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Mark Austin
ENCE353 Expecting a C Anonymous 11/20/2024 |
Pros: Exams are online. You have between 12-15 hours to complete them. You have 1.5 - 2 weeks to complete each homework assignment. All lecture slides and materials are posted online. Some lectures are recorded from the COVID era. Typically, every friday is a Q&A and/or homework help session. If you show up to class and go to the Q&A sessions I found Austin to be helpful. Lots of students don't show up to anything which he does notice. Cons: This class is difficult. Having 2 weeks for 3 HW problems or 12 hours for 4 test questions seems like a ton of time but it goes by fast. My #1 tip is to start everything early. There is no textbook. The lecture materials are fine but I often found myself wanting extra examples or a different explanation. You will have to find these things on your own. The class does not necessarily line up with content from other courses. |
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Mark Austin
ENCE353 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 04/27/2024 |
Avoid if possible. Verbally abusive. Insulting. Useless at teaching |
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Mark Austin
ENCE353 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/24/2021 |
This class was one of the most difficult classes I have ever taken. The only way to survive is to utilize ALL of the office hours. Exams are take at home, 12 hour, open-note. The problems are hard. There is a lot of deriving equations and using a hybridized form of linear algebra and calculus. Austin's class is not based on ENES220. All homework and exams have two types of problems. Half of them are usually based on the lecture material, but the other half is not taught... you have to figure it out yourself. |
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Mark Austin
ENCE200 Expecting an A+ Xin 12/24/2009 |
Cons: -Can't teach -Bad attitude -Does not know how to use a PC Pros: -Easy tests/homework assignments Try to study Java before you start taking this class. The course goes very very fast. |
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Mark Austin
ENCE200 Expecting an A freeman1 12/18/2009 |
Austin is a nice guy and he can be very funny. He can come across as grumpy or arrogant in class some times but he is usually just kidding. His lectures can be very interesting but he doesn't teach you all you need to know about programing. He makes you figure it out on your own. After all, isn't this what engineers are supposed to do? Your best bet is to either use the internet and look up how things work or go see him in his office. I heard he is very helpful but make sure you have some work to show. The first exam is fairly easy if you get some practice exams but don't give up on java because you did well on the first exam. The final is a killer but if you learn java (do the homework yourself, not your comp. sci. friend) and look at the diagrams in his notes you should get an A. |
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Mark Austin
ENCE200 Expecting a B Anonymous 12/08/2009 |
Austin is a nice guy, and is very flexible with his office hours, but the lectures are often boring, and do not really reflect what is on the homework, but are necessary for exam preparation (especially the ones that are open notes). The homeworks are extremely long and complicated, it is useful to know somebody that is a computer science major, especially if its your first exposure to programing. The exams are very similar to the old ones. He is always looking for a very specific answer, often just one word in the answer, for full credit. The diagrams he draws on the board are crucial, most of them he will want you to replicate on the exams. And lastly, he loves macs. |
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Mark Austin
ENCE200 Anonymous 04/06/2009 |
Not the most amazing teacher I've ever had. The tests are almost identical to past exams, which are in the course reader (which is now 40 bucks!). Material isn't too hard, but can be tricky if it's your first exposure to it (like it was for me) because he doesn't always explain things very well. Another thing you should know about him is that he's practically a walking, talking Mac advertisement. If you're a PC person (like me), he doesn't even know how to help you sometimes, much less be willing to. Class is alright, but I can't say the same for him. |
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Mark Austin
ENCE200 Expecting an A ksjo616 12/20/2008 |
overall mediocre teaching; lecture wasn't always helpful for homework and exams. However, Austin is usually lenient in grading and tends to give VERY similar exams from year to year (if not identical), so study the old exams that he includes in the blue course reader and you will be fine. |
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Mark Austin
ENCE200 jmartin1 12/11/2008 |
the class really wasnt that hard, although he is literally no help to anyone on the homework assignments. the class reader he uses may seem like its not worth 30 bucks, but it actually is. the book contains copies of past exams that he gave. study and master those exams and you will do well. also network with people on the homework. |