He sucks beyond imagination. He knows his stuff but he cant teach to save his life. Five minutes into the class and you want to commit suicide. Waterever you do don't take him.

This professor is the MOST boring professor I've had in three semesters. I hate his class. He rambles about off topic things, and has no sense of organization, his exams have nothing to do with Computer Science. I definitely learned how to graph stuff though :)

Do not take him! Never does one example problem all semester. When you ask a question, he gives you a convoluted answer, which does not answer the question you asked. If you take him, you will have to rely on the textbook. Worst teacher.

He is the worst professor I ever had. He does not know how to teach. He is neither friendly nor helpful. He gives the grade on his own way, does not consider your work, grades or attendance.

WORST PROFESSOR! You ask him a question and his response would be as if u asked me for a million dollar!. He does not know how respect students and cannot teach for life

I took the oline class for the DB ENT Mgmt. VERY slow with email responses. You not sure if he got your email and his mailbox keep bouncing your email back.

Just avoid this guy.. he is not a teacher, just someone walk in and act like one. He doesn't teach, he doesn't tell you what to do, how you going to do your homework. It just a disaster..

oh wow, worst staff in NJIT.. doesn't teach, when you ask a question, his answer would be like a riddle.. ,not even a computer can understand him.

the worst professor at njit. It's obvious he doesnt care about the students, and your grade will show for it. he is very irresponsible, losses papers, doesnt know how to use excel to average grades and teaches the class off of wikipedia. This professor gives njit's cs department a bad rep. If i wasn't already good in cs i would have failed.

Dont take this guy...you will regret it...Very Unclear,and Unprepared.. He teaches from Wikipedia..NJIT CS dept needs to hire better professor than this guy....Don't take him!!!!!!

This guy cannot teach. He expects us to just know the material for Matlab. He hasnt taught us anything. I learned more from my friend who doesnt know matlab either more than him. Do not take him. Cause he doesnt curve the grades like every other CS professor, so your basically screwed.

Do not take his class unless you undertand programing completely. He wont explain what each term means. and when to use it. Honestly worst professor in the world.

He does not teach. Period. He gives a sample program at the beginning of the semester with a few loops and if statements ad then expects you to program from that. If you ask a question, he will mumble an answer as he walks away from you. Had I not taken a CS class in high school, I would be completely lost. This guy just does not care.

Really surprised that anyone has something good to say about him because he the worst professor I have ever had I wished I known about this site earlier because I wouldn't have taken him

He flat out is the worst teacher. He does not teach but gives a 'overview' of the stuff we need to learn by our own. You be better off just learning on your own cause he does not teach. he comes and sits in his desk and once in while post some stuff online without talking...WITHOUT talking to class. Also their is no textbook, no notes, or anything.

This guy is the laziest and the most useless guy ever. He doesn't teach and he doesn't care. He comes to class, sits on his desk and does nothing until class ends. Word of advice, do not do his homework last second! make sure you get it in a week before the due date is!

He is a disgrace to teaching. Honestly this man does not deserve to be called a professor. Arrogant and lazy, the man honestly has no good qualities as a teacher. Do not take him.

Wish I had never taken this class. It is a nightmare with him. He doesn't teach even for a second !!!

If you need to take CS106, find a different professor. He walks into class, assigns work and then does nothing. The entire semester was like this. He does not teach, he simply expects students to know what they are doing.

This was by far the worst class I ever took in NJIT and this is coming from a junior. This professor does not teach anything and expects you to know everything. His replies to a question is like a riddle Exams are not cake. DO NOT TAKE HIM.

useless guy. curves the midterm. cant teach at all. avoid at all costs if you need to LEARN cs. he reuses programs so cheating for that is easy. does a group presentation to help out grade. sit next to someone smart for the final. good luck

Literally the worst prof I have ever had. He comes to class, sits down, and watches videos on youtube. HE DOES NOT TEACH. When you ask him a question he will mumble nonsense while walking away from you and avoiding eye contact. He doesn't deserve to be called a professor.

Just NO. Not only does this guy not teach, but when the entire class fails, he refuses to curve the grade! Ive taken this class 2 times and this is my third, its amazing how he managed to get a job teaching here. Assignments 2 times a week a group project and two exams. Be prepared to teach yourself or fail.

boring.

It just really upsets me that he is the ONLY one to teach this course. He is horrible. I personally hate him with a passion. He is horrible once again. Please talk to your adviser to see if you can take someone else or something. I could not deal.

Completely unprofessional behavior for a college professor. He dresses like a bum, and doesn't actually teach. He walks into class (usually late) and assigns work for the class. After this he sits at his computer and does absolutely nothing productive. 2 exams which everyone fails, ends up being a 60 or 70 point curve so most people pass the class.

Horrible professor. Worst at njit. Doesn't teach at all and expects you to know everything. Very rude and dresses like a bum on the streets of newark.

What is even going on in this course? Nobody even knows because this "professor" does not even teach!

By far the worst professor I have taken at NJIT. Dresses horribly and has a raspy voice. Goes off topic a lot.

If this is your first programming language ever, I highly recommend that you do not take this professor. He goes off on too many tangents during both the lectures and the lab about his first programming language and what not. This is supposed to be an entry level course for C++ but he does not teach the basics well.

WORST PERSON EVER. I can't even call him a professor good luck learning anything. he's exam average was 20. you do 3 assignments on the computers and a mid term and a final. mid term and final are on paper and questions that he never prepared you for.

Babbles on for about 95% of the time and acts as if we all have been programming for years. When you ask him a question about the lab he doesn't give you a specific answer to where in the program you are wrong he just keeps saying what the goal of the program is designed to do. Labs are extremely hard and he is no help would avoid him at all costs

If you want to learn C++ or whatever language this bum is teaching don't take him. Easy A if you just copy the assignments and study the previous exams but if you actually want to learn then avoid like the plague.

if you are a COE major, this prof. is setting you up to fail a much harder cs course, cs280. you can basically get away with not learning anything from his classes and still pass with an A or B+. His exams are so easy in both cs115 and cs116 that even someone w/minimal knowledge can do well and not code be able to code even a very basic program

One of the worst professors at NJIT!! Stay away from him as much as possible. His exams are awfully hard, students don't know what to expect on the exams or even grades! His lectures are very boring and if you skip class, don't worry you won't pass. His curves are minimal and isn't scared to fail anyone. Worst class ever!

This class by him is one of the toughest and by far the worst one I have ever taken! He doesn't curve and likes to fail students! Stay away from him.

DO NOT TAKE HIM. You won't learn anything and he makes you wait 3 weeks to get your grade on the midterm. He won't do anything to help the students.

Avoid him if you can. His teaching method is him directly reading from his PDFs. He's extremely unorganized -- he comes to class and then starts thinking about what to teach, and begins to look for PDFs. You'll here this line very often "The PDF I wanted is on another device, maybe we'll take a look at it next class." --Then he never goes over it..

This professor rambles on and decides each lecture what kind of powerpoint hell open up depending on what he feels. He's usually late to class and sometimes even forgets to show up. This is an introductory course and he expects you to understand everything he mentions. He's terrible at teaching and not helpful when you're struggling to understand.

Not one good thing to say about him. He has no real resources for you to try and figure things out on your own. Literally posts a simple example and you're figuring out his projects on your own.

Every lecture I've had with him he goes off on a rant about some airplane crash and i end up wasting my time. I havent learned a single thing about programming in C++ or programming period. The labs might be easy to some but for who's never programmed anything in their life it's quite hard. every time I ask him something he never answers clearly.

He is a very brilliant computer scientist and overall a very sharp mind. Unfortunately he is very disorganized and not one bit motivated to teach. As a result, you will learn practically nothing from him and instead you will have to self teach yourself.

I took this professor over spring. Thank god my TA was a good teacher - main reason I passed. The professor is clearly smart, but HORRIBLE at teaching. You can easily pass without learning anything in both cs115 and 116. But if you are in CoE, GL in CS280. In NJIT there's Free cs tutoring, highly recommend you try to get help there instead.

Absolute WORST and can't/doesn't have a passion to teach. Go to your TA's if you have one, if not 100% go to ACM tutoring because if you don't have a programming background just like me, this class is an uphill battle. Only show up to lecture for exam reviews and actual exam. Pathetically rambles about spaceships and ancient programming languages,

In my 21 years of living, I've never quite experienced a bigger disappointment than this class. I learned more about Pluto and the Dallas Cowboys in his class than about C++. Hardly ever responded to emails. Don't get him started on a rant, because the semester will come and go before he quits ranting. Do yourselves a favor and take anyone else.

Don't bother taking his classes, His lectures have virtually nothing to do with what you are *trying* to learn. Most, if not all of his lectures consist of him explaining a single line of code and how it was used way back into pre-historic era. He also goes on a lot of tangents about his life in college back in the ol' days. TA's are cool though

PAY ATTENTION TO THIS: IF YOU NEED TO LEARN, DON'T TAKE THIS PROFESSOR! YOU WON'T LEARN ANYTHING. He doens't help, doesn't answer email, don't ask questions - he won't answer you, and talks about things that is not related to the subject at all. he doens't give you HWs, quizzes, and doesn't teach either. take anybody else but not him.

DO NOT TAKE THIS PROFESSOR! I took intro to Computer Science (CS106) and this professor will expect the students to know how to do the work. The examples he gives doesn’t help. This class uses python which is supposed to be easy but this professor makes it hard if it’s a new language to you.

Trash, Basura, garbage

Professor Rutkowski goes off topic easily and you won't learn anything in his lectures

Lectures quickly derail into nonsensical stories which have nothing to do with the class material. Does not know how to grab the attention of the class, and no one knows when to pay attention between all the rambling he does that is completely off topic. Impossible to reach through email and posts no office hours. Terrible professor.

Absolutely, ridiculously, over-the-top, trash at teaching coding. You will not learn a single thing.

As a transfer in my third year of a MechE degree, Rutkowski is easily the worst professor I have ever had. His "lectures" don't cover course material at all. He will ramble about unrelated BS all class and then assign something covering a concept we know nothing about, and he won't help at all. Do anything you can to not take him, please.

I took him for my first CS class at NJI. He was bad. My first lecture I ever had of him consisted of 15 minutes talking of the syllabus, then going on to talking about deals under the table in the oil industry, and plane seats and philosophers in those plane seats. Just do the homework and pray on the final, and you'll prob pass.

I dont think he looked up from his computer once during lectures and it sounds like hes talking to himself. I took the honors section, and he just rambled about satellites every lecture when we're supposed to be learning Python. Luckily, the course is braindead easy since the practice exams are the same questions on the real exam, changed slightly.

I'm usually pretty okay with most professors. Most I say that they get too much hate. But when you have one that will provide lectures that is unrelated to any of the course, there's a problem. Easily the worst professor I had.

This course was required, so most of us don't have a choice in taking it. I can't advise to avoid. I attended all of the Professor's lectures and did not learn much, tutoring is almost required since I did not have a lab, two days of rambling speeches. Good luck to anyone who's taking it next lol

he literally dosnt teach anything useful in class and im always left lost at the end of it. I literally have to cheat and read basically everything about matlab to get by

This man will talk about literally anything other than what's on the exam. If I didn't already know Java, I sure as heck wouldn't have learned it here. Half the class is teaching each other, and the other half is taught by ChatGPT & Google. If you want to learn anything, look elsewhere.

Students should be informed about their education. Learning styles vary, so what didn't work for me might suit others. Seek alternatives for more support and clarity.

DO NOT TAKE THIS PROFESSOR AT ALL COSTS. As bad as these reviews are its true. I had him for 2 days only, its the beginning of this semester, but whatever these reviews are saying is coming to reality. He RAMBLES AND RAMBLES about random stuff and does not teach at all. I dont know how his exams are but whatever you do DO NOT TAKE HIM

Does not effectively teach, and talks about relevant topics.

The professor is unable to teach and too old to convey information. He is not a reliable professor when it comes to anything, so don't even try contacting him.

Worst CS professor, switch to an 8:30 or a night class if you need to. Rambles during lectures about "good old days" of programming in FORTRAN w/ EXTREMELY unclear grading. We've submitted 4 psets and a whole midterm and he not graded a single one of them. Nobody has any idea how they are doing in CS 114 despite being almost at the end of the sem.

Talk to much about his pasts, can't teach, and has not grade anything up to midterm. Assignment are going to be mostly of time unrelated to the course. But even if it related to the course, instruction are bad. Can not be reach at all thorough email.

If you are in engineering, then you have no choice but to take his class. He does not teach; he just talks and talks. Good luck. Absolutely wouldn't recommend.

His lectures are borderline useless. Most of the time will be spent on rambling about unrelated topics or going over something that was done last lecture or in the lab section. Midterm was graded incorrectly and took weeks to get fixed. The only redeeming part was that the midterms and final exams were almost exactly the same as the actual exams.

I would highly recommend against taking any classes with this professor. His lectures are boring and void of important information. The only saving grace is that the practice midterm and practice final he gives out are essentially the same as the actual tests and the final is just the midterm with a couple extra questions, making them very easy.

his lectures are so useless. you dont have a choice besides him for this course so good luck. make sure to submit all your hw, and try your best on midterm and final. hw weighs a lot. i got the highest grade for the midterm and final of my section and still got a C+. its crazy that they dont curve this class.

This professor is a great example of why people are hesitant about the current university system. With colleges being so pricy, too many "professors" like him don't actually teach the subject they are paid to. His lectures are not pertinent to the course because he ends up rambling about nothing. By the end of the lecture you learned nothing.

Don't take all he talk abt is his old job

In my opinion he is one of the worst professors in the school. You don't learn anything from his lectures, attendance is not mandatory, and almost all his lectures end up him yapping about his life that doesn't have to do anything with computer science. Take recitation extremely seriously because you learn the most from there.

Please understand that in his class you won't learn anything unless u self study . DO the matlab onramp , and copy the TA so that you can complete the HW . This class is Copy / paste , almost no learning involved . The TA is also rude , and unhelpful if you're confused . Know what your getting into if your new to programming .

he knows his stuff but doesn't do much teaching

He does not teach

Loves to talk about his day and everything that went wrong. The assignments can get on your nerves a little. The midterms were comparatively fine

Worst class ever, I learned nothing at all. I went into a required entry level cs class expecting to learn the basics and was screwed from the beginning. The lectures are him rambling and being bitter about the younger generation, if I was a cs major he would've made me want to drop out or switch majors. Do not take if you want to learn anything.

Doesn't teach anything about how to code.

He is a TERRIBLE teacher who has zero idea what he is talking about. He once said during class "Instead of making the assignments easy and grading hard I will make assignments hard and grade average so when you think your failing you will get a C." NEVER responds to emails and talks about nonsense in class. DO NOT TAKE!!!!!

what he lectured about didn't relate to the syllabus or the assignments. all assignments and tests was a struggle for all bc he failed to teach us anything. the only thing he talked about every class was references to CS that he didn't teach us abt, how his dad worked for UPS, and how “CS is like China”. the only way people passed was by cheating

He's absolutely horrible. He doesn't answer any questions in class, doesn't teach, and lectures about nonsense. All he has is discussed the whole semester was his day and how his day went. This is the worst professor at NJIT. Do not take this course you will fail.

If I could give him a zero I would but I can't so i give him a ONE. The worst professor at Njit. He's NOT a truther. told everyone in the class “if you think you're failing you'll pass.” WELL I STILL FAILED. Doesn't respond to emails, minus 100000. Terrible terrible professor can't stress this enough.

don't ever take him, like I'm serious. He doesn't teach and the only way to pass is to cheat.

I didn't learn nothing

BAD Professor!!!!!

DON'T TAAAKE HIMMM, go to hudson or take it somewhere else but don't take it with him at all, barely passed with a C. he doesn't explain anything well or his TA he just take about himself a lot and when you ask the TA he just give you a look " how you don't know this" and he doesn't help or explain at the end.

If you're taking CS113 for the first time, do NOT take this professor. Thankfully, I'm not because I'd be so incredibly lost. He goes on and on and on about satellites and other random stuff that isn't even related to this course. He won't help with explaining either. He can be rude at times as well. I HIGHLY recommend taking a different professor.

He just yaps about everything else then, the course. Be prepare to learn on your own or with your peers.