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.

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.

Professor Mirza is awesome. She explains concepts very well with analogies and shows us how to approach LeetCode questions on particular topics, which are very helpful for the midterm and final. The labs are super long and hard so don't procrastinate them. Practice lots of LeetCode for this class and understand how to approach the labs to do well.

Professor Mirza's lectures are decent. She is clearly passionate about the topic, and grades a bit more generously than some other professors. However, it's worth mentioning that this course is extremely difficult, with challenging lab assignments and exams. Considerable effort is needed to obtain a good grade in this class.