Mark Sivak is an Engineering professor at Northeastern University rated 3.86/5 on Rate My Professors by 7 students, with 2.65/5 RMP difficulty and 100% who would take them again (RateMyProfessors + Reddit, updated October 2026).
Mark Sivak professor reviews and ratings: 3.86/5 from 7 RMP ratings at Northeastern (100% would take again). RateMyProfessor + Reddit.
Best class ever. Truly. No notes.CS4535 2026-04-28 22:32:29 +0000 UTC
Very thorough knowledge of the design process - Prof. Sivak connects all projects to an overarching theme that bring all ideas into context.GE1501 2017-12-05 15:09:18 +0000 UTC
Mark is a passionate engineer, and is very practical in his teaching of students. There is a fair amount of homework, and a lot of coding material covered that should be taught in a different class. His tests are not particularly difficult, but time is a huge factor. Group project is to create a functioning game - fun, but a lot of work.GE1502 2017-04-01 16:15:46 +0000 UTC
one of the worst classes ive taken, gives little to no feedback, doesnt respond to emails, is rude to students, assigns a TON of work, lectures are so boring that you will space out and then you will be screwed. one of my least favorite teachers ive had everGE1110 2015-12-15 18:36:10 +0000 UTC
Marks a good dude and a solid teacher. He's passionate about his space and it definitely shows in his teaching. It'd be awesome if more teachers at NU were like Mark.IM4700 2014-01-07 15:54:03 +0000 UTC
Nice guy, honest, not much work. Class would be great but lectures are very boring and frequent.GE1501 2016-10-17 21:58:30 +0000 UTC
He's a nice guy, but pretty busy as he's also a CAMD professor and runs the 3D printer lab. Likes to do a game based group project every year as opposed to spaghetti bridges or whatever, fun idea but be sure to leave yourself some time as you're actually expected to build a game that works. Likes to bounce to different topics (CAD, C++) each week.GE1110 2015-11-16 10:10:31 +0000 UTC
Mark Sivak is rated 3.86/5 on Rate My Professors from 7 ratings. 100% of RMP reviewers said they would take them again.
Mark Sivak's classes have a difficulty rating of 2.65/5 on Rate My Professors.
Mark Sivak has taught GE5100, GSND6330, GAME2500, GE5020, GAME3700, ARTG3100, ARTG2260, GE5010 and 9 more at Northeastern.
Data updated October 2026.