Good guy

Keep telling yourself its fun

Knows almost everything about the courses he teaches, but sometimes he doesn't bring it down to the level of the student. Exceptional professor and a great personality (very fun classes)

He's an interesting guy, very willing to help but his exams are horribly difficult.

I have had him for three classes now, and would definetly take him again. He is pretty hard, but also fair. He knows everything about everything, so he is the go-to guy for help. Funny guy - big beard, wears ten layers of mismatched flannels/ hawaiian.

Best CS professor in Dept. Is very intelligent and has excellent in class examples to demonstrate points clearly.

Hard tests but interesting guy, that seems to know everything. Very fair grader and you will learn a lot if you attend each class and follow his lectures. Very helpful and nice guy.

Best CS Professor. Difficult tests but fair. I would take a bullet for this guy. Absolutely try to take all classes with him.

Nice guy, speaks quickly, i hated taking 20pt. quizzes EVERY friday

A funny guy, best for upper level courses. He might be a little to "computer sciency" for lower level students. The quizes every friday is a little hard but what can you do.

great teacher, learn a lot in 3 courses i had with him.. tought but fair on quizzes and tests.

good professor but complains a lot about his daughter on AOL a lot. notes are all over though. a good may term class to take.

He's a good professor if you're interested in programming. He tends to favor the students who have a better comprehension of the material. Good upper level professor

One of the best CS professors. Very funny guy and a great professor for the upper-level classes (Ignore CS103, those would suck with any teacher) Definitely take him for later CS classes.

Highly recommended. Is able to keep class relaxed while teaching you a lot of cool and useful stuff. Also uses weekly quizzes instead of quarterly exams, which is much nicer in my book.

good teacher for upper level classes. notes on the board can be messy and hard to follow, not a problem tho. weekly quizes, easy to pass if you look over stuff. takes time to make sure ppl understand everything

Gendrea is a good guy--kind, honest and approachable. It WILL be the most effort you've ever put into a 1 credit class, but that's the course material's fault, not the prof's. Getting a decent grade is doable-quiz material is on stuff he has covered extensively BUT you still MUST study. Final is tricky. Take it over J-term, then you're focused.

He is a good teacher for higer level classes. Assignments are not too tricky and due dates are flexable. Always willing to help you out on a question in and out of class. Take notes because quiz and test questions come straight from them.

He knows a lot about what he is teaching but sometimes has trouble conveying it. Weekly quizes are pretty straight forward with examples done in class (do well on the ones early in the semester, they are pretty easy). Sometimes he messes up on problem examples and problem set-ups on quizes so if youre confused, ask him. Pretty decent prof overall.

Most boring class ever, but its pretty easy if you do your homeowork...Only thing that keeps you awake in class are his weird sounds after he says something. He'll pause and then throw a "whaat" or "aight" in there its hilarious

If you have to visit him in his office, take a buddy.

Gendreau is awesome if you're a C-S major. If not, you'll probably hate him. Read and study for any of his classes.

His lectures are quite interesting. The topics are overall easy. However, some questions on the exam are little bit tricky. Just attend the lecture and be careful during the exam, you will get an A.

If you are taking him for CS103, then it doesn't matter who your teacher is as long as you pay attention somewhat. I have had him for three classes and althought the Friday quizzes can hurt the Thursday night life, they are a whole lot better than big exams. Always lets you have notes on the final and always available to help. Great guy and funny.

Gendreau is one of the best teachers that UW-L has. If you're in the CS major, take him for everything you can. Show up to class and pay attention and you'll have no trouble passing.

CS Majors, Ignore the CS 103 ratings. They're all whiny business majors who despise working for anything. Gendreau is one of the best teachers in the CS major. He's very knowledgeable and is more than willing to help you out when you need it. Friday quizzes are much better than monthly exams, too. Take him for every class you can.

First off, don't listen to the lower level students, such as 103. If you are actually a major and take relevant classes, you will realize that he is a great teacher. Yes, often long, rambling lectures, but you learn what you need to know, and he is NOT a hard grader. He curves at the end of the semester and it tends to go in your favor.

Of course if you're not a CS major you probably wont like him but get over it. He is incredibly helpful and available as much as possible. As CS isn't always the most inviting topic, lectures can get a little dry but overall, he truly knows his stuff and truly cares.

After just completing one of the most difficult courses with him, he did a great job. He throws in these little jokes occasionally that always makes the class laugh and he is always willing to help. He is very good at giving you everything you need for an assignment without handing it to you. Overall he is one of the best professors I have had.

Honestly, he's one of my favorite professors. Lectures were always very engaging, and he was very helpful during office hours.

Challenging but amazing professor, he gives very hard assignments but as long as you pay attention and ask questions youll do fine, I strongly recommend taking him if you can

Went to the first class by accident, wrong room, not the Italian class. Loved Dr. Tommy so much I stayed the whole semester --- so totally worth dropping the Italin and doing this instead. I dream nights about his voice talking about balance and trees. Remember to mention puppies on the finalexam, he loves that and grades easy with it

Gendreau deserves much better ratings on this site. 340 is supposed to be a difficult class and Tommy does a great job of challenging students while being very fair about it. Assignments can be tough but he is very willing to help at office hours. If you truly put in some effort and don't succeed in this class CS is not for you. Highly recommend.

Great guy! Like the way he teaches and the quiz on fridays are way better than exams. CT100 is nothing to stress about if you have any backround in computers.

For CS 270, it can get a little rough. Expect a weekly quiz (around 12 quizzes in total) along with around five programming assignments, 1/2 of which are in MIPS. 270, as another CS major put it can be described as "MIPS and sadness". Gendreau can sometimes seem like he goes all over the place in lectures, but will get to his point, eventually.

Quiz basically every Friday, pay attention in class, look up resources and watch videos outside of class to understand because you will get lost during his lectures, especially if you skip class. The class is heavily curved. 3 projects, 1 very big one that has lots of extra credit. START EARLY AND ASK FOR HELP. Exam is based on project and lectures

He is rather lenient on his deadlines for the most part. His homework will very time consuming so start early and get help. Pay attention in class as quizzes are based on lectures. Material may differ: linked-lists, topological sort, graphs, trees, huffman coding, avl tree, hash table, and lastly for sure b-trees. He does curve the grade a bit.

This class will truly consume your life. It will have you dreaming about balancing trees and life after this class. Be prepared to see sunlight at most once a week.

He is very knowledgeable about what he is teaching and makes himself available to answer questions on all projects during his office hours.

He offers lots of help outside of class and is a good person. However, his way of teaching is not for me. He does a lot of lectures just by putting code on a chalkboard, making it hard to follow and understand. He does acknowledge the fact that he assumes we all are starting with no knowledge about programming, though, which is good.

Thomas Gendreau was a great professor to teach for cs120. He did not expect that any of his students knew anything about comp sci so we truly did start at the beginning. Quizzes every Friday but they are not that difficult if you are prepared. No exams except for the final and there were 8 projects through the semester.

Professor Gendreau teaches some of the hardest subjects in the CS program, and I had trouble following him sometimes, but he cares for his students and being in his class was always a joy. Assignments are hard, but he gives you the tools and time that you need. The information he posts online is thin, so in-person attendance is a must.