ECE-564
MOBILE APP DEVELOPMENT
Not in Fall 2026
Term
Overview
Feedback is mostly positive. The strongest signal is that students generally rate the course well. Best for students who are genuinely interested in the topic and willing to engage with the course on its own terms.
DepartmentELEC&CMP
Terms offeredFall
Typical enrollment14–28
Semesters of data2
9.1
Hrs / week
21
Responses
42
Enrollment
50%
Response Rate
Evaluation Scores
Overall quality
Teaching, content, and experience combined.
4.2
Intellectually stimulating
Challenges students to think deeply.
4.2
Instructor effectiveness
Explains concepts and facilitates learning.
4.2
Difficulty
Higher means harder.
3.7
Feedback Analysis
Feedback Analysismedium
Analysis based on student evaluations
Based on 32 comments across 2 sections
Feedback is mostly positive. The strongest signal is that students generally rate the course well. Best for students who are genuinely interested in the topic and willing to engage with the course on its own terms.
Student Reports
How hard is the A?
A is doable but not automatic
The signal here is more do-the-work-and-you-should-be-fine than easy-A chatter. Students do not describe the A as automatic, but the evidence also does not paint grading as punishing.
Homework Load
Moderate homework load
Homework load looks moderate. The recurring signal is steady weekly work, but not a course that turns every assignment into a grind.
Lecture Load
Regular lecture load
Lectures matter here, but the evidence points to a fairly standard lecture burden rather than a course dominated by long or exceptionally dense lectures.
Strengths
• Instructor ratings are strong even when the comments do not cluster around one obvious positive theme.
Tradeoffs
• There is no single dominant complaint theme, but the feedback is not uniformly glowing either.
Best fit for
Best for students who are genuinely interested in the topic and willing to engage with the course on its own terms.
Watch out for
• A large share of the evidence comes from one instructor's version of the course, so this may not generalize cleanly.
Student Responses
swift programming data management in client swift backend development
Fall 2024 · Telford, Richard
The skills in developing applications in ios system using Swift and polishing the UI with animation by SwiftUI.
Fall 2024 · Telford, Richard
Swift programming in Xcode;
Fall 2023 · Telford, Richard
How to use Xcode, the basic syntax for Swift, and how to use UIKit and SwiftUI.
Fall 2023 · Telford, Richard
SwiftUI, Swift, XCode
Fall 2023 · Telford, Richard
Rating History
Rating history
Error bars show \u00B11 std dev
| Term | Instructor | Overall | Difficulty | Hrs/wk | Enrolled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2024 | Telford, Richard 2.3Rate My ProfessorsQuality2.3Difficulty3.9Would retake14%Based on 9 ratingsClick to view on RMP → | 4.1 | 3.9 | 9.1 | 14 |
| Fall 2023 | Telford, Richard 2.3Rate My ProfessorsQuality2.3Difficulty3.9Would retake14%Based on 9 ratingsClick to view on RMP → | 4.3 | 3.6 | — | 28 |
Instructor
Telford, RichardELEC&CMP
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