He is horrible. Gives 4 tests and 3 assignments and 1 group project. Will not post slides before class. Tests are to hard. Ex. last test got 31 grade curve gave me a 71. Gives pop quizzes. Tests impossible Do not take unless you have to!

I took him and he is REALLY HORRIBLE! I have never had such a vindictive, paranoid teacher. I would take a required class at another school if he were the only one teaching it rather than to take this teacher. I have never met a worse teacher!

If you are not a Computer Science major: DON'T TAKE THE CLASS! at least not with this professor. Others be prepare for a class/material that is difficult and with a professor that expect you to be a "network" guy at the end of the semestre. Note: The people that do well in his class, are the one "re-taking" the class (Usually half of the class).

Worst class I have ever taken. He is a very good teacher but the test are not really fare. They are so bad, that the average was 45 on one. Do not take this class unless you are looking to have your face kicked in on all test. I like him as a teacher, but his tests take away from class. Do not take unless there is no other option...

he teach for the people who knows about protocols, if you want to lean read the book and be ready, he is not a good teacher TIP look for the previous test he is so lazy he never change them.

By a large margin, Prof. Clincy is the WORST teacher I have ever had. The tests are completely irrelevant to the book. Average grade on his tests is a 35. Canceled class 2 consecutive days before test, but still administered the exam (on two separate occasions). On the days "Dr." Clincy actually did attend, his grammar interfered with learning.

He knows his stuff, however he should not ever teach. He does not know how to teach, he could give presentations at a meeting and right his millions of books but don't expect him to explain to you how to do problems that will be on his test. If you want an A I don't suggest this teacher, the average grade on the first test was a 35.

DO NOT TAKE THIS PROFESSOR IF YOU CAN HELP IT! ABSOLUTELY NO USABLE INFORMATION COMES FROM THIS MAN'S MOUTH. STEER CLEAR UNTIL THEY FIGURE OUT WHAT SHOULD BE TAUGHT IN CSIS 2520 CLASS!

Absolutely, without a doubt the worst professor I have ever had the displeasure of knowing. His tests are ridiculous. His lectures useless. He offers no help when queried. And he revels in making students look stupid in class when they ask questions yet he requires class participation. I will never take another class from him again.

Dr. Clincy is by far the worst teacher I have ever had. Do not take a single class with him. He gives impossible tests that you will fail and then he will curve the average grade to a 75. The class average on the 1st test was a 28 before the curve. I have never worked so hard and gotten so little out of a class.

Horrible professor, who gives impossible tests. Class average on tests floated around 30 - 50%. He grades on a curve, but students are comprehending less than half of your material,sign of a poor professor. Clincy likes to record every other lecture, in lieu physical classes so we would literally have one class to ask questions between tests

The guys is smart, no doubt about it. Unfortunately for the students, intelligence is not directly proportional to teaching ability. This was the worst class I've ever taken. I went from making straight A's to STRUGGLING just to make a 35. You won't learn a single thing in this class other than how to properly withdraw from a course. Terrible.

3.5 hour class. He shows up for about 20-30 minutes, reads powerpoint slides which are available on his site, and retreats to his office. 1 easy lab assignment per week. 2 part exams over separate days. The programming portion is easy, but the "knowledge" portion is absolutely ridiculous. Class average tends to be about 60%. AVOID AT ALL COSTS.

We had 4 weeks or more designated to group projects, instead of lectures. The majority of projects were based on javafx, which is obsolete. Lectures were copy pasted from the book. 25% of your grade is up to your team. Could have learned more reading the book, and saving the money. This class provided no value. Exams constructed unfairly.

This course advanced computer architecture (graduate level) was no where in contents. Sir takes good effort to teach and available. Very few classes and that too repeated the basic stuff. Too much tension for the grades, though curved and the projects were all very low level. Waste of time and energy. Basic undergrad course was so much better.

Course grade is based heavily on test grades, with a group project at the end. The tests are very difficult and the professor is a very picky grader (you will lose points for work he decides is incorrect, even if you got the correct answer). Tests are curved based on other student's scores. He is vague about what is on tests

There was no contents in the course. We wont even know what topics advanced comp architecture has. Wastes so much time in number systems and on presentations which are not at all related to course. Always looking to cut points. Not at all understanding. Though he curves his grades, but he wont consider even if you score 89 % and would give B.

The most boring professor I've ever had the displeasure of listening to for 2 hours every week. Powerpoints barely cover test material, and most do badly on the tests.

Dr. Clincy does not at all care for his students. His tests are really hard and he does curve them if the average is below a 70, but he is not here for you. His lectures do not at all reflect what is on the tests. He would not go over an online test that was graded incorrectly until I got the department involved. DO NOT TAKE CLINCY!

Do not take as an online Summer class! Very hard tests where he has to curve so the average grade is a 70. Only 4 tests make up your entire grade. You can't skip questions and go back so you either have time left over or too much time. Tests are very hard compared to the material taught . Its interesting stuff but he tries to make it hard!

Eager to reprimand and give a snarky reply via email. The 1st day I inquired about the textbook and his response was "use outlook." Funny, cause I was. His tone was even less professional the next time I asked a question. I guess this is ABET's means of maintaining the status quo and halting upward mobility. Systemic classism at its finest.

Clincy is the most unprofessional professor Ive had. When you email him to ask a question, he makes you feel like youre insignificant, gives a sarcastic comment, and a very incomplete answer to your question. He even intrusively looked at our other class schedules and determined he could take up some Tues/Thurs nights outside of class for tests.

Dr. Clincy is very unprofessional and dismissive in communications. Test questions are magnitudes of difficulty beyond the very few homework assignments given. He makes unreasonable demands like asking students to print charts for a test with less than 2 hours notice.

Does not want students to succeed. Tries to sabotage students. Makes tests more difficult than he taught them (final exam was not taught AT ALL), designs tests for everyone to fail and curves the grade (why not help students pass by teaching correctly?). If contacted he is dismissive, rude, argumentative, and will not listen. Avoid at all costs.

This is now a mandatory course for CS. Its a chimera of a lot of 3000 level courses. He knows the game, pass a certain percentage of students to keep the college off his back. He makes test excessively broad over the covered chapters, asks trick/vague questions on the exam, and just curves to a 70% if the class exam average is below that value.

Im a senior in CS, straight As, always show up to class, study regularly, etc. Dont listen to whatever good reviews there are, RUN. By far the worst professor Ive ever had. Tests are designed to trip you up, homework is nothing like the test, he lies, hes unprofessional, he curves grades to the extreme because otherwise nobody would pass.

Professor is VERY lecture + test heavy. Tells us to watch a video of him reading a powerpoint show from 2011 or earlier. He then gives us tests that have no relevance to the lecture or book material. The only good thing is that he curves the extremely difficult tests if the entire class averages below a 70. DO NOT TAKE THIS PROFESSOR!!

Dr. Clincy is a less than perfect professor. I would highly recommend that you stay as far away from this professor as you can. His lectures do not match the tests/quizzes and the book. Expects that you are his slave and that you log into D2L daily. Lots of random assignments with minimal time to complete.

Do not take this professor! Stay away from this clown. He makes his exams extremely hard. Do not take him.

Very rude to students. Belittles people who does not understand, and will try to not answer questions. Expect to hire a tutor or send 5 emails per question.

Hands down the worst professor I've ever had. You will never receive feedback on any homework or tests, so good luck learning from mistakes. His lectures are him just reading the PowerPoints. His instructions for quizzes and projects are confusing and any clarification won't be helpful. Tests don't even follow anything from the lectures

Absolutely the worst professor. If anything ever goes wrong or you don't understand something it's always your fault, it can never be his fault. Even if the majority of the class can't understand test instructions, it's your fault for not reading the instructions carefully enough.

Very unhelpful class, teacher does not provide any material to practice and determine if we are doing things correctly other than unchangeable grades. The textbook is next to worthless with only explanations of topics rather than demonstrations. Teacher only responds to emails with 1-2 short sentences. Everybody I ask has failed every test so far.

He tends to go off topic and isn't very clear. His tests are autograded and you can't go back on questions; they are also heavily curved. He hasn't updated his slides in a long time but still uses them even though some information is wrong or out of date. His responses to emails are about 2 sentences and almost always not helpful.

The lectures are high level, but the tests end up requiring low level knowledge that is only found in the textbook. Use the textbook's resources to study and the lecture slides to guide you through the reading. Half the tests students fail, so the professor curves the grades because he cannot properly prepare his students for the tests.

Should not be teaching. Curves all tests to a 75 class average because the class is so poorly done that people can't pass. Completely lacking in self reflection - they demand answers be given in an incredibly specific way with no partial credit, while tests and assignments are given to you in the most undecipherable poorly worded way possible

Anal about instructions that he proceeds to write incorrectly and then acts arrogantly and rudely when you try to email him about them. Horribly ridiculous expectations for group projects with particular and idiotic instructions. Boring recorded lectures that have nothing to do with the tests. He is the worst teacher I have ever had. Avoid this man

Uses slides and lecture videos from 2014, reuses the same assignments each year, and auto grades everything. Instructions on tests are always vague and if you email him don't expect an answer to your question. Exam 1 is the easiest and only 3 people polled out of 18 passed from my first time in the class.

This professor is horrific. Unsupportive of one of my accommodations. Acted so unprofessional when I confronted him; he just stormed out of the room, raising his voice, saying that I had an attitude when speaking with him. didn't prepare us for any exams, provided a 50% in-person class when we signed up for a 100% in-person. Only reads from slides.

Avoid this teacher at all costs! He doesn't care. It's 4 tests and 1 group project. Most students fail the first two tests so he has to curve the grades to make up for that. The tests are extremly low level. Once you answer a question you can't go back to review it making these tests even harder. Save yourself the trouble and find another class.

Gives tests unrelated to what is thought in class or to what is in the textbook.

Terrible

On the test you were expected to make incredibly low grades for it to be curved. The professor can sometimes be unwilling to work with students. I would try to avoid this professor if possible.

Worst professor. He does not know his material. The average grade for the first test was 52. His tests are awful. He reads off his generic slides and goes no further than that. The book does not help with his tests. Peers who have taken him previously said they barely passed or they had to drop it. DO NOT TAKE HIM! "Do this and this to get that"...

class average is less than a 70% for all of his exams. If one student gets less than a 70 they didn't study very well, if EVERYONE gets less than a 70%, the teacher is not doing a good job.

Grading is scaled differently but does not reflect in the final grade (ex. 80 = A on test, but 80 != A on the final grade calcs). His tests are disgusting and his group projects are absolutely atrocious. On our final project he graded us on how we "PERCIEVE TEAMWORK"!!!!!!!!, and subjective grading process that has no merit. DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS!

Horrible test and teacher, does not care about the online portion of his class at all, powerpoints barely teach you about the subject, assignments are 1 question long, and extra practice is nowhere to be found. Only pro: curving on the test. Expect to make a 30 or Less on his test before curve.

Don't believe the good reviews this teacher has. This is one of the worst classes I have ever taken. I have received As in all of my other classes, so it's not unreasonable to say I work hard for my grades. I received a C in this class while putting the most effort out of all of my classes. There are no easy tests! Reading the textbook is a must!

Maybe his in-person class is fine, but his online one is terrible. The slides and textbook are OK, but very little practice is given. Both the labs and the tests are 10 ?s or less, and the first exam was scheduled for 10pm on a Monday. This is a legitimately hard class, so this professor may not be the best fit if you struggle in online classes.

This professor is unlike anything I have ever seen. Worst lectures I've ever bore witness to, no links to external resources, no textbook link, no anything. Slides and him reading them in video format. Slides mislead you into studying the wrong material. Condescending, and utterly unhelpful. Exams are curved because they are borderline impossible.

He does a very poor job setting expectations. His class relies heavily on a curve for tests and the test contents are extremely different from the slides and assignments. A 47 on a test turns into B after the curve. Group project was very annoying. Can't pick teams and not allowed to ask questions without whole team.

Horrendous professor, only reads from notes as if its the first time he sees them, his tests are way too difficult for what he teaches, and does not provide students with the tools needed to succeed. Gives little to no help or instructions. Regularly has the entire class fail tests, as in the class average will be in the 30s. DO NOT TAKE HIS CLASS.

Difficult class made worse by poor instruction and no support. Fully online, no virtual office hours, only email, and replies were rude and condescending. Exams were harder than what was taught, feedback minimal. Asking for help felt unwelcome. Didn't feel like a course designed for student success. Avoid if you want clear communication or support.

I am a 4.0 student and I have never had to withdrawal from a class until him. He offered no support or office hours during the summer and did not make any effort to help his students. The averages for tests were in the 50s. He does not let students view correct answers because he is super concerned about cheating. There's no learning done here.

The main problem with Clincy is that he throws a bunch of jumbled material together in presentations and then assumes you can correctly connect all of it when the textbook only has a few examples with answers. Blames students for low grades - resulting in high curves - when the material is not really that difficult... it's just not taught properly.

He is not a very good Professor. Class average for quizzes were 40-50% so he grades on a curve. The material he provides for lecture is not very useful for the quizzes. Answers on quizzes are final since he doesnt allow you to go back to check previously answered questions. Avoid taking his online class.

Horrible professor. Syllabus is very unclear, very hard to follow lectures, not sure what the assignments are, offers no extra credit.