Attendance is recorded; enough attendance gets you a grade bump at the end of the quarter. She is a little strict, but is kind and helpful if you speak to her one-on-one. The midterms are a little hard timing-wise, but the final is fine. You definitely want to go to lecture.

Her lectures were confusing at times so make sure to talk to her/TA's. She is very kind and I recommend going to her office hours since she'll make you work with others on a problem which shows that she does care about her students. Homework is easy. Midterms can be challenging if you're not a fast writer but most questions are easy.

If you participate in class she bumps your grade at the end. You don't have enough time during the midterms. She is an okay lecturer but can be hard to understand. She's helpful if you ask questions. Go to office hours for her and for TAs.

Lectures are very helpful, homework is a free 30%, and the tests are average difficulty. The professor is really nice and is easy to talk to outside of class. Exam jams are genuinely helpful. She will boost your grade if you show participation. Good class, great professor.

Seems to be well-intentioned and passionate about what she teaches, but can be rude and condescending at times. She also tends to ramble and have trouble concisely conveying the ideas she's trying to teach.

I genuinely don't understand the hate for Professor Majedi! She's super sweet and enthusiastic, and had me looking forward to each seminar. She is clearly very passionate and knowledgeable on the subject and I learned a lot of new things. All in all, would definitely recommend this course :)

Dr. Majedi is clearly very passionate about the class content, and creates the most interactive class environment i've experienced at UCSB. while there isn't a written syllabus, Dr. Majedi is extremely collaborative with the class in setting expectations for assignments. A fun, easy class as long as your willing to speak up and self-advocate.

Absolutely adored the course and learned so much! Favorite professor at UCSB.

Terrible teacher.

I had her for 16 and then decided to take her for 24. She got review bombed on her first quarter so I don't think the rating is fair. This is an intro class so yes you may have difficulty wrapping your mind around certain concepts like recursion as a beginner. Just go to OH and do the zybooks and practice the zybooks you'll be chilling.

She is a good professor who cares about your learning.

She doesn't have a syllabus. No guidelines for any of the assignments. You aren't allowed to miss more than one class or she will force you to drop the class by threatening that you will fail. A girl was in the emergency room for a bad injury and she literally forced her to show up for class...

DO NOT TAKE HER CLASS IF YOU VALUE YOUR TIME OR MONEY OR GPA. Genuinely the hardest professor i've ever had. She made sure to make the homework and midterms impossible and lectures were so bad and useless. Taught us stuff that wasn't useful for the class and was mean and not at all helpful outside of class. SAVE YOURSELF AND DROP HER CLASS!

Take this class from someone else.

its challenging class, but now that I have completed cs24, I realized I need to thank Professor Majedi for her teaching style. The ULA office hour practice and worksheets were so helpful in building my code writing without ai skills. take her cs16 and work hard, it will set u up for success.

This was a difficult class, but she did her best to support her students during OH. Her lectures weren't super clear but there were a lot of opportunities to get your questions answered outside class and get more practice. Final was easy compared to the midterm. Overall, super caring but a little unclear in terms of expectations and teaching.

Gives a HUGE advantage to students that go to her OH and participate in class. Isn't the best lecturer, but her teaching team sets up a good amt of resources to learn everything regardless. She made the midterm really hard to scare everyone (score of it is replaceable w/ online textbook work) and then made the Final super doable.

Before taking her class, I was appalled by the abysmally low rating on this platform, but I don't think she deserves this low rating. She's a very caring professor and supports struggling students who show effort, even if they don't have the best scores. Lectures are unorganized, and the homeworks were really time-consuming though.

CS 40 is hard because its discrete math. Professor Majedi is caring and kind. To succeed in this course, you need to PUT IN THE EFFORT. Majedi tries her best to teach us and help us thrive, and she does a pretty good job. Go to exam jams if you need more help. She offers to many recourses, but you need to take initiative to work hard to succeed.

Majedi really wants you as a student to succeed. I have been to her OH, and she is such a kind person and gives candy to everyone. Even during the final she did. She truly wants the best for her students and is very genuine. CS 40 is really hard but that's just the nature of the material - majedi tries her best to help us understand. Very kind.

Loved this class even after failing Mid 1. Tests are tough but manageable with practice. Worksheets helped a lot some questions appeared on exams. PLEASE review the slides before class, they're short but helpful. She averages Mid 2 and Final to replace a low Mid 1 (saved me). Overall, Majedi is the goat. I'd love to take another class with her!

Her class is designed like she just wants you to fail. Super messy lectures and notes, easy homework but super hard tests, and the tests are like irrelevant with the homework. You see the contents of CS16 are easy? She can find so many trivial but tricky stuff that you would never concern about when you are actually coding and you get points off.

Do you want to learn C++ then get ready to teach yourself and sit through long lectures going through concepts you don't know on a "mandatory" handout, that is not graded but does something for your grade supposedly. Her exams are hard and go over things we have not gone over or she briefly rushed over in order to work on the handouts.

She had so many resources to help her students succeed. For example, she made practice problems that we could do every week in the ULA office hours. This helped me practice my C++ in exam conditions (hand written) now that I am taking cs24, I realized all that practice really helped me. She also has office hours and is so kind and encouraging.