Nice teacher, lectures are a bit boring, and she goes pretty slow, you can learn everything from the slides and youtube, which is pretty helpful. No midterms, just 4 quizzes and a final, and she replaces your bottom 2 quizzes with the final. Not a difficult class just do well on the quizzes.

Amazing lectures, great homework, good quizzes, definitely heavier on the tests. Mock exam is one of the greatest experiences in the course. Some grading discrepancies that come at the TA level. Very knowledgeable professor, one of the gems of the department. Definitely take a class with her if you can .

Absolutely loved this professor. I would highly recommend going to her office hours. She offered extra credit for attending sections and an extra 10 points on the final for completing a wireshark lab in the final week. This was my favorite upper div CS course I have taken so far, and she is my favorite professor I have had.

He is super nice. Highly recommand.

Awesome professor and great lectures. Homework varied on the week, sometimes it was very hard, but grading was fair (after TA's were told to grade less harsh). The lab was fun :)

ChE 5 is a super good introduction to the major, and Chada is the perfect professor to introduce you to the department. He's caring, funny, accessible, and really just fun to talk to. There was a lot of homework, but attempting it all is really what counts.

great professor. he's easy going and his lectures are easy to follow. I went to almost every lecture, and when i didn't go, i felt behind. hw is tough in the beginning but gets easier w practice. class is difficult at first but i loved it towards the end. i should've ended w an A- but he gave me an A, which i'm grateful

She is one of the best professors in the CS department. Failling this class was my fault.

Easy enough class. Exams could be aced by pure intuition and a little bit of prep without even attending lecture. Labs took a lot of work but there were a few which were genuinely fun and interesting.

Professor Mirza makes lectures so funny and intuitive. Her material is challenging but s

She includes Leetcode, a mock interview, and a project related to neural network in the course. Leetcode doesn't take much time, Mock interview is almost a completion grade, neural network project is mostly done and you do some shallow parts, but from these materials you can tell she's trying to help you out in your future study and career in CS.

Her lectures were really helpful and clearly outlined. Some of the labs and projects required a lot of outside consultation because the lecture material wasn't as advanced as the assignments. The only grading criteria was the homework, labs, project, and final, and there were no midterms, which was nice.

Another quarter, another set of classes with Chada. First quarter design is always a punch to the gut, but I did appreciate the lectures given and honestly Chada is a great professor for anything that needs to be taught and applied.

I took CS8 over the summer so it was over six weeks. You can tell that she really cares about her students but she would go on tangents and talk to us like we were third year comp sci majors instead of total beginners. I also think the difficulty between the exercises on Zybooks and her quizzes were astronomically different. She's really nice tho.

This class was manageable. The course structure was pretty easy with only 25% of your grade coming from Exams. The rest of the 75% can be earned pretty easily if you put in time and do the assignments. Lectures were long and boring with iClicker questions throughout. Final was manageable, with a sheet of notes allowed for the exam.

Very good professor.

The professor is really nice and easy to work with. All the homework and labs are on Zybooks witch which was an easy program to use. There are no midterm, just a final exam and project at the end of the quarter. The final exam is hard but the project is fun and easy and will help boost your grade.

10/10 had no midterms attendance mandatory but if you get a high final project grade itll replace your attendance grade online textbook easy to get an A great tas and office hours very helpful.

This was the only class where I went to every lecture. The homework can be rough in the beginning but if you read the textbook and keep up a A is definitely manageable. He also rounds grades because I calculated based on my percentage I would have had a A-, but he gave me an A. This was my favorite class as a freshman q1, and it was easy enough.

Her lectures were so helpful and I enjoyed listening to them. She uses iclicker to take attendance but some lectures were not mandatory. Grading expectations were clear. She uses an online textbook that is really helpful with learning the material. No quizzes or midterms but a final coding project and a written final. Easy to get an A.

A genuinely sweet woman who has a strong passion for computer science. All the homework was through an online textbook, which consisted of labs. There were no midterms or quizzes, which may seem good, but it never really challenged me to keep up to date with studying. Got an F on the final, but that was mainly my fault since I didn't really study.

Prof Mirza is amazing. After taking this class, I actually enjoy CS. She made hard concepts easy to understand and her expectations for grading were clear. I think it was easy to get an A if you do all the assigned work and show up to lectures. Group project was cool too and TA's were great. Would definitely take again.

This was my first quarter at UCSB, and the professor and her TA staff did an amazing job. Prior to this class I had no experience in computer science, and did not enjoy it. Now I do enjoy computer science, thanks to this class. I highly recommend taking a course from this professor if you get the chance!

Extremely informative introductory Python class. If you do every assignment to reasonably, you will do well in this class. Class participation is unfortunately typically quite low, but she is nevertheless extremely caring and accommodating. Do not be scared if you have never coded before, this class is designed for you! Textbook is online.