William Robertson is a Cybersecurity professor at Northeastern University rated 2.6/5 by 124 students, with 3.95/5 difficulty and 25.0% who would take them again (TRACE + RateMyProfessors + Reddit, updated July 2026).
William Robertson professor reviews and ratings: 2.6/5 from 124 student reviews at Northeastern (25.0% would take again). TRACE + RateMyProfessor + Reddit.
Even though his assignments are super hard(for me), he tends to give students high grades. Super intelligent researcher and nice professor! You can definitely learn a lot from him. Before choosing his class, make sure you know network programming and find some great teammates. The assignment will be tough(for most people), just don't give up.CY6740 2022-06-14 16:06:27 +0000 UTC
Professor with no skills how to behave with students... not at all helpful and thinks he's the only one with netsec knowledge on the planet.CS6740 2020-09-20 05:42:28 +0000 UTC
Professor is clearly knowledgeable and enjoys teaching security. Workload is heavy and learning curve is steep. You would benefit from many years of experience before taking this class. He does hold a high standard and I agree that he could be more proactive in supporting his students but also people seem mad they actually have to work hard to passCS5770 2018-11-07 17:55:56 +0000 UTC
Best Professor 10/10 easy A. If you get less than an A in class then you stoopid. The assignments take like 10 mins, and the quizzes cover things learned in class.CY6740 2021-02-02 04:51:46 +0000 UTC
Worst course under worst professor. You will get just regret after every lecture. No teaching skills... Just random and wrong assignment statements... No doubt solving sessions and random lecture cancellations. Worst professor with even worse attitude. The rating 1, 1 is default and can't change it to -1 so it's 1.CS6740 2019-06-15 18:50:09 +0000 UTC
midterm is nightmareCS5770 2018-10-26 18:27:32 +0000 UTC
Save yourself the trouble. Just don't. You've been warned.CS6740 2018-08-31 15:13:34 +0000 UTC
The most terrible course that I have ever taken. Extremely time-consuming homework. Prof is always unwilling to extend the ddl although most people find it hard to finish it. Quiz is so ABSTRACT that it seems like a prof's proposal for funding (BUT WE ARE STUDENTS!!!). You are recommend to take his course only if you have 48 hours in one day : )CS5770 2018-10-17 13:39:24 +0000 UTC
The coursework was awesome! Professor does not help students by showing them which direction to head in. It felt as though the Professor expects students to be at a certain level of competency. Recommend taking this course for massive learning BUT make sure you take it with a light course as this WILL require most of your time.CS6740 2018-06-25 20:12:29 +0000 UTC
Worst professor. The weekly projects assigned are so complex that it is impossible to complete them even in 2 weeks. The project description is too vague and even WRONG most of the times. Does not teach well. No textbook followed. Random course structure. Slides only have topic names in them with very little explanation. Exams are too tough. AwfulCS6740 2018-04-05 12:56:13 +0000 UTC
Very tough projects cannot be completed in the given timeframe. Slides do not contain enough information. Quickly glosses over topics without going in-depth to cover concepts. Projects do not test concepts covered in class.CS6740 2018-04-03 12:43:36 +0000 UTC
Tough projects without clear explanation. Very minimal relation between projects and the syllabus taught in class. Slides are too vague and there is no textbook to refer from.CS6740 2018-04-03 12:42:54 +0000 UTC
William Robertson has an average rating of 2.6/5 from 124 student reviews. 25.0% of students said they would take them again.
William Robertson's classes have a difficulty rating of 3.95/5 based on student reviews.
William Robertson has taught CY4740, CY5770, CY6740, CS7780, CS4740, CS6740, CS5770 at Northeastern.
Data updated July 2026.