF YOU WANT GOOD GRADES OR EVEN JUST TO PASS THE CLASS! YOU WILL REGRET!

DON'T TAKE HIM. IF YOU CARE ABOUT YOUR GRADE TAKE SOMEONE ELSE. ONE OF THE HARDEST PROFESSOR I HAVE EVER HAD. HIS PLAN TO FAIL YOU. NO CLEAR INSTRUCTION. HE DOESN'T GIVE YOU ANY IDEA HOW TO DO IT. YOU HAVE TO FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTION LINE BY LINE; OTHERWISE, HE WILL COMPLAIN YOU CHEATED AND PUT YOU ON HONOR CODE VIOLATION. 6 PROJECT IN 1MONTH.

OMG, WHAT A NIGHTMARE! stay FAR AWAY from this professor for PEACEFUL life. Egoistic,trust issues. I felt like he enjoys giving tough time to students. Zoom + Webcam + Respondus (Are we thieves or criminals??) That's what I personally felt. Taunts during online lectures and were even told to drop class. His everything starts and ends at HONOR CODE.

He has no manner and does not respect students mason should change such professors.

Very inconsistent does not know how to speak can not understand makes students cry on purpose and has no feelings teaching quality is very poor I wish mason would realize this and get a better professor He also urges people to drop course even though it is the decision of the student to do so.

One of the worst professor what's so ever. I have never seen a rude professor like him. He will fail you for sure so if you sign up for this class it's on you. He doesn't know how teach student at all.

DON'T TAKE HIM AT ALL. Don't even think about it. I wasted my money and time for nothing. I didn't lean anything. He doesn't care about anyone. His main purpose is to fail students.

DON'T TAKE HIM!!! TAKE someone else. Don't waste your money

DON'T DO IT!!!!! I'M WARNING YOU!!

WARNING run away as fast as you can.

No doubt he has knowledge, skills, and a doctorate degree. BUT, if you don't know how to teach then all these things are useless for a student. He needs to change his approach and GMU administration should PLEASE take this into consideration. Students are asked to evaluate him before final exam, it should be after the final exam. Disappointed !!!

I hope GMU admin reads the rate my professor especially for this professor and they should take action he has no teaching skills and does not know how to build a relationship with a student or that student teaching and learning connection so awful highly dissatisfied i hope something is done we students are helpless.

WARNING, run as fast as you can. He is the worse.

Now no matter what professor you take you will end up with this professor. He does not know how to teach i am very confused.

He is just like Donald Trump Always saying something and the reality is something else he is a dictator.

The new curriculum is extremely confusing and very assignment heavy. Each week expect to do a 1500+ word assignment that you'll be happy with a 25% on. The grading is extremely harsh and does not explain your errors so that the next assignment you'll make the same mistakes again and get another 25%. 0/10 would not recommend until course is changed

TERRIBLE! I've never seen a worst professor in my whole life. You can't even understand his recorded lectures(Sadly students in all sections have to listen to them as he is the course coordinator). I can't even ask you to take some other professor for 214 because no matter which professor you take he controls the course like a dictator!

Where do I even start... first of all, you have to teach yourself everything in this course. In addition to that, homework instructions are confusing. You'll be lucky to even get a C+ on the homework. The TA's grading is strict. expects you to understand unclear directions. Professor said you aren't even allowed to ask him to check ur HW

His assignments are riddled with mistakes and unclear instructions followed by inefficient lectures that offer limited help when trying his assignments. The textbooks contains lots of errors in the code which he fails to realize unless someone in the class points it out. Would recommend picking another professor. Definitely avoid his online class.

AVOID TAKING HIM!!!!!!! He makes us look at his videos and provides examples of what to do, but when submitting it, I would always receive bad grades. I have a GPA of 3.9 so I know it's not me doing bad in the class, he just is a SUPER tough grader, and he's very strict on what to expect. I currently have a C and am trying my best to finish.

Worst professor on planet earth. If you have a choice to take another professor, do it. I hope the structure of this class reflects the structure of his life. Terrible and miserable.

Don't take any class with this person. He is terrible at teaching and an even worse person. You are most likely going to fail his class because of the way he and his TA grades the assignments. He is prejudiced, indifferent, and condescending. He will tell you to drop the class if you ask him questions As he told my classmate on the summer IT 194.

DO NOT TAKE HIM AT ALL COSTS!!!!!!!! WILL RUIN YOUR GPA

This professor is not good at all if you really want to learn databases.

This professor is the coordinator of IT 214 so no matter what professor you take, its pretty much under his instructions. This is probably one of most unorganized online class structure Ive ever seen. The instructions for Assignments/projects are very vague and the quizzes have errors that make it very easy for you to get it wrong.

No matter what proffeser you take it will always be his course. All you can do is just get through it and never look back.

Avoid him if you want to stay in IT. No sympathy. Demeaning tone. No curve. All his work is littered with mistakes. Its so many, and he wants u to explain every small error with like screenshots and everything tbh it won't even be worth it. Trust me, AVOID. His vids are no help. Cuts points for literally not capitalizing. BB auto grades wrong RUN!

Class structure absolutely sucks. He is the coordinator so no matter which prof you have they all have to follow his format. So much work every week with awkwardly phrased questions on tests and quizzes. takes points off for syntax. This class is just memorizing same questions to pass. Get as many points possible on easy stuff BC the final is hard

I didn't have him specifically but he is the reason IT214 sucks so I wanted to rate him. He coordinates the class and even though it is a flipped classroom (100% of the work is online), going to class is a waste of 3 hours. Took 30 screenshots of a file only to send the file in. He thinks we cheat so created a class where it is ALL memorization.

Completely out of touch with his students and puts more work into making students don't cheat instead of actually teaching the material and helping students. Avoid at all costs.

He puts in more work into making sure students don't cheat, rather than helping us learn and teaching the content. Taking 25-30 pointless screenshots of an assignment, and initialing our initials on every line. I got a 0 on an assignment for just missing an initial on a line. It doesn't matter which prof you take, IT214 is controlled by him.

This class is unnecessary difficult because of professor Boicu. Lots of assignments, projects, and quizzes. He made this class extra difficult because he has trust issues, and thinks everyone is cheating. He makes none sense requirements such as putting initials after every entity or attributes and 10 screenshots for a single assignment.

was not my prof but he's the course coordinator so all the work is designed by him, just want to ask thus guy who betrayed him? not a single assignment that did not require lockdown browser. focus on actually teaching the course than making sure people don't cheat

it 214 is one of the worst structured classes ive ever taken how does this guy still have job

IT 214 is the WORST course I've ever taken in college. How does this guy still have a job? His course is completely incomprehensible. I'm trying very hard not to use curse words here. We aren't cheating, so stop designing the course like we're inmates. You don't need the lockdown browser for ALL THREE QUIZZES every week! You need to be fired.

I spent more time taking dozens of screenshots than doing the actual implementation assignments. Having to sign almost every line of code with my initials, all for 1% of my grade for each one, was not only a waste of time, but very childish. If people cheat, they cheat themselves out of an education, but why make every other student suffer?

Class itself is not difficult but be prepared to be taking upwards of 10-20 screenshots per assignment. It takes longer to organize the final report than to do the actual assignments. Lockdown browser is used for every quiz, yet not even a webcam which just makes it annoying for almost no purpose to retake the quizzes.

Did not have this prof, but this course is designed so terribly. You have to use lockdown on every hw assignment, which honestly discourages practicing and learning. I spent at least 8 hours a week on this class minimum.

This class is terribly designed and causes unnecessary amounts of stress. While Prof Boicu was not my professor, he is the it214 course coordinator and no matter who you take it with, it is the same structure. If you need help, too bad - TAs and professors hardly respond to emails. Avoid this class at all costs.

Not really the professor, but is the course coordinator for the courses on campus. I am going to admit, regardless of what professor you choose for IT214, chances are, all the coursework is provided by this man right here. There are on average 7-10 assignments. Also online exams require 2 devices for a proctor which makes sense, but its overkill.

Be ready to use a lockdown browser at least 3 times every week. Make sure to "sign" every single line of code with your initials to make sure you're not cheating. Lastly, be prepared to use TWO cameras for the final. This professor has serious trust issues. Do not take this online class!!!!

I am absolutely baffled that Boicu still has a job. I'm sorry you have to take this class.

I'd rather not give this professor a bad review, but it's tough to like this professor and how he structures his class. I understand that online summer classes are challenging, which I'm fully aware of; however, the way he teaches is very ponderous, and the way he teaches seems like he just woke up from a 16-hour nap.

It's surprising that a poorly rated professor continues teaching such an important course at GMU. His teaching style lacks value, burdening students with pointless assignments. If you are in AIT, I am sorry you have to take this course and face this person as an instructor. I think he uses students' data for his research without proper consent.

IT 214 is a terribly designed course. Every week there's an assignment, 2 long quizzes, and a test, all on lockdown.214 is required for IT majors, but he makes the course unbearable and extremely difficult for no reason since he is the course coordinator. There is no reason to give out as much work as he does, and there is a cumulative final.

Boicu is the reason IT 214 is as terrible as it is. Regardless of whoever you take this class with it will be painful because of how he designed this course.

not my professor but the coordinator of the overall course. what in the world. it's a level 200 class, why is it so abysmally designed and ridiculously difficult? seriously, who let him be the coordinator?

Absurd amount of homework, and all the learning content is old and probably legacy. Most students taking IT214 learn nothing due to the sheer amount of work that they have to cram in their heads to complete. Course requirements and content needs to be completely redone by someone who knows how to teach a student.

probably one of the worst professors at George Mason University right now. If your taking 214 and expecting to actually learn something think again.

His learning content is horribly structured and the quizzes test you more on syntax/diction than the actual module concepts. Im not one to criticize people's grammar and english too but he could structure his assessment questions better.

Unfortunately somehow has control over the format and material for multiple AIT classes including 512 and 681. Horrible material to learn from, horrible quizzes which don't tell you what you got wrong, horrible worded questions, mostly regurgitating material rather than learning anything. Especially in 512 where you just have to exact syntax. 0/10

Oh MY GOD! I have never given any bad review for any professor here, but this professor is to the extreme. I don't even know who did him wrong. As professor he supposed to care and help but unfortunately he makes things as hard as he can. Very harsh grader, all the other professors and TA have to do what he says because he is also a coordinator....

He is making things worse and the points getting is extremely strict.

This professor reuses questions across quizzes and the final exam. These questions are unintuitive and structured in such a way that the only way to get them right it to memorize the order and style in which the professor wants the question to be answered.