Mark Sivak is a Creative Studies professor at Northeastern University rated 3.47/5 by 86 students, with 2.88/5 difficulty and 100.0% who would take them again (TRACE + RateMyProfessors + Reddit, updated July 2026).
Mark Sivak professor reviews and ratings: 3.47/5 from 86 student reviews at Northeastern (100.0% would take again). TRACE + RateMyProfessor + Reddit.
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 has an average rating of 3.47/5 from 86 student reviews. 100.0% of students said they would take them again.
Mark Sivak's classes have a difficulty rating of 2.88/5 based on student reviews.
Mark Sivak has taught CS4535, GSND6330, GE5100, GSND7995, GAME2500, GAME3700, ARTG3100, ARTG2260, GE5010, ARTG4701, ARTG4700, ARTG5640, GE5030, ARTG3250, GE1502, GE1501, GE1111, GE5000, GE1110 at Northeastern.
Data updated July 2026.