One of the worst teachers I've ever had. Her lectures were extremely unhelpful and barely covered the content that we had to know for tests, and she gave wrong information on multiple occassions. Throughout the course, she changed the grading policy three times and never announced any of these changes to the class. Tests were also very difficult.
Do not take her class. The course material in of itself is not difficult, but Professor Majedi does not know how to make an exam corresponding to the course material. They are much harder than anything that we go over in and out of class, and there is an extreme time crunch - on the final for some reason she gave us 2/3 of the time we should have.
She almost gave 1/3 of our class a C- which would prevent us from moving on to CS 24. A TA had to argue long with her to prevent that. Didn't give enough time on midterms and finals, doesn't teach you what you're tested on. Please at least know the C++ basics before this class or else it wil be hell. Good luck, and godspeed.
Professor Majedi is new to the dept. Homework started heavy but got shorter later. Time was a major issue on the midterm and even moreso on the final (both paper exams). At first overall grade was capped by the uncurved final, but after feedback from Piazza + TAs, the grading policy was relaxed so homework and labs became a significant buffer.
Just dont
wanted to jump off a cliff taking her class. her ratings from usc and calgary are SO misleading, idk what happened. exams are so much harder than the zybook and lecture content. she tells us to study the practice exams given out in class but not even that is enough. fail the final and you fail the class.
Class content provided in the lectures and ZyBook was way easier than on the exam. Made me expect the midterm to be easy, DO NOT underestimate her exams. Look at the previous "ucsb cs16 exams" if you want to know what the exams will cover
Sweet and kind person. Mediocre teacher at best. Exams cover topics never taught and are far more difficult that homework assignments. Took her during her first quarter at UCSB, she seemed to be winging the course as she went along. There was a disconnect between what was taught and what was covered in exams. Only take if you can learn CS yourself.
Save yourself and transfer to SBCC, thank me later
It was hard to keep track of the textbook content, her lecture content, and the stuff on the test because they all varied. I think she means well but it comes out wrong a lot. It made me question my entire career path many times tbh.
Professor Majedi is very caring, but her lectures are not on par with the homework and labs. To really succeed in this class you should learn C++ beforehand. Midterm is fine if you practice a lot, and strive to fully understand what is going on inside the memory as code runs. She gives out plenty of practice material for midterms which are helpful.
She tells us false information multiple times in a class that our TAs have sent multiple emails to correct her mistakes, and she multiplied number of frqs compared to other professors who taught this class. Later can be fine, but when u cannot trust what your professor tells you, it is problematic.
Genuinely such a sweet lady. She clearly puts a lot of effort into the material she teaches. She gives lots of practice exams which are incredibly helpful. SUPER sweet. She seems intimidating but she's very nice. I would highly encourage people to take advantage of her office hours.
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.
Terrible Lectures, clearly not capable of explaining concepts. She has a pretty clear intention to make her class as difficult as possible. Gatekeeping studying materials, not fully filling out/explaining logic in lecture notes. If you can avoid her, AVOID HER. Do not take her class unless you have no other choice
The lectures were not very great — the slides were hard to follow along with and it felt like she was going all over the place. However, she is very passionate about wanting us to succeed, so she is very accessible outside of class and makes it easy to ask questions. But she gatekeeps practice final/midterm material, which seems contradictory.
Terrible lectures, hard to understand, test heavy
Both her biweekly quizzes and homework are not the easiest but her office hours help immensely. She really does care a lot about her students, to the point where she extended her office hours by two hours into 10:30 pm once. Very open to requests for homework/quiz deadlines and willing to help.
Honestly Majedi, is a great professor and usually has a lot of good TAs and ULAs. Went to office hours multiple times for help on the labs and went to lectures which made the course honestly pretty easy by just doing that. Only thing was she wasn't really available herself during her office hours it was mostly the TAs and ULAs.
She is caring, the exams were fair. Some homework may take a lot of time, do not be afraid to ask for extensions. Learned a lot through her class. Clear guidelines and requirements.
