Reviews for David M. Mount
Average Rating:| random Course: CMSC427 Grade Expected: A- December 24, 2010, 2:42 pm | Dave Mount is a really good professor simply because of two things: he knows graphics well, and he is exceptional at teaching. While there are many professors in CS dept who know their stuff, most suck at teaching. Mount, on the other hand, takes a lot of pain to make sure people understand the concepts. And the best part was that he did entire class on white-board. Graphics can be a hard class to teach on the board because it involves so many 3D drawings and stuff, but Mount stuck to doing everything on the board, and that just made his lectures very effective. There are legends about his lecture notes -- other professors like Meesh use his notes for their classes. We had great lecture notes for this class that included everything he went over in class. Yet, it was still useful to come to class because his teaching style meant that you needed to do very little preparation for the tests. There were four projects, which did a good job covering most of the important topics we discussed in class. The project difficulty level was about medium. His final was harder than the midterm, but neither was long. This class is great fun in general, and it was quite an experience with Dr. Mount. Strongly recommended! |
| fuzzyLogic Course: CMSC451 Grade Expected: A December 28, 2008, 5:27 pm | Great lectures and lecture notes. Comprehensive, lucid, and insightful best described the class. Homework was challenging but quite interesting. Exams were likewise challenging but definitely not impossible if you understood the material. There's a lot of non-linear thinking involved which is not too uncommon for proof-based mathematics courses but may surprise those coming from a traditional CS background. |