Excellent professor for learning how to program

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Randy is one of the best professors I have ever had.

Very clear about what he wants from you, and he wants to make sure you understand what he wants. He was very helpful. One downside is he isn't easy like some of these other CIS teachers. But that's a good thing since you learn more.

Absolutely Incredible Teacher. He makes you think outside the box. He doesn't teach you to be a "coder" but an Engineer. Someone who can think for themselves and solve things. Wired and Fun guy. Makes the students work their guts out. I wish he taught more classes and everyone I personally know loved his teaching style!

Randy was such a great teacher and I appreciate that even more after taking CIS 1130 from someone else. Randy made sure everyone stayed caught up and was just an awesome fun guy. My only complaint is that he doesn't teach many night classes :(

If I could take every single class throughout this program from him I would! I learned so much from him as far as learning to think differently which is necessary when learning to program.

Randy is awesome, he explains things so well!

Randy is an awsome instructor! Those who don't like him are just not very smart and are almost uncapable of solving algorithms and should not be in a programming class. I would deffinately take another class from Randy and I highly recommend him.

Took several classes from Randy years ago (C/C++) and will simply say that I wish he taught every course I have ever had to take - his passion is infectious. Those that struggled in his class were not meant for the software engineering field, so Randy is a good filter.

Randy is my absolute favorite instructor. I cannot begin to explain, but he spent numerous hours outside of class helping me and he was always so cheerful. I have taken classes from instructors over on the CS side and hated it, the CIS department definitely has better teachers and Randy is the perfect example. You will do well if you care and ask.

He doesn't just teach how to write code. He explains how the computer processes the code. I've taken programming about 10 programming classes. His was by far the best. It's not easy, but what worth having is?

Just keep up/do the syllabus and you'll be fine. He was easy/helpful. Def. take this class from him.

Randy is a gifted teacher. He knows how to BREAK CONCEPTS down in a way that is absolutely amazing. In fact, I took CIS 1030 from another instructor at SLCC before I took it from Randy and the difference was like night and day. I kept having these "Ah-HAH" moments in Randy's class....and he did write the manual for the class. Awesome!

Randy presents his subject matter in an extremely understandable way. His answers to questions are usually always what the student is looking for. He always takes time to answer questions.

Randy is one of the best teachers I have had. Sometimes you may get annoyed by how slow the class is moving, but other times your grateful it's not moving faster. He unfortunately has a weak immune system and gets sick very often. Make sure to work on your projects as fast as possible, it will help you in the following day's lecture.

I have had this teacher for both an on campus class and online. He is a wonderful teacher in class, but his online classes are basically neglected until just before the end of term when he posts multiple assignments to be turned in.

I was struggling in the beginning of seemester, and was about to drop the class, but Randy encouraged me to try to continue. He has office hours when students can get individual help. I ended up getting a B in class. Randy has a talent to explain complicated concepts easy way. He is engaged in class. one of the best teachers.

I took two in person classes from Randy. He is a teacher that actually likes to teach. You can tell by how enthusiastic he is every day in class. Tests and assignments are very challenging but force you to learn the material better. Attendance isn't mandatory but very critical to being successful.

SLCC has a ton of great teachers, but Randal is the best of the best. I offhandedly remarked that I'd been using the reserve copy of the text in the library and he gave me his own so I could really get the material down. It's too bad he has a low rating on here. Computer Science is a tough field but he makes it just a little bit easier.

Fast-talking, energetic. Hybrid course requires more on-your-own study/reading. ~2 weeks time to complete assignments made material much easier to understand than Baird's system of ~2+ projects/wk. No quizzes or tests, just assignments that build on each other. I would highly recommend!

No assignments for the first month. There were 5 assignments, 1 quiz, and the final exam the entire semester. It's been almost a week past finals and still waiting on grades for 2 assignments and the final. No textbook for the class, although assignments referred to a textbook anyway. Looked up information online instead. Mediocre experience.

Randy is a fun and knowledgeable instructor. His tests were well thought out so that it was easy if you know the material without giving away points if you don't.

Took two classes from him. I think that he is a great instructor. Really tries to structure information in a way that optimizes learning. If you put in the effort, you will learn, and if you don't understand, he will take as much time as needed to help.

I took him for CSIS 1340 and 1400. He does an amazing job of explaining things and answering questions during lectures so while attendance is not mandatory I would still go to class. For both classes he would occasionally have times set aside to help students with projects and was always available to answer questions. Excellent teacher.

Inspiring teacher. He is a little tough, but if you apply yourself you will come away with a crystal clear understanding of the topics covered. He has a great way of breaking down concepts into digestible chunks. Some teachers teach as if they have forgot what it's like to not know programming, he is great at putting things on the student's level.

Randal taught everything very clearly, and the class outline was very well organized. Expectations were very clear. His class definitely took some time and work each week to stay on top of things, but it was very well organized and doable. Challenging class, but not impossible. Great teacher, I wish all my CSIS classes could be taught by him.

Professor Koziatek provided relevant and timely feedback on assignments and quickly responded to emailed questions.

This was my second class in the programming major. I was nervous about this class because I skipped the pre requisite. This was the hardest class I have ever taken. I was in the book non stop just trying to keep my head above water. Randy helped so much in lectures. I truly learned from him how to program. He taught the basics. Best teacher!

His timely responses were helpful to keep me moving through the assignments. There were no lecture videos just reading from the textbook and a few additional documents that he added. The last three assignments are difficult. To prepare for the online class learn how to use NetBeans beforehand. Excellent class!!!

Truly one of the best professor's (and teacher) I have had in my life. Show up to class, contact him outside of class, read your textbook. If you do these things you will not fail, his lectures are inspiring and filled with endless rabbit holes for you to jump down. You certainly will not be bored. He grades the way CS is, accuracy. No complaints.

Always willing and flexible with setting up online office hours. Helpful feedback on homework and questions.

He is THE best teacher I have ever seen. He is very professional and has passion in teaching. Every good at explaining things and respond very very very fast. Almost immediately. I never showed up in the class but I watch every video. For the final projects, I worked a little with him and it was fantastic. Make sure u contact him on phone.

He is by far one of the best teachers I have ever had! He really does want you to learn and will take time out of his day to WebEx you when you need help or talk to you on the phone. I'm a slow learner and a visual learner and when I do not understand something I know I can contact him for help and he will help me!

This was a broadcast lecture in real-time. Lectures were decent. He gives great feedback, although he grades a little tougher. I learned quite a bit from him. He is extremely accessible outside class and will call, text, or email you back at almost anytime of the day. I would take him again. He wants you to become an efficient programmer.

The professor is amazing. I was hesitant to take this class because I saw his general rate is 3 and people commented he doesn't give feedback. But actually he gives excellent feedback and always be there for your questions. As long as you do the work and follow the feedback to fix your work you can get a good grade.

Was always willing to meet if reached out to. Was helpful working things through.

He is an amazing teacher. He is always willing to help us to understand the lectures. Giving very detail feedback on our assignments

Professor Koziatek tailors the class tho those who can problem solve on their own. The course is a guide. I love how Professor Kotiztek encourages you to use any resources. If you want a cookie cutter class and hand holding you should find a different professor (and degree path). Great at answering questions promptly.

I agree with the other reviewers that Prof Koziatek is a tough grader, but he is fair. The assignments he gave generally had clear requirements, and when writing code, it either fits the requirements and functions or it doesn't. The initial assigments took a long time to grade which was frustrating but we were allowed to correct and resubmit.

I struggled with this class, but professor Koziatek was extremely helpful and responsive when I would reach out. He was very patient with me and helped me get through parts of assignments that I didn't understand. I'll be taking another one of his classes. You do have to buy/rent his textbook.

Randal Koziatek cares about his students and the subject matter. He is available anytime to help students with questions. Most of the grade is based on 5-6 large programming assignments, which are assigned in the second half of the semester. All assignments are graded at the end of the semester, so schedule a meeting to get feedback on assignments.

Take this class if you are not afraid of a challenge, stay away otherwise. He really doesn't hold your hand too much on these assignments. This sets up the fundamentals you need to succeed as a programmer. Major downside is he takes forever to grade assignments. Three of my major assignments were graded after the semester was over.

This is probably the hardest coding class at SLCC, however you're in pretty good hands. He will give you a challenging program to create but he wont give you the answers but instead will guide you into the right direction. He is willing to meet outside of class to review your code and break it down for you so you can solve the problem yourself.

Class was easy. I spent a total of 80 hours reading textbooks, working on assignments and taking tests for this class. I finished everything a month early. Randy sat down with me and went over every assignment I submitted to make sure it was working properly so I'd get an A. Such a good dude and the material was very reasonable.

Lots of textbook reading "required" that I never did. Had experience C# from one class in HighSchool, could easily teach myself and wing it. Used AI to review code read the textbook and edit accordingly so I solved problems in the way asked based on the learning material I never would read. Im no genius. He Takes FOREVER to grade late work.

Great teacher. I took pages of notes during his lectures and found that he often went over things that were useful in later assignments. He has clearly thought through how introduce information gradually. Always made himself available after class for questions, and was easy to reach outside of class. Looking forward to having him again.