Dr. Bobbie knows the material well but is not good at teaching the subject. His exams are ambiguous. He never provided students with grades on the projects. He required 16 pages of documents for the projects. He focuses more on documents than material pertinent to the course.

Had him for both CS4253 (distributed computing) and CS 3243(operating systems) If you have an option take anyone else you can. If you are stuck with taking him, don't worry about grades on tests because he usually curves them about 40 points. What really determines your grade is how well written your report on the project is.

Bobbie is very hard to understand due to his lack of pronunciation, accent, low voice and what is the worst part is he SCRIBBLES all over the Powerpoints with the mouse... Epic Fail here!! I even wrote out every term in the chapters and read the chapters twice but still made a 55 on the tests. The questions hardly had anything to do with the book.

Professor Bobbie is literally the worst professor at KSU. I took him online and you couldn't even understand his lectures because of poor audio quality. He did not fix the issue and we spent half a semester with no lecture recordings. It's as if there was no professor to guide us. Only two tests, fail one and you won't pass. Fail rate is VERY HIGH!

He tried to get people in his online class to come take a test on campus besides the fact that he is an extremely hard professor.

Please, just dont do it. Its not worth the stress. He makes you think in way that just arent necessary. Theres 4 total grades and no extra credit. The average grade on test 1 was an F, not a D.... an F.

Lectures are average. I recommend reading the book instead. The tests are unnecessarily difficult. He grades tough too. The project is poorly explained, but it's 30% of your class grade and graded very seriously. You can probably get a B if you spend about 4x more time for this class than you would another class. You will not enjoy it.

Took him online. He is knowledgeable but recorded lectures are too long and poor quality. Not specific with what he wants & gives no feedback on tests. Indecisive on when & what times the tests are, and is barely willing to compromise with students.

Beware if taking online! I took his online course as my job prevented me from taking in in class portion. I came to find out that he treats his online class as his in class portion. All tests are required to take at the same time as the inclass portion, and lectures are livestreamed(using a poor quality microphone) during that time as well.

His online class required students to take exams at the same time as his in-class students. Tests are lengthy and all short answer. Final project is designing and presenting your own Operating System. Over half the class dropped before the withdrawal date. Passing his class seems doable but he really makes you work for your grade. Avoid if possible

His group project was the hardest part of the class. We had to make a virtual OS, and for some reason, he decided to group up physical lecture students with online students, making scheduling harder for us. The project specifications were also too vague and hard to understand, and he scolded us on presentations as if they were obvious.

If you take him online, its the same as taking him in class: he expects you to be present online at face to face class time. Gives 0 feedback. If you have an issue with the group project, his response is something about fairness, figure it out yourself. Very tough grader. 3 credit hour class, demanded far more than 3 credits worth of work.

Just avoid problems and keep away of this professor. His lectures are poor designed, he writes on power point presentations like a child in kinder, He does not provide detailed info about the project. Unless, you can read his mind and write exact what he is thinking , you can go for taking the tests. Go get other Professor for learn something.

I have not idea how this professor is tolerated by KSU, He does not meet the standards of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges. It is obvious, he never designed an OS in real world, he deliver blurry instructions on the project and his lectures and videos are a disaster. Just avoid take him.

It is well know in the campus that this professor only pass the students that make a friendship with him. so that, you have to go many times to his offices and pretend to being interesting in the course, but more important be friend with him. more the 75% of students withdraw the course. Tests are impossible. but you pass with friendship.

Absolutely hate his teaching. Project is not clear, lecture is lack of professionalism and obtuse grading in a graduate course. No insight into his horrible teaching methods.

He is unreasonable with his project scope, unclear with test and assignment instructions, and lacks the communication skills that many motivated students rely on. The professor is apathetic when grading and replying to student concerns. I would definitely recommend you take another professor no matter if you're taking CS3502 online or offline.

He gives work that would require years of experience and an extensive knowledge. He also doesn't seem to understand operating system concepts! He hangs on to slides like a kid does with floats in a pool and then is unable to answer questions! Really!?! To some he seems to know his stuff but he comes off as a complete hack! Avoid at all costs!

Lectures aren't particularly helpful, be prepared to read the textbook in class instead. Tests are ridiculously matriculates, so make sure you know the material in every cardinal direction. Never be late, even for a split second. I was one minute late in submitting my final (when corona hit) and will most likely fail even though i have good grades.

He has good lectures. The project is difficult and very poorly specified. His class relies heavily on the textbook and lectures so be prepared to take extremely extensive notes and be able to cross-reference them with the text. Don't expect any preparation for exams in the homework or quizzes, all you get is a list of textbook sections to study.

The only grades are homework (10%), group project (25%), and the remaining is tests. Read the textbook for the class as much as you can. Lectures are a bit incoherent but follow them too. If you are online be ready to have an hour to do the test at his determined time. The primary thing I hate about his class is how subjective everything is.

The projects are quite challenging but fun. His tests are basically impossible and are most of the grade. If you take this course you must read far ahead and take extremely detailed notes to get a C. He put questions on the exam from sections he told us were not on the exam.

For some reason, he treats the online class exactly the same as the in-person class. This means you are required to take exams and watch lectures during the same exact time period as the in-person class. Very inconvenient if you have other classes scheduled within a similar time period.

Taking Bobbie's class online and he treats his online students as an afterthought compared to his in-class students. His online class is the most disorganized class I have seen at KSU. This class is supposed to be Asynchronous but he forces students to watch lectures and take exams during his in-person class. Projects unclear and grades harsh.

If you have a choice, take another professor for parallel and distributed computing. The project instructions are vague and the tests are difficult. The average was routinely in the 60s. He does not curve and half the class dropped by the first exam.

Project is alright but tests are impossible and have to be taken at the same time as the in-person class. Unclear grading criteria followed by harsh grading. Online class is an afterthought. Reporting him doesn't do anything as he is pretty high up in the CS department ladder so no one can touch him. The worst professor so far.

Terrible; he forced students to take synchronous tests and come in for project demos for an asynchronous 100% online section. Grades by dartboard, gives additional project instructions at the last minute, and refuses to take real life into consideration. If I could rate lower than 1, I would. DO NOT TAKE THIS PROFESSOR. Period.

Terrible; lectures are useless, drops additional project instructions a day before due date, grades by dartboard, ridiculously hard tests, and forced a 100% asynchronous online section to take synchronous tests and come in for project demos. If I could rate lower than a 1, I would. DO NOT TAKE THIS PROFESSOR. He will teach you next to nothing.

Avoid. This professor wants his classes to fail because he is the only one that teaches parallel and distributed computing so he will make more money off returning failing students. Only 5 HEAVY graded tests/assignments. It's VERY easy to fail his class. Save your time and money AVOID this professor at all costs.

Worst prof at KSU. He is a terrible communicator, and he dings you on random details. I rewatched his lectures 3+ times and made flashcards to just barely pass his exams. He will send an email the day the project is due to add new requirements. He also takes weeks to grade; we're about to take the final and still have half the grades missing.

He is the worse professor I have ever seen in my life. He said the test was very easy, but I didn't believe him; he is the harsh grader ever. I never recommend taking his class, but unfortunately, he is only the instructor for CS4504 at KSU.

Professor Patrick Bobbie is not a great professor. he dint give even access of lecture video until students ask and he don't reply in time. Awful professor for grading be ready to learn by your self. Lots of students drop the class and his class never fill up unless and until students don't have other choice.

This professor is the worst. Just do not take him.

3 exams 25% grade each plus 1 homework and 1 research paper. Up to midterm period most students did good on exam 1 and the only hw. I know this from asking students in my class their grades. Exam 2 roles around after the withdraw period and the highest grade was around 75. Most were F's. Same thing exam 3. Seems he curved the class and paper.

Videos are recordings of an in-person lecture. The audio is terrible quality and I couldn't understand anything he was saying. The assignments are focused more on being IEEE style than content. This "asynchronous" online course has two hour windows for tests. I'm not sure how anyone finds it acceptable to charge people money for a course this bad.

omg he is exactly what every other 1 star review said about him grading scale unclear for test doesn't even show what the correct answers are after he grades .

AVOID AVOID AVOID, Dr. Bobbie structures his class horribly, for being online asynchronous having a 2h window for exams is unacceptable. His assignments and homework do not have clear instructions. He takes for ever to grade, his video lectures are impossible to understand. Take somebody else.

Absolutely do not take this professor. The asychronous exams are taken within a two hour time window which defeats the entire purpose of an asychronous class. Do not email him on outlook he will 100% not respond to you and if he does, he will be extremely passive aggressive and tell you to move to D2L. The assignments are boring and forgettable.

Legit, just don't take this professor, he's somehow the worst when it comes to technology which is ironic considering he teaches a 4000-level CS course. He's unfamiliar with the term 'asynchronous' and will create exams that are only open for 75 minutes. And his video lectures sound like they were recorded with a 3DS. Please avoid this professor .

Project is nothing related to what covered in the lecture and course contents. Never reply to email. Horrible experience with this professor.

So he's the only one that teaches this class for CS requirement so it's almost meaningless to say stay away from this class. Took the first test, the median was a D. There was no easing into the test in form of study guide, homework, or anything that could hint at what might be on the test other than test chapters. He's terrible with tech.

I am currently taking this course and am on spring break. However he made an assignment due during spring break after poorly organizing the rest of his class. His assignments come with 2 different sets of instructions and his tests for a supposedly "asynchronous" course have 75 minute windows. He is unaccesible through email and very moody. AVOID

Horrible. The lecture videos are just in-class recordings and the audio quality is horrible and not understandable. The homework is okay, but the tests do not seem to reflect anything in the course. I am unsure how to study for this class. Also the only person teaching this course this semester. He's keeping people from graduating. Horrible.

Took asynchronous and he made the tests the same time as in-person class. Terrible microphone quality and no video for online lectures. Only 6 grades (2 HWs for 20%, 4 tests for 80%). Points can be retroactively taken from first hw based on how you do on second hw. No matter how well you study, questions will surprise you. Avoid for last semester!

Take this professor if you want to destroy your GPA. I did not learn anything in class. If you are f2f, sometimes he will post the recordings of the lecture but don't expect to be able to understand any of it. The entire course is very exam heavy, f2f exams. I also found the questions in the exams were not relevant to the slides he posted.

This professor is evil, avoid at all cost! 80% weight test 20% insanely long project. Refused to see me during OPEN office hours. Test are incredibly difficult with more than half the class failing any given exam on average. Test questions are incredibly nuanced and often do not reflect understanding of larger concept, but insanely niche edge cases

Has only 4 tests and 2 HW's. Test are set at during very specific hours during the day, so make sure you have no work that day.. You are only alloted that time frame and can't start just before for the full amount of time. I got off a shift and only had 10 minutes to take a test and told the prof and he refused to reopen it.