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Frank White ENCE202 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 12/28/2025	Only reason I didn't give him a lower rating is because the class content itself is very easy and straightforward and could have easily been condensed down to two weeks' worth of content and a group project, but with frank as the teacher it sure doesn't feel like it. I have nothing against him personally and he can be outgoing if you do try to talk to him, but he does not know how to teach a class nor does he make himself accessible during class time for the MANY questions you will be left with on the classwork and project due to the vague language on assignments and unclear expectations. Grading is slow and unpredictable; even if you follow an assignment to the rubric he may still expect you to go above that in order to receive full points. Most of the in-class material can easily be learned simply by using the Civil3D software on your own time, but the quiz questions are based off one-off comments he may make in class so it's important to be present for lecture. With all this said you can do fine in the class as long as your group is pulling it's weight on the project, and most of the classwork will require you spending time on the lab computers late at night, which all things considered is not the worst considering he will move class online most of the time. Keep your announcements on and be prepared to print your own materials and ask someone who took the class before you for the quizzes since the questions are typically identical and he sends out a key
Frank White ENCE202 Expecting an A- Anonymous 12/18/2025	Professor White is a kind person who wants you to succeed in his class. His class will not be enjoyable though. He’ll talk the whole period going through step by step tutorials on the lesson at hand. While this is useful sometimes, most of this course is intuitive, especially the autocad part. The class period is painstakingly boring. He talks through every detail and then chooses random ones to quiz us on. Additionally, every assignment and file is posted under a single files stream on elms. It’s just disorganized. Also, no grades will ever be handed back to you. Basically you’ll know your grade once final grades are submitted through testudo. Professor White is a busy guy but it would be nice if we received more feedback on our work. A lot of this class is taking guesses and hoping it aligns with what he’s thinking. Professor White is nice but not a good professor for this course. He does know a lot about civil engineering though.
Frank White ENCE202 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/16/2025	Frank is very nice and friendly, but he is not the best professor. He will crack jokes which makes class a bit more entertaining. Some of the topics were extremely interesting but others will put you right to sleep. This class is not hard content wise but the quizzes have obscure questions that make you question everything you know. This class has barely any work for the first two months and then you are slammed with assignments that take forever. If he says that the homework will take awhile, whatever you are expecting, double it. (especially if you do not have any civil3D experience.) Assignments have very vague directions so you will lose crazy points for not putting one buzzer word that he mentioned at the beginning of the year. He also puts a lot of tricks into his quizzes and homework's which is frustrating because frequently what the trick was, we did not go over. We did not get grades back until December 7th, which is insane considering the fact we had our final exam + final project due that week (which was worth 50% of our grade and due two days apart.) The grades came out in an alphabetized spread sheet (with no names just UIDs.) This class can be frustrating at times but its also not the worst class out there. Time consuming but fairly easy. Thankfully he will not fail you so you really only have to deal with him for a semester.

Frank White
ENCE202

Expecting an A+
Anonymous
12/28/2025

Only reason I didn't give him a lower rating is because the class content itself is very easy and straightforward and could have easily been condensed down to two weeks' worth of content and a group project, but with frank as the teacher it sure doesn't feel like it. I have nothing against him personally and he can be outgoing if you do try to talk to him, but he does not know how to teach a class nor does he make himself accessible during class time for the MANY questions you will be left with on the classwork and project due to the vague language on assignments and unclear expectations. Grading is slow and unpredictable; even if you follow an assignment to the rubric he may still expect you to go above that in order to receive full points. Most of the in-class material can easily be learned simply by using the Civil3D software on your own time, but the quiz questions are based off one-off comments he may make in class so it's important to be present for lecture. With all this said you can do fine in the class as long as your group is pulling it's weight on the project, and most of the classwork will require you spending time on the lab computers late at night, which all things considered is not the worst considering he will move class online most of the time. Keep your announcements on and be prepared to print your own materials and ask someone who took the class before you for the quizzes since the questions are typically identical and he sends out a key

Frank White
ENCE202

Expecting an A-
Anonymous
12/18/2025

Professor White is a kind person who wants you to succeed in his class. His class will not be enjoyable though. He’ll talk the whole period going through step by step tutorials on the lesson at hand. While this is useful sometimes, most of this course is intuitive, especially the autocad part. The class period is painstakingly boring. He talks through every detail and then chooses random ones to quiz us on. Additionally, every assignment and file is posted under a single files stream on elms. It’s just disorganized. Also, no grades will ever be handed back to you. Basically you’ll know your grade once final grades are submitted through testudo. Professor White is a busy guy but it would be nice if we received more feedback on our work. A lot of this class is taking guesses and hoping it aligns with what he’s thinking. Professor White is nice but not a good professor for this course. He does know a lot about civil engineering though.

Frank White
ENCE202

Expecting an A
Anonymous
12/16/2025

Frank is very nice and friendly, but he is not the best professor. He will crack jokes which makes class a bit more entertaining. Some of the topics were extremely interesting but others will put you right to sleep. This class is not hard content wise but the quizzes have obscure questions that make you question everything you know. This class has barely any work for the first two months and then you are slammed with assignments that take forever. If he says that the homework will take awhile, whatever you are expecting, double it. (especially if you do not have any civil3D experience.) Assignments have very vague directions so you will lose crazy points for not putting one buzzer word that he mentioned at the beginning of the year. He also puts a lot of tricks into his quizzes and homework's which is frustrating because frequently what the trick was, we did not go over. We did not get grades back until December 7th, which is insane considering the fact we had our final exam + final project due that week (which was worth 50% of our grade and due two days apart.) The grades came out in an alphabetized spread sheet (with no names just UIDs.) This class can be frustrating at times but its also not the worst class out there. Time consuming but fairly easy. Thankfully he will not fail you so you really only have to deal with him for a semester.

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