Reviews for Michael W. Hicks
Average Rating:| collegeguy752 Course: CMSC433 Grade Expected: A April 28, 2011, 1:28 pm | Great professor, excellent teaching style and attitude. Very helpful with in class examples and study guides for exams. |
| Anonymous Course: CMSC433 Grade Expected: A January 2, 2011, 1:01 pm | Hicks is a nice person and a very reasonable professor who knows his stuff. |
| collegeguy367 Course: CMSC330 Grade Expected: A July 7, 2010, 12:04 pm | Professor Hicks is, in my opinion, one of the best professors the computer science department has to offer. He is interactive and engaging with students by focusing more on sample code and examples generated in class rather than simply reading off the lecture slides. He even makes the boring material seem interesting. Also, he is very receptive to his students and will try to answer most questions in class, or will come back the next lecture with a solution to a question. Hicks focuses his material around student needs rather then curriculum requirements. I really enjoyed his CMSC330 class, and though it was very difficult, in my opinion, his teaching style was very effective and helpful. I will definitely be taking other classes with this professor including CMSC433. Highly Recommended!! |
| Anonymous Course: CMSC330 Grade Expected: April 14, 2010, 10:11 pm | Professor Hicks spends the lecture showing examples of code (which he generates during lecture) of what he tries to teach, while also posting lecture slides (which he doesn't really use in class). Ultimately, I found this style really helpful. It promotes attendance and understanding because you get to see the concepts in action if you attend class, but you also have the slides to refer back to. I enjoyed Hicks as a professor and plan to have him as a professor again. |